Victoria Wyndham claims to have written story at AW but was never credited or elaborated exactly what she was responsible for.

On 11/21/2025 at 3:22 PM, titan1978 said:

Did she play a hooker? For some reason I remember an article bringing that up. I really should read more of that unpublished book.

Lola was an ex-hooker. I can't be sure, but Mark Evans may have been an ex-client of hers. She had two friends who actually worked on Nola's wedding dress.

Mary Pat Gleason, who played Jane, (sort of a Jane-of-all trades, including being a nanny and nurse/companion) also wrote for the show during this period.

On 11/20/2025 at 9:32 AM, Errol said:

She directed at DAYS and GH.

Thank you, Errol. It's been so long I really could not remember for sure without a SOD in front of me. :)

6 hours ago, P.J. said:

Lola was an ex-hooker

I knew I didn’t pull that out of nowhere! Thank you!

I'm not sure if we're counting primetime soaps, but for Knots Landing, John Pleshette wrote a number of episodes, as did Don Murray and James Houghton. Michele Lee, Joan Van Ark, William Devane and Kevin Dobson directed episodes.

For Dallas, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Steve Kanaly, and Ken Kercheval directed episodes. (I believe Linda said they weren't going to let her but Larry fought for her)

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5 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I'm not sure if we're counting primetime soaps, but for Knots Landing, John Pleshette wrote a number of episodes, as did Don Murray and James Houghton. Michele Lee, Joan Van Ark, William Devane and Kevin Dobson directed episodes.

For Dallas, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Steve Kanaly, and Ken Kercheval directed episodes. (I believe Linda said they weren't going to let her but Larry fought for her)

I think it counts!

I am shocked that no one has mentioned Courtney Simon https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792404/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_in_0_q_Courtney%2520Simon

And Douglas Marland (who was often referred to as an "actor's writer") did a bit of acting work, including a stint on The Doctors before becoming a headwriter for daytime soaps such as As The World Turns.

Ellen Weston played Robin Lang Bauer Bowden Fletcher #5 (1963-1964) on GL before her infamous headwriting stint on the show in 2003 under Jon Conboy lmao

Isn't this thread about actors who worked backstage whilst appearing on said show?

If we move to actors who also wrote for soaps at some point it's away longer list.

BTW Ellen Weston appeared as a judge on GL while she was headwriting the show.

On 11/29/2025 at 4:04 PM, Paul Raven said:

Isn't this thread about actors who worked backstage whilst appearing on said show?

If we move to actors who also wrote for soaps at some point it's away longer list.

BTW Ellen Weston appeared as a judge on GL while she was headwriting the show.

I think it can be both, although I am really fascinated by the folks that did both at the same time. Soaps are so demanding in one role.

On 11/29/2025 at 10:08 AM, DramatistDreamer said:

I am shocked that no one has mentioned Courtney Simon

She’s one of the greats too!

Don't know if she was mentioned, but Meg Bennett is one. While acting as Julia Newman, she was a scriptwriter for The Young and the Restless. And after appearing on Santa Barbara as Megan, she returned for a term as a breakdown writer.

If it's not limited to people who did both at the same time, Gary Tomlin acted on AW before he was a writer and later director. And Lewis Arlt who appeared first as David Thatcher and later as Ken Jordan also wrote and directed.

On 11/19/2025 at 4:09 PM, sheilaforever said:

Heather is a director AND writer at B&B, both in an irregular capacity.

 

Lawrence St. Victor is part of B&B's writing team for several years now.

Yet he won't give himself something decent.