Cathryn Lee Damon

Cathryn Lee Damon (September 11, 1930 – May 4, 1987)

She became familiar to television viewers as middle-class Mary Campbell on the primetime spoof of daytime soap operas aptly entitled Soap from 1977 until 1981. However, many fans may not know that she was the third and final actress cast in the role. Producer Tony Thomas states, "Cathryn Damon was brilliant. A lot of people don't know this, but we recast that to put her in it." She later appeared with Soap co-star Eugene Roche on Webster from 1984-86. The pair played Cassie and Bill Parker, Webster's landlords, on the hit series. Other television credits included guest roles on The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, Mike Hammer. In 1986, Damon was diagnosed with cancer, but continued acting in small roles up until shortly before her death a year later at age 56, on May 4, 1987. She is interred in Acacia Memorial Park near Seattle, WA.