| Kathryn Hays has played the role of AS THE WORLD TURNS' Kim Hughes for over 25 years. The oft-married Kim settled down several years ago with Dr. Bob Hughes but both continue to confront the trials and tribulations of their blended family.
Among her credits are guest-starring roles in more than 50 television series including High Chaparral and Star Trek, for which she received Emmy Award nominations. In 1977, she also starred in the daytime musical special After Hours: Getting to Know You on the CBS Television Network.
Hays' many feature film credits include leading roles in Counterpoint with Charlton Heston and Maximilian Schell; The Savage Land with George C. Scott; Yuma with Clint Walker; Ride Beyond Vengeance and Lady Bug, Lady Bug.
On Broadway, she had featured roles in Mary, Mary with Barbara Bel Geddes and Barry Nelson, and The Irregular Verb to Love with Claudette Colbert and Cyril Ritchard. Additional theater credits include appearances in musicals with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera and a starring role in the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, which was videotaped as a permanent part of the Lincoln Center Library of the Performing Arts collection of American musicals. She also appeared in numerous regional theater productions across the country.
Hays and Don Hastings, who plays Dr. Bob on the CBS daytime drama, toured with a musical concert act, Hastings and Hays on Love, and were both cast members of an Off-Broadway production of Algonquin Sampler. In 1998, they received the Editor's Award from Soap Opera Digest.
Hays was born in Princeton, IL, and took theater classes at nearby Northwestern University while still in high school. She attended junior college in Joliet, IL. Hays, who has a married daughter, Sherri, lives in New York City. Her birthday is July 26. |
