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Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

Among other things, the ship was said to have drilled the course of the Panama Canal by slamming into the Panamanian coast, and to have gotten stuck in the English Channel, which required the crew to grease the ship's hull with soap.

Alma Delfina

In the 1980s acted in soap operas like Guadalupe (1984), Vanessa (1982) with Lucía Méndez, Chispita (1993), Vivir un poco (1985) with Angelica Aragón and Marionetas (1987).

Andrew McKaige

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.

Ann Flood

Before starting on The Edge of Night, she played another journalist, Elizabeth "Liz" Fraser Allen in the short-lived soap From These Roots from 1958-61.

As the Stomach Turns

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.

Ashley Pharoah

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.

Boob tube

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

Cathryn Damon

In both of her regular television roles, she worked with Eugene Roche, who had the recurring role of Attorney E. Ronald Mallu during the latter three seasons of Soap before playing her on-screen husband, Bill Parker, on Webster.

Cymbal-banging monkey toy

James Franco portrays a serial killer named "Franco" on the daytime soap opera General Hospital.

Dicken Ashworth

On television, can be a regular cast member in several soap operas – playing Alan Partridge in Brookside from 1983 to 1985, Geoff Horton in Coronation Street from 1992 to 2000 and he played the role of Duke Woods in Emmerdale from June 2007 until early 2008.

Dina de Marco

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.

Elemeno P

Dave Gibson is also an actor, and had a supporting part in the New Zealand made horror film The Locals in addition to a short stint on New Zealand soap Shortland Street.

Eugene Benson

Shaun has starred in the Canadian television series “The Associates”, the soap opera “General Hospital” and the movie K-19: The Widowmaker.

From These Roots

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.

George Lefferts

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.

Graigwen

Graigwen is served by one pub - the Tŷ Mawr Hotel in Pantygraigwen, (which was used in the BBC Wales soap, Belonging), one club - the Pontypridd District Club, a garage and two news agents/grocery stores one of which previously served as Graigwen Post Office.

Gregory Sierra

He also guest starred on many television series during his career, including appearances on Mod Squad, Alias Smith and Jones, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, The Greatest American Hero, Soap, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The X-Files, Murder, She Wrote and Hill Street Blues.

Groovy Train

The video for the single features a cameo from actor Bill Dean, who at the time was in Liverpool soap opera Brookside.

Hairnet

Ena Sharples, a character in the UK soap opera Coronation Street between 1960 and 1980, was famous for wearing a hairnet.

Hooker with a heart of gold

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).

Jamie Elman

In April 2010, Elman appeared on the soap opera The Young and the Restless as Jamie Peterson.

Kailash Surendranath

Surendranath has directed about 3,500 television commercials in a span of about 35 years, including advertisements for Liril soap, Nirma Washing Detergent, Vimal Sarees Suiting, Sunsilk Shampoo, Fair & Lovely, Taj Tea, and Himani & Charagh Din.

Ken Catran

Ken's television credits include soap operas (Radio Waves, Close to Home) as well as stand-out episodes in the TV drama Mortimer's Patch including two episodes that were the most watched TV programme in New Zealand in their respective weeks: a feat that is unlikely to be repeated.

Keyta

Keyta was used instead of soap in Iceland before it was introduced there.

Lisa Victoria

Her previous career includes stage and television performances for BBC Wales, HTV and S4C, as well as the leading role of the character Kelly in the BBC Radio Wales soap Station Road.

Lizzie Spaulding

For Lizzie's battle with leukemia in 2000, the soap received a Special Recognition Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for bringing national awareness of the disease to the attention of daytime viewers.

Lovetune for Vacuum

Lovetune for Vacuum is the debut album by Austrian musical project Soap&Skin, released in 2009 on Play It Again Sam Records.

Luther Davis

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.

Mal Young

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.

María Elena Marqués

Marqués worked on 15 radio soap operas and 30 other radio programs for XEW, acted in 20 TV theater productions and 10 TV soap operas, and also acted in live theater.

Maricarmen Arrigorriaga

It debuted at television when he was just starting the soap, replacing an actress with an antagonistic role on the daytime drama Casagrande on television Canal 13.

Maricarmen Regueiro

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.

Mat Stevenson

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.

Nandini Singh

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).

New York Hot Tracks

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.

New Zealand Music Awards

The awards were co-founded by the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) and soap powder manufacturer Reckitt & Colman, with the awards named after Reckitt & Colman's anti-dandruff shampoo, Loxene.

Nita Talbot

Talbot was a leading lady who spent the first decade or so of her career playing "slick chicks" and sharp-witted career girls, but is perhaps best known for her role as Marya, the "White Russian" spy in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes, as well as Sheila Fine in the sitcom Soap.

Phyllis Summers

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.

Sachin Bhowmick

In 2003 Bhowmick filed a defamation case against Barbara Taylor Bradford after she had sued him for copyright infringement regarding a TV soap opera.

Shane Cortese

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.

Snooky Serna

More recently, she's been in various top-rating soap operas in rival stations GMA Network and ABS-CBN, notably Marina, Captain Barbell and Habang Kapiling Ka where she again was awarded a best actress trophy for TV drama performance from PMPC in 2003.

Stephen Shortridge

In 1987, he spent one year as a regular cast member on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

The Prospect Studios

Many other classic television shows were also produced there including The Lawrence Welk Show, Barney Miller, Fridays, Mr. Belvedere, Welcome Back, Kotter, Benson, and Soap.

Thomas Tomlinson Cussons

Thomas' commercial activities laid the foundations for his son Alex Cussons who would make Cussons into a multinational brand and manufacture the famous Cussons Imperial Leather soap.

Vidas Opostas

Reuters and the Wall Street Journal even reported the fact, suggesting that the show has attained considerable success because of violent scenes, unlike most other Brazilian soap operas.

When It All Falls Apart

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.

William Horton

Will Horton, fictional character on the daytime soap opera Days of our Lives

ZeroC

is a company based in Jupiter, Florida, U.S., revolving around the development and licensing of the Internet Communications Engine, or Ice, an object middleware system considered an alternative to CORBA and SOAP.


see also

Mein Schiff 1

The Mein Schiff, when still named Galaxy, was the setting of BBC television's docu-soap The Cruise, which made Jane McDonald famous.

Trude Mostue

In 1996 she became well known after appearing in the BBC docu-soap Vet School, and the subsequent Vets in Practice.