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ELSPETH ERIC   

 

RADIO

Eric's initial work on radio came in Big Sister and Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories.^[7] Her roles on radio programs included those shown in the table below.

Program	Role
Betty and Bob	Jane Hartford[8]
Big Sister	Diane Carvell Ramsey
Central City	Emily Olson[2]
The Falcon	Nancy[10]
Joyce Jordan, Girl Interne	Joyce Jordan Sherwood Dorie Winters
Lorenzo Jones	Irma Barker[12]
Road of Life	Beth Lambert[13] Lil Monet[14]
The Second Mrs. Burton	Lillian Anderson[15]
Valiant Lady	Eleanor Richards[16]
Young Doctor Malone	Marsha Sutton Mason Lucia Standish[18]

 

THIS IS NORA DRAKE        Dorothy Stewart     

SECOND HUSBAND      Unknown Role

 

BIG SISTER          Diane Carvell Ramsey  

EVER SINCE EVE        Unknown Role

FRONT PAGE FARRELL      Ella

LIFE AND LOVES OF DR. SUSAN        Abby Bradford

MOMMIE AND THE MEN           Mother

REAL STORIES FROM REAL LIFE       Unknown Role

ROSEMARY      Jane Taylor

YOUR FAMILY AND MINE     Mary Peterson   1940

 

 

 

TELEVISION    

 

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW        Nurse Smith      1952

THE ROAD OF LIFE          Lil' Monet         1955

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Unknown Role      Unknown Year

THE SECRET STORM     Mrs. Borman      1968

ANOTHER WORLD      Wedding Attendant     1968

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Mrs. Bradley      1971

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ANNE SEYMOUR

 

Radio[edit]

(revised)

AFFAIRS OF DR. GENTRY     Myra Drew

AGAINST THE STORM   Liz Porter   

                                           Lucretia Hale

BUCK PRIVATE AND HIS GIRL    Unknown Role

GRAND HOTEL   Lead    1933

THE GUIDING LIGHT      Dr. Mary Leland

OUR GAL SUNDAY         Prudence Graham

PORTIA FACES LIFE    Portia Manning (3 months filling in for Lucille Wall after an injury. Started February  1948 

                         Kathy Campbell  Marsh Baker

                                   Portia Blake Manning  2 weeks in July 1946, temping for Lucille Wall

REAL STORIES FROM REAL LIFE    Unknown Role

ROAD OF LIFE                Jocelyn McLeod Brent

THE STORY OF MARY MARLIN      Mary Marlin

                                       Sally Gibbons

THE STRANGE ROMANCE OF EVELYN WINTERS    Unknown Role   1947

A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN      Katie Nolan

WHEATENA PLAYHOUSE    Unknown Role  "Until We Meet Again"   1941

WHISPERING STREETS                     Hope Winslow

A WOMAN OF AMERICA            Prudence Dane

 

TELEVISION

        

FOLLOW YOUR HEART       Mrs. MacDonald              1953

MODERN ROMANCES       Unknown Role "Shadow Love"  week of 11/15/1954

                                               Unknown Role   "Silent Love   week of 2/7/ 1955

THE EDGE OF NIGHT        Mrs. Tupper        1957  

BRIGHT PROMISE             Dr. Amanda Winnegar    1971

RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE        Judge Foster         ?1973?

ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK     "I Never Said Good-bye"  Judge Micklin      12/3/1973

ANOTHER WORLD           Mrs. Cornelia Exeter          1978

GENERAL HOSPITAL         Beatrice ___ Hewitt         1979-80

 

 

also  .....

EMPIRE                                       Lucia Garrett     1962-63

DR. KILDARE     Mrs. Canford    1965

HAZEL       Laura Kirkland    1966

THE TIM CONWAY SHOW   K.J. Crawford   1970

JAMES AT 16                            Mrs. Moger                 1977

 

 

actress/character tidbit.......

Anne Seymour's role of Hope Winslow on Whispering Streets was also played by a  actress that y'all may recognize....Bette Davis.

