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Bill Glenn, 74; director helped launch soap opera 'The Young and the Restless'

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Jun 19, 2007, 3:07:47 AM6/19/07
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Bill Glenn, 74, a director who helped launch the long-running
television soap opera "The Young and the Restless," died June 11 at
his Palm Springs home, said his cousin, Eleanor Glenn. The cause of
death was not disclosed.

When "The Young and the Restless" debuted on CBS in 1973, Glenn was
credited with giving the soap a distinctive look that emphasized
beautiful sets, imaginative lighting and lush orchestral scores.

"It was a big turnaround in soap operas because we went very elegant
with one of the top designers in Hollywood," Glenn told Canada's
Ottawa Citizen in 1998. "It was a trendsetter."

Born in 1933 in Ottawa, Glenn was the only child of a railway
engineer. He started acting in his teens and joined the Canadian
Repertory Theatre before directing children's shows for the Canadian
Broadcasting Co.

In the late 1960s, Glenn directed the CBS soap opera "Where the Heart
Is" in New York before moving to Los Angeles. He stayed with "The
Young and the Restless" for nine years, and later joined the same
creative team for the 1987 debut of CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful."

wazzzy

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Jun 26, 2007, 4:53:22 AM6/26/07
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from The Desert Sun (6-26):

William "Bill" Glenn

Director William (Bill) Glenn, who was instrumental in the launch of
the Bell-Phillip Television soap operas, "The Bold and the Beautiful"
and "The Young and the Restless", passed away at his home in Palm
Springs, CA on June 10, 2007. Born in 1933 in Ottowa, Canada, Glenn
started acting in his teens and joined the Canadian Repertory Theater


before directing children's shows for the Canadian Broadcasting

Corporation. He also directed and produced a variety of dramas,
documentaries and special events for CBS, the National Film Board of
Canada, Crawley Film and TV Ontario, Canada's education Channel. As
part of Canada's Centennial Celebration, he produced and directed a
Command Performance for the Royal Family, an outdoor extravaganza with
a cast of 800. After moving to the United States, Glenn continued to
direct a multitude of programs including a revival of the series "You
Are There" with Walter Cronkite, "The ABC Mystery Series", "The Adams
Chronicles" for PBS, "Behind the Scenes" for CBS, and a special
variety show featuring major Hollywood celebrities entitled "100
Bicentennial Minutes". Daytime television became a permanent home to
Glenn when the late William J. Bell, who co-created "The Young and the
Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful" with his wife, Lee Phillip
Bell, hired him to launch the start of both shows. Glenn directed
episodes one through five of "The Bold and the Beautiful", in March
1987 and stayed with the show in the capacity of Senior Director and
Executive in Charge of Production through 1988. Glenn's other daytime
directing credits include "Capitol", "Santa Barbara", and "One Life to
Live". Additionally, Glenn created Romance Theater and served as
executive producer. Glenn is survived by cousin Eleanor Glenn and
family in Ottowa, Canada and a host of close friends and created
family in Palm Springs, CA, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY. A
memorial service is tentatively scheduled for July 10, 2007 in Malibu,
CA.
Published in The Desert Sun on 6/26/2007.

http://www.legacy.com/thedesertsun/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=89690578

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