In 1962, legendary soap scribe Agnes Nixon wrote a uterine cancer storyline involving beloved Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) on “Guiding Light,” prompting many women to visit their doctors and get Pap ...

Charita Bauer, who played matriarch Bert Bauer on radio and television in CBS` ”Guiding Light” for nearly 40 years, has died at age 62 after a long illness. Miss Bauer, a native of Newark, N.J., ...

For those efforts over the past 23 years, Kim Zimmer has won four lead actress Daytime Emmys and amassed a legion of fans. Whether the actress is handed a traditional soap storyline or one that’s more ...

"Guiding Light" celebrates its 64th anniversary on Jan. 24. On that day, episode 13,585 will air. The soap got its start on radio. At one point, the cast would do the radio broadcast then run uptown ...

How many times over a 30 year period had Mom and I witnessed drama and family intrigue taking place in Bert Bauer’s living room while together watching the CBS soaper, “Guiding Light”? It must have ...

The years that she did spend there were good ones. “My main memory is of all the women I knew on the show, like Charita [Bauer, ex-Bert], and Fran Myers [ex-Peggy] used to be a great friend of mine.” ...

Coffee pot used by the character Bert Bauer on the soap opera The Guiding Light . The Guiding Light , later renamed Guiding Light, aired on CBS television from 1952-2009. The program began as an NBC ...

In 1962, legendary soap scribe Agnes Nixon wrote a uterine cancer storyline involving beloved Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) on “Guiding Light,” prompting many women to visit their doctors and get Pap ...