I was reading a post on her the other day about Gillian Spencer being an unsung soap star, and that she is. She needs to be on someone's soap. She can play Heirone (Viki Lord, Jennifer Ryan-Hughes) or she can bring on the wit (Daisy Cortlandt) She has great chemistry with the cast she works with. Name some Unsung Soap Actresses and Actors who left Daytime too soon.

Renee Jones and James Reynolds are unsung as well, even though they are on a soap and I love days with a passion, but They never give them a story at all. Wayne Northop needs to be on someone soap if not Days, I could have seen him as Tucker on Y&R making the story believable age wise. Patsy Pease, Frank Parker, Anna Holbrook, Nicholas Coster should be on the list as well.

Fiona Hutchison. Fiona Hutchison. Fiona Hutchison.

They *never* should have killed Jenna off on GL. Never, never, never.... Loved Jenna!

Leslie Charleson is still theoretically on air, but she I think qualifies as an unsung soap star. She never got the awards, was never the star, but she played a relentlessly unlikable character who happened to not be a villain, and made it work. Monica Quartermaine could have been a horror show, but LC made her someone to watch. And she was never nice, not to anybody. And yet I don't think the audience was ever meant to hate her or ever did.

I don't know if this next one qualifies as unsung because I have never seen anyone mention her name and not sing her praises, but Jennifer Bassey should be on our sets until they cart her out in a box. It is a crime she doesn't work more.

Louise Shaffer I always enjoyed and think she could have segued quite nicely into an evil matriarch type role, a Lois Kibbee type role. (and she was just great and deserves a posthumous unsung shout out)

I knew Louise as Erica's stepmother, Goldie Kane, before I'd ever seen her in RH reruns. Those were some fun times at AMC, her and Charles Keating as Dr. Lazarre and of course Silver in a trance trying to kill Erica. I remember Goldie being pushed off a boat and "drowning", then her "ghost" (in silk robe with big feathered cuffs) started to appear, but it really wasn't her ghost, she'd survived the boating accident and had rigged up some trick camera to make it look like she was a ghost. I can't remember how she ended up leaving for good.

Leslie Charleson is still theoretically on air, but she I think qualifies as an unsung soap star. She never got the awards, was never the star, but she played a relentlessly unlikable character who happened to not be a villain, and made it work. Monica Quartermaine could have been a horror show, but LC made her someone to watch. And she was never nice, not to anybody. And yet I don't think the audience was ever meant to hate her or ever did.

+1.

Marie Masters and Kathryn Hays - I would KILL to see them in their early-mid 70s ATWT prime.

Behind the Scenes:

Lucy Rittenberg

Gordon Russell

+1.

+2. Excellent.

Leslie Charleson is still theoretically on air, but she I think qualifies as an unsung soap star. She never got the awards, was never the star, but she played a relentlessly unlikable character who happened to not be a villain, and made it work. Monica Quartermaine could have been a horror show, but LC made her someone to watch. And she was never nice, not to anybody. And yet I don't think the audience was ever meant to hate her or ever did.

Yes Yes Yes

I think there alot of Unsung people from the 80s and 90s on DAYS that get forgotten because it became the OMIGOD JOHN AND MARLENA AND CARRIE AND AUSTIN SHOW AHHH! and all about pleasing fanbases. People like James Reynolds, Renee Jones, Leann Hunley, Peggy McKay (even though they're still on there), Patsy Pease, John Clarke, Arleen Sorkin, John deLancie, Wayne Northrop- they were all great and added so much to DAYS that people forget because they weren't playing John, Marlena, Carrie, Austin, Steve, or Kayla (even though I liked Marlena, Steve and Kayla, and Jack and Jennifer; I could do with John)

And I agree with whoever mentioned Sharon Wyatt and Kristina Wagner.

Yes Yes Yes

I think there alot of Unsung people from the 80s and 90s on DAYS that get forgotten because it became the OMIGOD JOHN AND MARLENA AND CARRIE AND AUSTIN SHOW AHHH! and all about pleasing fanbases. People like James Reynolds, Renee Jones, Leann Hunley, Peggy McKay (even though they're still on there), Patsy Pease, John Clarke, Arleen Sorkin, John deLancie, Wayne Northrop- they were all great and added so much to DAYS that people forget because they weren't playing John, Marlena, Carrie, Austin, Steve, or Kayla (even though I liked Marlena, Steve and Kayla, and Jack and Jennifer; I could do with John)

And I agree with whoever mentioned Sharon Wyatt and Kristina Wagner.

ITA!!

I don't know if this next one qualifies as unsung because I have never seen anyone mention her name and not sing her praises, but Jennifer Bassey should be on our sets until they cart her out in a box. It is a crime she doesn't work more.

She is magnificent, I have yet to see her give a performance that I haven't ever found credible.

Maybe SoapNet should bite off of TVOne and do their own "Unsung"?

Maybe SoapNet should bite off of TVOne and do their own "Unsung"?

That would not be a bad idea!!