Eileen Fulton, the actress who turned a family identify by way of her position as Lisa Grimaldi on “Because the World Turns,” has died on the age of 91.

Fulton handed away on Monday, July 14, in Asheville, North Carolina, following a interval of declining well being, in keeping with an obituary shared by Groce Funeral House.

After finding out drama and music at Greensboro Faculty, she moved to New York Metropolis in 1956. Her breakout got here in 1960 when she appeared within the movie “Lady of the Evening.”

That very same yr, she landed the position that will outline her profession — Lisa Grimaldi on “Because the World Turns.” Initially meant as a short-term character, Lisa turned one of many longest-running and most iconic figures in cleaning soap opera historical past, with Fulton portraying her for 5 many years till the present resulted in 2010.

Along with her cleaning soap opera fame, Fulton appeared on Broadway in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and starred within the spin-off “Our Non-public World.” She acquired a Cleaning soap Opera Digest Award in 1991 and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award on the 2004 Daytime Emmys.

Eileen was 91.