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| Topic Started: May 3 2010, 11:33 AM (343 Views) | |
| Deleted User | May 3 2010, 11:33 AM Post #1 |
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Longest Serving Actors on English Speaking T.V. Soaps(As of 2011, 30+ years) William Roache l Ken Barlow l Coronation Street l 1960 - present l 51 years Helen Wagner l Nancy Hughes McClosky l As the World Turns l 1956 - 1981, 1983, 1985 - 2010 l 50 years Don Hastings l Dr. Bob Hughes l As the World Turns l 1960 - 2010 l 50 years --- Eileen Derbyshire l Emily Nugent Bishop l Coronation Street l 1961, 1962 - 1966, 1967 - present l 49 years Eileen Fulton l Lisa Miller Grimaldi l As the World Turns l 1960 - 1964, 1966 - 1983, 1984 - 2010 l 48 years Betty Driver l Betty Preston Williams l Coronation Street l 1969 - present l 42 years Frances Reid l Alice Grayson Horton l Days of our Lives l 1965 - 2007 l 42 years Susan Lucci l Erica Kane l All My Children l 1970 - 2011 l 41 years Erika Slezak l Viki Lord l One Life to Live l 1971 - 2012 l 41 years Ray MacDonnell l Dr. Joe Martin l All My Children l 1970 - 2010, 2011 l 40 years --- Barbara Knox l Rita Littlewood Sullivan l Coronation Street l 1964, 1972 - present l 39 years John Clarke l Mickey Horton l Days of our Lives l 1965 - 2004 l 39 years Anne Kirkbride l Dierdre Hunt Barlow l Coronation Street l 1972, 1973 - present l 38 years Suzanne Rogers l Maggie Simmons Horton l Days of our Lives l 1973 - 1984, 1985 - 2003, 2004 - present l 38 years Jeanne Cooper l Katherine Shepherd Murphy l The Young and the Restless l 1973 - present l 38 years Rachel Ames l Audrey March Hardy, RN l General Hospital l 1964 - 1965, 1969 - 1970, 1971 - 2007, 2009 l 38 years Kathryn Hays l Kim Sullivan Hughes l As the World Turns l 1972 - 2010 l 38 years Helen Worth l Gail Potter McIntyre l Coronation Street l 1974 - present l 37 years Mary Stuart l Jo Gardner Tourneur l Search for Tomorrow l 1951 - 1986 l 35 years Larry Haines l Stu Bergman l Search for Tomorrow l 1951 - 1986 l 35 years Patricia Bruder l Ellen Lowell Stewart l As the World Turns l 1960 - 1995, 1998 l 35 years Marie Masters l Dr. Susan Burke l As the World Turns l 1968 - 1979, 1986 - 2010 l 35 years Larry Bryggman l Dr. John Dixon l As the World Turns l 1969 - 2004, 2010 l 35 years Michael Storm l Dr. Larry Wolek l One Life to Live l 1969 - 2004 l 35 years Ruth Warrick l Phoebe English Wallingford l All My Children l 1970 - 2005 l 35 years --- Leslie Charleson l Dr. Monica Bard Quartermaine l General Hospital l 1977 - present l 34 years Jacklyn Zeman l Bobbie Spencer, RN l General Hospital l 1977 - present l 34 years Charita Bauer l Bert Miller Bauer l The Guiding Light l 1950 - 1984 l 34 years Doug Davidson l Paul Williams l The Young and the Restless l 1978 - present l 33 years John Beradino l Dr. Steve Hardy l General Hospital l 1963 - 1996 l 33 years Melody Thomas Scott l Nikki Reed l The Young and the Restless l 1979 - present l 32 years Elizabeth Dawn l Vera Burton Duckworth l 1974, 1976 - 2008, 2010 l 32 years Eileen Herlie l Myrtle Lum Fargate l All My Children l 1976 - 2008 l 32 years Colleen Zenk l Barbara Ryan Coleman l As the World Turns l 1978 - 2010 l 32 years Susan Seaforth Hayes l Julie Olson Williams l 1968 - 1984, 1990 - 1993, 1993 - 1994, 1996, 1999 - 2003, 2004 - present l 31 years Eric Braeden l Victor Newman l The Young and the Restless l 1980 - present l 31 years Stuart Damon l Dr. Alan Quartermaine l General Hospital l 1977 - 2008 l 31 years Robert S. Woods l Bo Buchanan l One Life to Live l 1979 - 1986, 1988 - 2012 l 31 years Henderson Forsythe l Dr. David Stewart l As the World Turns l 1960-1990 l 30 years Julia Barr l Brooke English l All My Children l 1976 - 1981, 1982 - 2006, 2010 l 30 years Johnny Briggs l Mike Baldwin l Coronation Street l 1976 - 2006 l 30 years --- Next Year: Richard Thorp l Alan Turner l Emmerdale l 1982 - present l 29 years Kate Linder l Esther Valentine l The Young and the Restless l 1982 - present l 29 years |
 
