Barbara Berjer was a well-known American television actress born in Seattle, Washington. Among her many soap opera credits were her long-term roles as alcoholic actress Lynn Franklin on From These Roots; the fourth Claire English Lowell Cassen Shea on As the World Turns; Barbara Norris Thorpe on Guiding Light; and Scottish nanny Bridget Connell on Another World who raised both Victoria Love and Jake McKinnon. It was during her stint as Claire on "ATWT" where Claire married younger doctor Michael Shea who had an affair with the much married Lisa Miller. After Claire was killed after being hit by a car, she was cast as the younger Barbara on "GL". Because of her ... more on Wikipedia