Shelby Young (born April 8, 1992) is an American actress. Her latest films include Columbia Picture's The Social Network and Universal's Wil...
Shelby Young (born April 8, 1992) is an American actress. Her latest films include Columbia Picture's The Social Network and Universal's Wild Child.She also voices all of the Lucky Charms, Trix and Coco Puffs commercials,and play the role of Kinsey on Days of our Lives.nApril 8, 1992 (age 18)nFlorida, United StatesnDays of our Lives is a long-running daytime soap opera airing on the NBC television network, which has aired nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965.n The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday along with Irna Phillips in 1964,[1] and many of the first stories were written by William J. Bell. The series expanded from 30 minutes to a full hour on April 21, 1975.nDays of our Lives is the second longest-running scripted television program on television in the United States after General Hospital. It has the largest amount of surviving episodes among episodic programs worldwide. n The series focuses on its core families, the Hortons and the Bradys.[8] Several other families have been added to the cast, and many of them still appear on the show. Frances Reid the matriarch of the series' Horton family remained with the show from its inception to her death on February 3, 2010.[9] Suzanne Rogers celebrated 37 years on Days of our Lives this year, appearing on the show more or less since her first appearance in 1973. Susan Seaforth Hayes is the only cast member to appear on Days of our Lives in all six decades it has been on air.nDays of our Lives aired its 10,000th episode on February 21, 2005.nOn November 8, 2010, Days of our Lives celebrated its 45th year anniversary and was given a two-year renewal by NBC through September 2013 with an option for a renewal through 2014.nThe Cordays and Bell combined the "hospital soap" idea with the tradition of centering a series on a family, by making the show about a family of doctors, including one who worked in a mental hospital.[23] Storylines in the show follow the lives of middle and upper-class professionals in Salem, a middle-America town, with the usual threads of love, marriage, divorce, and family life, plus the medical storylines and character studies of individuals with psychological problems.[24] Former executive producer Al Rabin took pride in the characters' passion, saying that the characters were not shy about "sharing what's in their gut."[25]nCritics originally praised the show for its non-reliance on nostalgia (in contrast to shows such as As the World Turns) and its portrayal of "real American contemporary families." By the 1970s, critics deemed Days to be the most daring daytime drama, leading the way in using themes other shows of the period would not dare touch, such as artificial insemination and interracial romance.nWhen Days of our Lives debuted the cast consisted of seven main characters (Tom Horton, Alice Horton, Mickey Horton, Marie Horton, Julie Olson, Tony Merritt, and Craig Merritt).[55] When the show expanded to one-hour in April 1975, the cast increased to 27 actors. By the 25th anniversary in 1990, 40 actors appeared on the show in contract or recurring roles,[55] which is the approximate number of actors the show has used since then. Original cast member Frances Reid, who played Alice Horton, remained on contract with Days of our Lives through her death on February 3, 2010 though she last appeared on the show in December 2007.nAlmost completely unmodified since the show's debut in 1965, the title sequence of Days of our Lives features an hourglass, with sand slowly trickling to the bottom against the backdrop of a partly cloudy sky, as well as the trademark voiceover, "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." Less
