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Anthony Geary, who plays the macho villain, fears Luke will be changed from "the really rotten, rot-ten, volatile character he was at first to a conventional leading man." The sizzling star of ABC-TV's 'General Hospital' says: "My contract has three years to go and I'll gladly stay with the series till then or even longer, but only if the character of Luke stays exciting ex-citing and unpredictable." Since Luke was accused of raping Laura Webber Baldwin, 'General Hospital' has bubbled to the top of the soaps with an audience of around 7,000,000. It has also grabbed the most teenage viewers for any soap 1,850,000 as the nation is gripped by the fast-developing fast-developing romance between Luke and his not-so-innocent victim, vic-tim, played by 18-year-old Genie Francis. The young actress, daughter of actress-model Rosemary Daler and actor Ivon Francis, gets 800 fan letters a week, mainly from troubled teenagers seeking advice. But while she is envied by hordes of high-schoolers, Genie is sorry that success has cost "some of my childhood all those fun things the average schoolgirl gets to do." . . . TV's sexiest woman cop, 49-year-old Angie Dickinson" was asked if she'd ever marry again now that she is filing for divorce from her second husband, composer Burt Bacharach. Angie's answer, "Give me at least five years to think about it." TV BACKSTAGE: You'd never think that dirty dealing J.R. Ewing of 'Dallas' would be a one-woman man in real life. But Larry Hagman, better known as J.R. on the hit series, is anything but a skirt-chaser. The 49-year-old actor has been happily married to the same woman for 25 years. That lucky lady is 48-year-old Maj, (sounds like 'my'), a Swedish-born beauty whose specialty is designing custom-made Jacuzzi spas. And while J.R. may take advantage of every woman he meets, Hagman readily admits that without Maj he never would have hit it big; "If our marriage isn't wicked enough for J.R. , it's the best thing that ever happened happen-ed to me." ... On January 22 on the 'Mike Douglas Show,' the home viewers will see one of the most unusual 'jams' in musical history picture Mike, Dolly Parton and Susan Anton as the vocal trio with rock star Ted Nugent on 'lead guitar aided by Mike's orchestra. TV CLOSEUP: Thousands of grieving Edith Bunker fans are pouring out real cash in memory of Archie's beloved Dingbat. Bereaved viewers are responding to 'death notices' placed in newspapers nationwide by producer Norman Lear to appease feminists outraged by his decision to 'kill' Edith. The black-bordered black-bordered notices ask for donations instead of flowers to be sent to the National Organization for Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund. So far fans have contributed $10,000 to go along with Lear's own $400,000 penance for eliminating the character brought to life for 10 years by Jean Stapleton. "I'm : impressed how so many people who identified with Edith Bunker have responded with money," NOW director Stephanie Clohesy, of New York City, told me. "Edith showed that a wife could be a feminist and still be a wife. That has been important for us here at NOW to get across the two things are not contradictory." con-tradictory." . . . The 'Three's Company1 set has become a battleground bat-tleground with John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt pitted against co-star co-star Suzanne Somers. The once-friendly trio is at war over the chaos Suzanne has caused on their top-rated series. "John and Joyce are ready to wring her neck," a source close to the ABC-TV show told me. "She has totally fouled up their schedules with her antics," 'ui i . twwm i in I m ii im iim, limn n m i'hpimh m : ' i tv. . .,..-r ' ' '. - :' -r ""' ..... j ' ; ; i ; ."!H-, v"! ". y . f 1 ' . - , i .r&-g A Almanzo Wilder (Dean Butler, center) makes the mistake of offering to babysit for his brother's two young sons Rupert (Rossie Harris, right) and Myron (Ham Larson). The two ill-mannered ill-mannered little brats almost destroy his life and his home before their parents return, in 'The Nephews' on NBC-TV's LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, Monday, January 19. |