As The World Turns - The Final Curtain

As The World Turns - The Final Curtain
Michael Kirby Smith for TIME

Getting Camera-ready
Eldo Ray Estes applies makeup to actress Lesli Kay, who plays the character Molly Conlan. There are half as many soap operas on the air as there were 10 years ago.

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