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Fave Character: Dr. Marlena Evans

Favorite Show: Days of Our Lives

Played by: Deidre Hall

Fave Character: Reva Shayne Lewis

Favorite Show: Guiding Light

Played by: 4-time Emmy-winning Kim Zimmer

Fave Character: Bo Brady

Favorite Show: Days of Our Lives

Played by: Peter Reckell

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OMG! I didn't realize there were so many Tanya Turner fans here! I thought it was just Cheap and myself. :lol: Zoe Lucker is a goddess.

Favorite characters of all time? OK, that is really tough. DaytimeFan has already nicked Alexis, so I'll leave her off my list... though she presides over it in spirit.

Fave Character: Caroline Spencer

Favorite Show: B&B

Played by: Joanna Johnson

Fave Character: Mason Capwell

Favorite Show: Santa Barbara

Played by: Lane Davies and Gordon Thomson (and I loved em both)

Fave Character: Brenda Barrett

Favorite Show: General Hospital

Played by: Vanessa Marcil

Honorable Primetime Mentions:

Fave Character: Brenda Walsh

Favorite Show: 90210

Played by: Shannen Doherty

Fave Character: Cordelia Chase

Favorite Show: Buffy/Angel

Played by: Charisma Carpenter

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Favorite Character: Donna Love

Played By: Anna Stuart (and ONLY Anna Stuart!)

Show: Another World

Favorite Character: Vicky Hudson

Played By: Anne Heche (and ONLY Anne Heche!)

Show: Another World

Favorite Character: Jake McKinnon

Played By: Tom Eplin

Show: Another World

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Favorite Character: Nikki Reed

Played by: Melody Thomas Scott

Show: The Young and the Restless

My 2nd favorite is Gillian Andrassy Lavery who was portrayed by Esta TerBlanche on AMC (a show I will never watch again)

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Favorite Character: Doreen Jackson

Played By: Jonelle Allen

Show: Generations

Favorite Character: Vivian Grant

Played By: Petronia Paley

Show: Guiding Light

Favorite Character: Vicky Spaulding

Played By: Victoria Platt & Karen Williams

Show: Guiding Light

Favorite Character: David Grant

Played By: Monti Sharp

Show: Guiding Light

Favorite Character: Rae Cummings

Played By: Linda Dano

Show(s): ABC Soaps

Favorite Character: Skye Chandler-Quartermaine

Played By: Robin Christopher

Show(s): ABC Soaps

Favorite Character: Donna Love-Hudson

Played By: Anna Stuart (ONLY!!)

Show(s): Another World/ATWT

Favorite Character: Mary Smythe

Played By: Anna Stuart

Show: All My Children

and the cast of Days Of Our Lives

The 80's- Present (Give and take a few)

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I wish I could say just one but I can't. I never have been obsessed with one character. I will state the 20 I guess I have enjoyed the most through the years.

1) Steve Frame - Another World

2) Rachel Davis - Another World

3) Julie Olson - Days of Our Lives

4) Phoebe Tyler - All My Children

5) Reva Shayne - Guiding Light

6) Tad Martin - All My Children

7) Jack Abbott - Young & the Restless

8) Joanne Tourneur - Search For Tomorrow

9) Nicole Drake - The Edge of Night

10) Bo Brady - Days of Our Lives

11) Adam Drake - The Edge of Night

12) Scott Baldwin - General Hospital

13) Greg Nelson - All My Children

14) Mitch Blake - Another World

15) Chris Kositchek - Days of Our Lives

16) Reena Bellman - Texas

17) Phillip Spaulding - Guiding Light

18) Paul Williams - Young & the Restless

19) Holden Snyder - As The World Turns

20) Quinn Harding - Another World

There are some others I have enjoyed off and on too but those are my absolute faves of all time.

Oh if you throw in primetime soap operas you can add:

Constance Carlyle (Flamingo Road)

Fielding Carlyle (Flamingo Road)

Brian Kinney (Queer As Folk)

Beecher (Oz)

Chris Keller (Oz)

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Big-auburn-haired, fur-clad, penthouse-livin' Dorian Lord circa 1993-1997. I a*DOR*ed her, the DID and what I call "The Lord Saga" (Todd/Irene/David/Tina/Viki/Sloane/ghost Victor/Dorian) is my favorite s/l of all time. Dorian was my favorite player. The character hasn't been as wonderful since. I never thought I could love a character as much as my first love, Erica Kane. Erica is my heart, she tickles me, I can't help but grin whenever she tosses that hair or turns, exhales, and runs her hands down her sides whenever the doorbell rings.

Adam/Stuart when DC was at the top of his game could not be beat. David playing Stuart playing Adam/Adam playing Stuart, I'm getting choked up... Victor Newman, I dream of being that cool. Phil Carey was so infinitely watchable, he just filled the screen, literally/figuratively. I loved when he'd barrel into a room, you were always in for a treat. Michael Zaslow, so effortlessly cool. Lanky as all hell and totally man, I loved that, he was an inspiration... you don't have to look like AHHnowld to be dangerous and intimidating.

I never saw much of these ladies first run, I've come to appreciate them from old tapes, but WOW, Beverlee McKinsey as Iris on AW (not so much as Alex on GL I'll admit, I think she was pretty tired by that point and Alex was a much more mellow character that didn't *pop* like Iris). Ms. McKinsey was an ACTRESS, no two ways about it, like Harding Lemay said, she acted semi-colons. You must see her on AW, it's like filet mignon to today's hamburger.

And Marj Dusay, the actress more than any character, she and Robin have that *pop*. Her ALex is what drew me into GL, I didn't even realize at first that she was Myrna from my grandmother's story Capitol. I could listen to Ms. Dusay read the phone book, and I am SO glad that she was blessed with Vanessa on AMC because she got to play all of her strengths, she is a comedienne at heart.

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Character: Victoria "Viki" Lord (Gordon) Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson

Show: One Life To Live

Played by: Erika Slezak

Character: Nola Madison

Show: The Edge Of Night

Played by: Kim Hunter

Character: Dorian Cramer Lord Callison Santi Vickers Hayes Laurence Vickers

Show: One Life To Live

Played by: Robin Strasser

Character: Rex Balsom

Show: One Life To Live

Played by: John-Paul Lavoisier

Character: Karen Wolek

Show: One Life To Live

Played by: Judith Light

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Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper) A living legend.always fascinating to watch.

Jill Foster (Deborah Adair) I loved her interpretation of Jill from 80-83

Jill Foster (Jess Walton) She has made the role her own.Any scene Jill is in is one worth watching.

Jack Abbott(Terry Lester) Not to take anything away from Peter Bergman,but Lester's Jack was one in a million

Victoria Newman (Heather Tom) The combination of sympathetic/bitch madeher a fascinating character

Drucilla Winters (Victoria Rowell)

Nina Webster (TriciaCast)

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Favorite Character: Diana Maynard Taylor

Show: General Hospital

Played by: Valerie Starrett

I think she was the greatest tragedienne ever to appear on television. I so well remember when Diana thought she was knocked up by Phil Brewer and her bright idea was to induce a miscarriage by falling off a chair while changing a lightbulb. For weeks, it seemed, there were close-ups of her hand reaching for said lightbulb, then the chair teetering, then the organ music swelled as she shed copius tears, then more teetering. Soaps don't make them like her anymore. (Recasting her with Brooke Bundy is akin to the current Marcy Walker/Jamie Luner situation)

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