Eileen Fulton passed away on Monday, July 14, following «a period of declining health,» according to her obituary.
Eileen Fulton, the beloved soap opera star best known for “As the World Turns,” has passed away. She was 91.
Fulton died on Monday, July 14, in her hometown of Asheville, N.C., following “a period of declining health,” according to an obituary from Groce Funeral Home.
Born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty in Asheville on September 13, 1933, Fulton’s father worked as a Methodist minister, and her mother was a public school teacher.
The legendary actress once said that her first performance took place at church when she was just 2 years old.
“I jumped from my mother’s lap and ran to the altar and sang, ‘Mama’s little baby loves shortening bread’,” she told CBS News in 1998. “They couldn’t shut me up, and they haven’t been able to shut me up since.”
After studying drama and music at Greensboro College, Fulton moved to New York City in 1956 and took classes with famed acting teachers Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasberg.
But it wasn’t until 1960 that the actress, now using the stage name Eileen Fulton, was cast as Lisa Mae Bailey in the drama film “Girl of the Night” alongside co-star Anne Francis.
