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Kathryn Hays
Hays in 1966
Born
Kay Piper

(1934-07-26)July 26, 1934
Princeton, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 2022(2022-03-25) (aged 87)
Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Education
Occupations
Years active1962–2010
Known forKim Sullivan Hughes on As the World Turns
Spouses
Sidney Steinberg
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(m. 1957, divorced)​
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(m. 1966; div. 1969)​
Wolf Lieshke
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(m. 1984; div. 1986)​
Children1

Kathryn Hays (born Kay Piper; July 26, 1934 – March 25, 2022) was an American actress, best known for her role as Kim Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns from 1972 to 2010.

Early life

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Hays was born as Kay Piper in Princeton, Illinois, on July 26, 1934, the only child of Roger and Daisy (Hays) Piper. Her parents divorced shortly after her birth. Hays was raised by her mother, who was a bookkeeper and a banker, and her stepfather, salesman Arnold Gottlieb.[1][2]

Hays grew up in Joliet.[3][4] She graduated from Joliet Central High School in 1952.[5] Hays took classes at Northwestern University and worked as a department store model and then she was in television commercials in Chicago.[6] She moved to New York City to continue her modeling career and become one of the highest paid models.[6] In 1962, she changed her name to Kathryn Hays (using her mother's maiden name as her last name).[1]

Career

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Episodic TV, film, and Broadway

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Early in her career, Hays made numerous appearances on episodic TV, and made a few later in her career. In 1968, she guest starred in Star Trek as the eponymous central character in the episode “The Empath”, playing a mute alien with healing powers.[1][2][7][8][9][10][11] She also had appearances in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Road West,[1][12][13] and the 1964 Mr. Novak episode "One Way to Say Goodbye". She guest starred in episodes of Hawaiian Eye, Surfside 6, Naked City, Route 66, The High Chaparral, Here Come the Brides, Marcus Welby, M.D., and Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law.[2] Hays guest starred in Bonanza, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Virginian, and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.[14] In a 2010 interview with the website We Love Soaps, Hays said of the early appearances: "It was a great time to begin a career. It was when the guest stars on the primetime shows were almost always women. The running star would be a man. The main storyline would be a very rich part to play."[15] She was in episodes of Mannix and Night Gallery with Leonard Nimoy.[16][17] In 1972, Hays guest starred on an episode of Cade's County.[18]

Hays also appeared in the films Ladybug Ladybug (1963),[2][19] Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)[13][20][21] and Counterpoint (1968).[13][22][23][24] She was considered for the role of Neely O'Hara in Valley of the Dolls (1967), but the role ultimately went to Patty Duke.[25] Hays was in the TV films This Savage Land,[13] Breakout[13][26] and Yuma as Julie Williams.[13] In later years, her TV appearances included Law & Order,[14] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,[1] and in 2010 on One Life to Live.[14]

Prior to her role on As the World Turns, Hays played the role of nurse Leslie Jackson Bauer, RN on The Guiding Light for three months.[27][28][29][30] In 1977, she, along with Michael Allison, Meg Bennett, David Hasselhoff, Don Stewart, and Tudi Wiggins, starred in a CBS TV special entitled After Hours: Getting to Know Us.[31]

Hays appeared in Broadway productions several times, including a regional production of Dames at Sea with Bernadette Peters.[32] She was in the productions of Ladybug, Ladybug, The Irregular Verb to Love, and Hot September.[33][34][35] Hays was in summer stock productions of Show Boat, Richard Rogers' Two By Two, Follies, and A Little Night Music.[33] In 1982, she was in the one-woman Broadway play Love Notes where she performed One Step, Broadway Baby from Follies, I Can Do That from A Chorus Line, and If I Loved You from Carousel.[36]

