This is the second part of an interview with producer Marsha Posner Williams. In the first part, we discussed how Williams began her career in television, working on the legendary ABC sitcom, Soap.
As one of the few people to work on the show from the very beginning to its untimely cancellation, Williams shared some of the casting challenges behind the scenes, her first-hand experience with the picketing and controversy surrounding the show, production challenges, and personal memories of the very talented cast, like Katherine Helmond, Robert Mandan, Robert Guillaume, Cathryn Damon, Richard Mulligan, Jay Johnson, and Billy Crystal.
In the second part of the interview, Williams talks briefly about other Soap alumnae like Ted Wass, Jimmy Baio, Diana Canova, Arthur Peterson, John Byner, and Donnelly Rhodes. She also puts to rest the idea that Soap was intentionally ended with one of...
As one of the few people to work on the show from the very beginning to its untimely cancellation, Williams shared some of the casting challenges behind the scenes, her first-hand experience with the picketing and controversy surrounding the show, production challenges, and personal memories of the very talented cast, like Katherine Helmond, Robert Mandan, Robert Guillaume, Cathryn Damon, Richard Mulligan, Jay Johnson, and Billy Crystal.
In the second part of the interview, Williams talks briefly about other Soap alumnae like Ted Wass, Jimmy Baio, Diana Canova, Arthur Peterson, John Byner, and Donnelly Rhodes. She also puts to rest the idea that Soap was intentionally ended with one of...
- 12/29/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Marsha Posner Williams knew that she wanted to work in television from a very early age. She moved to Los Angeles in her twenties and struggled to break into the business. She eventually did and worked her way up the chain, starting as an administrative assistant and eventually becoming an executive producer on top network shows. Williams' resume includes long-running hit shows like Amen, Night Court, and Benson as well as short-lived "brilliant but cancelled" series like Hail to the Chief and Good Grief.
Though Williams' later years credits are very impressive, it is the show that she essentially got her start on, Soap, that is closest to her heart. She is one of the very few people to have worked on the ABC show from the very beginning to the sitcom's untimely cancellation.
If you aren't familiar with it, Soap follows...
Though Williams' later years credits are very impressive, it is the show that she essentially got her start on, Soap, that is closest to her heart. She is one of the very few people to have worked on the ABC show from the very beginning to the sitcom's untimely cancellation.
If you aren't familiar with it, Soap follows...
- 12/24/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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