Helen Gallagher has passed away at age 98.
What a life! Winner of two Tony Awards on Broadway, Gallagher was best known to TV audiences as the star of the ABC soap, “Ryan’s Hope.” She played wise matriarch Maeve Ryan from 1975 to 1989 when the show ended.
One of Gallagher’s Tony Awards was for the revival of “No, No, Nanette,” the massively successful musical.
But it was “Ryan’s Hope” that became the cornerstone of her career. She won three Daytime Emmy Awards as Best Actress for playing Maeve with a lilting Irish accent. She was clearly from the stage world, and on a whole different level than most TV stars during daytime or primetime.
She will be sorely missed and always remembered.
