I apologize for making an editing error and omitting Ada from my most recent post. Duh. I had acknowledged her tenure originally, and then somehow managed to delete her from my later message.
At 25 years on the show, Ada would rank higher than Alice, Pat or Russ in terms of longevity.
To revise and correct, the ranking should be: Rachel, Aunt Liz, Ada, Alice, Pat, Russ, Jim.
Yes, you are right: Russ was indeed written off at various times, but if a character appeared at all in any given year, even for a few episodes here or there, I counted that year among their total number.
It really does gratify me that the seven top-appearing characters were all created during the Irna Phillips and Agnes Nixon years.😊
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