(
Née '''Lisa Miller''') is a fictional character on the
CBS Soap Opera ''
As The World Turns ''. The character first appeared in May 1960, as the fiancée of medical student Bob Hughes. (The two would soon elope, when they discovered that Lisa was pregnant.) Over the next four decades, Lisa would go on to marry seven more times. A scheming "vixen" in her early years, Lisa has gone on to become a well-respected presence in
Oakdale (the fictional town in which ''As the World Turns'' is set), often offering advice and support to the town's younger residents. An entrepreneur, she currently owns a restaurant, a clothing boutique and co-owns a hotel; she formerly owned one of the town's newspapers, ''The Argus'', and a nightclub. She recently started work on Crash, a new teen-oriented music club, with the help of her grandson Casey.
The character briefly crossed over into her own prime time spinoff series, ''
Our Private World '', for a few months in
1965 , during which Lisa left Oakdale and moved to Chicago. She returned to Oakdale in
1966 , where she has remained ever since.
She has two sons—a third son was killed in an automobilie accident in the early 1970s—and four grandchildren.
Since 1960, she has been portrayed primarily by
Eileen Fulton , with a few other actresses, most notably Pamela King and Betsy Von Furstenberg, filling in during brief absences.
Her character's full legal name is "Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn".
as Lisa in a 1985 episode still.]]
- Alma Miller (mother; deceased)
- Henry Miller (father; deceased)
- Shannon O'Hara (niece by marriage to Earl Mitchell)
- Damian Grimaldi (cousin by marriage to Eduardo Grimaldi)
- Margo Montgomery Hughes (daughter-in-law)
- Bonnie McKecnie (goddaughter)
: Single
- Dr. Bob Hughes (1960-1963; divorced; Lisa remains close friends with Bob, as well as his current wife, Kim, to this day)
- John Eldridge (1965; divorced))
- Dr. Michael Shea (1968-1970; widowed; he blackmailed Lisa into marrying him after the birth of their son; was murdered in 1970, and both and her son Tom were suspects, before the real killer weas identified.)
- Grant Colman (1974-1979; divorced)
- Whit McColl (1982-1984; widowed)
- Earl Mitchell (1986-1988; widowed)
- Eduardo Grimaldi (1994-1995; widowed; they were only married a few weeks, when he was murdered)
- Martin Chedwyn (1997; annulled; his marriage to Lisa was part of a plot to smuggle assets out of Hong Kong before the changeover in government in 1997.)
''Full legal name'': Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn
- Bruce Elliott (affair, 1963)
- Thomas Eldridge (affair, 1965; John Eldridge's brother, Lisa had an affair with him while married to John.)
- Don Hughes (engaged, early 1970s)
- Dr. John Dixon (engaged, 1996)
- Ralph Mitchell (lovers, 1998)
- Warren Jefferies (dated platonically, 2000)
- Tom Hughes (son; with ex-husband Robert Hughes, born 1961 )
- Scott Eldridge (son; with ex-husband John Eldridge, born 1965 ; he was born off-camera, during the few months between when ''Our Private World'' ended, and when Lisa returned to Oakdale. Vierwers were never made aware of his existence until he tracked Lisa down as an adult in 1992 .)
- Charles "Chuckie" Shea (son; with ex-husband Michael Shea, born 1968 , died 1973 )
- Lien Hughes (daughter of Tom Hughes and unidentified Vietnamise woman, born early 1970s)
- Adam Munson (adopted son of Tom Hughes; biological son of Margo Montgomery Hughes and Hal Monson. Not related biologically, but regards Lisa as his grandmother, born onscreen 1988 , character is now depicted as being older)
- Casey Hughes (son of Tom Hughes and Margo Montgomery Hughes, born 1991 .)
- Daniel Hughes (son of Tom Hughes and Emily Stewart Munson, born 1998 .)
- William "Billy" Norbeck (son of Casey Hughes and Gwen Norbeck, born 2005 , died in infancy)
- Owner of Crash, a teen-oriented nightclub
- Owner of Fashions, Ltd. (formerly co-owned with Barbara Ryan , now the sole owner)
- Owner of the Mona Lisa restaurant
- Co-owner of the Lakeview Hotel (with Lily Walsh Snyder)
- Former owner of ''The Argus'' newspaper (operated it with her son Tom; sold the newspaper in 2001, after Tom announced that he wanted to quit the newspaper business and return to practicing law.)
- Former co-owner of the Java Nightclub (with Isaac Jenkins and Bonnie McKecnie; Lisa sold her share in the business when Isaac and Bonnie sold their shares and left Oakdale in 2003 .)
- Former partner in ''Get Real Fashions'' (with Carly Tenney; partnership disolved after 1997 Hong Kong fiasco; they attempted to start another partnership in 2003, but it did not work out.)
