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No one has mentioned Olivia Birkelund, who turned in FABULOUSLY layered performances as the eternally-scorned alcoholic Arlene Vaughan, Hayley's mom on AMC? She tops my list. She needs a family built around her on a soap!

Here's the full list (and I consider anyone "unemployed" if they're not under contract with a soap because there is no guarantee of future work):

AMC:

Julia Barr

Jennifer Bassey

Olivia Birkelund

Kate Collins

Connie Fletcher

Kelli Giddish

Stacy Haiduk

Alexa Havins

Terri Ivens

Eva La Rue

Jill Larson

Cady McClain

Kathleen Noone

Sydney Penny

Tonya Pinkins

Eden Riegel

Sabine Singh

Gillian Spencer

Anna Stuart

Marcy Walker

ATWT:

Martha Byrne

Alexandra Chando

Jennifer Ferrin

Jennifer Landon

Julie Pinson

Tamara Tunie

Kathleen Widdoes

B&B:

Schae Harrison

Alley Mills

Shanelle Workman

DAYS:

Christie Clark

Louise Sorel

GH:

Denise Alexander

Rachel Ames

Jensen Buchanan

Crystal Carson!!!!!!

Lisa Cerasoli

Robin Christopher

Genie Francis

Amy Grabow

Vanita Harbour

Patricia Healy

Carolyn Hennesy

Finola Hughes

Kent King

Adrianne Leon

Lindze Letherman

Vanessa Marcil

Robin Mattson

Minae Noji

Cynthia Preston

Emma Samms!

Cari Shayne

Rena Sofer

Constance Towers!!!!

Catherine Wadkins

Kristina Wagner

Kari Wuhrer

Sharon Wyatt

Jacklyn Zeman

GL:

Aubrey Dollar

Maureen Garrett

Joie Lenz

Wendy Moniz

Loving/TheCity:

Joni Allen (Zoey)

Melissa Dye (Molly)

Morgan Fairchild!

Lisa Lo Cicero

Lisa Peluso

Christine Tudor-Newman (Gwyneth Alden)

Maggie Rush-Miller (Lorraine)

Amy Van Horne (Carla)

OLTL:

Mia Korf!!!!

Yasmine Bleeth

Jennifer Bransford

Kerry Butler

Charissa Cree Chamorro!!!!!

Melissa Gallo Fumero

Barbara Garrick

Renee Goldsberry

Danneel Harris

Catherine Hickland

Fiona Hutchison

Ilene Kristen

Florencia Lozano

Patricia Mauceri

Erika Page

Pamela Payton-Wright

Portia Reiners

Sherri Saum

Krista Tesreau

Jessica Tuck

Tonja Walker

Karen Witter

PC:

Joy Bisco

Susan Brown

Lisa Ann Hadley

Jennifer Hammon

Lynn Herring!

Erin Hershey Presley

Ion Overman

Rebecca Staab

Y&R:

Kimberlin Brown

Victoria Rowell

Susan Walters

Lauren Woodland

Various:

Linda Dano

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Aw, I thought Sabine was talented, just shoe-horned into a cursed role. They never should have tried to recast Greenlee. One of the blogs cast her as Lucy Cooper Spaulding on GL, and I think that might be a good role for her...

Oh, that reminds me of another great actress out of work right now!

Sonia Satra!!!!

And I liked Workman, she's good as a funky rocker chick. Didn't see her on B&B, but didn't sound like I would have liked her character.

It was the roles that didn't work for them, but they have talent that could shine in the right role.

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IMO Sabine is only good at doing comedy and theater, she goes way too over the top at all times and I'm always painfully aware that shes trying to act.

Workmans tenure on B&B was lousy. She always seemed as if she didn't want to be there. IMO, she should stick to singing.

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1-Jackie Zeman (we all know what recurring at ABC means...)

2-Martha Madison

3-Linda Dano (still has QVC)

4-Anna Stuart

5-Carmen Duncan (she no longer acts and lives in Sydney as a hospital fundraising exec)

6-Lynn Herring

7-Victoria Rowell

8-Tracey Ross

9-Kathleen Noone

10-Sarah Buxton (a recent new mommy)

11-Julia Barr

12-Louise Sorel (travels)

13-Alex Donnelly (collects alimony)

14-Constance Towers (does the Beverly Hills socialite thing, God bless her)

15-Schae Harrison

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