Facebook post on Tuesday. «You fought Cancer & COVID-19 like a champ. Rest, you brilliant, woman. Thank you, mom. R.I.P.»Lawson made her TV debut on CBS's in 1965 and later appeared on ABC's in 1979.
But her role as Bea Reardon — the owner and operator of the 7th Street boarding house — on from 1981 to 1990 is the role she was best known for.
aired on CBS for 57 years, from 1952 to 2009. There was also a 19-year broadcast on radio overlap between 1937 to 1956, giving the soap a 72-year run on radio and TV to make it the second longest-running drama in American TV history.Lawson also appeared on Broadway, making her debut in 1965 in the comedy.
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