Larry McDermott (Ed Fry, As the World Turns)

Maxie on GH

Neil Curtis ( Days)

Orlena Grimaldi, As the World Turns

Peyton Place

Q

Quinn Harding ( AW)

R

Ric Lansing (GH)

S

Shawn Christian (As the World Turns, Days of Our Lives)

Taylor Hayes ( B & B)

Unpopular storylines

Violence, not too much on soaps

W

Warren Lockridge, (John Allen Nelson, Santa Barbara)

Xander Avant ( B & B)

Yearly contract negotiations for the actors.

Zany plot points

A

Audrey Hardy (Rachel Ames, General Hospital)

Bianca Montgomery ( AMC)

Constance McCashin (Laura, Knots Landing)

Dex Heller (GH)

Eileen Fulton (Lisa, As the World Turns)

Falcon Crest

Grant Colman (James Douglas, As the World Turns)

Hope Brady ( Days)

Iris Wheeler, Another World

Julian Crane ( Passions)

Kevin Bancroft (Chris Holder, The Young & The Restless)

Lois Cerullo( GH)

Maxie on GH

Nina Webster ( Y & R)

Omar Avila

Phoebe Tyler (Ruth Warrick, AMC)

Quint Chamberlain (Michael Tylo, Guiding Light)

Rae Woodard (Louise Shaffer, Ryan’s Hope)

Sonny on GH

Trucker McKenzie (Robert Tyler, Loving)

Unusual story lines

V

Victoria Wyndham (Rachel, Another World)

Will Spencer ( B & B)

Xavier Austin (Home & Away)

Young Doctor Malone

Zach Tinker (Days of Our Lives, The Young & The Restless)

A - Asa Buchanan (Phil Carey, OLTL)

B = Bo Buchanan (OLTL)

C

Courtney Baxter (Hayley Barr, As the World Turns)

D = David Vickers (OLTL)

E

Emily Stewart ( ATWT)

Forrester Creations, The Bold & The Beautiful

Gus Aitoro ( GL)

Hank Elliot (Brian Starcher, As the World Turns)

Irna Phillips

Jonathan Jackson (Lucky, GH)

K

Kevin Buchanan( OLTL)

Lillian Raines (Tina Sloane, Guiding Light)

Michael Baldwin ( Y & R)

Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis, General Hospital)

Oscar-winning actors who started on the soaps (Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, etc.)

Port Charles

Quincy Maxwell (The Haves & The Have Nots)

R - Roger Coleridge (Ron Hale, Ryan’s Hope)

Steve Burton (General Hospital, The Young & The Restless, Days of Our Lives)

Tracy Quartermaine

Unstable characters.

Valerie Perrine (Dolores, As the World Turns)

William John Miller II