Members Bright Eyes Posted May 3, 2010 Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Longest Serving Soap Opera Actors(As of 2013, 30+ years) William Roache l Ken Barlow l Coronation Street l 1960 - present l 53 yearsEileen Derbyshire l Emily Nugent Bishop l Coronation Street l 1961 - present l 52 yearsHelen Wagner l Nancy Hughes McClosky l As the World Turns l 1956 - 1981, 1983, 1985 - 2010 l 51 yearsDon Hastings l Dr. Bob Hughes l As the World Turns l 1960 - 2010 l 50 yearsEileen Fulton l Lisa Miller Grimaldi l As the World Turns / Our Private World l 1960 - 2010 l 50 years ---Barbara Knox l Rita Littlewood Tanner l Coronation Street l 1964, 1972 - present l 42 yearsBetty Driver l Betty Preston Williams l Coronation Street l 1969 - 2011 l 42 yearsFrances Reid l Alice Grayson Horton l Days of our Lives l 1965 - 2007 l 42 yearsAnne Kirkbride l Dierdre Hunt Barlow l Coronation Street l 1972 - present l 41 yearsErika Slezak l Viki Lord l One Life to Live l 1971 - 2012 l 41 yearsSusan Lucci l Erica Kane l All My Children l 1970 - 2011 l 41 yearsRay MacDonnell l Dr. Joe Martin l All My Children l 1970 - 2011 l 41 yearsSuzanne Rogers l Maggie Simmons Kiriakis l Days of our Lives l 1973 - present l 40 yearsJeanne Cooper l Katherine Shepherd Murphy l The Young and the Restless l 1973 - present l 40 years ---Helen Worth l Gail Potter McIntyre l Coronation Street l 1974 - present l 39 yearsRachel Ames l Audrey March Hardy, R. N. l General Hospital l 1964 - 1965, 1969 - 2007, 2009 l 39 yearsJohn Clarke l Mickey Horton l Days of our Lives l 1965 - 2004 l 39 yearsKathryn Hays l Kim Sullivan Hughes l As the World Turns l 1972 - 2010 l 38 yearsLeslie Charleson l Dr. Monica Bard Quartermaine l General Hospital l 1977 - present l 36 yearsLarry Bryggman l Dr. John Dixon l As the World Turns l 1969 - 2004, 2010 l 36 yearsPatricia Bruder l Ellen Lowell Stewart l As the World Turns l 1960 - 1995, 1998 l 36 yearsSusan Seaforth Hayes l Julie Olson Williams l 1968 - 1984, 1990 - 1994, 1996, 1999 - present l 35 yearsDoug Davidson l Paul Williams l The Young and the Restless l 1978 - present l 35 yearsMarie Masters l Dr. Susan Burke Stewart l As the World Turns l 1968 - 1979, 1986 - 2010 l 35 yearsRuth Warrick l Phoebe English Wallingford l All My Children l 1970 - 2005 l 35 yearsMichael Storm l Dr. Larry Wolek l One Life to Live l 1969 - 2004 l 35 yearsMary Stuart l Jo Gardner Tourneur l Search for Tomorrow l 1951 - 1986 l 35 yearsLarry Haines l Stu Bergman l Search for Tomorrow l 1951 - 1986 l 35 years ---Melody Thomas Scott l Nikki Reed l The Young and the Restless l 1979 - present l 34 yearsElizabeth Dawn l Vera Burton Duckworth l Coronation Street l 1974, 1976 - 2008, 2010 l 34 yearsEric Braeden l Victor Newman l The Young and the Restless l 1980 - present l 33 yearsJacklyn Zeman l Bobbie Spencer, R. N. l General Hospital l 1977 - 2010 l 33 yearsPeter Hansen l Lee Baldwin l General Hospital l 1965 - 1986, 1992 - 2004 l 33 yearsJohn Beradino l Dr. Steve Hardy l General Hospital l 1963 - 1996 l 33 yearsSue Nicholls l Audrey Potter Roberts l Coronation Street l 1979 - 1982, 1984 - present l 32 yearsJames Reynolds l Abe Carver l Days of our Lives l 1981 - present l 32 yearsStuart Damon l Dr. Alan Quartermaine l General Hospital l 1977 - 2008, 2011 - 2012 l 32 yearsColleen Zenk l Barbara Ryan Coleman l As the World Turns l 1978 - 2010 l 32 yearsEileen Herlie l Myrtle Lum Fargate l All My Children l 1976 - 2008 l 32 yearsCharita Bauer l Bert Miller Bauer l The Guiding Light l 1952 - 1984 l 32 yearsBill Hayes l Doug Williams l Days of our Lives l 1970 - 1984, 1986 - 1987, 1993 - 1994, 1996, 1999 - present l 31 yearsDeidre Hall l Dr. Marlena Evans Black l Days of our Lives l 1976 - 1987, 1991 - 2009, 2011 - present l 31 yearsJerry Douglas l John Abbott l The Young and the Restless l 1982 - 2013 l 31 yearsRichard Thorp l Alan Turner l Emmerdale Farm l 1982 - present l 31 yearsKate Linder l Esther Valentine l The Young and the Restless l 1982 - present l 31 yearsRobert S. Woods l Bo Buchanan