It's been my experience that most soap aficionados come to view a certain set of characters as the cornerstones of a show; the core group who make the series feel like home to them. Sometimes, but not always, this depends on when viewers first began watching, and who was prominent on screen then. Other times, it is influenced by the historical knowledge of what characters had been there from the beginning and consistently treated as integral to the drama.
On OLTL, whom do/did you see as the cornerstone characters; the Llanview denizens who kept you loyally tuning in, and whom you considered important components of the show's identity?
To me, it was:
Victoria Lord (ultimately Erika Slezak)
Joe Riley (Lee Patterson)
Larry Wolek (ultimately Michael Storm)
Carla Gray (Ellen Holly)
Sadie Gray (Lillian Hayman)
Anna Wolek Craig (Doris Belak)
Vinnie Wolek (Anthony Ponzini)
Ed Hall (Al Freeman, Jr)
As the years progressed other characters were woven into the canvas, whom I came to see as essential parts of the Llanview community:
Wanda Webb Wolek (Marilyn Chris)
Dorian Lord (Nancy Pinkerton, later Robin Strasser)
Jenny Wolek (mainly Brynn Thayer)
Pat Ashley Kendall (Jacquie Courtney)
Karen Wolek Wolek (Judith Light)
These are the character in whom I was invested the most, and whom I considered important for my continued loyalty to the seies.
As more and more of them were foolishly cast aside, my attachment to Llanview dwindled significantly.
Who were your personal, essential, cornerstone characters, who kept you loyal to OLTL and tuning in?
By
vetsoapfan ·