As the World Turns

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In 1972, Hays was cast as Kim Sullivan Hughes on CBS's As the World Turns. She was originally hired for six months.[1][37] Hays remained with the show until its final episode on September 17, 2010.[38][39] The character of Kim was a pivotal heroine on the show for over thirty years. Hays was prominently featured in the 50th anniversary episode of the show, which aired in April 2006.[1]

In May 2020, she appeared in an As The World Turns reunion episode of The Locher Room, one of a series of YouTube episodes reuniting various soap actors,[40] as well as being the subject of a The Locher Room tribute in 2022.[41]

Personal life and death

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Glenn Ford and Kathryn Hays on their wedding day in 1966

Hays' first marriage was to salesman Sidney Steinberg in 1957, with whom she had a daughter, Sherri.[1] In 1964 she met actor Glenn Ford at a Hollywood dinner party.[6] In 1966, she married Ford; the couple divorced in 1969.[42][43][44] Her third husband was Wolfgang Lieschke, who was employed in the advertising industry.[1] She also enjoyed music, church, and dogs.[45]

Hays died on March 25, 2022, in Fairfield, Connecticut.[1][2][46] She had been living in an assisted living facility at the time of her death.[1] Her daughter, Sherri Mancusi, participated in a November 2022 fan tribute on The Locher Room YouTube channel that honored Hays; in the interview, Mancusi said that Hays had had dementia in the years prior to her death.[47]

Hays was honored at the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards in a video montage where actor Don Cheadle opened the In Memoriam with: "We were their friends, colleagues, and their fans. Regardless of relationship, we knew and loved the actors that we loved and lost last year. We traveled with them on unforgettable journeys; they told us the best stories".[48]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Director(s) Notes
1963 Ladybug Ladybug Betty Forbes Frank Perry Docudrama
Based on They Thought the War Was On by Lois Dickert[49]
1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance Jessie Larkin Trapp Bernard McEveety Western film
Based on The Night of the Tiger by Al Dewlen.[50]
1968 Counterpoint Annabelle Rice Ralph Nelson War film
Based on the novel The General by Alan Sillitoe[51]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1962 Hawaiian Eye Jean Morgan Episode: "Total Eclipse"
Surfside 6 Joy Allen Episode: "Many a Slip"
Naked City Beth Rydecker Episode: "The Rydecker Case"
1963 The United States Steel Hour Rachel Trafford Episode: "Moment of Rage"
Wide Country Lila Never Episode: "The Girl from Nob Hill"
Dr. Kildare Gina Beemis Episode: "An Island Like a Peacock"
Route 66 Judith Kane Episode: "Shadows of an Afternoon"
The Lieutenant Carol Wayden Episode: "Cool of the Evening"
The Eleventh Hour Hallie Lambert Episode: "What Did She Mean by Good Luck?"
1964 The Nurses Sheila Warren Episode: "Climb a Broken Ladder"
Mr. Novak Jenny Peterson Episode: "One Way to Say Goodbye"
Arrest and Trial Joanne Collins Episode: "He Ran for His Life"
Bonanza Prudence Jessup Episode: "The Wild One"
The Defenders Katy Vronis Episode: "King of the Hill"
1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Joyce Dailey Episode: "One of the Family"
The Virginian Charity Episode: "A Slight Case of Charity"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mary Pilgrim Episode: "The See-Paris-and-Die Affair"
Branded Christina Adams Episode: "Very Few Heroes"
Kraft Suspense Theatre Terry Camion Episode: "Kill Me on July 20th"
1966 Run for Your Life Belle Frazer Episode: "The Cruel Fountain"
The Merv Griffin Show Self Episode: "Glenn Ford, Kathryn Hays, Irene Ryan, Barrie Chase, Georgie Kaye"
1966–67 The Road West Elizabeth Reynolds Main role
1967 The Hollywood Squares Self 15 episodes
Panelist
39th Academy Awards Audience Member
Vacation Playhouse Betsy Fleming Episode: "You're Only Young Twice"
1968 The High Chaparral Frances O'Toole Episode: "Tornado Frances"
Mannix Betsy Charnik Episode: "The End of the Rainbow"
Star Trek Gem Episode: "The Empath"
1969 Here Come the Brides Dena Episode: "A Kiss Just for So"
This Savage Land Elizabeth Reynolds Made-for-TV movie directed by Vincent McEveety
1970 Breakout Ann Baker Made-for-TV movie directed by Richard Irving
1971 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Marcy Episode: "An Absence of Loneliness"
Yuma Julie Williams Made-for-TV movie directed by Ted Post[52]
Marcus Welby, M.D. Ellen Episode: "In My Father's House"
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law Lori Phillips Episode: "Nothing Personal"
Bearcats! Milly Todd Episode: "The Return of Estaban"
The Guiding Light Leslie Jackson Bauer, RN #2 Three month contract
1972 Cade's County Helen Derman Episode: "Ragged Edge"
Night Gallery June Episode: "She'll Be Company for You"
1972–2010 As the World Turns Kim Sullivan Hughes Contract role held from August 31, 1972 to September 17, 2010
1973 Circle of Fear Janet Episode: "Legion of Demons"
1975 ABC's Wide World of Entertainment Self Episode: "A Salute to Daytime Dramas"
1977 After Hours: Getting to Know Us TV special
1989 American Playhouse Harriet Rodker Episode: "Ask Me Again"
1999 Law & Order Gloria Blumberg Episode: "Sundown"
2006 SoapTalk Self Episode: "5 April 2006"
33rd Daytime Emmy Awards As the World Turns Tribute
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jane Willet Episode: "Florida"
2010 One Life to Live Kim Hughes Episode: "Shiver Deep, Mountain High"
2023 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards Self In Memoriam