 

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Edited January 21, 2021 by slick jones

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DENISE ALEXANDER

 

RADIO

(revised)

BIG GUY      Debbie Sharp 

I REMEMBER MAMA            Unknown Role

IT'S HIGGINS, SIR     Daughter

JOYCE JORDAN, GIRL INTERNE        Unknown Role

JUST PLAIN BILL     1949

KING'S ROWE        Unknown Role

THE MARRIAGE   Emily Marriott

PERRY MASON       Unknown Role

A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN        Francie Nolan

 

TELEVISION

 

TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET   Betty Corbett   1950-54

THE CLEAR HORIZON         Lois Adams       1960

BEN JERROD                        Emily Sanders     1963

GENERAL HOSPITAL          Lorna Hill              1963

DAYS OF OUR LIVES           Susan Hunter Martin Peters    1966-73
GENERAL HOSPITAL        Lesley Williams Faulkner Webber Webber   1973-84; 1996-09;(occasional); 2013; 2017; 2019

ABC AFTERNOON  PLAYBREAK    "The Gift of Terror"    Laura    4/5/1973

HOTEL                                 Gail McClain         1984

ANOTHER WORLD             Mary Callahan McKinnon (LaSalle) McKinnon   1986-89

SUNSET BEACH                 Sister Beatrice         1997-98

THE INN                               Lois      2013

PRETTY THE SERIES     Louise Fitzpatrick    2010-15

 

PILOTS/PROPOSALS

EMERGENCY HOSPITAL     Kathy     1962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANN BURR

 

RADIO

(revised)

AUNT JENNY'S TRUE LIFE STORIES    Unknown Role     1956

MARY NOBLE, BACKSTAGE WIFE      Claudia Vincent

 Regina Rawlings   

BIG SISTER           Valerie    Hale

FRONT PAGE FARRELL  Unknown Role    1952&53  

             Unknown Role    1950

THE GUIDING LIGHT       Gloria LaRue (Harper)

LORA LAWTON    Unknown Role   1947

MA PERKINS      Unknown Role     1951

PERRY MASON         Mrs. Jacobson

                                    Mary Grant

STELLA DALLAS     Leona Ransom      1951

                               Laurel "Lolly Baby" Dallas Grosvenor

WENDY WARREN       Nona Marsh

                                      Katy McCauley

WHEN A GIRL MARRIES        Ann Dunn

 

 

TELEVISION

THE GUIDING LIGHT         Gloria LaRue Harper      1952-54

THE GREATEST GIFT        Eve Allen                       1954-55

THE WAY OF THE WORLD    

Allison  "Come Alive"  beginning 8/1/1955

AS THE WORLD TURNS          Claire English Lowell Cassen Shea   1956-58; back injury; returned 1959-60

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JAN MINER

 

RADIO

 

AGAINST THE STORM    Unknown Role    1952

AMOS AND ANDY                  Unknown Role

THE        DOCTOR'S WIFE         Lois Miller

FRONT PAGE FARRELL    Unknown Role   1952

HILLTOP HOUSE          Julie Erickson Nixon Paterno
LORA LAWTON                         Lora Lawton

LORENZO JONES    Unknown Role      1953

MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER            Unknown Role

PERRY MASON                    Della Street

THE ROAD OF LIFE                   Beth Lambert   

THE ROMANCE OF HELEN TRENT     Helen Trent (temporary)    1952     

THE SECOND MRS.BURTON      Terry Burton

STELLA DALLAS    ?Edna    (Temporary)  1952

 

TELEVISION

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW         Unknown Role    Unknown Year

LOVE OF LIFE                          Unknown Role       Unknown Year

FIRST LOVE                              Glenda         1954 or 1955

MODERN ROMANCES                 Unknown Role     week of 5/28/1956

                                                  Unknown Role "Father and Son  week of 11/18/1957

 

TRUE STORY       Unknown Role "The Return of Julia Lawson" 3/30/1957

                               Unknown Role "Mother's Day" 7/6/1957

                             Ada       "Tea is For Terror" 8/10/1957

                               Kate   "Girl in a Hotel"   12/7/1957

                         Unknown Role "The Opening Door" 2/1/1958

                          Unknown Role "The Parkinson Award"    3/29/1958

                       Unknown Role    "The Cats"   5/10/1958

                         Martha Sims  "The Last Man in One B"  8/30/1958

                      Unknown Role    9/9/1961

THE EDGE OF NIGHT        Carol ____ Rich       1959

THE HOUSE ON HIGH STREET  Unknown Role  12/21/1959

THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES    Mrs Harmon    1963

                             Lee Stevens    1965

PAPER DOLLS         The Booker             1984

 

and ....   Madge the Manicurist         Palmolive      1966-92

also......

