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Polly Longworth
This is a list of characters that appear in the ABC soap opera ''Ryan's Hope''. A ;Sheik Haroun Al Raschid :(Played by Kaleel Sakakeeny, 1981) ::Financial backer of archaeological excavations ;Ken Alexander :(Played by Will Lyman, 1979) ;Gordon Allison :(Played by Sam Stoneburner, 1981) ::Roger Coleridge's stock broker ;Amelia :(Played by Lauren Kristyne, 1981) ::Daughter to Rose Pearse Melina, adopted by daughter of Alexei Vartova. B ;Treat Baker :(Played by Dan Marderosian, 1985–86) ::Detective on the Riverside police force, who became rookie Rick Hyde's first partner. ;Sam Banacek :(Played by Jack Palmer, 1987) ;Private Detective Bauer :(Played by William Gleason, 1981) ::Hired by Rae Woodard to find her daughter Kimberly Harris Beaulac and granddaughter Arley Beaulac. ;Marguerite Beaulac :(Played by Gale Sondergaard, 1976; Anne Revere, 1977) ::Mother of Dr. Seneca Beaulac. ;Eleanor "Nell" Beaulac :(Played by Diana van der Vlis, 1975–76) ::Nell was a member of th ... [...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] |
Nancy Barrett
Nancy Barrett (born October 5, 1941) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Carolyn Stoddard (among other characters) in the 1960s gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows''. Biography Nancy Barrett was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, but most of her early life was spent in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. After completing high school, she entered Baylor University in Waco, Texas, but she spent her final year of college at UCLA. After graduating from UCLA, she married Ralph Pine, her agent. The couple moved to New York City, New York, where she landed the role of Carolyn Stoddard on the gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' in June 1966. While on the show, she met David Ford, who was one of the other actors on the show. Following her divorce from Pine, Barrett and Ford married in 1967; the marriage lasted two years. Barrett, Ford, and her future ''Dark Shadows'' co-star Jerry Lacy all appeared on stage at the Wayside Theatre in 1967. While on ''Dark Shadows'', she appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rogan
James Edward Rogan (born August 21, 1957) is an American judge of the Superior Court of California, adjunct law professor, author and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from California. He also formerly served as United States Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, California State Assembly Majority Leader, a judge of the California Municipal Court, a gang murder prosecutor with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office and a civil litigator in private law practice. In January 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Rogan to be a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, but the Senate failed to act on the nomination before the expiration of Bush's term in office. Early life and education Rogan was expelled from high school in the tenth grade. Although he never completed high school formally, Rogan attended Chabot Communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Mason (actor, Born 1949)
Thomas, Tom or Tommy Mason may refer to: Politicians * Stevens T. Mason (Stevens Thomson Mason, 1811–1843), also known Tom Mason, founding governor of Michigan, 1835–1840 * Thomas Mason (1753–1800) Thomas Mason (May 1, 1753 – September 18, 1800) was an American businessman, planter and politician. As a son of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States, Mason was a scion of the prominent Mason political family. Early life and ..., American businessman, planter, and politician, youngest son of George Mason * Thomas Mason (New Zealand politician) (1818–1903), New Zealand politician * Tom Mason (Ontario politician), Green Party candidate * Tom Mason (Scottish politician) (born 1942), Conservative MSP * Thomas Mason (MP), MP for Salisbury * Thomas Mason (burgess), member of the House of Burgesses Sports * Tom Mason (footballer) (1886–1954), English football forward (Tottenham Hotspur) * Tommy Mason (1939–2015), American football player * Tommy Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hearn
George Hearn (born June 18, 1934) is an American actor and bass-baritone singer, primarily in Broadway musical theatre. Some of his Broadway credits include Albin in '' La Cage aux Folles'', the title role in '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', Max von Mayerling in '' Sunset Boulevard'', John Dickinson in ''1776'', Mr. Otto Frank in '' The Diary of Anne Frank'', and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in '' Wicked''. For his work, he won two Tony Awards for '' La Cage aux Folles'' and '' Sunset Boulevard''. As well as being nominated for three others. He also was nominated for an Olivier Award for ''La Cage aux Folles''. Early years Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hearn studied philosophy at Southwestern at Memphis, now Rhodes College before he embarked on a career in the theater, training for the stage with actress turned acting coach Irene Dailey. Most of Hearn's early performances were in traditional productions at the New York Shakespeare Festival and thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole (born February 21, 1953) is an American actress, singer and comedian. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage (theatre), stage. She has received two Tony Awards, and a Drama Desk Award as well as a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award. Ebersole made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in the play ''Gas Light, Angel Street'' (1975). She won two Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for playing a prima donna in the musical revival ''42nd Street (musical), 42nd Street'' (2001) and for her dual roles as Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale in the original musical ''Grey Gardens (musical), Grey Gardens'' (2006). She was Tony-nominated for playing a society matron in ''Dinner at Eight (play), Dinner at Eight'' (2003), and Elizabeth Arden in ''War Paint (musical), War Paint'' (2017). On film, she made her film debut with a minor role as an actress the romantic comedy ''Tootsie (film), Tootsie'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harve Presnell
