Lisa Grimaldi

Lisa Grimaldi
Eileen Fulton as Lisa Grimaldi
As the World Turns character
Portrayed by	Eileen Fulton
Duration	1960–2010
First appearance	May 18, 1960 (May 18, 1960)
Last appearance	September 17, 2010 (September 17, 2010)
Created by	Irna Phillips
Introduced by	Ted Corday
Spin-off appearances	Our Private World
Classification	Final, regular
Profile
Occupation	Former Partner in Java Underground Owner of Mona Lisa Restaurant Co-owner of the Lakeview Hotel Former owner of Argus newspaper Formerly wrote a gossip column under the pseudonym "Dolly Valentine" Former Co-Owner of Fashions Limited Partner in Get Real Fashions Former Manager of Wade Book Shop
Residence	Penthouse over Mona Lisa Oakdale, Illinois
Father Henry Miller Mother Alma Miller Spouse Bob Hughes (1960–64) John Eldridge (1965–67) Michael Shea (1969–70) Grant Coleman (1975–79) Whit McColl (1982–84) Earl Mitchell (1986-87) Eduardo Grimaldi (1994–95) Martin Chedwyn (1996) Sons Tom Hughes Scott Eldridge Charles "Chuckie" Shea Stepchildren Brian McColl Diana McColl Kirk McColl

Lisa Grimaldi (nee Miller; formerly Hughes, Eldridge, Shea, Colman, McColl, Mitchell, and Chedwyn) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. The character was portrayed by actress Eileen Fulton for 50 years from May 1960, until the last broadcast television episode aired in September 2010, with Fulton becoming one of the longest-serving soap opera actors in the United States. Lisa is considered to be the first soap "vixen" and was one half of the first ever super couple, Bob and Lisa Hughes.

As the World Turns creator and longtime head writer Irna Phillips created Lisa in the late 1950s originally as a short-term character. Lisa was kept on the As the World Turns canvas due to Fulton's day-to-day acting improvement. A Procter & Gamble executive said to Fulton six months into her run as Lisa, "I want to tell you what a wonderful job you are doing, because when you first came on the show we thought, 'We can't keep her. She's not very good.'"

Fulton's eagerness to play Lisa as a villainess contributed to the character's popularity and therefore its longevity. In a 2007 interview with the Archive of American Television, Fulton explained that the chararacter was originally written to be a "nice girl", which she did not find compelling as an actress, and that, while she read Phillips' lines exactly as they appeared on the script, she said them with a "scheming tone" in her voice. When Phillips saw Fulton's performance she said "I can write for that little rascal. She can play a bitch!" A scheming "vixen" in her early years, TIME magazine once referred to Lisa as a "superbitch" and the "most hated woman on TV." Since those days, Lisa has gone on to become a well-respected presence in Oakdale (the fictional town in which As the World Turns is set), often offering advice and support to the town's younger residents.