Lee Lawson, who was best known for her role in Guiding Light from 1981 to 1990, died in Los Angeles at the age of 83. Her daughter Leslie Bova said that her mother “Fought Cancer & Covid-19 like a champ,” and confirmed she passed away on May 22, 2022. She also appeared in episodes of One Life To […]
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- 5/29/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
Lee Lawson, best known for her long-running role as Bea Reardon on soap opera The Guiding Light, died on May 22 at the age of 80.
Lawson played Reardon on the CBS soap from 1981 to 1990. The show ended in 2009.
Her daughter, Leslie Bova, shared the news in a Facebook post that revealed her mother had cancer and Covid-19 before her death.
“Rest, you brilliant woman ❤️,” Bova wrote Tuesday. “Thank you, mom. R.I.P.”
Lawson was born Oct. 14, 1941, in New York City, and made her debut on the CBS soap Love of Life in 1965. She also appeared in ABC’s One Life to Live in 1979 (as Wanda Webb Wolek) before beginning her role on The Guiding Light as the owner and operator of a 7th Street boarding house (and a single mother of seven).
The role saw her appear in more than 50 episodes of The Guiding Light, which was the second longest-running drama in American television history,...
Lawson played Reardon on the CBS soap from 1981 to 1990. The show ended in 2009.
Her daughter, Leslie Bova, shared the news in a Facebook post that revealed her mother had cancer and Covid-19 before her death.
“Rest, you brilliant woman ❤️,” Bova wrote Tuesday. “Thank you, mom. R.I.P.”
Lawson was born Oct. 14, 1941, in New York City, and made her debut on the CBS soap Love of Life in 1965. She also appeared in ABC’s One Life to Live in 1979 (as Wanda Webb Wolek) before beginning her role on The Guiding Light as the owner and operator of a 7th Street boarding house (and a single mother of seven).
The role saw her appear in more than 50 episodes of The Guiding Light, which was the second longest-running drama in American television history,...
- 5/26/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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