The Young and the Restless
With the success of another iconic character, Kimberlin Brown's Sheila Carter, Bell successfully crossed her over from "The Young and the Restless" to his second soap, "The Bold and the Beautiful", in 1992. The success of the crossover was due to the creativity of Bell, as the nefarious character of Sheila was presumed to have died in a fire on "The Young and the Restless".
Karen Black
In September 1976 Black traveled to Toronto to be a guest star on the popular variety program "The Bobby Vinton Show", which aired across the United States and Canada. Black shared her singing talents performing "Lonely Now", and joined Bobby in a medley of country oldies. In 1980, Black starred in a made-for-TV movie "". In 1982, she gave a critically acclaimed performance in Robert Altman's "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean", where she starred alongside Cher and Sandy Dennis. From 1984-85, she played Sheila Sheinfeld on "E/R". Other television credits include "Saturday Night Live", "Murder, She Wrote", and "".