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From December 2001 to February 2006, Willis played Courtney Matthews on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital.
Anna Kathryn Holbrook (born April 18, 1956 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American soap opera actress, best known for her role as Sharlene Frame Hudson on Another World, a role she played originally from 1988 to 1991.
As the Stomach Turns was a parody of soap operas, most notably a play on the title of a very popular soap at the time, As the World Turns, and was featured on The Carol Burnett Show.
After writing for several radio and television serials, including for Crossroads and a radio dramatisation of The Chrysalids, Clegg was asked to submit ideas for the science fiction television series Doctor Who in 1981.
After a short time there, he then landed the role of Scott "Scotty" Grainger, Jr. on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in July 2005, which he left in February 2006.
Candace Kaye Kroslak (born Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, July 22, 1978) is an American actress of Slovak descent, probably best known for her role as Lindy Maddock in the Swedish-American soap opera Ocean Ave.
Charlie Bradfield was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera, Doctors, portrayed by Philip McGough.
Chloe Newsome (born December 1976 in Millhouses, Sheffield) is an English actress who is best known for playing the role of Vicky McDonald in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
He has also appeared in the BBC soap EastEnders as the character of Andy in a 2006 episode and the Roman Mysteries episode of The Pirates of Pompeii (2007) as the character of Actius for one episode along with an appearance in the BBC daytime drama Doctors in May 2007 as well as appearing in a stage production of Wind in the Willows at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds as Mole.
Formed in Baixada Fluminense, the band has placed hits in soap operas, like the frustrated remake of Irmãos Coragem, broadcast in Rede Globo in 1995.
His father, Charles Robert Hardy Douglas Andrews, born in Effingham, Kansas, was a newspaperman, pioneering radio soap opera writer, novelist, and screenwriter.
Between 1997 and 1999 he played Theo Klages in German soap opera Lindenstraße, who wed Carsten Flöter before same sex marriage was made legal.
His film appearances include Andy Warhol's Blow Job (1964), The Omega Man (1971), The Enforcer as Bobby Maxwell, and the TV movie Evita Perón (1981) co-starring Faye Dunaway, as well as numerous appearances on the soap operas Ryan's Hope and Another World.
Television shows nominated for the 'Best Serial Drama' award are The Bill, Waterloo Road, Casualty, Doctors, Holby City and Desperate Housewives.
He is perhaps most recognized for his roles as Joseph "Joey" Riley Buchanan on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, Michael Towner on 7th Heaven, and Kyle in the hit Disney movie Wish Upon A Star, alongside Katherine Heigl and Danielle Harris.
Felicity LaFortune (born December 15, 1954 in Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.) is an actress and singer, best known for appearing on daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope as Leigh Kirkland Fenelli (1983-1985, 1988-1989) and All My Children as Laurel Banning Dillon (1993-1996).
Felix von Jascheroff (born 29 August 1982) is a German singer and actor, best known for his portrayal of John Bachmann in the German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten.
The Canadian actress Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, who later went on to act in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, made her début in a commercial for the company.
In his later life, Korsten was well known for his role as family patriarch Walt Vorster in the long-running South African soap opera Egoli: Place of Gold.
In 2012, Rodríguez had a substantial role as the love interest of Will Ferrell in the movie comedy Casa de Mi Padre, a spoof in the style of the Mexican soap operas of the 1970s.
As well as her featured roles in Respectable and Bad Girls, Helen has also had a recurring role in BBC One daytime soap opera, Doctors (2005) as Diane Bishop and various roles in No Angels, Wire in the Blood, The Chase and Messiah - The Harrowing with Ken Stott and Maxine Peake.
The so-called Iranian sex tape scandal involves the public outcry and judicial proceedings against Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, an actress who appeared in the soap opera Narges, and an associate producer, accused of appearing together in an explicit sex tape, allegedly filmed for private consumption with a camcorder, a serious crime under Iranian law.
In 1985 Bennison became a household name whilst playing Guizin Osman, the long-suffering wife of the womanising Turkish Cypriot, Mehmet (Haluk Bilginer), in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Her younger daughter, Cusi Cram (born 1967), is also an actress (she portrayed Cassie Callison on the soap opera One Life to Live from 1981 until 1983), a Herrick-prize-winning playwright, and an Emmy-nominated writer for the children's animated television program Arthur.
Jennifer Louise Donovan (née Munson; previously Kasnoff) was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns.
Jenny Winkler (* 13 May 1979 in Hanau, Germany) is a German actress and well known for her role as Nathalie von Lahnstein on the soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love), which she portrays since 2004.
Jim McMullan (born October 13, 1936) is an American actor from Long Island, New York best known for his role as Dr. Terry McDaniel on the 1960s series Ben Casey and as Senator Andrew Dowling on the CBS Primetime Soap Opera Dallas.
The music video of the song is a comedic spoof of a stereotypical 1970s-era hospital soap opera (General Hospital in particular), and is essentially a "show within a show".
