[3] Other characters included Christine's actress pal Bessie Thatcher (Ruth McDevitt) and sound man Charley Anderson (Frankie Thomas).
His mother, Mona Bruns (who appeared on many soaps), had a small part on the show and described the backstage atmosphere as very hectic.
[citation needed] The show was broadcast live from a tiny radio studio in Wanamaker's Department Store, Philadelphia, with a budget of $1,750 a week,[4] a three-hour rehearsal period, and, at most, two TV cameras.
[citation needed] For many years, A Woman to Remember was considered the first television soap opera, due to some magazine articles which erroneously claimed the series debuted in 1947.
[citation needed] A review in the trade publication Variety said that A Woman to Remember "succeeds in shaping the soap opera formula to television's requirements.