Trivia / Hotel (1983)

• The Character Died with Him: Anne Baxter, who played Victoria Cabot, died in 1985, which resulted in Victoria Cabot also dying and leaving McDermott her share of the St. Gregory Hotel.
• Romance on the Set: The on-screen relationship of Heidi Bohay and Michael Spound became an off-screen relationship as well. They got married in real life and are still married over 30 years later.
• What Could Have Been: Bette Davis was originally cast as hotel owner Laura Trent in the pilot in hopes she would be a regular. However, Davis' declining health and advanced age (75 at that point) led to former All About Eve co-star Anne Baxter being cast as her sister-in-law Victoria Cabot as a Suspiciously Similar Substitute; this was intended to be done until Davis' health improved, only for Laura Trent to be made an offscreen character. In a bit of irony, Davis not only outlived Baxter (who died eight days after suffering a stroke in December 1985; since the series was still ongoing, this resulted in Victoria Cabot also dying) but upon her death in October 1989 Davis had outlasted the series itself by nearly a year and a half.