Soap star Eileen Fulton has died at the age of 91.
The actress, best known for her role as Lisa Miller in As the World Turns, died on July 14 in Ashville, North Carolina, after a period of declining health.
Eileen’s family confirmed her death on the Groce Funeral Home website, also revealing the funeral will be held on August 9.
Eileen’s family have asked for donations to be made to the Reverend James B. McLarty Music Scholarship, or the Margaret Glenn McLarty ’28 and Eileen Fulton Music Scholarship Fund instead of sending flowers.
Actress Eileen first appeared in soap As the World Turns in 1960. She remained a member of the cast until 2010, when the CBS show went off air. The star departed the show numerous times, but loved returning.
As a result of the 50 years she spent in the show, Eileen became one of the longest-serving soap actors in US TV history.
She was inducted into the Soap Opera Hall of Fame in 1998, and received a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
The star was raised in Ashville and moved to New York after graduating with a music degree in 1956. In New York, Eileen studied with acting coaches Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasberg at the Neighbourhood Playhouse.
She also worked with dance teacher Martha Graham. Her feature debut was in Girl of the Night, in 1960.