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| RutherfordBHayes | May 6 2010, 02:30 AM Post #2 |
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Please know how appreciative I am for your having compiled this list. Once again, you're incredible. If only there were more young people like you...could we clone you? I am a list maker, myself...so, you're a much younger version of me...I am happy that you've picked up the mantle. |
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| Deleted User | Apr 8 2011, 04:46 PM Post #3 |
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Updated for 2011! |
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| Drew | Apr 8 2011, 05:28 PM Post #4 |
 
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Where is Maggie Jones? |
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| dc cubs | Apr 8 2011, 05:33 PM Post #5 |
 
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Thanks for putting together the list. Here's another one to add in the next year column. Y&R just tweeted this out a few minutes ago. https://twitter.com/#!/Official_YandR/status/56483858467651584
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| Deleted User | Apr 8 2011, 10:32 PM Post #6 |
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Dead. Six feet under. Oh ... you meant on the list! Either way, she wasn't on Corrie for 30 years or more. :) Thanks dc! |
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| Bright Eyes | Jan 15 2012, 11:48 AM Post #7 |
 
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Longest Serving Soap Opera Actors (As of 2013, 30+ years) William Roache l Ken Barlow l Coronation Street l 1960 - present l 53 years Eileen Derbyshire l Emily Nugent Bishop l Coronation Street l 1961 - present l 52 years Helen Wagner l Nancy Hughes McClosky l As the World Turns l 1956 - 1981, 1983, 1985 - 2010 l 51 years Don Hastings l Dr. Bob Hughes l As the World Turns l 1960 - 2010 l 50 years Eileen Fulton l Lisa Miller Grimaldi l As the World Turns / Our Private World l 1960 - 2010 l 50 years --- Barbara Knox l Rita Littlewood Tanner l Coronation Street l 1964, 1972 - present l 42 years Betty Driver l Betty Preston Williams l Coronation Street l 1969 - 2011 l 42 years Frances Reid l Alice Grayson Horton l Days of our Lives l 1965 - 2007 l 42 years Anne Kirkbride l Dierdre Hunt Barlow l Coronation Street l 1972 - present l 41 years Erika Slezak l Viki Lord l One Life to Live l 1971 - 2012 l 41 years Susan Lucci l Erica Kane l All My Children l 1970 - 2011 l 41 years Ray MacDonnell l Dr. Joe Martin l All My Children l 1970 - 2011 l 41 years Suzanne Rogers l Maggie Simmons Kiriakis l Days of our Lives l 1973 - present l 40 years Jeanne Cooper l Katherine Shepherd Murphy l The Young and the Restless l 1973 - present l 40 years --- Helen Worth l Gail Potter McIntyre l Coronation Street l 1974 - present l 39 years Rachel Ames l Audrey March Hardy, R. N. l General Hospital l 1964 - 1965, 1969 - 2007, 2009 l 39 years John Clarke l Mickey Horton l Days of our Lives l 1965 - 2004 l 39 years Kathryn Hays l Kim Sullivan Hughes l As the World Turns l 1972 - 2010 l 38 years Leslie