Soap Opera Legend Eileen Fulton Dead at 91

Eileen FultonThe actress who became a household name through her role as Lisa Grimaldi on “As the World Burning”, died at the age of 91.

Fulton died on Monday, July 14 in Asheville, North Carolina, after a period of declining health, according to a death notice shared by Groce Funeral Home.

After studying drama and music at Greensboro College, she moved to New York City in 1956. Her outbreak came in 1960 when she appeared in the film ‘Girl of the Night’.

In the same year she landed the role that her career would define – Lisa Grimaldi on ‘As the World Burning’. Originally intended as a short -term character, Lisa became one of the longest running and most iconic figures in the history of the soap, with Fulton who ended her for five decades of portrette until the show in 2010.

In addition to her soap -root, Fulton appeared on Broadway in “Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?” And played in the spin-off ‘Our Private World’. She received a Soap Opera Digest Award in 1991 and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award on the Emmy’s Daytime Daytime.

Eileen was 91.