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Jonathan Randall And Tammy Winslow
This is a list of actors and actresses who have had roles on the soap opera ''Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. ''Guiding Light'' aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio ...''. Originally a radio drama series, by the early 1980s, ''Guiding Light'' was CBS's main contender challenging ABC's dominance of the daytime television soap opera ratings. Major characters and cast members over the years have included Roger Thorpe ( Michael Zaslow); Nola Reardon ( Lisa Brown); Reva Shayne ( Kim Zimmer); and Beth Raines ( Beth Chamberlin). Cast members References {{DEFAULTSORT:Guiding Light cast members Lists of actors by soap opera television series Lists of actors of defunct soap operas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by ''horse opera'', a derogatory term for low-budget Western (genre), Westerns. According to some dictionaries, for something to be adequately described as a soap opera, it need not be long-running; but some authors define the word in a way that excludes short-running serial dramas from their definition. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first Broadcasting, broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running soap opera. The longest-running television soap opera is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV in 1960. According to Albert Moran, one of the defining features that make a television program a soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Santos (Guiding Light)
Father Ray Santos is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama ''Guiding Light''. He has been portrayed on a recurring basis by George Alvarez George Enrique Alvarez (born January 25) is a Cuban-American actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Det. Alex Garcia on ''General Hospital'' (1992 to 1994, 1995 to 1999) and ''Port Charles'' (1997 to 1999), Enrique Alvarez on ''The Bol ... since March 30, 1999. The role was portrayed from February 17 to 19, 1999 by Jaime Passer. Character information Ray was born into the Santos crime family but managed to keep himself out of the family business. Choosing the priesthood still allowed him to stay close to his family and he remained their trusted confidant. This wasn't without a cost and Father Ray has had to struggle with his conscience on numerous occasions to stay true to his vows. He aided his cousin Danny and wife Michelle in their flight to San Cristobel to escape murder charges and became the moral adviser to his gangs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tammy Blanchard
Tammy Blanchard is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her role as teenage Judy Garland in the critically acclaimed television film '' Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' (2001), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her other notable film roles were in '' The Good Shepherd'' (2006), '' Sybil'' (2007), ''Into the Woods'' (2014) and '' The Invitation'' (2015). Blanchard has been nominated for two Tony Awards: one for her role as Louise in the 2003 Broadway revival of the musical ''Gypsy'', and the other as Hedy LaRue in the 2011 Broadway revival of the musical '' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''. Early years Blanchard was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, and she attended Mary J. Donohoe School and Bayonne High School. Career She made her professional acting debut on the soap opera ''Guiding Light'' in 1997, where she played spoiled rich girl Drew Jacobs. Her first scene was with Taye Diggs, who brief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Biggs
Richard James Biggs II (March 18, 1960 – May 22, 2004) was an American television and stage actor, known for his roles on the television series ''Days of Our Lives'' and ''Babylon 5''. Early life Born in Columbus, Ohio, Biggs graduated from Minot High School (Minot, ND). He attended the University of Southern California on scholarship, studying theatre. He briefly taught at a Los Angeles high school before landing his first major television role, that of Dr. Marcus Hunter on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. Biggs was diagnosed with hearing problems when he was 13, and was partially deaf in one ear, completely deaf in the other. He frequently used his celebrity status to raise money for the Aliso Academy, a private school in Rancho Santa Margarita, California that serves deaf children. Career From 1987 until 1994, Biggs played the role of Dr. Marcus Hunter on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. He appeared as Dr. Stephen Franklin on the well-regarded science fict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Spaulding
Alan Spaulding is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light''. He was played by Christopher Bernau from the time of the character's introduction in 1977 until 1984, and from 1986 to June 1988, when Bernau left the role due to health problems. David Bailey briefly portrayed the role in 1979. Daniel Pilon stepped into the role from 1988 until the character was sent to prison in 1990. From 1994 to the series 2009 conclusion, the character was played by Ron Raines. Jeff Branson briefly played a young Alan in a flashback scene during Carrie Carruther's murder investigation. Storylines Alan Spaulding resides in Chicago with his wealthy family prior to his move to Springfield. At the time, he is married to Elizabeth, and they are the adoptive parents of Phillip Spaulding (though Elizabeth believes Phillip to be her biological son). Shortly after the Spauldings' arrival in Springfield, Alan has an affair with Phillip's governess, Diane Ballard; When Elizabeth senses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Bernau
Christopher Bernau (born Herbert Augustine Bernau, June 2, 1940 – June 14, 1989) was an American actor. Life and career Christopher Bernau was born in Santa Barbara, California to Herbert Bernau, a physiotherapist, and Emma Bernau (née Vercellino), a homemaker. Bernau showed a love for the theatre at an early age, and was frequently cast in high school plays. Bernau trained in the drama department at the University of California before getting his big break, appearing in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of ''Antony and Cleopatra'' in 1962. He continued in that role until 1964, when he toured nationally in the production of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' These roles, in addition to performing at Canada's Stratford Festival, led to an appearance in a brief story arc on ''Dark Shadows'' in 1969 and 1970, where he portrayed Philip Todd. His most famous role, however, was that of villain Alan Spaulding on the soap opera ''Guiding Light'', a role he played from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Berjer
