Overused and Underused Character Names on Soaps

[amybrickwallace]

 

Thank you for clarifying about the Marriotts. There was a Scott Banning on DAYS, followed years later by his namesake (SORASED) adoptive grandson. The latter was played by Rick Hearst in his first soap gig.

[Khan]

 

I guess we should be glad MAB (or whoever) later retconned David's backstory and explained how it was just an alias.

[Brolden]

 

And Doug Campbell in the late 70's. ATWT loved that name.

[amybrickwallace]

How about Nathan/Nathaniel/Nate?

 

Nathan Horton - DAYS

Nathan West - GH

Nate Salinger - OLTL

Nathan Hastings, Sr. - Y&R

Nathan Hastings, Jr. - Y&R

 

So far, it seems I've found almost more ACTORS by those names (Nathaniel Marston, Nathan Fillion, Nathan Purdee, etc.).

[Paul Raven]

Also Nathan Curtis DAYS, Neil's father (although it was later revealed that was not Neil's real name) Seems his father also agreed to change his surname.

Nate Axelrod EON

Nathan Walsh in the early days of SFT

[amybrickwallace]

Thank you!! Have we mentioned Victoria?

 

Victoria Hudson McKinnon - AW

Victoria Winters - DS

Victoria Spaulding - GL

Victoria Randolph - LOL

Victoria Lord - OLTL

Victoria Lane Capwell - SB

Dr. Victoria Windsor - SFT

Victoria Newman - Y&R

 

[Wendy]

 

AMC had a second Amy. I remember because I was a huge Cliff/Nina fan and Cliff was involved with a fellow doc named Amy in 1986 who ran in front of a car when Cliff admitted that he still was in love with Nina and she ended up dying.

 

Oh, and to add on to the "Lisa" list,  there was crazy-assed Lisa Niles on GH.

[amybrickwallace]

 

Thanks! I looked her up - Dr. Amy Stone, who was played by Catherine Ann Christiansen.

[Wendy]

 

Amy Stone, that was it! 

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And if I recall, when she did her little dart into the street, it was around the time Stevie Wonder was on the show, singing. Amazing how I remember this stuff.

[Paul Raven]

And AW had Amy Dudley played by Deborah Hobart.

[Bright Eyes]

There was also Amy Kositchek on DAYS, sister to Chris and Jake.

[amybrickwallace]

I can only think of two characters named Greta on soaps:

 

Greta Powers - The Doctors

Greta Von Amburg - DAYS

 

Am I missing anyone?

[Paul Raven]

Greta Aldrin ATWT played by Joan Copeland and Rosemary Murphy

 

And another Nathan was Nathan Bunker on The Doctors.

[amybrickwallace]

Thank you! I can't believe I forgot about Nathan Bunker. He was a terrific character.

[Paul Raven]

The 50's soap A Time To Live has a character named Greta Powers!

 

Made me think of characters over the years with the same name.

Ben Jerrod had John Abbott as did Y&R

Laura Spencer (Horton) on DOOL and Laura Webber(Spencer) on GH

Both AW and LOL had a character named John Randolph at the same time.

Can anyone add to this list?