As the World Turns: Helen Wagner's Final Scene as Nancy Hughes 

Helen Wagner was a true giant in daytime television!! I simply loved her character on As The World Turns. I still miss her and this beloved soap. As The World Turns and Guiding Light were the BEST soaps on daytime television!!!

she had a remarkable carear being the original cast member thats impressive i was a big as the world turns fan in the 80s

Nancy was the mom grandma everyone wanted . rip

A true legend, you'd never know this was her last scene. Over 90 years old and she was still at her best. The scene with Katie also had some really nice, fitting moments summing up Nancy's character, such as her love for Chris and her finally being able to move on with Mac.

ATWT wasn't a show I ever watched, but I recognize that Helen Wagner and her character Nancy Hughes is an American tv legend. Thanks for posting this.

If it were still on today, which it should be, it wouldn't be the same without this great lady!!!! May she RIP!!!!

The recent passing of Jeanne Cooper put me in mind of this other great queen of daytime drama.Mary Stuart,Charita Bauer,Jeanne and Helen were everyone's mom and grandma.May they all rest forever in the arms of God

gosh i am sure i watched this when it was on---what a treasure to see it again--made me cry---i cand remember this on at home from when i was 5 years old---and watc hed it as my famioy grew up----thank goodness my mom had passed by the time--she would have been soooo sad---i know when it ended i have felt i have lost and old friend--thanks for all the memories---nancy was such a wise woman!--it was nice to hear her voice again!!!!! thanks

Helen Wagner was the last of the Grande Dames of soaps! I only with she was around to deliver the last lines of ATWT: "Good evening, dear."

Helen Wagner was an icon.

Nancy was a terrific actress who took the sketchy character of Nancy Hughes and failed her out full-blown, full of shadings and complexities, much more than the standard issue wife and mother of the 1950s. She never lost her beauty, never lost her sharp focus on the character and the script.

Interesting that in Nancy's first scene she said "Good morning dear" and was probably pouring a cup of coffee back in the day - and as part of her last scenes she's in a coffee shop (at least not pouring coffee but actually being served) - she came a long way - well earned and deserved.

Helen Wagner... a true O.G. It's almost been a decade since we lost you (and ATWT). R.I.P.

GREG MAY of Orlando, FL says: "My mom, the late RUTH MAY got hooked on ATWT while awaiting my birth in 1956. Daddy bought her a 20" Motorola TV set. HELEN WAGNER was her favorite character. Years later after we moved to Orlando, I got my parents tickets to go see EILEEN FULTON who brought her cabaret act to Florida. They talked about meeting 'Lisa" for years afterwards." lateOF

@dannybex "Rest in peace" (Latin: Requiescat in pace) is a short epitaph or idiomatic expression wishing eternal rest and peace to someone that has died. The expression typically appears on headstones, often abbreviated as "RIP". The backronym "rest in paradise" is also common as a variation.

Nancy Hughes, Alice Horton, Caroline Brady, Katherine Chancellor, Mona Kane, Myrtle Fargate, Viki Lord, Lila Quartermaine, Ada Hobson, Rachel Cory……all these soaps had their shining lady that always had great words of advice and wisdom to give.

Rest well sweet lady!

Missing Helen as much as the soap itself!

Helen Wagner brought such class to the show! She will be missed. (And what is with all of those RIDICULOUS COMMENTS about Rest In Peace below?) Thank you, Helen, for all those wonderful years!

This lady was a class act from start to finish.

Beautiful woman! She will be missed

10 years ago. :(

Everyone always listened to Nancy's Words of Wisdom no matter who they were!

Nancy was one of the first characters I remember when I started watching the show regularly in 1979, when she was in scenes with her then-paralyzed son Donald and her troublemaking daughter-in-law Joyce.

Before Dina Abbott Mergeron, Ann Douglas, Liz Foster, Jennifer Brooks, Beth Logan, Shirley Spectra, Mary Williams, Pamela Douglas, Katherine Chancellor, Stephanie Forrester, Gina Romalotti and Vivienne Avant there was Nancy Hughes, Oakdale's resident matriarch from As The World Turns.

IT'S A SHAME WHAT THE NETWORKS DID TO THE SOAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@dannybex it comes from the concept that just because you're dead, you're not necessarily at peace, you may return as a ghost to haunt people, or you may find your soul suffering in Hell. Peace, is not considered to be a guarantee in older Christian traditions, and Ancient and Medieval Europe.

🤗SHE WAS A CLASSIC ACTRESS AND HUMAN BEING SOMETHING MOST OF US CAN ONLY DREAM OF BEING🤗💗💗💗💗

@dannybex With all due respect to you as well -- it's obviously to soften the moment and avoid saying "lay there forever, you're dead now."

RIP

3:15 - Is that an error and a crew member with clipboard in the background walking by?

@BabyDillGerkin With all due respect, I obviously know what it means. I was asking why people use the phrase (especially "RIP") when in fact, they're not resting, and when someone dies, of course they're "at peace".

Why did the emmys not honor her?

@kolsten88 Why do people say "rest well" or "rest in peace"? She's DEAD, she's not "resting." Sheesh.