BEFORE THEY WERE SOAP STARS: KATHLEEN WIDDOES

From 1985 to 2010, Kathleen Widdoes played salt-of-the-Earth, homespun, pie-baking, invisible grandchildren babysitting, periodically romance novel writing, Snyder family matriarch Emma.

But, before she came to Oakdale, Ms. Widdoes had quite a film and theater career, including a prominent role in The Group, based on Mary McCarthy's phenomenal best-selling novel.

Check her out in the clip below (though you have to work hard to see around her hat):