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Rosslover · 02-19-2010, 12:43 AM

I thought of a new thread what soap stars can you think of that were on sitcoms even in a guest starring role. Here is a list
Charles Shaunessey DOOL The Nanny
John Stamos GH Full House
Alec Baldwin The Doctors 30 Rock
Larry Hagman Dallas I Dream of Jeannie
Patrick Duffy Dalllas Step by Step
Sasha Mitchell Dallas Step by Step
Jenilee Harrison Dallas Threes Company
Ted Danson Somerset Cheers
the late Phil Carey from OLTL was on All in the Family as a gay man
Kim Zimmmer from GL played in a great ep of Designing Women where she was an abused wife.
Eric Braeden was on MTM Show as a critic who trashed the newsroom.
and a whole group of Y and R stars did the Nanny, Kristian Alfonso, Matthew Ashford, Allison Sweeney, Roarke Critchlow, appeared on fRIENDS
Michele Lee of KL did Will and Grace and Nicollette Sheridan as the tramp who broke up Grace and her husband
Kathleen Turner The Doctors and Morgan Fairchild appeared as Chandler's parents on FRIENDS

Marvo301 · 02-19-2010, 12:55 AM

Kelly Ripa (AMC) Hope and Faith

Mark Consuelos (AMC) Hope and Faith

Finola Hughes (GH) Blossom

Schmoopie · 02-19-2010, 01:08 AM

Darn, it seems that all the people I was going to name have been mentioned already!

catlover79 · 02-19-2010, 01:11 AM

Robert Mandan (best known for Soap and Three's A Crowd) got his big break on Search For Tomorrow. His Soap co-star, Donnelly Rhodes, was also on The Young & The Restless. Daniel Hugh-Kelly from Ryan's Hope went onto the short-lived sitcom I Married Dora. The late Larry Haines (also from Search for Tomorrow) was a regular on the brief sitcom Phyl & Mikhy.

70s show watcher · 02-19-2010, 01:24 AM

lisa robin kelly of that 70s show also at one time played jill stevens on days of our lives

JamesG · 02-19-2010, 06:53 AM

Steve Burton of General Hospital got his big break on Out of This World.

He was also on one episode of Who's The Boss?

JamesG · 02-19-2010, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

Kelly Ripa (AMC) Hope and Faith

Mark Consuelos (AMC) Hope and Faith

Some more on Hope & Faith:

Faith Ford - Another World, One Life to Live
Ted McGinley - Dynasty
Rebecca Budig - Guiding Light, All My Children
Susan Sullivan - Falcon Crest
Deja Kreutzberg - As The World Turns
Cameron Mathison - All My Children
Eric Braeden - The Young and the Restless
Justin Bruening - All My Children
Ian Buchanan - The Bold and The Beautiful, All My Children, Port Charles
John Callahan - Days of Our Lives, All My Children
Bobbie Eakes - The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children
Susan Flannery - The Bold and the Beautiful
Finola Hughes - All My Children, General Hospital
Eve La Rue - Santa Barbara, All My Children
Susan Lucci - All My Children
Jacob Young - The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, All My Children

comedyfreak · 02-19-2010, 08:25 AM

I just seen the bad guy on The Young And The Restless in The Nanny. He played a mean play critic whose son got hit by Fran.

Judith Light was in One Life To Live and went on to Who's The Boss and now in the newly cancelled Ugly Betty.

Robert 13 · 02-19-2010, 01:38 PM

Martha Byrne
Ricky Paull Goldin

Both were on episodes of "Kate & Allie" and I'm sure many others I'm not familiar with were as well.

Torgo · 02-19-2010, 02:05 PM

Meg Ryan(As The World Turns) - played Meagan Parker on Charles In Charge, and made an appearance on One Of The Boys

JamesG · 02-19-2010, 02:07 PM

All My Children's Cameron Mathison did one episode of The Drew Carey Show.

MickeyMac · 02-19-2010, 02:19 PM

Phil Carey and Anthony Geary both did guest spots on All In The Family

Jay Hammer was the second Alan Willis on The Jeffersons before playing Fletcher Reade on Guiding Light

MacDonald Carey did a guest spot on Bewitched right about the time he was on Days of our Lives

There was an episode of Rosanne where Clint Ritchie, Robert Woods, and the actor who played Cord on OLTL (I cant think of his name offhand) were on.

