All: Characters you thought would come back but never did

[Forever8]

Mamie Johnson - The Young and The Restless 

I was hoping when KSJ/Neil died that Veronica Redd would return to the memorial since she was the matriarch for the Barber-Winters family for many years. 

[Fevuh]

Definitely Harley/Beth Ehlers - Guiding Light.  On ATWT I always missed Lyla Montgomery after she was gone as well as the others someone named.  The list could be long for ATWT.   

[carolineg]

My memory is a little vague on this, but Livvie died off screen.  There was a whole storyline where Lucy was talking about ME's character being a vampire and vampires in Port Charles, and Sam looking like Livvie and Caleb came back and killed Alison and eventually died himself.  Alison's son Rafe was on the show and tested with Molly for awhile.  Long story short though, Livvie was retconned out of being Kevin's daughter and Kevin said all Lucy's talk about vampires was a delusion even though Caleb reappeared and was a vampire.  Idk, it didn't really make sense but the bottom line was that Livvie existed as Caleb's wife, but wasn't Kevin's daughter.

[AMCOLTLLover]

i still think Carlivati/Valentini should've been sued for that crap storyline and that disrespect to the GH-Spin Off 'Port Charles'.. i hate them both so much

[carolineg]

I am not sure why RC/FV thought it would be a good idea to take a major storyline from a failed soap onto the mother show.   PC was cancelled for a reason..  leave it alone.  I do think it was an attempt to tie up lose ends for those characters because it is the same universe, but it ended up with half the characters killed off and was just strange and I don't think anyone liked the story.

[amybrickwallace]

I'm actually surprised that Tony Geary/Luke has never been back on GH.

[carolineg]

If GH ends in the next several years, I have no doubt he will back to the show.  To at least tie up loose ends.  I can't imagine GH ending without Luke/Laura together.

[dragonflies]

ReRon retconned LIvvie being his daughter

[DemetriKane]

AMC 

Ross Chandler

Julie Chandler 

Skye Chandler

Eugene Hubbard

Yvonne Caldwell

Hillary Wilson

Trey Kenyon

Vanessa Cortlandt 

Silver Kane

Paul Martin

vera

Longer stays:

Greg Nelson

Mark Dolton

Alfred Vanderpool 

Edited November 20, 2021 by DemetriKane

[Mitch]

Hope Bauer.. a big mystery why they never brought her back with Alan on screen and a need for a Bauer matriarch. I really can't believe they never went there with recasting with whatsherface that Deas was paired with on SB and have a triangle of Buzz/Hope/Alan..not that I wanted to see that at all but since they seemed to have a hard on as Buzz actually being a capable foil to Alan. I know they aged AM so much that it would have been difficult to recast but Deas isn't that much older the the guy playing Frank , Ann Sward on ATWT was I think only 5 years older then Margaret Colin who played her daughter.

[watson71]

Another World- Nancy McGowan, Jamie Frame, Cecile DePoulignac, Sandy Cory, Blaine Cory, Alice Frame

[koos]

Olivia on Y&R. Greta on Days.

[Paul Raven]

GL Roxie Shayne.

Reva hung on forever and they introduced Cassie. Even Rusty got a return but Roxie was never utilised.

Was she even mentioned?

[MichaelGL]

Guiding Light

Inidia and Alan-Michael. India never came back after the ex wives club sadly. Saddened such a complex character as A-M never returned, nor did his grandfather Mike Bauer. 

Rita Stapleton, especially that it may have been implied she was pregnant when she left town. 

Selena

Claire Ramsey

Harley Cooper and Ross Marler

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[DaytimeFan]

I don't believe Mamie returned when John Abbott died either - a big missed opportunity to have the rightful Mrs. Abbott (Mamie) plot to take down the new Mrs. Abbott (Gloria) with the help of her nemesis, the former Mrs. Abbott (Jill).

Dru's death, Olivia and Malcolm's exit, Neil's death. Several Abbott family weddings. That is one character that could have had multiple return opportunities, but for whatever reason, did not, to the absolute detriment of the show.