Article: The 15 Most Memorable Female Soap Opera Characters Ever

[Bright Eyes]

Where the hell is your SB list?

[DeeeDee]

I had a full 15 for PC but hated Courtney, felt Rachel was too much of a Sheila clone, Elizabeth was boring & Lark & Mary were underused.

[Khan]

Since some are also doing most memorable male characters...

15. Mason Capwell (SANTA BARBARA)

14. Barnabas Collins (DARK SHADOWS)

13. Mike Karr (EDGE OF NIGHT)

12. Carl Hutchins (ANOTHER WORLD)

11. Adam Chandler (AMC)

10. Stefano DiMera (DAYS)

09. Asa Buchanan (OLTL)

08. Tad Martin (AMC)

07. Palmer Cortlandt (AMC)

05. James Stenbeck (AS THE WORLD TURNS) / Roger Thorpe (GUIDING LIGHT)*

04. Dr. Alan Quartermaine (GH)

03. Dr. John Dixon (AS THE WORLD TURNS)

02. Luke Spencer (GH)

01. Victor Newman (Y&R)

* tie

[DRW50]

My most memorable female character list for ATWT:

1. Lucinda Walsh

2. Kim Hughes

3. Iva Snyder

4. Nancy Hughes McCloskey

5. Margo Hughes (up to about 1996)

6. Lyla Peretti

7. Susan Stewart

8. Jessica Griffin

9. Emily Stewart (Melanie Smith only)

10. Carly Tenney

11. Lisa Grimaldi

12. Shannon O'Hara (first run only)

13. Rose D'Angelo

14. Ellen Stewart

15. Connor Walsh Stricklyn/Meg Snyder (Jennifer Ashe only)/Julie Snyder/Emma Snyder

[DeeeDee]

Top 15 Men

Victor Newman

Bob Hughes

Roger Thorpe

James Stenbeck

Adam Chandler

Asa Buchanan

Luke Spencer

Alan Spaulding

Mac Cory

Stefano Dimera

Palmer Cortlandt

Jesse Hubbard

John Dixon

Jack Abbott

Sky Whitney

[quartermainefan]

It breaks my heart no one is mentioning Enid Nelson. What is this world coming to?!?

[Khan]

Because, even diehard AMC fans are more likely to mention Erica, Phoebe or even Opal.

[DRW50]

Oh, I forgot about Betsy Stewart. I'd put her in place of Shannon.

[Khan]

Most Memorable Females: AMC Edition

15. Liza Colby

14. Tara Martin

12. Dixie Cooney / Donna Beck Tyler*

11. Daisy Cortlandt

10. Myrtle Fargate

08. Janet Green / Natalie Marlowe Dillon*

07. Dr. Angie Baxter Hubbard

06. Jenny Gardner Nelson

05. Nina Cortlandt Warner

04. Brooke English

03. Opal (Gardner)

02. Phoebe Tyler Wallingford

01. Erica Kane

*tie

[Pine Charles]

It sounds like you're having a spell...

Take some pills!

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[AmandainNC28655]

I mainly watch AMC now, but have watched all the shows on the different networks at various points (thanks in part to my late grandmother and her keeping us when we were little and then after school), so here is my list of the 15 most memorable female characters:

1- Erica Kane

2- Viki Lord

3- Tracy Quartermaine

4- Laura Spencer

5- Audrey Hardy

6- Bianca Montgomery

7- Marlena Evans

8- Kimberly Brady

9- Anna Devane Scorpio

10- Margo Hughes

11- Reva Shayne Lewis

12- Nikki Newman

13- Ashley Abbott

14- Stephanie Forrestor

15- Mary Ryan

[Bright Eyes]

Okay, I couldn't resist. Here's who (give or take a few misplaced spots and last names ) I think the 15 most memorable female soap opera characters are:

15. Amy Ames Rysdale Britton Kincaid, THE SECRET STORM

14. Angélique Bouchard Collins, DARK SHADOWS

13. Charlotte 'Raven' Alexander Jameson Swift Whitney, THE EDGE OF NIGHT

12. Sally Spectra Alexander Garrison, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

11. Iris Cory Carrington Delaney Bancroft Wheeler, ANOTHER WORLD / TEXAS

10. Dr. Dorian Cramer Lord Callison Santi Vickers Hayes Laurence Vickers Vickers, ONE LIFE TO LIVE

9. Rachel Davis Matthews Clark Frame Cory Cory Hutchins, ANOTHER WORLD

8. Jill Foster Fenmore Reynolds Chancellor Thurston Brooks Abbott Sterling Abbott Atkinson, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

7. Lisa Miller Hughes Elridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn, AS THE WORLD TURNS

6. Joanne Gardner Barron Tate Vincente Tourneur, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW

5. Julie Olson Banning Anderson Williams Williams Williams, DAYS OF OUR LIVES

4. Reva Shayne Lewis Lewis Spaulding Lewis Winslow Cooper Lewis Lewis O'Neill, THE GUIDING LIGHT

3. Katherine Shepherd Reynolds Chancellor Thurston Sterling Sterling Murphy, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

2. Dr. Marlena Evans North Craig Brady Brady Black Black Black, DAYS OF OUR LIVES

1. Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Roy Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery, ALL MY CHILDREN

[DeeeDee]

Top 15 OLTL

Viki Lord

Carla Grey

Dorian Lord

Tina Lord

Cassie Cramer

Gabrielle Medina

Nora Buchanan

Blair Cramer

Karen Wolek

Meredith Lord

Megan Gordon

Alex Olanov

Rachel Gannon

Renee Divine

Jessica Buchanan

[LoyaltoAMC]

How about the top 15 biggest flop female characters...characters that were either so ill-conceived and-or TPTB tried to force down the viewers' throats despite rejection from day 1. I think these are some of the more notorious ones still recalled by soap fans to this day. I've got 12 here. Can you think of any others?

Tangie Hill, GL

Kit Fisher (aka TKFP...LOL), AMC

Sheila Thomas (Jenny's double), AMC

Christina Karras, AMC

Connor Jamison (as played by Susan Batten), ATWT

Justine, AW

Stacey Morasco, OLTL

Laura Templeton, GH

Princess Gina, DAYS

Bambi Brewster, Love of Life

Melissa Bedford, GH

Zoe Kasnoff, ATWT

[Cheap21]

Taylor (Beth Ehlers) from AMC. They hyped up her character like she was going to be big bc they were going to reunite her with RPG who they had hired earlier that year. What a big flop she ended up being