Barbara Berjer (June 12, 1920 – October 20, 2002) was an American actress. Early life Berjer was born Barbara Elinor Berger on June 12, 1920 in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Knute Eystein Berger (1890-1949), a mechanical engineer originally from Norway, and Thomasina Sutherland (1892-1970), who came from Scotland. She had one older brother, Knute Eystein Berger Jr. Career Berjer was well-known to television audiences for her roles in daytime soap operas. Her first was role was that of alcoholic actress Lynn Franklin on ''From These Roots'', which she played from 1959 until the show's end in 1961. (One of her co-stars was actor Henderson Forsythe, who would go on to co-star with Berjer on ''As the World Turns'' as Dr. David Stewart, her on-screen son-in-law). This followed with an appearance on the 1962 episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre, "Patterns of Hope" (the episode also featured her future ''Another World'' co-star Douglass Watson. She had a small role as a wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Bennett
Fran Bennett (August 14, 1937 – September 12, 2021) was an American actress, known for her works in theater and on television. She portrayed the role of Mother Olivia Jefferson in a re-creation of the pilot episode of ''The Jeffersons'' in '' Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons''. Life and career Bennett was born in Malvern, Arkansas. She made her acting debut in theater, and her television debut on the daytime soap opera, ''Guiding Light''. Bennett later had guest-starring roles in '' Roots: The Next Generations'', '' Lou Grant'', ''Dallas'', '' Falcon Crest'', ''Knots Landing'', ''L.A. Law'', and ''Dynasty''. Bennett had a regular role in the short-lived NBC medical drama '' Nightingales'' in 1989. She also had recurring roles in the daytime soap operas ''General Hospital'', ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and '' Sunset Beach''. In prime time, she had recurring roles in '' Quantum Leap'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Beecroft
Gregory Beecroft is an American actor known for roles on several soap operas in the 1970s and 1980s. He is the oldest of five children. After his parents divorced when Greg was twelve years old, he and his siblings split their time between Dallas, Texas, where their mother had taken a job, and Warwick, Rhode Island, where their father lived. He studied drama at the University of New Hampshire, but left before graduating. In 1981, he landed the part of Tony Reardon on ''Guiding Light''. He stayed at ''Guiding Light'' from 1981 to 1985. Afterwards, he landed the role of Brock Lombard on ''As the World Turns'' (1988–1989). He also played the role of Duke Lavery on ''General Hospital'' (1989–1990). Beecroft has several siblings, including actor David Beecroft David Beecroft is an American actor noted for his television appearances, having played both regular and recurring roles in series such as ''Falcon Crest'' (as Nick Agretti), ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' and ''Melrose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Bartlett
Murray Bartlett (born 20 March 1971) is an Australian actor. He became known for starring as a luxury resort manager in the first season of the HBO dark comedy series ''The White Lotus'' (2021), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. He gained further recognition for his role as Nick De Noia in the Hulu miniseries ''Welcome to Chippendales'' (2022), and Frank in the episode " Long, Long Time" of the HBO drama series ''The Last of Us'' (2023), receiving Primetime Emmy Award nominations for both. Bartlett has also appeared in the HBO comedy-drama series ''Looking'' (2014–2015), the Netflix revival series '' Tales of the City'' (2019), the Apple TV+ series '' Physical'' (2021–2023) and the second season of Hulu anthology series '' Nine Perfect Strangers'' (2025). Early life Bartlett was born in Sydney on 20 March 1971. When he was four years old, he moved with his family to Perth. He attended John C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Barry
Patricia Barry (born Patricia Allen White, November 16, 1922 – October 11, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Although Barry has numerous credits performing in stage productions and in films, the majority of her work was in television between 1950 and 2005, when she appeared in over 100 series either in supporting roles or as a guest star. Early years Barry was born in Davenport, Iowa. Her father was a physician. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received her academic and practical training in acting in the school's drama department, which was administered by the distinguished Broadway actress and teacher Maude Adams. After Barry's graduation from college, she gained some professional experience on stage in 1944 before winning a Rita Hayworth look-alike contest. The resulting publicity from that contest led to Barry being signed to a Hollywood movie contract with Warner Bros. Stage Barry's theatrical debut came in summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Bailey (actor)
Scott Bailey is an American actor. He is known for playing the character of Sandy Foster on the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light'', the character of Roman Martin on the MyNetworkTV limited-run serial ''Saints & Sinners (2007 TV series), Saints & Sinners'' and the character of Greg Cooper in an episode of the TV series ''Femme Fatales (TV series), Femme Fatales''. Background Bailey was born in Florissant, Missouri. He spent seven years of his childhood residing in Europe. Due to having lived in Europe, Bailey is fluent in German and Spanish (and sign language). He has an elder sister, Lisa, and his mother worked as an Army nurse for the Government. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University, where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and was an ASNMSU (Associated Students of New Mexico State University) senator. Bailey has also worked for the U.S. Department of Energy. Acting was not Scott Bailey's first choice of occupation; it was mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