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Title Role Result Ref.
1998 Soap Opera Digest Award Editor's Choice As the World Turns Kim Sullivan Hughes Won [53]

References

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Citations

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Williams, Annabelle (April 18, 2022). "Kathryn Hays, Soap Star for Nearly 40 Years, Dies at 87". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. eISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Evans, Greg (April 8, 2022). "Kathryn Hays Dies: Longtime 'As The World Turns', 'Star Trek' Actress Was 87". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ Aaker 2017, p. 1981.
  4. ↑ "Kathryn Hays". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ Alleman, Annie (June 30, 2002). "Kay Hays remembers JTHS days fondly". The Herald-News. Shaw Media. OCLC 30591638. Kathryn Hays loved her time at Joliet Township High School, and was thrilled to be a part of the alumni choir. Hays, who has starred as Kim Hughes on the CBS soap opera As The World Turns for 30 years, was back in her hometown to participate in her 50th high school class reunion.
  6. 1 2 3 "Hollywood.. Glenn Ford And Wife Find Careers Keep Them Apart". Reading Eagle. Vol. 98, no. 140. Reading Eagle Company. June 15, 1966. p. 67. ISSN 2469-3448. OCLC 232117921. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Cushman & Osborn 2015, p. 239–240.
  8. ↑ Cushman & Osborn 2015, pp. 243–244.
  9. ↑ Okuda & Okuda, p. 135.
  10. ↑ Okuda & Okuda, p. 170.
  11. ↑ Okuda & Okuda, p. 712.
  12. ↑ Aaker 2017, p. 109.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Aaker 2017, pp. 207–208.
  14. 1 2 3 Gamer, Glenn (April 8, 2022). "Kathryn Hays, Beloved 'As the World Turns' Actress, Dead at 88". People. People Inc. ISSN 0093-7673. OCLC 794712888. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Kathryn Hays: The We Love Soaps Interview, Part Two".
  16. ↑ Aquilina, Tyler (April 9, 2022). "Kathryn Hays, longtime As the World Turns star, dies at 88". Entertainment Weekly. People Inc. eISSN 2169-3188. OCLC 21114137. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Sunday on Six". Lewiston Evening Journal. Sun Media Group (now Maine Trust for Local News). December 23, 1972. OCLC 1058326012. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Miss Hays Guests on Cade's County". Schenectady Gazette. Vol. 78, no. 134. The Daily Gazette Co. March 4, 1972. p. 8. ISSN 2996-1718. OCLC 427365671. Retrieved August 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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  23. ↑ Canby, Vincent (March 14, 1968). "Local Double Bill". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
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  25. ↑ Rebello 2020, p. 114.
  26. ↑ Smith, Cecil (November 23, 1970). "NBC May Hasten Film Programming". Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company (now Los Angeles Times Communications LLC). p. E23. ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 3638237. Retrieved July 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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  28. ↑ "Leslie Jackson Bauer, RN Deceased". soapcentral.com. Soap Central, LLC. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
