One & Done: Actors Who Only Appeared on One Soap

[amybrickwallace]

 

Also from TD:

 

Jami Fields

Eileen Kearney 

Mark Kearney

Bobby Hennessey

Jennifer Houlton

David Elliott

Keith Blanchard

Bridget Breen

Thor Fields

Mara Hobel

 

They were all children actors, but I can't find any record of any of them appearing on any other soaps. As for the adult actors, I believe TD was also their only soap:

 

Conrad Roberts

Zaida Coles

CC Courtney

Ginger Gerlach

Carol Pfander

Jeramie Rain

Mary Denham

Lloyd Bremseth

Kathleen Turner

Patricia Hayling

Valerie Mahaffey

 

[DramatistDreamer]

Okay, I thought it was strange that she wouldn't have been on any other soap having done so much television.

 

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Edited October 9, 2020 by DramatistDreamer

[carolineg]

 

Mine too.  For obvious reasons lol.  But do we count nighttime soaps because that would count her out?

 

How about Ali Sweeney or Kim McCullough?

 

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2020 by carolineg

[amybrickwallace]

 

Absolutely!!

[JAS0N47]

 

I didn't have to look that one up! He played Major Dodd. He was the one who came to Marlena's place and told her Roman had died (then Josh Taylor popped up shortly after wheeled into St. Luke's by Kristen).

[amybrickwallace]

 

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[Darn]

 

Kim was on All My Children for a few episodes when Anna came back from the dead. She also did GH: Night Shift and (probably) Port Charles. Would those count?

[amybrickwallace]

 

Hmmmm...I had forgotten she was on AMC. I don't think she was on PC, but I could be wrong. That's a toughie. I would say that even though she played the same character - she did play the character on multiple shows.

[Paul Raven]

Yes are we counting actors who came back to the same show or took the character to another?

Two that fit into that category

AMC

Karen Lynn Gorney (Tara 2 returns)

AW

Tom Eplin (Jake - went to ATWT)

 

AMC

Susan Blanchard (Mary)

Charles Frank (Jeff)

 

AW

Gail Brown (Clarice)

Laura Malone (Blaine)

Susan Trusman (Pat )

 

ATWT

Colleen Zenk (Barbara)

[Pine Charles]

All My Children is the only daytime soap that Kate Collins appeared on, I’m fairly certain.

Edited October 9, 2020 by Pine Charles

[LondonScribe]

William Roache has played Ken Barlow in Coronation Street, almost continuously, since Episode 1 on December 9th 1960. His only soap role.

 

I think he’s still in the Guinness World Records as the longest serving male television star in a continuous role.

 

 

Edited October 9, 2020 by LondonScribe

[Faulkner]

Kelly Ripa appears to have only been on AMC?

Edited October 9, 2020 by Faulkner

[soapfan770]

 
Speaking of Kelly Ripa I remember when the soap press kept pushing Erin Hershey Pressley as a next big soap star but aside from guest hosting the View her other soap auditions didn’t fare well.

[carolineg]

 

She definitely appeared on PC a few times in the early days.  But it's not like Skye-who played the character on all ABC soaps.  She, to me, was a GH character doing guest appearances on AMC/PC.  Although I would say Night Shift was her own vehicle so that's a toughie.

It's not hard to find one and done actors, because there are a lot, but it's hard to find iconic one soap actors.

Has Becky Herbst ever appeared on another soap?

[Khan]

Has Ellen Parker (ex-Maureen, GL) appeared on more than one soap?