MORGAN FAIRCHILD GUESTS ON GH

Morgan Fairchild, who began her television career with a 1973-77 run as SEARCH FOR TOMORROW's Jennifer and last appeared in the daytime as DAYS's Anjelica in 2017, appears on GH this week as HOME & HEART hostess Haven de Havilland, who welcomes Sasha to her show to talk up Deception products.

Fairchild was delighted when her team let her know GH had her in mind for the role. "They said they had this part and thought I'd be good for it and I was looking forward to the chance to work with everybody," she says. "And you know, Joan Rivers and I were the first two celebrities that had product lines on QVC back in the late '80s, so I'm familiar with the genre and with how it all works. I felt like I had a leg up about how she would present, how things would come across, and what the format would be. That put me in good stead, those old days of prep work. And it was such a great script. My character is very fun and over-the-top my usual over-the-top thing! And a little bit means, which I can play falling off a log at this point in my life [laughs]."

On the day of taping, Fairchild marveled at how differently today's soaps are produced. "Back when I started out on SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, you kind of went the whole run of the show, and if the scenery didn't fall over on you, that was it!" she muses. "You just went scene after scene after scene. Now, they shoot it more like a [primetime] series or a movie, where you shoot all the [segments] on one set and if something goes wrong, you have the chance to start it over."