Portia Faces Life
originally aired on CBS
Portia Faces Life is an American soap opera first broadcast as a radio series from 1940 to 1953. It was launched to television as a series by CBS, airing from April 5, 1954, until July 1, 1955. The title character Portia Blake (Lucille Wall) is an attorney who faced hardships as she fought corruption in the small town of Parkersburg.