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The Brighter Day

7 / 10 | United States
1954 | Drama
The Brighter Day is an American daytime soap opera which aired on CBS from January 4, 1954 to September 28, 1962. Originally created for NBC radio by Irna Phillips in 1948, the radio and television versions ran simultaneously from 1954-1956. Set in New Hope, Wisconsin, the series revolved around Reverend Richard Dennis and his four children, Althea, Patsy, Babby and Grayling. The Brighter Day was the first soap opera to air on network television with an explicitly religious theme. Another soap opera created by Phillips, The Guiding Light, initially had a religious theme as a radio show but dropped it by the time the series moved to television.

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Cast List (21)

Erwin Nicholson
Erwin Nicholson
Director
Marvin Silbersher
Marvin Silbersher
Director
Edward Kogan
Edward Kogan
Director
Blair Davies
Blair Davies
Rev. Richard Dennis
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
Grayling Dennis #1 (1954-1959)
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
Grayling Dennis
Jayne Heller
Jayne Heller
Althea Dennis Bigby
June Dayton
June Dayton
Patsy Dennis
Peter Donat
Peter Donat
Steven Markley
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram
Rev. Victor Graham
Lois Nettleton
Lois Nettleton
Patsy Dennis
Mary Michael
Mary Michael
Franny the maid.
Brook Byron
Brook Byron
Althea Dennis
Bill Smith
Bill Smith
Rev. Richard Dennis
Walter Brooke
Walter Brooke
Donald Harrick
Frances Reid
Frances Reid
Portia Manning
Mary Linn Beller
Mary Linn Beller
Babby Dennis (1954-1959) (original television cast)
Mary Linn Beller
Mary Linn Beller
Babby Dennis
Diane Gentner
Diane Gentner
Sandra Talbot Dennis
Mona Bruns
Mona Bruns
Aunt Emily Potter
Irna Phillips
Irna Phillips
Writer

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