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Woman on the Ledge is a made-for-TV movie. I saw it when it first premiered in 1993. In my opinion, from what I remember, it's a rather bad movie that features some of daytime TV's most recognizable actors. The cast includes: Leslie Charleson (General Hospital), Deidre Hall (Days of Our Lives), Colleen Zenk Pinter (As the World Turns), the late Michael Zazlow (Guiding Light/One Life to Live), Peter Bergman (Young & Restless/All My Children), Josh Taylor (Days of Our Lives), Kale Browne (One Life to Live/Another World), Ken Kercheval (Dallas), and even Sarah Chalke (Scrubs/Roseanne).

Most of the actors listed still appear on their respective daytime soaps, so if you are a soap opera fan you may want to watch this if just to see your daytime favorites as different types of characters than they generally play on their daytime shows.

The plot leaves a lot to be desired and sometimes appears to be a rather predictable "soap opera type" of story. Which woman ends up on the ledge? Does she really jump? Can she be saved? You'll just have to watch for yourself!

It wasn't the worst TV movie I ever saw, but it's certainly far from one of the best. My rating: 3 out of 10 stars.

This two hour reunion special from 2001 features 47 members of the Lawrence Welk Show's "Musical Family" including several Champagne Ladies prior to Norma Zimmer (and the late Alice Lon) who were with the Welk band prior to the national TV series debut in 1955. As one would expect, there is a lot of archive footage of Mr. Welk. Highlights include the opening segment featuring all the cast singing and dancing together leading to a taped opening sequence announcing each performer by year they joined the band/show; Bobby Burgess dancing with all three of his partners: Barbara Boylan, Cissy King and Elaine Niverson Balden; Norma Zimmer and then Guy Hovis serenading the (prior to 1955) Champagne Ladies; pianists Jo Ann Castle and Big Tiny Little performing a number together; a jam session featuring all the cast; and an "in memoriam" tribute to all the deceased members of the show. Sadly, there are a few who have passed away since this special was filmed, such as Myron Floren and Henry Cuesta. Astute viewers will notice that the Lennon Sisters are all the originals except for Mimi Lennon, the younger sister who replaces Peggy Lennon. I taped this in March 2001 from my local PBS station and watched it with my parents, who used to watch the show every Saturday night. It's a great nostalgic reunion special and a wonderful trip down memory lane. Highly recommended for all fans of the original series. 10/10

This is not an excellent movie, but it's not that bad and worth a view. Like other posters have mentioned, there are no men in any of the scenes of this movie. Its six lead actresses are like a who's who from (mostly) the 70's era of films and TV comedies: Cathryn Damon ("Soap") is Martha; Paula Prentiss (The Stepford Wives) is Sandy; Shelley Fabares ("The Donna Reed Show"/"Coach") is Mary Alice; Tina Louise ("Gilligan's Island") is Joan; Stella Stevens (The Poseidon Adventure) is Edyth; and Loretta Swit ("M*A*S*H") is B.J. Sondra Locke, one of Clint Eastwood's many girlfriends, plays Jessie the reporter who is trying to determine which of the Sigma Beta Chi sorority sisters is the guilty party. The supporting characters are: Clarissa, Joan's maid who was the sorority housemother to all of the women in the mid-50's; Layne Plowden, the woman who stole Martha's husband from her; Livia, Sandy's daughter, and B.J.'s two daughters, who aren't given any first names. Oddly, none of these characters or the actresses portraying them are listed in the cast credits.

Watching this movie is like watching "Dynasty"... it shouldn't be taken too seriously and it's a "guilty pleasure" of sorts. The plot seems like it could have been taken from this show or any other nighttime soap of that era. I have an old tape of this movie, taped from TV in the 80's. I wanted to see it again after recently viewing the original The Stepford Wives movie in which both Paula Prentiss and Tina Louise co-star with Katharine Ross. Paula Prentiss steals all the scenes she's in in both movies and Tina Louise portrays similar characters in both movies. This movie is worth a shot if only to see if you can figure out "whodunit."