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« on: August 27, 2023, 04:23:44 PM »
Apparently this sort of career transition is a bit more common than I thought. Melody Anderson, who played Dale Arden in the 1980 redo of Flash Gordon and spent a few years on All My Children, retired from acting and is now a licensed therapist and social worker. She still makes occasional appearances at autograph shows.
My favorite story is that of Margaret Klenck who spent several years on OLTL as Edwina Lewis. She left acting and became a Jungian analyst in private practice in NYC. She also teaches and lectures. Her career transition took place around the time that The New York Times and Variety both ran her obituary. Except it wasn't her. Klenck was and is still alive. The person who actually passed away was an actress who happened to be named Edwina Lewis. Just a little mistake, compounded by the fact that the deceased was quite a bit older than Klenck and a completely different race.