Soap Opera Cast Lists and Character Guides- Cancelled and Current

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GREATEST GIFT

AUGUST 30, 1954-JULY 1, 1955 NBC

RIDGETON

 

 

Miss Adams       Mary Finney

                       Evelyn Seibold

Dr. Eve Allen...Anne Burr 

Fran Allen...Janet Ward 

Martin Beal...Alan Stevenson

Dr. Bentley      Bernard Lenrow

Ned Blackman...Ward Costello 

...Gene Peterson...

Mrs. Blake...Helen Warren

Peter Blake,...Henry Barnard

Sam Blake    Josef Draper

Bill Connor     Harry Gannes

Lee Connor...Marion Russell  Eve Allen's friend/confidante/office nurse

Virginia Deering...Mary Finney

Mrs. Eddy...Jean Mann

Jim Hansen...Jack Klugman 

Captain Jameson...Marvin Stephens

John Leeds...Henry Hamilton

...Winston Ross

Betty Matthews...Athena Lorde

Harold Matthews...Martin Balsam 

...Will Hare 

Judge Parker...Bob Allen

Dr. Bob Pierson   Lawrence Pasquin

Nicky Randall...Arny Freeman... 

...Bill Mason

Johnny Ryan..Peter Avramo

Dick Steele...Woody Parker

Dr. Phil Stone...Phillip Foster

 

 

Arthur...Frank Maxwell 

Dennis...son, Harriet...???????????

Emily...Joanna Roos 

Harriet...unwed mother...Anne Meara 

Jackie      Corydon Erickson  (age 10)

Joe...Hugh Thomas

Lillian...Mary K. Wells 

Martha...Doris Rich... 

             Dorothy Patten

Peg...Margaret Heneghen

Scotty     Hugh Thomas 

Stubby...Lee Saunders

 

 

 

 

 

 

PORTIA FACES LIFE/THE INNER FLAME

APRIL 5,1954-JULY 1, 1955 CBS

PARKERSTOWN

Bill Baker...Richard Kendrick

Kathy Baker...Elizabeth York

Dickie Blake...Charles Taylor

Rolland "Rollie" Tennyck Blake...William Redfield 

Ruth Byfield...Mary Fickett 

Wynne Carlson    Jack Ragotzky  5/54-7/11/54

District Attorney ____  Collins     ??????     1954

Flo Dolan...?????

Morgan Elliott...Byron Sanders .

Phoebe ____Faraday...Sally Gracie 

Tony Faraday...Mark Miller 

Harriet Gower...??????

Mrs. Ingram...?????

Dorie Blake Lawlor...Jean Gillespie

Ralph Lawlor...?????

Karl Manning...Patrick O'Neal 

Portia Blake Manning...Fran Carlon

...Frances Reid 

Shirley Manning...Renne (Gail) Jarrett 

...Ginger McManus 

Walter Manning...Karl Swenson 

...Donald Woods 

Lt. Mitchell         Sidney Armus   1955

Murray Slater ...????????? tried to help Walter

                    Staley...??????

Stan Wheeler     Gordon  Stein    1954     police reporter

Adele...Eda Heineman

Amelia...?????? money loan

Bea...Joan Chambers

Marie...????????

??????????????????

....Michael Dreyfuss Nov. 54

...Melissande Gorman

...Bernard Grant 

...Don Hastings 

...Teri Keane 

...Helen Mack

...Gene Sultan ...Sept. 54

...Frankie Thomas 

...Mellibrand Warner

 

 

Music:  Tony Mottola on guitar

Organist:    ???????

Announcer:    Bill Shipley

 

 

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THE EDGE OF NIGHT

 

Handsome guy at Mitzi's restaurant   John Bolger 1984

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THE DOCTORS        Patrolman Quigley     Kevin Dobson      1969

 

GENERAL HOSPITAL

Edie Abbott   Never Seen    sister, Sarah blamed herself for Edie's death 

Dr. Kirk     Christopher Cousins      Dante's doctor     2020

Brick    added 2020

Dr. Fisher    Emil Beheshti     8/26/2020    Brooke Lynn's surgeon

Owen Anderson   ????    2020    Sam's new parole officer

Dr. Knox      Eugene Kim      2020   Mike's doctor at Turning Woods

Vera   that ran across Nelle   Elizabeth Morton    8/25&26/2020

Evelyn  that was Jax's contact    Connie Ventress     8/12/2020

Tom the hospital bigwig     Jim Abele    8/3/2020

Sienna the drug pushing photographer's assistant  Cynthia Zitter   8/13/2020

Paco  the photographer (Deception)   Never Seen    2020

Suzanne that supplied Sacha with a "pick me up"   Jessica Galinas   5/21/2020

Mr. Erickson     Bill A. Jones    hospital board member   8/13/2020

Neil Byrne and Nelle Jerrome   both exited 2020  added to the list, although Nelle will likely reappear.