Lucinda Walsh (née Mary Ellen Walters; formerly Guest, Esteban, Dixon, Stenbeck and Wheatley) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns.
One of her most notable television credits was playing Aisha Pinnock in the BBC sitcom Us Girls (1992), but she is most famous for playing the role of Lydia, the bubbly girlfriend of Steve Elliot (Mark Monero), in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders (1995–1996).
The popular soap opera, 7de Laan, uses views of 7th Street, Melville in its opening visuals.
Michael D. Laibson is an American television producer and theatre director who is notable for producing soap operas such as As the World Turns (1986–1988), Another World (AW) (1988–1993), All My Children (Senior Producer) and Guiding Light (1995–1996).
Michael Saucedo (born July 11, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for his role as Juan Santiago on the soap opera General Hospital from 1999 until 2001.
Since then she has written for many high profile shows including Emmerdale, EastEnders, Brookside, Family Affairs, The Bill and also two separate stints penning scripts for the top rated ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street.
In spring of 2002, he was cast in a contract role on the soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten.
Pierwsza miłość (eng. First Love) is a Polish soap opera set in Wrocław, Poland.
Kimsey portrayed Mackenzie Browning on the soap opera The Young and the Restless beginning in March 2005 but was let go from the soap after only a year, making her last appearance on May 17, 2006.
During the '80's, Groom also was a spokesperson for American Motors, appearing in many commercials for the popular AMC Concord and AMC Eagle model lineups. He later played Joseph Orsini in the soap opera All My Children in 1993.
Between 2004 and 2007, she made a few television acting appearances in the UK, notably in Doctors, Sinchronicity and A Touch Of Frost.
Skilda världar ("Worlds apart") was a Swedish soap opera from 1996-2002 about two families in Stockholm and their friends.
"Something Outa Nothing" is a song written by Simon May, Stewart James and Bradley James, for the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Suzy Branning (originally known as Sue) is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, played by Julie Christian-Young for a brief appearance in 1996, and Maggie O'Neill in 2008, who began filming in May that year, and she made her first on-screen appearance on 8 July 2008, departing on 26 December 2008.
Tanya Barbara Magarita Woods was a fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Carol Starks from 2003 until 2005 several months before the end of the series.
Alison Way, Peter Corey, David 'Saint' Rubin and future British soap star Jacqueline Pirie were also regularly featured as "guest stars" in various guises.
Tom Eplin (born October 25, 1960 in Hayward, California) is an American actor known for his long run as the character of Jake McKinnon on two soap operas for a combined total of nearly two decades: on Another World (1985–1986, 1988–1999) and on As the World Turns (1999–2002).
Tracey Thomson is an American television soap opera writer for ABC Daytime's General Hospital.
She is best known for her role as Devon Shepherd McFadden, the daughter of Ellen Shepherd (Kathleen Noone), on the soap opera All My Children.
In addition to its usual music programming, each Wednesday morning WJUS airs the "BodyLove" radio soap opera in which the characters deal with health problems with practical solutions and healthier eating.
Zabranjena ljubav (literal translation: "Forbidden Love", commonly abbreviated to ZLJ) is a Croatian daytime soap opera about the lives and loves of both young and older characters, focused on the major Croatian city of Zagreb.
Soap Opera superstar Susan Lucci used the song on the sixth night of the competition Dancing with the Stars with a mambo choreography.
Amy Greenwood, married name Smith, fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
In addition to being an original cast member of the 1980s soap opera Sons and Daughters (as Bill Todd), he is the second actor to play the role of Marty Jackson in Prisoner – succeeding Ronald Korosy and preceding Michael Winchester.
Pharoah played rugby for Wimbledon and began his television writing career on the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 1991, on which he worked for four years and where he met co-writer Matthew Graham.
The Boob Tube, a 1975 soap opera/TV commercial parody marketed to capitalize on the success of The Groove Tube and similar comedy films of the era
He is best remembered for his role as wealthy businessman Gordon Hamilton in the Seven Network soap opera Sons and Daughters from 1981 to 1987 when the series was cancelled, and his role as Captain Jacob Hilliard in the film sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991).
Other characters in this soap opera include 'Ambar Alsina' (Gilda Haddock), 'Taina' (Alba Nydia Díaz), 'Rosaura' (Esther Sandoval), 'Miguel Angel' (Luis Daniel Rivera) and 'Tere' (Alejandra Pinedo).
James Franco portrays a serial killer named "Franco" on the daytime soap opera General Hospital.
Darryl "Brax" Braxton is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Steve Peacocke.
She started her career as an actress in 1958, and went on to make over 20 soap operas, including success as La Pícara Soñadora, with the late Irán Eory, Eduardo Palomo and Mariana Levy in 1991, Alondra in 1995, Sentimientos Ajenos in 1996, and finally, her last soap opera was made in 1997, Esmeralda.
She subsequently played guest roles in prison-based soap opera Prisoner, first appearing as the rebellious Debbie, the daughter of Ken Pearce (Tom Oliver), in 1980 and again in 1981.
