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From
These Roots
 USA
/ NBC/ 915x30m-e / 1958-61 black and white
First
Episode: Monday 30 June 1958 / 3.30pm
Last Episode: Friday 29 December 1961 / 3.30pm
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A
well remembered Proctor and Gamble sponsored NBC
soap that starred Ann Flood as Liz Fraser
returning to her New England family home after
her father has a heart attack. Her father, Ben,
owned the town newspaper The Strathfield Record.
Much of the action of the show centered around
the activities of Liz and the rest of her family
who besides Ben also included Liz's sister Emily
and her mill foreman husband Jim Benson and
their kids Tim and Lyddy. Liz's brother Ben Jr
and his wife Rose and their kids Dan, Robin and
Sarah.
Liz was initially involved with magazine
publisher Bruce Crawford before marrying in 1960
playwright David Allen. Big plotlines included
Emily and Jim's marriage breaking up after Jim
admitted to a long standing affair and David
Allen almost being tempted by an actress who was
working in one of his plays.
The show ended in 1961 and unusually for a soap
managed to tie up all its loose ends in doing
so.
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Cast
ANN FLOOD as Liz Fraser Alen / GRANT CODE as Ben
Fraser sr (1958) replaced by ROD HENDRICKSON
(1958-61) and then JOSEPH MACAULEY (1961) /
HELEN SHIELDS as Emily Fraser Benson / HENDERSON
FORSYTHE as Jim Benson / SARAH HARDY as Lyddy
Benson / JOHN STEWART as Tim Benson / ROBERT
MANDAN as David Allen / RICHARD THOMAS as
Richard (1961) / DOLORES SUTTON as Luisa Corelli
(1959-60) / BYRON SANDERS as Bruce Crawford
(1958-69) |
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