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Favorite Non-Soap Actors (Movies, Primetime TV, Theatre, Etc.)


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Among my faves, and in no particular order:

Carroll O'Connor

Peter Falk

George C Scott

Dick Van Dyke

John Goodman

Jackie Gleason

James Garner

Spencer Tracy

Angela Lansbury

Meryl Streep

Madeline Kahn

Carol Burnett (I know Carol made guest appearances on AMC, but she wasn't a regular. I'm also going on the assumption that starring in the soap spoof Fresno doesn't disqualify her from being on the list.)

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Crap, that means I can't put Meg Ryan on here! (SHUT UP, GUYS. I LOVE HER. mad.gif )

Grace Kelly

Natalie Wood

Winona Ryder

Jennifer Aniston

Reese Witherspoon (my supposed celebrity lookalike...my chin isn't as pronounced though, lol laugh.png)

Patricia Wettig (repping my love of thirtysomething here)

Polly Draper (ditto)

Melissa Joan Hart

Carroll O'Connor

Bea Arthur

Lisa Kudrow

Dustin Hoffman

Bill Murray

Steve Martin (Parenthood shows he is capable of both drama and a more subtle form of comedy)

Sam Waterston (MY LOVE wub.png )

Julia Roberts

Hugh Grant

James Stewart

Cary Grant

Matthew Perry

Woody Allen (I still love his movies, no apologies)

Sally Field

Mia Farrow

Dianne Wiest

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I've narrowed it down to these ten...

Alan Alda

Dabney Coleman

James Garner

Judd Hirsch

William Holden

Jack Lemmon

Michael Keaton

Walter Matthau

Bill Murray

Jason Robards

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I love no actors more than those from the late 20's - early 30's. Only a select few special mentions after that. Of course, I undoubtedly am forgetting a never ending list of others.

Emil Jannings

Chester Morris

Charles Farrell

Gary Cooper

Clark Gable

Cary Grant

James Cagney

Humphrey Bogart

Fredric March

John Barrymore

Paul Muni

Maurice Chevalier

Harold Lloyd

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Marlene Dietrich

Jean Harlow

Anna May Wong

Mae West

Janet Gaynor

Barbara Stanwyck

Greta Garbo

Claudette Colbert

Lillian Gish

Judy Garland

Lauren Bacall

Ginger Rogers

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Alan Alda

Mike Ferrell

Teri Hatcher

Erica Durance

Dean Cain

Grant Gustin

Derek Theler

Melissa Peterman

Cary Grant

Clark Gable

Doris Day

Howard Keel

Jimmy Stewart

Amy Adams

Sandra Bullock

Chris Reeve

Henry Cavill

Ann Hathaway

Julia Roberts

Dermot Mulroney

Hugh Jackman

Tom Hanks

I'm sure there's some I can't remember lol

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I love your list, Bright Eyes! :)

Here are ten more names to add to my previous one:

Jack Albertson

James Cromwell

John Fiedler

Barnard Hughes

Steve Landesberg

Norman Lloyd

Allan Melvin

Bill Quinn

Jack Riley

Max Wright

(Yes, Barnard Hughes and John Fiedler were on soaps. Apologies for breaking my own rule.)

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