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Pained to see how much his sick wife missed Meta, Papa told his family that he regretted driving his eldest child away. It was now his fondest wish to find Meta and bring her home before Mama died. What the Bauer family didn't realize, though, was that Meta was already back in Los Angeles. Jan Carter, Dr. Leland's roommate, was really Meta! Meta kept this secret until she found herself in a sad predicament -- she was pregnant by Ted White, a man she had used but did not love. Meta confided in Dr. Charles Matthews, the pastor at the Church of the Good Samaritan in Selby Flats, CA, and sought refuge at a convent in New York, where she gave birth to a baby boy whom Dr. Matthews and Dr. Leland arranged to be adopted -- by Charlotte and Ray Brandon. Unaware of the identities of their child's biological parents, the Brandons named their son Charles (Chuckie), after Dr. Matthews, and looked forward to a happy life. Meanwhile, Meta tearfully returned to the family fold on Mama and Papa's silver wedding anniversary and eventually told them her painful story. She also told Ted in hopes that they would marry and get Chuckie back. Ted had no use for Meta, so Meta and Ted each filed separate custody suits against the Brandons. Identifying with Meta, Charlotte came to believe that Chuckie would be better off with his biological mother. At this time, however, Meta and Ross Boling were beginning to have feelings for one another, leaving Trudy to bitterly resent her sister's return. However, Meta succumbed to family pressure to marry for Chuckie's sake, and she and Ted tied the knot in Las Vegas. Dr. Ross Boling, however, started to ignore Trudy and started pursuing Dr. Mary Leland -- who were both working at the new Cedars hospital at the time. Trudy herself was so resentful of Meta, even shortly after Mama died, that Trudy wouldn't be there to help Meta through her darkest hour—when Chuckie died and Meta killed Ted. |
Pained to see how much his sick wife missed Meta, Papa told his family that he regretted driving his eldest child away. It was now his fondest wish to find Meta and bring her home before Mama died. What the Bauer family didn't realize, though, was that Meta was already back in Los Angeles. Jan Carter, Dr. Leland's roommate, was really Meta! Meta kept this secret until she found herself in a sad predicament -- she was pregnant by Ted White, a man she had used but did not love. Meta confided in Dr. Charles Matthews, the pastor at the Church of the Good Samaritan in Selby Flats, CA, and sought refuge at a convent in New York, where she gave birth to a baby boy whom Dr. Matthews and Dr. Leland arranged to be adopted -- by Charlotte and Ray Brandon. Unaware of the identities of their child's biological parents, the Brandons named their son Charles (Chuckie), after Dr. Matthews, and looked forward to a happy life. Meanwhile, Meta tearfully returned to the family fold on Mama and Papa's silver wedding anniversary and eventually told them her painful story. She also told Ted in hopes that they would marry and get Chuckie back. Ted had no use for Meta, so Meta and Ted each filed separate custody suits against the Brandons. Identifying with Meta, Charlotte came to believe that Chuckie would be better off with his biological mother. At this time, however, Meta and Ross Boling were beginning to have feelings for one another, leaving Trudy to bitterly resent her sister's return. However, Meta succumbed to family pressure to marry for Chuckie's sake, and she and Ted tied the knot in Las Vegas. Dr. Ross Boling, however, started to ignore Trudy and started pursuing Dr. Mary Leland -- who were both working at the new Cedars hospital at the time. Trudy herself was so resentful of Meta, even shortly after Mama died, that Trudy wouldn't be there to help Meta through her darkest hour—when Chuckie died and Meta killed Ted. |
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| + | Meanwhile, Trudy's future looked bright because there was an exciting new man in her life. After Ross Boling moved on with Mary Leland and left Los Angeles, Trudy went on a vacation to Jamaica alone. There she met Clyde Palmer, a charming, well-to-do young bachelor from New York City. A whirlwind courtship ensued, and the two lovers continued to write to each other after they both returned home. Before long, they were married. Trudy and Clyde set up house in New York, and Meta, now married to Joe Roberts, stayed with them for a while during her stepson Joey's illness. Meta was now feeling like a fifth wheel in Joe's life. Their marriage was still a secret, and she was questioning their decision to elope. While in New York, Meta met Clyde's friend, a successful doctor named Bruce Banning. Tired of living a lie with Joe, Meta began to wonder if her future lay with Bruce rather than with a husband who was till tied exclusively to his grown children. In the New Year of 1952, Meta returned to Los Angeles and to her husband. However, thanks to hostility from her stepdaughter, Kathy, Meta feared she would never fit into Joe's family, and eventually separated. Meta went to New York to visit Trudy and Clyde, once again, and began seeing Bruce Banning, again. When Bruce proposed, however, Meta realized she belonged with Joe and with Trudy's urging, Meta returned home. |
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| Portrayed by: | Laurette Fillbrandt (1948-1949) Charlotte Holland (1949-1951) Helen Wagner (1952) Lisa Howard (1957-1958) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration: | 1948-1951, 1952 & 1957-1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance: | September 27, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance: | March 14, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cause/reason: | Left town with Clyde Palmer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Created by: | Irna Phillips | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Family: | Bauer family | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Female | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Unemployed/Housewife | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence: | New York, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gertrude "Trudy" Bauer (formerly Palmer) is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light.
