Members SoapDope Posted November 4, 2013 Members Share Posted November 4, 2013 This may have been done before, but what classic TV stars do you think would have been good on soaps ? I was recently watching some old episodes of the 80's show Matt Houston starring Lee Horsley. I think Lee would have been good as Victor's brother Matt Miller. Pamela Hensley his co-star would have made an interesting Jill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 4, 2013 Members Share Posted November 4, 2013 Kent McCord ("Adam-12") would have been good on Y&R or B&B, or even on old-school DAYS and GH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted November 4, 2013 Members Share Posted November 4, 2013 Carroll O'Connor. He would have been brilliant on a well-written, intimate, half-hour soap like RH. I often see theatre or film stars on classic TV and think they'd have been great on a soap. Ben Gazzara, Kim Stanley, Mary Astor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted November 4, 2013 Members Share Posted November 4, 2013 What a coincidence... just flipped the channel, and there's Ben Gazzara acting opposite Eric Braeden in Run for Your Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted November 4, 2013 Author Members Share Posted November 4, 2013 I could see Elizabeth Montgomery on any of the soaps. Jaclyn Smith as a sister to Jill on Y&R. Karen Valentine as another sister to Jil on Y&R. Kristy McNichol in the lesbian storyline on B&B. Vanna White as a 4th Spencer sibling Cathleen on B&B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted November 5, 2013 Members Share Posted November 5, 2013 I always wanted to see Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore as Marlena's parents on Days with Donna Mills (yes I know she got her start in Daytime soaps) joining the cast as a recast Anjelica Deveraux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Charles Posted November 6, 2013 Members Share Posted November 6, 2013 Vivian Vance Natalie Schafer Raymond Burr Esther Rolle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted November 6, 2013 Members Share Posted November 6, 2013 For a time, Esther Rolle played Sadie Gray on OLTL. I don't remember what year(s) and her episodes most likely no longer exist, but I sure would have liked to have seen that. I second Elizabeth Montgomery. What a beautiful lady. She could have busted out her Serena wig and played Viki and Dorian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 6, 2013 Members Share Posted November 6, 2013 Better yet, Elizabeth Montgomery could have come in as Irene Manning during the original Viki/Tina/Victor/secret room mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted November 7, 2013 Members Share Posted November 7, 2013 Kenny from back in the day (I think he only posts at DR now) always suggested that Lauren Lane, who played C.C. Babcock on The Nanny would've played a good bitch role on a soap, and I tend to agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted November 7, 2013 Author Members Share Posted November 7, 2013 I could picture Helen Hunt playing a neurotic character on any of the soaps. Meredith Baxter as a psychotic ex wife/lover who goes on a rampage. Ricky Nelson as a Noah Drake type character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted November 7, 2013 Members Share Posted November 7, 2013 They replay that Betty Broderick mini series movie on Lifetime all the time Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Charles Posted November 7, 2013 Members Share Posted November 7, 2013 Interesting; I didn't know that. She certainly could be very dramatic on Good Times ("Damn!...Damn!....DAMN!" ), so I figured she'd be a great fit on a soap opera. As for Vivian Vance, I was picturing a Myrtle Fargate-type character (this would be in the '70s when Viv was older). Raymond Burr could play a wealthy patriarch, and Nat Schafer would be great as a wealthy matriarch (a la Phoebe English Tyler-Wallingford). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted November 8, 2013 Author Members Share Posted November 8, 2013 I wonder what Patricia Richardson from Home Improvement would have been like as Margo on ATWT. I would liked to see her cast as a sister to Hilary B. Smith's on a soap. Ann Jillian was hilarious in the Y&R spoof in the movie Mr. Mom. She would have been awesome on a soap. Dana Plato (before she got screwed up) as a Patty Williams recast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted November 8, 2013 Members Share Posted November 8, 2013 Lecy Goranson and Sarah Chalke as twins on any soap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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