PAUL SAND IN FRIENDS AND LOVERS  Marge Dreyfuss      1974

REMEMBER WENN     Aunt Agatha   1997

 

 

actress tidbit......

married to former soap stars  Terry O'Sullivan (Arthur Tate SFT) (1954-62) and Richard Merrell (Herron, OLTL) (1963-1998)

 

 

 

added

Ed Prentiss         Tale of Today     as David Allen (Radio)

Margaret Hamilton       The Doctor's Wife  as Betty the Maid (Radio)

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Ann Seymour        THE EDGE OF NIGHT        Mrs. Tupper        1957  

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ANDREA MARCOVICCI

 

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING  Betsy Chernak Taylor  1970-73

BERRENGERS         Gloria ______ Berrenger    1985

GENERAL HOSPITAL            Sophia            2010

 

also....

HILL STREET BLUES             Cynthia Chase           1981

TRAPPER JOHN, M.D.           Fran Brennan Gates     1985-86

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARY ELLEN STUART

 

GUIDING LIGHT          Detective Jenny Holmes       1987-88

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Frances "Frannie" Hughes Crawford 1989-92

ONE LIFE TO LIVE          Madison Greene      1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUSAN MARIE SNYDER 

RYAN'S HOPE   Unknown Role    Unknown Year

ANOTHER WORLD   Unknown Role   Unknown Year

SANTA BARBARA                  Laken Lockridge        1987-88

AS THE WORLD TURNS     Julie Kenney Wendall Snyder Snyder   1989-95; 1998; 2002

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LOUISE STUBBS

 

THE GUIDING LIGHT       Carol           1965-66

LOVE OF LIFE            Nurse James      1976-79 occasional

LOVING                 Minnie Madden   1988-91; 1994

 

PILOTS/PROPOSALS

FLOWERS IN THE FIELD   Unknown Role    1973   (potential black soap opera)

 

 

 

 

GEORGE SHANNON

 

HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE   Neil Abbott        1974

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW   Bernard "Chance" Halliday  April - September 1978

GENERAL HOSPITAL        Lieutenant Murphy       1985

                                              ___Kinley       1988

GENERATIONS                 Jordan Hale    1989-90

 

 

actor tidbit....

Real-life Professor of Gerontology

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAMES SHANNON

 

DARK SHADOWS      Deputy                1968

                                     Gaoler                 1968

                                     Hangman            1968; 1969

THE DOCTORS           Paul Bennett      1969

DARK SHADOWS     Thomas Findlay      1970

THE SECRET STORM   Unknown Role   Unknown Year

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Officer Donnelly    1972

HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE    Dr. Max Cooper     1974

LOVE OF LIFE    Unknown Role   Unknown Year

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW  Liza's Photographer 1976

AS THE WORLD TURNS     District Attorney Ross Sturgess 1988-89

 

 

 

 

 

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DALE ROBINETTE

THE GUIDING LIGHT          Unknown Role  Unknown Year

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Unknown Role  Unknown Year

THE DOCTORS            Dr. Gil Lawford     1973-74

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW    Dave Wilkins     1974-76

movies

GORP        Irvington      1980

THE JAZZ SINGER      Tommy    1980

DEATH WISH 4: THE CRACKDOWN     Sham Cop    1987

 

Works as a Still Photographer  (see imdb).

Wrote a play, JUST COWBOY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

HEATHER RATTRAY

 

GUIDING LIGHT         Wendy                    1988

AS THE WORLD TURNS      Lily Walsh Mason SnyderGrimaldi Santana Snyder     1989-93  

 

 

also....

