Did you know?
  • Bold & The Beautiful was started as a career for Bill Bell & Bradley Bell the two sons of William J Bell & Lee Philip Bell.
  • Bradley Bell worked in the creative end of the show and eventually took the chair as both headwriter and executive producer.
  • Bill Bell, who had left the job in the stock market, was hired to run the financial affairs for Bell-Phillip Productions.
  • The soap was first to be called as "Rags" but then named as "The Bold & The Beautiful".
  • The first person to be hired as an actor on B&B was Susan Flannery.Later on William Bell hired vetran actors like John McCook,Jim Storm & Lauren Koslow whom he had worked with in Y&R.
  • B&B was first to be shooted in Chicago but due to financial matters it was decided to be shot in L.A.
  • B& B was critsized in its first year for having storylines other soaps had already featured.
  • The first episode of B&B featured a fashion show and from then on it was the start of a new tradition - The Venture into the Fashion World.
  • Few weeks found the Young & The Restless (Sister Soap) and The Bold & The Beautiful coming in at number one and number two in the soap ratings. 
  • The glamour & glitz have made B&B the most popular soap opera in America as well as around 100 countries around the world.
  • Premiere Date: March 23, 1987 

First Cast Members to be hired.
John McCook & Susan Flannery

 
The advertisement circulated before B&B was premiered in 1987
The Original B&B Cast 1987

The Cast:Seated From Left:Beth Logan,Kristen Forrester,Eric Forrester,Stephanie Forrester,Ridge Forrester,Margo Linley,Caroline Spencer,Brooke Logan,Katie Logan,Storm Logan,Donna Logan,Rocco Carner,Mark,Bill Spencer,Thorne Forrester.
Who is Who Behind The Scenes!
 

Produced By: Bell-Phillip Television Productions, Inc. 

Executive Producer/Head Writer: Bradley Bell 

Supervising Producer: Rhonda Friedman,John C. Zack 

Senior Producer: Ron Weaver 

Producer: Cynthia J. Popp 

Associate Producer: Lisa McEvoy 

Directors: Susan Flannery, Michael Stich, Deveney Marking Kelly, and Cynthia J. Popp 

Created By: William J. Bell, Lee Phillip Bell 

Executive Story Consultant: William J. Bell 

Writers: Bradley Bell, Jack Smith, Teresa Zimmerman, Tracey Kelly 

Director of Special Projects/Long-Term Story Advisor: Lee Phillip Bell


Bradley Bell
 


Lee & William Bell


Michael Stich


 
 

Darlene Conley with John C.Zack

Michael Stich with Bradley Bell

Michael Stich with Lighting Director Laury Moorman

Laury Moorman
Rhonda Friedman,Bradley Bell,Susan Flannery & William Bell

B&B - The 2000 Episode Celebration

B&B - The 3000 Episode Celebration


Unforgetable

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