He is best known for playing Alf Stewart on soap opera Home and Away, and credits one of his character's catchphrases "Stone the flamin' crows!" to a man who was a stock and station agent in town.
Lee DuMonde and Renée DuMonde, fictional characters on the television soap opera Days of our Lives
He and his wife created the soap opera spoof The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts, also commonly known as L.A.T.E.R., together.
Shaun has starred in the Canadian television series “The Associates”, the soap opera “General Hospital” and the movie K-19: The Widowmaker.
On September 25, 2011, Fath will star on Dirty Soap with many soap opera alumni including her boyfriend, John-Paul Lavoisier.
The show was seen on NBC, and was the first successful soap opera vehicle for Ann Flood who later became well known for, and spend the better part of two decades as, Nancy Karr on The Edge of Night.
Goity shared credits in that soap opera with Florencia De La V, Claribel Medina, Lola Berthet and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, among others.
He is the co-creator and writer of Family Album, U.S.A., "a soap opera designed to teach English as a Second Language," distributed by MacMillan Publishers in 58 countries.
The video for the single features a cameo from actor Bill Dean, who at the time was in Liverpool soap opera Brookside.
Ena Sharples, a character in the UK soap opera Coronation Street between 1960 and 1980, was famous for wearing a hairnet.
During the 1960s, the character of Elsie Tanner in British series Coronation Street set the mold for future characters such as Bet Lynch (also Coronation Street), Kat Slater, Stacey Slater and Dawn Swann (all three characters from the British soap opera EastEnders).
In April 2010, Elman appeared on the soap opera The Young and the Restless as Jamie Peterson.
His works included collaboration on the book for the Broadway musical George M!, which was also released on NBC, and on scripts for the ABC Daytime soap opera The Young Marrieds.
From September 25, 2011, to January 25, 2012, Lavoisier appeared on Dirty Soap with many soap opera alumni including his girlfriend, Farah Fath.
The song was included on the international soundtrack of the Brazilian soap opera Sete Pecados.
Some of her more popular roles include her role as Titubi in Femi Osofisan's Morountodun and as Mrs. Agnes Johnson in Fortunes, a soap opera that ran for about two years on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 10.
He was the father of two daughters and was married to soap opera actress Jennifer Bassey, his companion since 1978, from 2004 until his death.
He then moved on to become Head of Drama at the independent production company Pearson Television, where he oversaw work on ITV police drama The Bill and another soap opera, Channel 5's Family Affairs, which he created, and was Executive Producer on C5's legal drama series, the BAFTA nominated Wing And A Prayer.
Another great success was El Desprecio (The Ignoring, 1992), a soap opera that was unique in not depicting a happy ending and being loosely based on Robert Graves' Claudius the God.
He is best known for playing the long running regular role of Adam Cameron in the television soap opera Home and Away from 1989 to 1994, making a return appearance in 1999.
She shot to fame as Kesar in Ekta Kapoor's popular hit series Kesar that aired from (2004–2007) on Star Plus and another Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap opera, Kkavyanjali (2005).
From 1986 to 1989, Hot Tracks was hosted by Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams, who concurrently portrayed Angie and Jesse Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children.
:For the soap opera actor, see Peter Bergman; for the Firesign Theatre member, see Peter Bergman (comedian).
Phyllis' first romance on the soap opera was with Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian), whom she conned into believing he had fathered a child with her.
From 1996 to 1998, she presented with Luciano Rispoli the Telemontecarlo's daily program Tappeto volante and, from 1995 to 1997, hosted Aspettando Beautiful, a short show on air before the famous soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, and Nonsolomoda.
In 2003 Bhowmick filed a defamation case against Barbara Taylor Bradford after she had sued him for copyright infringement regarding a TV soap opera.
Sam and Amanda Fowler, a couple on the American soap opera Another World
He is perhaps best known for his role as the evil Dominic Thompson on New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street and Hayden Peters on hit show Outrageous Fortune.
In 1987, he spent one year as a regular cast member on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
Ted Hills, a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Rovers Return Inn, a fictional pub on the British television soap opera Coronation Street.
He was also known for his tenure as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting when he initiated the process which led to Indian television moving into colour broadcasting for the Asian Games 1984 and Hum Log the first colour Indian soap-opera.
Eiza González a.k.a. "Lola" (for her role in the Mexican soap opera Lola...Érase una vez, or Lola...Once Upon a Time) is a Mexican singer/actress who made a cover in Spanish of this song called "Lo Que No Fue Sera" ("What Wasn't Will Be") for the soundtrack of the Mexican soap opera Lola... Érase una vez.
Will Horton, fictional character on the daytime soap opera Days of our Lives
By December 2005, despite having some popular programmes such as game show Gold Rush, hosted by popular female anchor Udayabhanu, as well as soap opera Nishabdam, overall Zee Telugu had only achieved a 1.24% weekday and 1.86% weekend market share in Andhra Pradesh.