Charleson l Dr. Monica Bard Quartermaine l General Hospital l 1977 - present l 36 years Larry Bryggman l Dr. John Dixon l As the World Turns l 1969 - 2004, 2010 l 36 years Patricia Bruder l Ellen Lowell Stewart l As the World Turns l 1960 - 1995, 1998 l 36 years Susan Seaforth Hayes l Julie Olson Williams l 1968 - 1984, 1990 - 1994, 1996, 1999 - present l 35 years Doug Davidson l Paul Williams l The Young and the Restless l 1978 - present l 35 years Marie Masters l Dr. Susan Burke Stewart l As the World Turns l 1968 - 1979, 1986 - 2010 l 35 years Ruth Warrick l Phoebe English Wallingford l All My Children l 1970 - 2005 l 35 years Michael Storm l Dr. Larry Wolek l One Life to Live l 1969 - 2004 l 35 years Mary Stuart l Jo Gardner Tourneur l Search for Tomorrow l 1951 - 1986 l 35 years Larry Haines l Stu Bergman l Search for Tomorrow l 1951 - 1986 l 35 years --- Melody Thomas Scott l Nikki Reed l The Young and the Restless l 1979 - present l 34 years Elizabeth Dawn l Vera Burton Duckworth l Coronation Street l 1974, 1976 - 2008, 2010 l 34 years Eric Braeden l Victor Newman l The Young and the Restless l 1980 - present l 33 years Jacklyn Zeman l Bobbie Spencer, R. N. l General Hospital l 1977 - 2010 l 33 years Peter Hansen l Lee Baldwin l General Hospital l 1965 - 1986, 1992 - 2004 l 33 years John Beradino l Dr. Steve Hardy l General Hospital l 1963 - 1996 l 33 years Sue Nicholls l Audrey Potter Roberts l Coronation Street l 1979 - 1982, 1984 - present l 32 years James Reynolds l Abe Carver l Days of our Lives l 1981 - present l 32 years Stuart Damon l Dr. Alan Quartermaine l General Hospital l 1977 - 2008, 2011 - 2012 l 32 years Colleen Zenk l Barbara Ryan Coleman l As the World Turns l 1978 - 2010 l 32 years Eileen Herlie l Myrtle Lum Fargate l All My Children l 1976 - 2008 l 32 years Charita Bauer l Bert Miller Bauer l The Guiding Light l 1952 - 1984 l 32 years Bill Hayes l Doug Williams l Days of our Lives l 1970 - 1984, 1986 - 1987, 1993 - 1994, 1996, 1999 - present l 31 years Deidre Hall l Dr. Marlena Evans Black l Days of our Lives l 1976 - 1987, 1991 - 2009, 2011 - present l 31 years Jerry Douglas l John Abbott l The Young and the Restless l 1982 - 2013 l 31 years Richard Thorp l Alan Turner l Emmerdale Farm l 1982 - present l 31 years Kate Linder l Esther Valentine l The Young and the Restless l 1982 - present l 31 years Robert S. Woods l Bo Buchanan l One Life to Live l 1979 - 1986, 1988 - 2012 l 31 years Julia Barr l Brooke English l All My Children l 1976 - 2006, 2010 - 2011 l 31 years Tracey Bregman l Lauren Fenmore Baldwin l The Young and the Restless / The Bold and the Beautiful l 1983 - present l 30 years Michael Le Vell l Kevin Webster l Coronation Street l 1983 - present l 30 years Johnny Briggs l Mike Baldwin l Coronation Street l 1976 - 2006 l 30 years Henderson Forsythe l Dr. David Stewart l As the World Turns l 1960 - 1990 l 30 years --- Next Year: Peggy McCay l Caroline Brady l Days of our Lives l 1983, 1985 - present l 29 years Edited by Bright Eyes, Jan 27 2013, 02:02 PM.
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| Bright Eyes | Nov 24 2012, 02:52 AM Post #8 |
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Edited above post to add Peter Hansen (Lee Baldwin, General Hospital). |
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| Bright Eyes | Jan 27 2013, 02:04 PM Post #9 |
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Edited for 2013! Any changes due to Prospect Park's returns of AMC and OLTL will be reflected in the 2014 update! |
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