Unknown to Rebecca, her ex-husband Peter ( Ron Harper) stole her inheritance, and abandoned her. Like Ruth Marshall, Rebecca Whitmore (Pat Crowley Dorothy Lyman) also had a challenging past to overcome. Sam, Monique and Adam were all childhood friends who grew up together. Living with the Marshalls was Ruth's mother, Vivian ( Lynn Hamilton). John), a junior executive with the Hale Hotel chain. Ruth and Henry had three children, Chantal (Sharon Brown, Debbi Morgan), a lawyer, Jacquelyn Marshall Rhymes, a homemaker and mother, and Adam ( Kristoff St. The move proved so successful that Ruth was able to buy the Whitmore mansion. With Ruth's urging, Henry enlisted the help of business mogul Martin Jackson ( Rick Fitts), who marketed Marshall's ice cream nationwide. When Ruth grew up, she married Henry Marshall (Taurean Blacque, James Reynolds), who owned and operated five moderately successful ice cream parlors.

Vivian's young daughter, Ruth ( Joan Pringle) lived with her in the Whitmore mansion. Their association began several decades ago when Vivian Potter was housekeeper and nanny for Rebecca Whitmore and her three children: Laura (Gail Ramsey), Stephanie (nicknamed Sam) ( Kelly Rutherford), and J.D.

It focused on the relationship between two Chicago families: the Whitmores and the Marshalls. This half-hour serial was promoted as television's first fully integrated daytime soap.

Generations soap opera