Eden Riegel- When kendall told Bianca Miranda was dead. It still gives me chills!

Don't forget Lucci during Mona's funeral. She held back the emotion for days and then let it rip.

Ah yes....def tear-jerker. Erica was stoic the entire time and then BAM. Man, I miss Good AMC.

Erika Slezak and Robin Strasser- OLTL- There was this one episode from I believe from January of 1995 where Viki storms into Lanfair and is furious at Dorian, over her pushing David to be the phony Lord heir and the death of her father, Victor. Viki is trying to hold in her other alters, Jean and I belive Tommy. Dorian and Viki continue to argue and while arguing Dorian tells Viki that she knows that she was abused by her father, but Viki can't remember because she developed other personalities because she couldn't deal with the pain of the sexual abuse at the hands of her father. The climax of the episode is when Jean does come out and pushes Dorian down the stairs. This episode was masterfully acted, directed and written, the dialouge was fast paced and incredibly snappy, it was constant back and forth between two of daytimes greatest actresses. Slezak won an emmy for that episode, Strasser didn't even get nominated.

Hillary B. Smith - OLTL- Nora is defending Todd against rape allegations brought on by Marty Saybrooke, and during her closing statement Nora realizes she was played by Todd and that he really did rape Marty. I can't really explain this performance because it was so good and so mesmorizing.

BTW, Michael Malone was a genious, or at least his first stint at OLTL.

Though it wasn't a popular storyline (I liked it) that mystery that tried to explain why Dorain's sisters had gone nuts that ended with the fire in Canton. There were several episodes where Strasser was fantastic.

Rachel Melvin(Chelsea) during Zack's death. She was amazing during that story, her and kristian.

Nancy Lee Grahn- My favorite daytime performer, Grahn has had countless brillinat scenes, but her performace at Alexis's sister, Kristina's funeral is at the top of my list. I get chills everytime I see it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGsbWIvAX8

This was a big favorite of mine. Nancy was just amazing.

I had Alexis' monologue in my signature in early 06, figured I'd bring it back in honor of that amazing scene.

Susan Lucci!

Days of our Lives, Sept 1995. Bo wants to be with Billie, not Hope. However Billie knows in her heart as much as she loves him and he loves her there is something between Hobo. Billie leaves Salem, and Bo....

Santa Barbara: Eden's frustration over Cruz's treatment of her, after her rape.

Y&R: Victor meets his father.

Y&R: Phyllis confronts Jack and accuses him of using Diane to get back at her for working at Newman.

Y&R: Dru lashes out at her mother for not loving her.

GH: Alexis lashes out at everyone at Kristina's funeral.

GH: Carly tells Bobbie that she's her daughter.

GL: Annie on the witness stand.

GL: Alexandra berates Roger in front of everyone at the country club. How Beverlee McKinsey didn't get an Emmy out of this, yet alone a nomination will live on as the biggest snubb in Emmy history, as far as I'm concerned.

There's a lot more that I'm forgetting...

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That Bev McKinsey clip is just perfection. I ADORED her as a kid, and when she left GL, I was devastated.

Deidre Hall (DAYS) - After the Salem Strangler dies, Marlena is in a state of shock and having a difficult time dealing with all of the murders including that of her twin sister, Sam. Roman stays by her side, and tries to help her cope.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A5LI7XZCtdg Part 4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DXXTpaJHPpQ Part 5

I totally forgot about Susan Lucci's 'St. Maria of Wildwind' speech!

If anyone has it could you please put it up on Youtube. I'd love to see that again!

Kim Zimmer -GL- when Reva baptizes herself the "Slut of Springfield."

Nancy Lee Grahn- GH- when Alexis yells at Sam, because Sam won't enduce her labor, and thus won't save Kristina.

Jess Walton- Y&R- When Jill learns that Katherine is indeed her mother, sure a big re-write but Walton was fantastic during those scenes between her and Liz Foster. "I don't want another mother!"

Susan Flannery-B&B-Stephanie's beatdown of Brooke at Big Bear, she can't handle the fact that Brooke has now gone after her baby, Thorne.

Kimberlin Brown-Y&R- Sheila kidnaps Lauren and her mom and takes them to the farmhouse where she plans to kill them, but there she tells Lauren that she has her son and erased his birth mark. I miss the real Sheila.

My 5 Favorite Performances:

5) AMC: Palmer Cortlandt learns his wife, Daisy, a.k.a. Monique Jonvil, is alive at the masquerade ball at Cortlandt Manor. (Saw this one either during a flashback sequence, or a retrospective, can't remember which.)

4) ATWT: Lily Walsh learns Rod Landry, a.k.a. Josh Snyder, is her biological father in the Snyder barn.

3) GL: Reva Shayne attempts suicide, throwing herself off the bridge, while Kyle Sampson and Maeve Stoddard marry.

2) GL: Kelly Nelson exposes Nola Reardon's lies at the Bauer residence.

1) OLTL: Karen Wolek's confession on the witness stand.

Nancy Lee Grahn reached another high on 11/5/07 when she smacked the equally engaging Stephen Macht and told him what she really thought of him.