Tina Sloan

American actress, best known for originating and playing the part of Lillian Raines on the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light from 1983 until the show's final broadcast in 2009. Her previous leading roles on daytime television have included scheming Kate Thornton Cannell on Somerset (1974–1976), troubled Patti Barron McCleary on Search for Tomorrow (1976–1977), and Dr. Olivia Delaney on Another World (1980–1981). Her role as Lillian Raines endeared her and over the years, Lillian became one of the show's "guiding lights", a noble woman whose troubled past made her stronger and kept her morally grounded. Sloan co-wrote the one-woman autobiographical play, Changing Shoes: One woman's search for the meaning of life in a closet full of shoes with director, Joe Plummer. She began touring the U.S. with the play in 2010; it had its world premiere at the Boca Grande Theater in Boca Grande, Florida. Sloan wrote a related book, Changing Shoes: Getting Older--NOT OLD--with Style, Humor, and Grace, published in September 2010. She had three marriages, one child. Link to Wikipedia biography