Lynn
Dovel
appeared as an extra in the Blue Whale on the show in 1967
and recently got in contact with the site. Here are some of
her memories...
I
have a question for you. Why do you think Dark Shadows
has become such a cult hit? The thing I most remember
about the show was that it was the first soap opera that I
know of to feature supernatural creatures (i.e. vampires.)
The day I appeared, in the Blue Whale as a customer, I remember
Jonathan Frid being on the set - though I don't remember if
he was in the Blue Whale scene I was or not - and seeing his
vampire teeth. I did not speak to him.
The
studio was a typical set-up, lights, cameras and cables all
over. Hard to navigate sometimes. I remember the dress I wore,
and the guys off-camera who kept rippling a pan of water to
make the "sunlight on the waves" effect on the wall!
I
was working as a Broadway show singer at that time and took
other jobs during the day when I could. My friend Pat Lysinger,
also a show performer, appeared in the same episode.
I
did other things around that time that I remember much better:
the Annie Get Your Gun revival with Ethel Merman at
Lincoln Center and then at the Broadway Theater, appearing
on the Ed Sullivan Show, the South Pacific revival
with Florence Henderson, also at Lincoln Center, working as
Barbara Streisand's double on a TV special...
It
was a good, busy time for me. Lots of wonderful memories!
Back
