Before he was Victor Newman, the brooding billionaire heartthrob of Genoa City, he was Hans-Jörg Gudegast—a sharp-eyed German immigrant with a penchant for philosophy and sports cars. Fast-forward a few decades, and boom—he's soap opera royalty, sipping champagne on set at CBS Television City, flanked by his elegant wife Dale and their film-directing son, Christian.
February 1st, 2005 marked the 25th anniversary of Eric Braeden playing Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless. But behind the tuxedos, flashbulbs, and soap opera glam, there was a family story that could rival any Y&R plotline.
While Victor romanced half of Genoa City onscreen, offscreen, Eric Braeden only ever had eyes for one woman—Dale Russell Gudegast.
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