Janet Grey is an actress who is remembered for having played Eve Stapleton McFarren on the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Guiding Light

Guiding Light

Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...

from 1976 to 1982

Joining the cast in early 1976 as the younger sister and confidante of Guiding Light heroine Rita Stapleton

Rita Stapleton

Rita Stapleton Bauer was a fictional character on the CBS soap Guiding Light. The character was played by Lenore Kasdorf, and was created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson, shortly after they became Guiding Light's head writers in 1975. Rita was written out in 1981, when Kasdorf announced she was...

, Grey eventually became involved in a number of her own storylines, including the loss of her character's eyesight after a fall (she would later undergo risky surgery and regain her sight), and a popular romantic triangle with characters Ben McFarren and Amanda Wexler Spaulding. Though still popular characters into the early 1980s, Ben and Eve were written out late 1982, when the soap decided to retool its cast and focus in a more youth-oriented direction.

Since leaving Guiding Light, Grey has largely left acting.

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