This is a list of actors and actresses who have had roles on the
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'' originat ...
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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 ...
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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