l One Life to Live l 1979 - 1986, 1988 - 2012 l 31 yearsJulia Barr l Brooke English l All My Children l 1976 - 2006, 2010 - 2011 l 31 yearsTracey Bregman l Lauren Fenmore Baldwin l The Young and the Restless / The Bold and the Beautiful l 1983 - present l 30 yearsMichael Le Vell l Kevin Webster l Coronation Street l 1983 - present l 30 yearsJohnny Briggs l Mike Baldwin l Coronation Street l 1976 - 2006 l 30 yearsHenderson Forsythe l Dr. David Stewart l As the World Turns l 1960 - 1990 l 30 years ---Next Year: Peggy McCay l Caroline Brady l Days of our Lives l 1983, 1985 - present l 29 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted May 3, 2010 Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Erica Kane has more last names than that! Thanks for compiling this. Pretty interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted May 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 I didn't count annulled or invalid marriages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted May 3, 2010 Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 to the best of my knowledge her marriages to Travis were never invalidated as it never publicaly came out that Stuart signed Aadm's divorce papers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted May 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 I went by soapcentral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted May 3, 2010 Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Erica was also married to Tom Cudahy between Phil Brent and Adam. Should Julia Barr be on the list? She played Brooke from 1976-2006. I know she took a short sabbatical in 81-82. The list didn't counting the short breaks that Helen Wagner, Jackie Zeman, and Eileen Fulton each took, so Julia's short break wouldn't need to be counted either, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted May 3, 2010 Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Also, Jackie Zeman started in 1977, not 1978. And Susan Seaforth Hayes has hardly been on DAYS 1990-present. She hasn't been on contract since 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted May 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Fixed Jackie and added Julia Barr. I did not take into account if the actors were on contract or on recurring. Since Susan has guested on the show practically every year since she was last on contract, I counted it. --- Thanks for the added help. I went by soapcentral and the Wikipedia list. If anyone can think of another actor that's been on 30+ years please, feel free to speak up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BadBoy93 Posted May 3, 2010 Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 The longest one in Radio Soap Opera is Phil Archer who did as i recall 59 Years on The Archers since 1951. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted May 3, 2010 Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 As does Nikki Newman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted May 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Again, invalid and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted May 3, 2010 Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Nope. You missed a valid one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted May 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Not according to soapcentral. That doesn't make me right by any means, but if their wrong, then wrong we shall be. LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted May 3, 2010 Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Yep. Her full name is Nicole Reed Foster Bancroft DiSalvo Newman Abbott LANDERS Newman Chow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted May 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2010 Landers, apparently, was invalid. On another note, does or has anyone ever referred to Nikki as Nicole on a regular basis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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