Actress History:
- Laurette Fillbrandt (09/1948-09/1949)
- Charlotte Holland (09/1949-??/1951)
- Helen Wagner (01/1952-08/1952)
- Lisa Howard (03/1957-03/1958)
Character History:
Gertrude "Trudy" Bauer was the youngest daughter of Friedrich and "Mama" Bauer. Six years before Mama became ill with cancer and was being treated by Dr. Mary Leland, Trudy's older sister, Meta, fled the family home because Papa was an Old World tyrant who refused to allow her the freedoms enjoyed by typical American girls. Papa had since destroyed all pictures of Meta and forbade the family to ever mention her name. But now, Mama had cancer, and she longed to see Meta again. Trudy's brother Bill was a drugstore clerk in his mid-20s and engaged to his childhood sweetheart, Bertha (Bert) Miller, a spunky and outspoken young woman with an annoying penchant for social climbing. (They would soon be married though.) Trudy, the youngest in the family, felt like a plain Jane who'd always lived in the shadow of Meta's striking beauty but Trudy felt attractive around Dr. Ross Boling, the new doctor who rented the Bauers' upstairs apartment.
Pained to see how much his sick wife missed Meta, Papa told his family that he regretted driving his eldest child away. It was now his fondest wish to find Meta and bring her home before Mama died. What the Bauer family didn't realize, though, was that Meta was already back in Los Angeles. Jan Carter, Dr. Leland's roommate, was really Meta! Meta kept this secret until she found herself in a sad predicament -- she was pregnant by Ted White, a man she had used but did not love. Meta confided in Dr. Charles Matthews, the pastor at the Church of the Good Samaritan in Selby Flats, CA, and sought refuge at a convent in New York, where she gave birth to a baby boy whom Dr. Matthews and Dr. Leland arranged to be adopted -- by Charlotte and Ray Brandon. Unaware of the identities of their child's biological parents, the Brandons named their son Charles (Chuckie), after Dr. Matthews, and looked forward to a happy life. Meanwhile, Meta tearfully returned to the family fold on Mama and Papa's silver wedding anniversary and eventually told them her painful story. She also told Ted in hopes that they would marry and get Chuckie back. Ted had no use for Meta, so Meta and Ted each filed separate custody suits against the Brandons. Identifying with Meta, Charlotte came to believe that Chuckie would be better off with his biological mother. At this time, however, Meta and Ross Boling were beginning to have feelings for one another, leaving Trudy to bitterly resent her sister's return. However, Meta succumbed to family pressure to marry for Chuckie's sake, and she and Ted tied the knot in Las Vegas. Dr. Ross Boling, however, started to ignore Trudy and started pursuing Dr. Mary Leland -- who were both working at the new Cedars hospital at the time. Trudy herself was so resentful of Meta, even shortly after Mama died, that Trudy wouldn't be there to help Meta through her darkest hour—when Chuckie died and Meta killed Ted.
Meanwhile, Trudy's future looked bright because there was an exciting new man in her life. After Ross Boling moved on with Mary Leland and left Los Angeles, Trudy went on a vacation to Jamaica alone. There she met Clyde Palmer, a charming, well-to-do young bachelor from New York City. A whirlwind courtship ensued, and the two lovers continued to write to each other after they both returned home. Before long, they were married. Trudy and Clyde set up house in New York, and Meta, now married to Joe Roberts, stayed with them for a while during her stepson Joey's illness. Meta was now feeling like a fifth wheel in Joe's life. Their marriage was still a secret, and she was questioning their decision to elope. While in New York, Meta met Clyde's friend, a successful doctor named Bruce Banning. Tired of living a lie with Joe, Meta began to wonder if her future lay with Bruce rather than with a husband who was till tied exclusively to his grown children. In the New Year of 1952, Meta returned to Los Angeles and to her husband. However, thanks to hostility from her stepdaughter, Kathy, Meta feared she would never fit into Joe's family, and eventually separated. Meta went to New York to visit Trudy and Clyde, once again, and began seeing Bruce Banning, again. When Bruce proposed, however, Meta realized she belonged with Joe and with Trudy's urging, Meta returned home.