Samantha Barrows

Samantha started playing Noelle at the age of 4 months. She played the role for about 6 years.

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Noelle Curtis

Noelle started talking onscreen very early. In this scene, she said, "Papa" to refer to Joe Gallison. The first time it was filmed, she caught a glimpse of one of the studio monitors and instead said, "Papa on TV."

Noelle, Liz and Neil Curtis. Pictured here: Samantha, Gloria Loring {Liz} and Joseph Gallison {Neil}.

Noelle was leaving the hospital after a very scary event. She was having seizures and no one knew why. Neil and Liz rushed Noelle to the ER and she was diagnosed as having Juvenile Diabetes.

Neil and Liz thanked Tom and Alice Horton for taking such good care of their little girl while she stayed in the hospital. Liz said she was going to do a concert to raise money to help fund the research that is done every year on Juvenile Diabetes.

Liz told Noelle to tell Tom and Alice goodbye. Noelle said "Bye-Bye" and waved.

When they arrived home a big banner was there, welcoming Noelle home.

Neil carried Noelle into the living room so she could look at all the decorations. He told her it was all for her. Noelle said "All for me."

After Noelle's nap, Neil and Liz prepared to give Noelle her first insulin shot since being home. Neil asked, "Did mommy tell you about the shot?" then he handed her Sugar Babe (her doll).

Liz said she needed help explaining the shot to Noelle. Neil started to explain and Noelle pointed to the needle and said "Is that the needle? No, shot!" This scene was obviously taped many times with all of Samantha's talking out of line. She knew all about the shot before they even gave it to her.

Liz let Noelle hold the needle and then told her to listen to Papa.

Neil explained that some people have glasses and some very special people get shots. Noelle was one of the very special people, along with her doll "Sugar Babe".

Neil asked if Noelle remembered the shot at the hospital. She said "yeah" and then looked at the needle and started to cry, saying "No shot, don't give me shot." Samantha obviously knew what a shot was. Joe and Gloria were able to calm her down again.

Liz and Neil had a needle ready for Noelle to give her baby doll a shot. This type of role play is a way of giving a young child a shot, without traumaizing the child. This role play is used a lot with cancer patients.

Neil told Noelle that Sugar Babe needs a shot. Noelle pointed to the needle and showed it to Liz, saying "baby shot."

Noelle turned and gave Sugar Babe her shot. She was very careful. After the shot, Liz kissed the doll to make the pain all better.

Samantha saw Gloria getting the needle ready and was saying "Mommy, no shot. Don't give me shot. Holding her arm." Samantha obviously knew what was going to happen next.

Liz gave Noelle the shot. When they told her it was all done she stopped the tears from coming down.

It was amazing to watch Samantha in this scene. This 3 year old really knew what was going on with the needle.

Noelle went into convulsions due to her insulin level. Liz panicked, but gave her glucagon to normalize her sugar level. Liz asked Noelle if she was feeling better now. She nodded her head, "Yes."

Noelle stayed in bed to rest after her scary day.

Liz loved singing to her daughter. She rocked Noelle to sleep singing, "Where is Love?" from the Broadway musical, Oliver.

Samantha seemed to love the rocking. She was staring into space, calmed by the whole thing.

Samantha must have been tired already, because the rocking did her in. She was trying desperately to fight sleep, but her eyes were getting heavy. Samantha finally fell asleep toward the end of the song.

Noelle was lucky to have a singer for a mother. Her mother sang to her all the time at home, but on this occassion, she got to hear her mother perform for an audience.

Noelle obviously enjoyed watching her mom. She had a big smile on her face. Liz was singing "A Shot in the Dark."

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Thanks to: Ken for the pictures of Noelle's blooper.