George Harvey Presnell (; September 14, 1933 – June 30, 2009) was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid-1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States. His career reoriented away from classical music to musical theatre in 1960 after Meredith Willson cast him in a leading role in his new Broadway musical '' The Unsinkable Molly Brown''. His portrayal of "Leadville Johnny" was a resounding success and he reprised the role in the 1964 film version of the musical, winning a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal. Presnell went on to star in a few more films during the 1960s, but by the early 1970s that aspect of his career came to a standstill. From 1970 to 1995 he mostly worked as a musical theatre performer on Broadway, the West End, and in touring productions out of New York. In his early 60s, Presnell saw a resurgence in his movie career which lasted until his death. He played character roles in fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Allen Lee
Irving Allen Lee (November 21, 1948 – September 5, 1992) was an American actor known for playing Detective Calvin Stoner on ''The Edge of Night'' from 1977 to 1984 and Dr. Evan Cooper on ''Ryan's Hope'' from 1986 to 1988. He also appeared in " Ain't Misbehavin" in the late 1970s. He died from an AIDS related illness in 1992, aged 43. Filmography *''The Edge of Night'' (1979–1984) ( Calvin Stoner) *'' Breaking Up'' (Dion) (uncredited) *''Ryan's Hope ''Ryan's Hope'' is an American soap opera created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, airing for 13 years on ABC from July 7, 1975, to January 13, 1989. It revolves around the trials and tribulations within a large Irish-American family in ...'' (1986–1989) (Dr. Evan Cooper) References External links * 1948 births 1992 deaths 20th-century African-American male actors 20th-century American male actors AIDS-related deaths in New York (state) American male soap opera actors American male television actors [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Danova
Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 – March 19, 1992) was an Italian television and screen actor. He was best known for his roles in '' The Captain's Daughter'' (1947), ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964), '' Chamber of Horrors'' (1966), ''Mean Streets'' (1973), '' National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978) and various roles in ''The Rifleman'' (1958-1963). Life and career Born as Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo,Danova's obituary in the ''Los Angeles Times'' notes he was born in Bergamo. Italy to an Austrian fatherThe book ''Italian Americans: The History and Culture of a People'' says that his father was Australian. and an Italian mother, he adopted Danova as his stage name after becoming an actor in Rome at the end of World War II. After the film ''Don Juan'' (1955) he immigrated to the United States. He was contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1956. His appearances include '' The Man Who Understood Women'' (1959). He tested for a part in ''Ben Hur'', but his big break was the role of Apollodorus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Flanagan
Pauline Flanagan (29 June 1925 – 28 June 2003) was an Irish-born actress who had a long career on stage, she was best known in the United States for her role as Annie Colleary, on the television soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' in 1979 and again in 1981. She later returned to the show as Sister Mary Joel. Biography Flanagan was born in County Sligo, Ireland, to Patrick and Elizabeth (née Mulligan) Flanagan, who were deeply political and supported the Republican Anti-Treaty during the Irish Civil War, both served as Lord Mayor of Sligo.Simonson, Robert"Pauline Flanagan, Irish Character Actress, Is Dead"Playbill, 30 June 2003. Flanagan was good friends with fellow Irish actresses Joan O'Hara and Paddy Croft. Flanagan spent much of the early 1950s touring with Anew McMaster, where she met Harold Pinter at the Gate's Pinter Festival. She appeared in many Broadway plays, making her debut in 1957 with Dylan Thomas' ''Under Milk Wood''. She starred in the 1976 Broadway revival of '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer & Katherine Ostroth
Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to: People *Jennifer (given name) *Jenifer (singer), French pop singer *Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer *Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer *Daniel Jenifer Film and television * ''Jennifer'' (1953 film), a film starring Ida Lupino * ''Jennifer'' (1978 film), a horror film by Brice Mack * ''Jennifer'', a 1998 Ghanaian film starring Brew Riverson Jnr * "Jenifer" (''Masters of Horror''), an episode of ''Masters of Horror'' Music * The Jennifers, a British band, some of whose members later formed Supergrass * ''Jenifer'' (album), an album by French singer Jenifer * ''Jennifer'' (album), a 1972 album by Jennifer Warnes * "Jennifer", a 1974 song by Faust from ''Faust IV'' * "Jennifer", a 1983 song by Eurythmics from ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'' (album) * "Jennifer", a 2001 song by M2M from ''The Big Room'' Other uses * Hurricane Jennifer * Project Jennifer, a CIA attempt to recover a Soviet submarin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Hale
Ronald Hale Thigpen (January 2, 1946 – August 27, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Roger Coleridge on the ABC soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' for its entire run (1975–1989). He played the recurring role of Mike Corbin, the father of mobster Sonny Corinthos in the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital''. Hale, who had portrayed Corbin from 1995, before announcing his retirement in 2010. Hale died at his home in St. George, South Carolina, on August 27, 2024, at the age of 78. https://deadline.com/2024/10/ron-hale-dies-general-hospital-actor-ryans-hope-1236106428/ Filmography *''Search for Tomorrow'' (1951, TV Series) – Walt Driscoll (1969) *''A Lovely Way To Die'' (1968) *'' Me, Natalie'' (1969) – Stanley Dexter *'' Love is a Many Splendored Thing'' (1973, TV Series) – Jim Abbott *''All the President's Men'' (1976) – Frank Sturgis *''Ryan's Hope'' (1975–1989, TV Series) – Roger Coleridge *'' Matlock'' (1989, TV Series) – Eldon Williams *''MacGyv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
