Kim Zimmer
Actress
About This Interview
Actress Kim Zimmer was interviewed for two hours in New York, NY. Zimmer described her talents and experience as a singer and dancer, her schooling, and her approach to acting. She talked about starting out as an actress in soap operas starting with One Life To Live for several months in 1978, and continuing with The Doctors, and returning (as a different character) to One Life to Live in 1983. She spoke in great detail about her long tenure as the incomparable "Reva Shayne" on Guiding Light, describing her co-stars, her attention-grabbing storylines, and the overall personality traits of Reva. She also described her guest appearances on such series as Models Inc. and on Seinfeld, where she spoke enthusiastically about the experience of being a guest star on an established series. The interview was conducted by Karen Herman on September 19, 2006.
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Kim Zimmer on watching Guiding Lightas a child and how her mother's dream for her was for her to star on Guiding Light
Clip begins at: 04:30, Duration: 02m 29s- Kim Zimmer on her first TV role on One Life to Live, where she played a character based on Patty Hearst (who was in the news at that time)
Clip begins at: 18:59, Duration: 05m 39s 
Kim Zimmer on the origin of Guiding Light'stitle and its original premise
Clip begins at: 04:30, Duration: 02m 49s
Kim Zimmer on playing Reva on Guiding Light; on leaving the series in 1990
Clip begins at: 00:30, Duration: 05m 42s- Kim Zimmer on her Daytime Emmy Award wins
Clip begins at: 24:53, Duration: 01m 32s
Interview
- Part 1
- Introduction
Clip begins at: 0:30 - On her early years, interest in acting (and participating in pageants), and education; on her early acting career
Clip begins at: 00:42 - On her first work in television on One Life to Live
Clip begins at: 18:59 - On replacing Kathleen Turner on The Doctors in 1979
Clip begins at: 24:38 - Part 2
- On working on The Doctors (as Nola); on joining One Life to Live (as another character); on wanting to leave soap operas and on the contracts used for actors; on joining Guiding Light
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 3
- On her role as Reva on Guiding Light; on her co-stars; on some of the storylines; on the production process
Clip begins at: 0:41 - Part 4
- On standards he used for the content of his programs; on the beginning of network syndication
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On producing Sea Hun t starring blacklisted actor Lloyd Bridges; on producing Bat Masterson starring Gene Barry
Clip begins at: 02:36 - On being the father of the action-adventure genre on television; on producing Highway Patrol starring Broderick Crawford
Clip begins at: 11:08 - On selling 80 percent of his company to United Artists; on how Hollywood has changed over the years; on teaching at the University of Cincinnati
Clip begins at: 15:57 - On writing the book "The Business of Writing;" on his thoughts on network programming and his success in syndication
Clip begins at: 20:00 - Part 5
- On his thoughts on people with whom he's worked: Guy Lombardo, Lloyd Bridges, and others
Clip begins at: 0:0
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Why is only Part One of Kim Zimmer's interview available? I love hearing about her childhood, early acting years, etc. & then "change the tape" [I realize this interview was done in 2006, three years before GUIDING LIGHT was cancelled] but I'd love to hear about KZ working with her costars, her years on SANTA BARBARA during her five-year break from GL as well as her thoughts about guest starring on SEINFELD & other shows she's done. I watched GUIDING LIGHT from 1981 to its cancellation in Oct 2009 and I miss it to this very day. Josh and Reva were my favorite couple on GL, along with Billy & Vanessa, Lujack & Beth, Phillip & Beth, Tony & Annabelle, and later Gus & Harley and Richard & Cassie. Early on, it seemed to me that Tony & Annabelle Reardon and Josh & Reva came across as The Adults [along with Josh's brother Billy & his wife Vanessa] and Phillip, Beth, Rick & Mindy were The Four Musketeers, Springfield High's brightest quartet. Later, my beloved Lujack spent 25 months in a magical love story with Beth Raines before Josh left Reva after recovering from his very own version of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" [the story I loved--and I'd love to hear what KZ thought of that Emmy-winning story] If I remember correctly, Reva being branded the "Slut of Springfield" earned Kim Zimmer her first [much-deserved, I think] Emmy of four. I have veered away from my original query, which is, Where are the other segments of Kim Zimmer's interview [in particular the one where she talks about getting the role of Reva and her costars? Am I not looking in the correct place for the other clips? Any information you could give me would be great. Thank you!
Hi-- to see the entire interview, click on the "Interview" tab (the second tab) under the video player. All four chapters are there!
Nice interview! Didn't realize how accomplished Ms. Zimmer is until now.
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