I don't think she was successful as Alex - even she had a hard time with it.

I wouldnt say Finola was equally as successfull as Alex. Anna IS her definitive role. Alex doesnt even compare and it didnt take too long for AMC to bump her off and make her play Anna instead. I thibnk alot of the entries in this thread dont actually quite apply to what the title is acting. I think it does when its highly debatable what role might have been definitive for a certain actor, one in which they were highly successful in both.

I don't think she was successful as Alex - even she had a hard time with it.

IA. I loved her time on the show but the Alex story wasnt well recieved. It was hit and miss with most fans at the time and that time period was very criticized. She didnt really take off quite as well as they hope which is why I suspect they ended up bringing Anna

Edited January 27, 201213 yr by Cheap21

You're right - she wasn't as successful as Alex as Anna, but I wouldn't call it a failure.

Laura Wright as Ally on Loving/The City, Cassie on GL, and Carly on GH

Peter Bergmann as Clif on AMC and Jack on Y&R(the character is pretty much a joke now though)

Leslie Ann Downs- Sunset Beach and B&B

Jess Walton- Capitol and Y&R

Jack Wagner- GH, MP, and B&B

Debbi Morgan- AMC, LOV, and City

Tracey Bregman- Y&R- B&B

Christian LeBlanc- ATWT, Y&R

Adrienne Frantz- Sunset Beach, B&B, Y&R, B&B

Ashley Jones- Y&R, B&B

Sean Kanan- GH, Sunset Beach, B&B, Y&R

Kristoff St. John- Generations, Y&R

Jacob Young- B&B, GH, AMC, B&B

Debbi Morgan- AMC, LOV, and City

Tracey Bregman- Y&R- B&B

Adrienne Frantz- Y&R, B&B

those actresses were playing the same role

Maybe they mean Frantz's unforgettable work as April, and Bregman's as Sarah.

Edited January 27, 201213 yr by CarlD2

Tracey played a dual role?

Edited January 27, 201213 yr by SFK

Supposedly when Kimberlin Brown couldn't return as Sheila they very quickly had her play Sheila's evil sister Sarah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WMSQQD3HJ8

Oh I forgot about that! Thanks. I was thinking a twin for Lauren.

Ellen Wheeler--Vicky/Marley on AW, Cindy on AMC (but not Karen, nor her role on DAYS).

Who did Ellen play on Days?

I dont remember Ellen on Days. I remember her on AW and AMC, but cannot think of who she played on Days

Beverlee McKinsey -- Iris on AW and Alexandra on GL.

When BM died, I listened to a soap podcast where the hosts waxed poetic on how great she was. One of the co-hosts asked the other what the differences were between Iris and Alex and the other host said, "Good question. There really was no difference." That REALLY bothered me. Like the host, her time on AW was before my time, but I've watched maybe a dozen episodes of BM on AW and listened to various audio clips, and Iris and Alex could not be more different. Iris was a neurotic, often a mess. Alex certainly had a better head on her shoulders. They were both scheming, but Alex's schemes almost always seemed justified, out of retaliation or protection, while Iris was just selfish and grimey. They could both be obsessive in love, but who would argue that Alex's obsession with Lujack/Nick was light years away from Iris' obsession with Mac?

The main difference for me is the voice, that and Iris had been taken care of her whole life, while Alex had been shattered for most of her life, shunned.

Edited January 27, 201213 yr by CarlD2

She approached both roles very differently, when on the surface, she could have played them the same way (the poor little rich bitch routine that many soap actresses fall into).

I don't think it's any coincidence that both of those characters were altered beyond recognition with the recasts that came post-McKinsey.