As the World Turns actress Kathryn Hays dead at 88

Kathryn Hays, the star of World Turns, has passed away at 88. 

The soap legend died 25 March, but it has not been determined what caused his death. 

The actress –  who worked on the long- running show for 38 years from 1972 to 2010 – began her career the 60s with roles on shows such as Hawaiian Eye, Dr Kildare, Route 66, Bonanza and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 

Sad: Kathryn Hays died at the age 88 last month.

The Soap Star: The actress can be seen here in As The World Turns 1974. She has spent 38 years working on the show.

Kathryn played Elizabeth Reynolds on The Road West in 26 episodes. 

She also starred as Gem in The Empath, a 1968 Star Trek episode. 

Kathryn has appeared in over 40 television shows throughout her career. Her last episode was a 2007 Law and Order: SUV. 

Tribute: Her soap co-star Don Hasting paid tribute to their on-screen ‘relationship’ saying they were ‘like brother and sister’ 

Kathryn was conceived in Princeton (Illinois) on July 26, 1983.

She was first seen on television in 1962 as Jean Morgan, and her acting debut came with Hawaiian Eye. 

Later, she was featured in Surfside 6 & Naked City the following year. 

The actress played Elizabeth Reynolds Pride, a western star in The Road West between 1966 and 1967.

Stunning: The actress played Elizabeth Reynolds Pride in the western series The Road West from 1966 until 1967

In Star Trek’s episode The Empath, she was portrayed as Gem.

Her appearances in 1960s-70’s shows included Bonanza, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Guiding Light. Yuma was also one of her many roles. 

She was first cast in 1972 as Kim, and her last episode as Kim aired on September 17, 2010. 

She also appeared in a 1999 episode of Law & Order and a 2007 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Kathryn was seen in four movies: Ladybug Ladybug (1963), Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966), Counterpoint (68) and Yuma ( 1971). 

One of her final screen roles was in The Locher Room’s May 2020 episode. It is a series of YouTube videos that reunites soap actors. 

Kathryn, Barry Williams, and Robert Brown are pictured as Kathryn in Here Comes The Brides 1969

Throwback: Kathryn appeared in four films: Ladybug Ladybug in 1963, Ride Beyond Vengeance in 1966, Counterpoint in 1968 and Yuma in 1971; pictured in Ride Beyond Veneance in 1966 with Michael Rennie

The actress married Sidney Steinberg in 1957 and had a girl named Sherri.

Kathryn and Glenn Ford divorced in 1966 after Kathryn divorced.

After she split with Wolf Lieshke, she later married him in 1984. 

The way they were: Following their divorce, Kathryn married Glenn Ford in 1966; pictured with Glenn Ford on October 11, 1966

Three years after Kathryn’s divorce, Glenn was also divorcing; last seen April 20, 1966

Don Hasting, her soap star, paid tribute to the’relationship on screen’ and said they were “like brother-sister”. 

He explained that they had a relationship like Bob and Kim. [Hastings]Kathryn was just as close to me as my relationship with Kathryn, although we weren’t married. “We were closer to brother and sister, and were close friends.”

“Our most significant disagreement was the fact that she wanted me to do rehearsals and she wanted to go to bed. It is a great loss for all those who were close to her. 

Sherri and Bob Mancusi, Sherri and Bob Mancusi’s daughter and son-in law, and Kate and Garrett Wells (her three grandchildren) are the survivors of this Broadway legend. Jack is her great-grandson.  

Stars: He said: ‘Our relationship as Bob and Kim [Hastings]Kathryn was just as close to me as my relationship with Kathryn, although we were not married. Our relationship was closer than that of Kathryn and I and we became great friends.