Andrew Kavovit (ex Paul on As The World turns did a guest spot on Married With Children

dakert · 02-19-2010, 02:52 PM

Who can forget

Danny Pintauro in As The World Turns and Who's The Boss
Lisa Loring in As The World Turns and Addams Family

spunkygirl · 02-19-2010, 04:49 PM

Eric Braeden was also on the Nanny as a critic

Hillary B Smith who plays Nora on OLTL was on a sitcom titled "Something Wilder" with Gene Wilder

catlover79 · 02-19-2010, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MickeyMac

Phil Carey and Anthony Geary both did guest spots on All In The Family

Jay Hammer was the second Alan Willis on The Jeffersons before playing Fletcher Reade on Guiding Light

MacDonald Carey did a guest spot on Bewitched right about the time he was on Days of our Lives

There was an episode of Rosanne where Clint Ritchie, Robert Woods, and the actor who played Cord on OLTL (I cant think of his name offhand) were on.

Andrew Kavovit (ex Paul on As The World turns did a guest spot on Married With Children

John Loprieno is the name of the actor who played Cord on OLTL. Joel Higgins got his big break on Search for Tomorrow (as Bruce Carson), and of course went on to play Edward Stratton on Silver Spoons. His on-screen wife on SFT, Anne Wyndham, also played Barney's daughter in several episodes of Barney Miller. Barney himself, Hal Linden, also did a short stint on SFT back in the 60s, and later did a brief turn on The Bold & The Beautiful in 2006.

Speaking of Barney Miller, Barbara Barrie (Elizabeth Miller) appeared for a short time on another defunct soap, Love Of Life. Abe Vigoda did a stint on Dark Shadows. Max Gail did a couple of episodes of DAYS in early 2007. Gregory Sierra (

) appeared on an episode of Falcon Crest in the late 80s.

Marcia Wallace (The Bob Newhart Show, The Simpsons) and David Leisure (Empty Nest) played deranged spouses on Y&R back in late 2008. David Leisure also played the preacher in a Vegas wedding chapel on General Hospital in 2002.

02-19-2010, 12:43 AM	#1
Rosslover Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 21, 2005 Posts: 431	Soap Opera Stars that Were on a Sitcom I thought of a new thread what soap stars can you think of that were on sitcoms even in a guest starring role. Here is a list Charles Shaunessey DOOL The Nanny John Stamos GH Full House Alec Baldwin The Doctors 30 Rock Larry Hagman Dallas I Dream of Jeannie Patrick Duffy Dalllas Step by Step Sasha Mitchell Dallas Step by Step Jenilee Harrison Dallas Threes Company Ted Danson Somerset Cheers the late Phil Carey from OLTL was on All in the Family as a gay man Kim Zimmmer from GL played in a great ep of Designing Women where she was an abused wife. Eric Braeden was on MTM Show as a critic who trashed the newsroom. and a whole group of Y and R stars did the Nanny, Kristian Alfonso, Matthew Ashford, Allison Sweeney, Roarke Critchlow, appeared on fRIENDS Michele Lee of KL did Will and Grace and Nicollette Sheridan as the tramp who broke up Grace and her husband Kathleen Turner The Doctors and Morgan Fairchild appeared as Chandler's parents on FRIENDS
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02-19-2010, 08:25 AM	#8
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02-19-2010, 01:24 AM	#5
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02-19-2010, 06:53 AM	#6
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02-19-2010, 01:38 PM	#9
Robert 13 Member Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,521	Martha Byrne Ricky Paull Goldin Both were on episodes of "Kate & Allie" and I'm sure many others I'm not familiar with were as well.
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MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	Phil Carey and Anthony Geary both did guest spots on All In The Family Jay Hammer was the second Alan Willis on The Jeffersons before playing Fletcher Reade on Guiding Light MacDonald Carey did a guest spot on Bewitched right about the time he was on Days of our Lives There was an episode of Rosanne where Clint Ritchie, Robert Woods, and the actor who played Cord on OLTL (I cant think of his name offhand) were on. Andrew Kavovit (ex Paul on As The World turns did a guest spot on Married With Children

02-19-2010, 02:52 PM	#13
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02-19-2010, 04:49 PM	#14
spunkygirl Member Moderator Forum Celebrity Join Date: Apr 26, 2003 Posts: 21,563	Eric Braeden was also on the Nanny as a critic Hillary B Smith who plays Nora on OLTL was on a sitcom titled "Something Wilder" with Gene Wilder