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2 unusual facts about Lisa Grimaldi


Lisa Grimaldi

In a 2007 interview with the Archive of American Television, Fulton explained that the chararacter was originally written to be a "nice girl", which she did not find compelling as an actress, and that, while she read Phillips' lines exactly as they appeared on the script, she said them with a "scheming tone" in her voice.

On multiple occasions from 1991 to 1994, former movie actress Jane Powell and soap veteran Maeve McGuire replaced Ms. Fulton during that same the time period.


Carmen Duncan

In 2004, Duncan returned to the United States to fill in for Eileen Fulton as Lisa Grimaldi in three episodes of As the World Turns while Fulton was on emergency medical leave.

Eileen Fulton

Fulton is known for her role as Lisa Grimaldi on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, a role that she played almost continuously for 50 years (with two notable interruptions) from May 18, 1960 until the show's ending on September 17, 2010.


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