Ms. Dabney did not return to Broadway for 20 years after that. In the interim, she became a mainstay on daytime television. All told, she starred in nine soap operas, including "The Nurses," "As the World Turns," "The Guiding Light," "General Hospital," and "Loving," on which she played Isabelle Alden for 12 years. She met her second husband, actor William Prince, on "Young Dr. Malone." They acted opposite each other on several soaps. Mr. Prince died in 1996.