Appeared as an Operations Division Officer on Star Trek: Voyager over the course of it's run.  It was an uncredited role.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLES SHAUGHNESSY

 

GENERAL HOSPITAL   Alistair Crawford      1984

DAYS OF OUR LIVES       Agent Shane Donovan   1984-92; 2002; 2010; 2012; 2013; 2016-17

                                           Drew Donovan    1988; 2017

SAINTS AND SINNERS       August Martin    2007

THE BAY                         Elliot Sanders          2010-14

REVENGE                      Charles Dawson     2014

BEYOND SALEM    Agent Shane Donovan    2021

GENERAL HOSPITAL     Victor Cassadine      2021-

 

also....

JURY                        Julian Spears     1983

THE NANNY            Maxwell Sheffield      1993-99

LIVING WITH FRAN         Ted Reeves          2005-06

MAD MEN      Saint John Powell             2008-09

MASTERS OF SEX     Charles Clavermore     2916

THE MAGICIANS     Christopher Plover     2016; 2019-20

JUST ROLL WITH IT   Sir Liam Gooch   2019-20

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by slick jones

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Up next :

Victoria Rowell

Melville Ruick

George Reinholt

James Reynolds

Hansford Rowe

Ben Rawnsley

Frederic Rolf

Rex Robbins

Patricia Roe

Justin Hartley

Crishelle Stause Hartley

Lindsay Korman Hartley

Jordi Vilasuso

 

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My suggestions

Nita Talbot

Lee Grant

Charles Siebert

Susan Sarandon

Ben Hammer

Marion Brash

Larry Hugo

John Driver

William Prince

Peggy Cass

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CHARLES SIEBERT  

 

THE NURSES      Dr. Harsch      1966

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING     Lieutenant Ed Hoffer   Unknown Year

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW         Dr. Peter Murphy        1969- September 1972

ANOTHER WORLD          Dr. Stuart Philbin        March 3, 1972 - August 1972

AS THE WORLD TURNS             Dr. Wally Matthews     1972 - January 1974

ONE LIFE TO LIVE               Defense Attorney Jeb Folger     1974

MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN     Buzz MacGregor      1977

HUSBANDS, WIVES AND LOVERS   Dixon Carter Fielding    1978

DALLAS                              District Attorney Sloan       1979

HOTEL                                 Dan Mason             1986

                                             David Endicott       1987

also ....   

MURDER IN PEYTON PLACE             Kaiserman       1977

ONE DAY AT A TIME             Jerry Davenport         1977-79

TRAPPER JOHN, M.D.          Dr. Stanley Riverside     1979-86

PILOTS/PROPOSALS

HUSBANDS AND WIVES     Dixon Carter Fielding    1977

movies

DEADLY HERO      Baker     1975

THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT      Steve     1977

COMA         Dr. Goodman    1978

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL     Assistant District Attorney Keene    1979

 

Directed many episodes of TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. among many other projects.

Final imdb credit was the voice of Poseidon on XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS   1997. He had previously appeared as Sisyphus in 1996 and directed several episodes.

 

 

 

 

MARION BRASH   

 

TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET          Cadet Gloria                      1953

MODERN ROMANCES     Unknown Role    "Abbie Tupper"  week of July 11, 1955

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW       Eunice Gardner Twining Martin Wyatt   1957-61

THE BRIGHTER DAY Paula Reynolds 1960

THE EDGE OF NIGHT        Helen McCabe     1961

THE SECRET STORM       Terri __ Britton      1964

THE EDGE OF NIGHT       Marian  Crawford     1967

LOVE OF LIFE Unknown Role pre-1968

THE EDGE OF NIGHT       Lolly Buchanan 1968

BRIGHT PROMISE          Marion Boswell Connelly     1970-71

THE EDGE OF NIGHT      Henrietta ____ Cross      1980

 

 

 

 

LAURENCE HUGO

 

