From: Joanna L. Castillo <pefv702@utpe.pe.utexas.edu>
Subject: DOOL: Patsy Pease on Entertainment Tonight
X-Xxdate: Mon, 11 Jan 93 16:17:24 GMT
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 15:16:09 GMT

I saw the promo for Entertainment Tonight's story on Patsy Pease this 
past Friday so I taped it and as my good deed for the week, here's the 
story (pretty much verbatim) as reported by ET for those of you that 
didn't have a chance to set the ol' VCR or watch the show live [they 
showed several clips from DOOL and shots of Patsy with her husband and 
children interspersed throughout the story]:

John Tesh:  Usually, shock-proof soap opera fans are puzzled and angry 
   at what happened to Patsy Pease of DOOL.  [Does that sentence make 
   any sense to anyone out there?]  Over Christmas, she was replaced as 
   Kimberly Brady on the show shortly after her character had begun to 
   have a mental breakdown.  Now Patsy tells us no soap writer could 
   ever match the horror she experienced in real life.  Eight months ago 
   actress Patsy Pease made a triumphant return to DOOL.  Pease had left 
   the show on which she'd been a regular for 8-1/2 years to enter a 
   mental health facility to try and come to terms with her horrifying 
   childhood.

Patsy Pease:  I'm a survivor of ritual torture and have episodes of 
   flashbacks and DAYS has been aware of this since it started happening 
   about 2 years ago.

JT:  Patsy had suppressed memories of her psychotic mother whom she says 
   physically, mentally, and sexually abused her during her childhood.  
   But it wasn't until Patsy had married and had two children of her own 
   that her painful past began to surface.  She left her show and sought 
   treatment and returned to DOOL four months later.  Patsy says the 
   producers were fully aware she still had problems to overcome.

PP:  They did permit me to come in, instead of 6 o'clock in the morning, 
   at 8 o'clock and that was a big plus because usually my nights are 
   spent talking parts of the night...screaming some parts of it... 
   waking up in different places of the house, not knowing how I got 
   there.

JT:  In spite of her continuing problems, Patsy continued to work.  
   Ironically, her character on DAYS was given a multiple personality 
   disorder.  Patsy says her bosses told her her work was Emmy caliber.  
   But, right before Thanksgiving, her flashback symptoms continued.

PP:  I was doubled up in my dressing room.  My husband was there.  And, 
   I was breaking out...alternating hot and cold sweats...the spasms... 
   and uncontrollable crying...uh...and my jaw wouldn't move.  So...it 
   became obvious even to my hard head that I was incapable of doing my 
   job.

JT:  The producers of DOOL decided to replace Patsy and have another 
   actress continue in her role.  Patsy says the love and support of her 
   husband Robert and their two children has helped her get through the 
   disappointment of it all.  

PP:  I didn't mind being fired so much as...there not being one note of 
   "hope you feel better" or "are you okay?"

JT:  Patsy admits she's still trying to recover from the abuse she 
   suffered at the hands of her mother.  Right now she's not thinking 
   about resuming her career and husband Robert says not to count Patsy 
   out.

Robert Martin (Patsy's husband):  Most people who go through these kinds 
   of things don't survive and I'm amazed that not only has she survived 
   but she's dealt with all of this stuff and is coming through stronger 
   -- and continues to come through stronger all the time.

JT:  We tried contacting both NBC and DOOL and neither had any comment 
   about Patsy's dismissal.

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Well...that's it.

Joanna.

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| "Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they     |
| gradually begin to seem mild harmless, rather engaging little things, not |
| at all like the staring defects in other people's characters." -- so said |
| Margaret Halsey   |   pefv702@utpe.pe.utexas.edu Hook 'em! Gus-ball, '93! |