Kathryn Hays: Last News

Julianne Moore has paid tribute to the "beautiful and gracious" actress and former colleague and mentor, Kathryn Hays, following the news of her death at the age of 87.MORE: Julianne Moore shows off baby bump in pregnancy photo - famous friends reactTaking to Instagram, the Hollywood star shared several photos of herself and Kathryn from over the years, including a picture of them in character promoting As the World Turns.Alongside the pictures, The Hours actress wrote: "The beautiful and gracious #KathrynHays has passed away. I worked with Kathryn on #AsTheWorldTurns at the beginning of my career and she treated me with such kindness and generosity, and demonstrated in her every action how to be professional on a set.A post shared by Julianne Moore (@juliannemoore)Julianne Moore paid a heartfelt tribute to Kathryn Hays"I am indebted to her and so saddened by her loss.

Kathryn Hays has sadly died.

As the World Turns star Kathryn Hays has died aged 88.The soap star passed away on 25th March but no cause of death has been revealed.The actress - who worked on the long- running show for 38 years from 1972 to 2010 - began her career the 60s with roles on shows such as Hawaiian Eye, Dr Kildare, Route 66, Bonanza and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Sad: Kathryn Hays, pictured here in 2010, passed away last month at the age of 88 Soap star: The actress, seen here in As The World Turns in 1974, spent 38 years on the showIn 1966, Kathryn was cast as Elizabeth Reynolds in The Road West for 29 episodes.

Kathryn Hays, who in 1972 started playing As The World Turns‘ trouble-making home-wrecker Kim Sullivan and by the soap’s cancelation in 2010 had aged with her character to become the beloved matriarch Kim Hughes, died Friday, March 25 in Fairfield, Connecticut. She was 87.

TV Line reported.The cause of death was not available.She was remembered fondly by her scene partner Don Hastings — who played her husband, Bob Hughes — in a statement, saying that “our relationship as Bob and Kim was as close as Kathryn and my relationship, except we were not married.”Hastings also shared that the duo’s “biggest squabble was that she always wanted to rehearse and I wanted to take a nap. “This is a huge loss to all who knew her,” he said.The Illinois native Hays, who reprised the iconic character for 38 years, also touched the hearts of sci-fi lovers worldwide during a guest appearance in “Star Trek” in 1968.