Officer Williams     Maurice Whitfield     9/2/20

 

 

Detective Valerie Spencer    Paulina (Bugembe)  Lule   2019-Present

 Now going by Paulina Lule

 

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW

DA Matthews first name was Thaddeus    1980   Ben Hammer

 

THE EDGE OF NIGHT

Chip Beemer    Kipp Whitman    1977-78     thug

Henry Dwyer     Rick Maynard     1984

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THE VALIANT LADY

Elsa Harley    ?????     jealous of Helen, spinster, loved Bill Frase

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RITUALS

 

Jack   Roderick M. Spencer   1984-85

Julie         Jeanne Carr    1985

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SEARCH FOR TOMORROW

Dr. Dan Walton..     Allan Miller    1958-59

[Paul Raven]

Never Too Young

Freddie Cannon performed 'What Do I Hear? June 24th 1966

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GENERATIONS

 

Officer   Jacobs    ...    Robert Doqui   1990

 

Officer Williams      Kevin Bourland   1990

 

Mark    ...        Joseph Scott       1990

 

Red     Jerry Potter     1990

 

Homeless Man     Paul Welterlen    1990

 

 

SOMERSET

District  Attorney   Stuart Kane    George O.Petrie   1970-73

 

KITTY FOYLE 

Pa Bella...Casey Allen

 

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GENERAL HOSPITAL

Courtney Matthews Morgan Jacks...Alicia :Leigh Willis 01-06, 15;  2020

Winston Rudge...David S. Lee...16-17; 2020 pawn shop, Olivia- 

 

 

 

 

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YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE Stretch Collins 1962 Stretch was a buddy of Jill's gambling-addicted, pretending-to-be-disabled husband Larry Renfrew played by Dick Van Patten.    (Jackie Grimes)

 

 

LOVE OF LIFE 

??????????         Jackie Grimes       

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GENERAL HOSPITAL

 

 

Jessica Anderson     Liz Benoit   9/3&9/17/20    Attendant

Brendan Byrne      Joshua Coxx    2020    Neil's Brother

Nurse Fredericka      Fredericka Meek    9/21/20

Jackie Templeton     Kim Delaney    2020   reporter

Winston Rudge      David S. Lee     9/15&18/20  fence, Robert and Olivia       (return)

Agent Wagner      Michael Anthony Rawlins    9/8 & 18/20

Dr. Sofia Navarro    Christina Ferraro    9/3/20   OB/GYN  (return)

Guards:

Bryan Friday   9/17 & 18

Frank Trigg     9/18/20

WSB Guard    Gregory Shelby     9/8/20

Thugs    9/3&9/4/20

Joey Maida

David Proffitt

Cyrus's thug       Jason Konopisos-Alvarez    9/21/20

Singers       David Spencer     8/20/20

                        Tiffany Spencer     8/20/20.  

 

 

Will be added to the list on page 94 in the a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONE MAN'S FAMILY

MARCH 1, 1954-APRIL 1, 1955       NBC DAYTIME

SEACLIFFE      SAN FRANCISCO

 

Fanny Barbour       ...        Mary Adams

Henry Barbour       ...         Theodore Van Eltz

Jack Barbour         ...        Martin Dean

Hazel Barbour (Herbert)  ...   Linda Leighton

Beth Holly    ....             Lois Hall

Claudia Barbour Roberts MacPherson   ...   Anne Whitfield

Johnny McPherson    .....    Glenn Vernon                          DOOL, PF

Johnny Roberts        .....     Jack Edwards    

Dr. Fred Thompson       ....    Emerson Treacy          RTPP--Movie

Joe Yarborough      ....   Roy Engel                    MHMH

 

 

 

 

 

ONE MAN'S FAMILY 

NOVEMBER 4, 1949  - JUNE 21, 1952    NBC           PRIMETIME

SEACLIFFE         SAN FRANCISCO

 

 

Sgt. Tony Adams      ....    Michael MacAloney     52

Cliff Barbour          ...   Frankie Thomas        49

                                ...   Bill Idelson      49

                                ...    James Lee    49-52

Fanny Barbour      ....   Marjorie Gateson      SS

Henry Barbour      ...    Bert Lytell         49-52

Jack Barbour       ...    Arthur Casell      49-50

                              ....     Richard Wigginton    51-52

Mother Barbour  ....     Minetta Ellen          49

Paul Barbour        ...    Russell Thorson       49-52                       DOOL, PP