WAY OF THE WORLD       

Fred, Cynthia's brother              "?"            4/4-4/9/1955

A DATE WITH LIFE   

Charlie    "The House on the Hill" 12/18/1955-1/20/1956

FROM THESE ROOTS    Jack Willis    Unknown Year

AS THE WORLD TURNS    John Hughes     1958

MODERN ROMANCES      Unknown Role    week of 5/26/58

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW   . Rex Twining    1958-60

THE EDGE OF NIGHT       District Attorney Mike Karr    1962-71

ANOTHER WORLD             Howard Battis  (Janice Frame's ex) 1979

ALL MY CHILDREN   Oswald Tillman   Palmer's Business Associate    1980-81

TEXAS                    Mr. Weeks                   1981

movie

THREE HOURS TO KILL    Marty Lasswell    1954

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WILLIAM PRINCE

 

RADIO

CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER     Various     1974-78

LIGHT OF THE WORLD       Various

 

TELEVISION

 

THE WAY OF THE WORLD          Walt      4/4-4/22/1955

                                                   Walt       4/25-29/1955

MODERN ROMANCES          Unknown Role           week of 5/7/56 

                                     Unknown Role  "Greta"  week of 3/4/1957 

                  Unknown Role  "Mrs. Rocky King" week of  5/13/1957

             Dr. Briscoe  "Error in Judgment"  week of 10/14/1957

                         Attorney Sears   "Two Fathers" week of 12/16/1957

                          Jim Carlton   week of 4/21/1958

TRUE STORY       Unknown Role   "Wait For Me"  3/23/1957

                           Unknown Role "The Accident"  5/4/1957

                             Unknown Role "Fog"   9/7/1957

                           Unknown Role     6/14/1958

                               Unknown Role   7/12/1958 

YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE      Dr. Jerry Malone          1962-63

THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES       Unknown Role     1963

                                           Charles Vandercourt       1964

ANOTHER WORLD                    Ken Baxter                 1964-65

AS THE WORLD TURNS            Bill Holmes                1966-67

THE EDGE OF NIGHT               Senator Ben Travis       1968-69

A WORLD APART                       Russell Barry                1970-71

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING     Morton Townsend      1972-73

AS THE WORLD TURNS            Mr. Parsons                   1973-74

LOVE OF LIFE            Minister, wed Ben and Betsy   1975

DYNASTY                                      Dr. Miller                       1981

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Dr. David Stewart (temporary)   1981

PAPER DOLLS                             Godfather                      1984

GUIDING LIGHT         Minister that wed Kurt and Mindy     1985            

                             Dr. Charles Franklin        1985-86

DALLAS                                        Alex Garrett                     1986

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW       Judge Jeremiah Henderson      1986

 

and...

THE MASK     Peter Guilfoyle    1954     *  The first hour long television drama series.

JUSTICE     Richard Adams    1954-56

STARSKY AND HUTCH      James Marshall Gunther    1979

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE    Amos L. Broxton       1983

 

movie

THE STEPFORD WIVES    Ike Mazzard          1975

NETWORK     Edward George Ruddy      1976

SPIES LIKE US       Mr. Keyes     1985

 

Updated today, all 4 previously posted, but I made any additions.

Edited December 5, 2023 by slick jones

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@Paul Raven  no worries. I had to add in some other roles to 3 of them, so I would have re-posted them anyway.  

 

 

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TOM O'ROURKE

 

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW      Construction Boss    1975

THE GUIDING LIGHT       Dr. Justin Marler          1977-83; 1987

ONE LIFE TO LIVE      Victor Lord                     1985

SANTA BARBARA         Jason Jacobson    1988

MELROSE PLACE         John Taylor          1994

ONE LIFE TO LIVE     Bishop McBride    1998

ALL MY CHILDREN    Judge Connelly   Unknown Year

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Police Commissioner  Willis     2001

ONE LIFE TO LIVE         Warren Cobb        2008

 

also.....    

LAW AND ORDER       Attorney Peter Behrens       1996-01 (also appeared on L&O:Criminal Intent (2003) and L&O: Trial By Jury (2005) in this role)

LAW AND ORDER: SVU      Judge Mark Seligman      2000-06

 

 

Cindy Pickett will be added in.

Edited February 26, 2019 by slick jones