Kim Sullivan Hughes
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| As the World Turns character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Kathryn Hays | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1972–2010 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | August 31, 1972 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | September 17, 2010 | ||||||||||
| Created by | Irna Phillips | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Co-owner of WOAK-TV Host of Patterns TV show Campaign manager for Tom Hughes's successful 1986 campaign for district attorney Helped manage the Andropolous restaurant, The Palatka Former Secretary for Lowell, Hughes & Colman law firm Former Singer |
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| Residence | 10 Yardley Place Oakdale, IL 60324 |
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| Parents | Frances Sullivan |
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| Siblings | Jennifer Sullivan Hughes |
| Spouse | Jason Reynolds (widowed) John Dixon (1973–76) Dan Stewart (1977–79) Nick Andropoulous (1981–82) Bob Hughes (1985–) |
| Children |
Sabrina Hughes Andy Dixon Christopher Hughes II |
| Other relatives |
Paul Ryan Jennifer Munson Will Munson Johnny Dixon Jennifer Ryan Johnny Montgomery Hallie Munson (adoptive) |
Kimberly "Kim" Hughes (maiden name Sullivan; previously Reynolds, Dixon, Stewart, and Andropoulous) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. The character was portrayed by Kathryn Hays continuously from 1972. Kim was created by soap opera legend Irna Phillips and was based on Irna's own personality. She soon became one of As the World Turns's most popular characters. First appearing in August 1972, the actress become the fourth longest serving cast member on the show after Helen Wagner (Nancy Hughes), Don Hastings (Bob Hughes), and Eileen Fulton (Lisa Grimaldi) when the show finished on air on September 17, 2010.
Kim's storylines often revolve around the core Hughes family. The character is portrayed as strong, fiery, sensitive and mother figure who in recent years has taken on the role as the Hughes' matriarch. Throughout her almost 40-year run on the show, Kim has endured several love interests, health issues including open heart surgery and amnesia whilst making the change from adulterous home-wrecker to matriarchal figure. Princeton's Bureau County Republican said the character had "grown over the decades and survived the typical drama of complicated soap plots."
Kathryn Hays was cast as the single, marriage-wrecking Kim Sullivan in 1972 by Irna Phillips. Various accounts have suggested that Kim is, in some ways, representative of Phillips herself. Phillips had written an earlier story on Another World for the character Pat Randolph that had also paralleled her own life. [1]
"I don't know if she modelled Kim after herself," Hays said in an interview. "Don [Hastings] once said to me that Irna Philips saw something in me, or something that spoke to her in some ways. I don’t really know...I was really terrified of her to tell you the truth."
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