___ Burton           ....    Billy Greene            51-52                     CVVR

Betty Carter        ...   Betty Jean Marlowe    50

Joan Collier       ....   Gina Holland        52

Danny Frank     ...     John Newland      50

Bill Herbert       .....   Les Tremayne       50                  GH, OLTL

                           ....    Walter Brooke       50-52           see Hoppers

Hazel Barbour Herbert   ....     Lillian Schaaf         49-52    

Beth Holly          ....      Mercedes McCambridge       49-50     TD

                          ...        Susan Shaw             50-52

Judge Glenn Hunter   ....    Calvin Thomas     49

Captain Nicholas Lacey   ....   Lloyd Bochner     52    DYN, ES, Hotel, cast on Santa

Teddy Lawton        ....    Madeline Belgarde     51-52          3STH

Claudia Barbour Roberts MacPherson   ...   Nancy Franklin   49-50   see Hoppers

                            ....      Eva Marie Saint     50-52     YITL

Judith Richardson     ....   Athena Lorde      50       GrGi

Johnny Roberts     ...    Michael Higgins       49-51         GL, Hamp

Mrs. Roberts      ...   Mona Bruns         50-52       see Hoppers

Mr. Roberts        ....    Ralph Locke       50-52

Dr. Fred Thompson       ...   Luis Van Ruten (?Rooten)       49-50      TD, ATWT

Sir Guy Vane      ...   Maurice Manson       52          GH

Anne Waite    ...   Nancy Franklin          51-52      see Hoppers

Joe Yarborough    ....   Jim Boles      50-52               PP, CVVR

 

Mac    ....    Tony Randall    50-52               TD

 

Announcer        ...    Bob Sheppard    

 

 

???????...   Patricia Robbins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THESE ARE MY CHILDREN

JANUARY 31, 1949-FEBRUARY 28, 1949 NBC

CHICAGO

 

Mrs. Berkovitch...Mignon Schreiber

Kay Carter...Eloise Kummer

Jean Henehan...Joan Arlt

John Henehan...George Kluge

Kitty Henehan...Margaret Heneghan

Mrs. Henehan...Alma Platts

Patricia Henehan...Jane Brooksnith

Penny Henehan...Martha McClain

Irna Phillips first daytime drama for television.

 

Edited September 27, 2020 by slick jones

[janea4old]

 

Interesting.

I'd never before seen the last name of the third Laura character (the mystery blonde).

Also I never knew who the actress was.

 

fyi, Lisa Fanjoy is also known as Lisa Williams.

 

Lisa worked on DAYS as the body double for actress Eileen Davidson -- whenever Eileen played more than one character in the 1990s (Kristen Blake DiMera, Susan Banks Crumb, Sister Mary Moira Banks, Thomas Banks, and Penelope Kent).

And again when Eileen returned to DAYS 2012-2018 (Kristen and Susan).

 

Lisa has also worked on DAYS as the body double for actress Stacy Haiduk for the characters of Kristen Blake Dimera and Susan Banks.

 

She has also been on DAYS as a body double for Deidre Hall for the characters of Marlena Evans-Black and Hattie Adams.

 

Eileen Davidson has instagrammed about her as a BFF from all the years she played her body double, and Eileen refers to her as Lisa Fanjoy.  Jason47 refers to her as however she appeared in the DAYS credits (usually Lisa Williams).

 

I never knew she played the 1982 mystery Laura on GH 

who had a resemblance to Laura Vining Webber Baldwin Spencer (now Collins).

 

Above info edited for clarity.

 

EDIT to add:
Lisa Williams Fanjoy also played Brady Pub waitress "Lisa" on DAYS.

 

Edited September 30, 2020 by janea4old

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I have to give props to @depboy, who made his way through 1982's online episodes researching the Masterlist.  He found her last name for us.

 

I didn't realize it was the same actress as Lisa Williams from Days.  When I finish the batch of soap profiles I'm working on, I'll add her to the next batch.

Thanks for the heads up! @janea4old

 

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Whit Somers     Peter Simon   1966  I first saw PETER SIMON on Daytime TV when he portrayed a Boyfriend of "Liz Hillyer" (ALBERTA GRANT) on THE EDGE OF NIGHT in 1966 named "Whit Somers". (Michael Wilcox)

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THE EDGE OF NIGHT   

Art Dealer       John Colicos       1966