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  31. ↑ Slifka, Adrian (May 24, 1977). "Around The Airwaves. Daytime Tv Stars To Sing, Dance In Thursday Afternoon Feature". The Vindicator. Vol. 88, no. 266. Ogden Newspapers Inc. p. 36. ISSN 0890-9857. OCLC 12961328. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ↑ "Dames at Sea". abouttheartists.com. AboutTheArtists.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  33. 1 2 Mitovich, Matt Webb (April 8, 2022). "ATWT Vet Kathryn Hays Dead At 87". TVLine. Static Media. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
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  35. ↑ Dietz 2014, p. 373.
  36. ↑ University of Louisiana at Monroe Yearbook Staff 1982, p. 58.
  37. ↑ Liccardo, Lynn (December 14, 2012). "Irna Phillips, soap opera's single mother". Harvard Magazine. Harvard Magazine Inc. ISSN 0095-2427. OCLC 1524117262. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
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  39. ↑ Li, Shirley (August 31, 2010). "'As the World Turns': Kathryn Hays, a.k.a. Kim Hughes, reflects on final day of taping". Entertainment Weekly. People Inc. eISSN 2169-3188. OCLC 21114137. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
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  42. ↑ Stritof, Sheri. "The Marriages and Wives of Glenn Ford". About.com. People Inc. Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  43. ↑ "Actor Glenn Ford Weds". St. Joseph Gazette. Vol. 121, no. 241. News-Press & Gazette Company. Associated Press. March 28, 1966. p. 2A. ISSN 0899-711X. OCLC 26027494. Retrieved August 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  44. ↑ "Glenn Ford's Actress Wife Wins Divorce". Telegraph Herald. Vol. 133, no. 150. Woodward Communications, Inc. June 25, 1969. p. 14. ISSN 1041-293X. OCLC 232117616. Retrieved August 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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  46. ↑ "In Memory of Kathryn Hays, 1934-2022". Lesko & Polke Funeral Home. Retrieved April 18, 2022.[permanent dead link]
  47. ↑ Kathryn Hays - Tribute, retrieved November 19, 2022
  48. ↑ Ramirez, Christina Dugan; Patterson, Charmaine (February 26, 2023). "2023 SAG Awards In Memoriam Tribute Honors Olivia Newton-John, Anne Heche, Kirstie Alley, and More". People. People Inc. ISSN 0093-7673. OCLC 794712888. Archived from the original on February 27, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2026.
  49. ↑ Dickert, Lois (April 1963). "They Thought the War Was On!". McCall's. McCall Corporation. pp. 96–97, 201–203. ISSN 1060-1201.
  50. ↑ Dewlen, Al (1956). The Night of the Tiger. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw Hill, Inc.
  51. ↑ Sillitoe, Alan (1960). The General (Hardcover). London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  52. ↑ Roberts 2009, p. 456.
  53. ↑ "'General Hospital' Big Winner At Soap Opera Digest Awards". Argus-Press. Vol. 144, no. 58. Boone Newsmedia. February 28, 1998. p. 5. OCLC 36134862. Retrieved July 31, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

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