Members AnonNona Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 Which is ironic, because I'd guess that he's named for a real person: NYC social and political bigwig Cortlandt Palmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 No, perhaps, to Barnabas, but AMC had an Angelique in the early '90s, Dimitri's presumed dead wife, played by Season Hubley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 Skye's real name is Antoinette, that's pretty original for soaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 Iris of AW was a pretty nice choice and played by two fantastic actresses (Bev McKinsey and Carmen Duncan) I also thought Marian on AMC was pretty original too (played by the fabulous Jennifer Bassey) I wonder if there have been that many Jill's aside from Y&R...I can't recall one but you never know. Finally, Bobbie of GH. For a woman that's a pretty good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 Bobbie's real name is Barbara Jean.I may be wrong,but I think that she went by that name when first introduced in 77.When Doug Marland took over,he renamed her Bobbie.Please let me know if that is true or not. Barbara ranks as another name that every soap has used- which is kinda surprising as it has never been a fashionable name. As for Jill,she has always been a main character on Y&R and other shows do shy away from using a name identified with a particular character-although there are exceptions. Jill(Jillian)Coleridge was a popular character on Ryan's Hope for many years.I also recall a minor character on Days with that name.Was she involved with Bo in some way? Other unique names -Roman,Kayla,Dorian,Langley,Sunny,Blaine,Clarice,Laine,Dimitri,Willis,Travis. It is interesting that at one time,each network had a main character named Felicia-considering it is an unusual name. I was always surprised that Y&R chose the names Sharon,Phyllis and Sheila for young female leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted January 17, 2008 Members Share Posted January 17, 2008 I was under the impression that Doug Marland created the character of Bobbie Spencer. And it's so true, there have been many Barbara's and it's never been a really popular name in the real world. Also, excellent call on Felicia, that's a unique name that has become commonplace in the soaps. It really seems that Agnes Nixon pioneered original names on her soaps whereas Bill Bell tended to name characters after his friends, colleagues or children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted January 17, 2008 Members Share Posted January 17, 2008 has there ever been a Sabrina or Peyton on a soap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy Posted January 17, 2008 Members Share Posted January 17, 2008 Yes to Sabrina, on ATWT. Julianne Moore played her. On daytime soaps, I don't remember a Peyton. But the primetime soap, "Savannah", had a character with that name if I remember right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 17, 2008 Members Share Posted January 17, 2008 As The World Turns used the name Sabrina for Bob and Kim's long lost daughter.She was originally played by Julianne Moore(in a dual role as her cousin Frannie)Later two different actresses played Sabrina and Frannie ,so they were no longer identical. A question-were Sabrina and Frannie supposed to look alike originally or just resemble each other as cousins might? Dark Shadows had Sabrina Stuart played by Lisa Richards. As for Peyton,one of the characters on the nighttime soap Savannah had that name. What names are you surprised that soaps haven't used,considering the amount of new characters and the fact that they can give an adult character a fashionable name? Here are some names from the top 100 that haven't been used prominently(that might be a good thing!) Kaden/Caden,Blake.Tristan,Chase,Wyatt,Xavier,Carter,Hayden,Owen,Hunter,Landon,Nathan,J acob Alissa,Brianna,Ella,Jasmine,Alexa,Avery,Riley,Kylie,Arianna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevotedToAMC Posted January 17, 2008 Members Share Posted January 17, 2008 I think there are too many Ryans on soaps, whether it be for a last name, a good character, or a wannabe superhero moronic hypocritical asshat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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