Anne Heche Remembered: The Soap Role(s) That Left Us Seeing Stars - TVLine

Since the devastating accident that claimed the life of Anne Heche, I’ve read a lot of comments along the lines of “Aw, she was great in [insert name of movie or series here].” And the blank is almost always filled in differently, owing to the fact that in her 35-year career, she’d done everything from blockbusters to indie films and enough television to fill a network’s schedule for a week.

For me, the blank is filled in with Another World.

Back in 1987, a then-teenage Heche didn’t just make a good impression in her television debut on the much-missed NBC soap, she made a lasting one.

Heche couldn’t have known as she earned a 1991 Emmy as she exited the soap that she’d go on to amass a string of credits long enough to fill a phone book.

Her star just shined too brightly to be denied