Overview

• Fulton’s family announced she died in Asheville, North Carolina, on July 14 after a period of declining health at age 91.
• She originated the role of Lisa Miller on CBS’s As the World Turns in 1960, appearing in nearly 1,800 episodes until the series finale in 2010.
• Her portrayal of conniving Lisa Miller, complete with eight marriages and scandalous storylines, established one of daytime TV’s first “bad girl” archetypes.
• Industry honors include induction into the Soap Opera Hall of Fame in 1998 and a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
• Beyond the soap, she headlined CBS’s 1965 primetime spinoff Our Private World and honed her craft under Sanford Meisner at New York’s Neighborhood Playhouse.