Eileen Fulton, beloved for her run as Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn on As the World Turns, has died at the age of 91. The actress began her career on ATWT in 1960 and, except for a brief hiatus, played the role until its finale in 2010. Fulton passed away on July 14 in Asheville, North Carolina.
In Memoriam: Eileen Fulton
Born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty in Asheville on September 13, 1933, Fulton’s father was James B. McLarty, a Methodist minister, and her mother, Margaret Glenn McLarty, was a public school teacher.
In 1956, Fulton graduated from Greensboro College with a bachelor’s degree in music. With her parents’ support, she moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. There, she studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasberg, and dance with Martha Graham.
In 1960, she landed in her defining role — Lisa Miller on ATWT. Ambitious Lisa wed medical student Bob Hughes (Don Hastings), but proved to be a source of frustration to both Bob and the Hughes family. Lisa split from Bob and went on to have seven other marriages…