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Old 01-30-2004, 06:51 PM   #1
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Default Stars Who Got Their Starts on Soaps

Meg Ryan, "As the World Turns"
Ted Danson, "Somerset"
Kate Jackson, "Dark Shadows"
Don Knotts, "Search for Tomorrow"
Kevin Bacon, "Guiding Light"
Julianne Moore, "As the World Turns"
Demi Moore, "General Hospital"
Phylicia Rashad, "One Life to Live"
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Great thread!

Sarah Michelle Gellar, "All My Children"
Yasmine Bleeth, "Ryan's Hope"
Morgan Freeman, "Another World"
Kelly Ripa, "All My Children"
Ricky Martin, "General Hospital" (not really but you know what I mean)
Ray Liotta, "Another World"
Josh Duhamel, "All My Children"
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Tom Selleck--The Young And The Restless
John Stamos--General Hospital
Christopher Reeve--Love Of Life
Larry Hagman--Edge Of Night
Kate Mulgrew--Ryan's Hope
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Old 01-30-2004, 10:52 PM   #4
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Some more...

Brad Pitt, "Santa Barbara"
Mischa Barton, "All My Children"
Lisa Rinna, "Days of our Lives"
Alec Baldwin, "The Doctors" and "Knots Landing"
Halle Berry, "Knots Landing"
James Earl Jones, "The Guiding Light"
Cicely Tyson, "The Guiding Light"
Morgan Fairchild, "Search for Tomorrow" and "Flamingo Road"
Marion Ross, "Paradise Bay"
Donna Mills, "Love is a Many Splendored Thing"
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Vivica A. Fox- Days of Our Lives & Young and the Restless

Paul Walker- Young and the Restless
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Marisa Tomei - As the World Turns
Marg Helgenberger - Ryan's Hope
Martin Sheen - As the World Turns
David Selby - Dark Shadows
Tom Berenger - One Life to Live
Kelsey Grammer - Another World
Charles Shaughnessy - Days of Our Lives
Jack Wagner - General Hospital
Ian Ziering - Guiding Light
Anne Heche - Another World
Kathleen Turner - The Doctors
Rue McClanahan - Another World
Judith Light - One Life to Live
Vanessa Marcil - General Hospital
Luke Perry - Loving
Calista Flockhart - Guiding Light
Christian Slater - Ryan's Hope
Laurence Fishburne - One Life to Live
Leonardo DiCaprio - Santa Barbara
Ryan Phillippe - One Life to Live
Corbin Bernsen - Ryan's Hope
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Robin Wright Penn - "Kelly Capwell" on Santa Barbara

The guy that played "McGuyver" (I think his name is Richard Dean Anderson) -- he used to be on General Hospital

Rick Springfield - General Hospital

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Who did Leo play on Santa Barbara?
I believe he played a younger version of Mason Capwell in a few flashbacks.
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David Hassellhoff--The Young And The Restless
Anne Heche--Another World
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Susan Lucci on All My Children
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Christopher Rich, Reba's Husband on Reba - Another World

Joanna Johnson, not a star but she created Hope & Faith - Bold & Beautiful
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Ashley Judd "Sisters"
Andrea Barber (a.k.a Full House's Kimmy Gibbler) "Days of Our Lives"
Amy Yasbeck "Days of Our Lives"
Prscilla Presley "Dallas"
Lori Loughlin "The Edge of Night"
Daisy Fuentes "Loving"
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Some More:

Eddie Cibrain (Third Watch) - Young and the Restless

also on Third Watch, can't think of the actresses name - Another World

Mark Derwin (husband on Life with Bonnie) - started on Young and the Restless, also did Guiding Light, One Life to Live

Danny Pinuaturo (sp) - (Who's The Boss) - As The World Turns

Joan Van Ark - she did a few soaps, her first soap, maybe someone on this thread would know

Faith Ford - Another World?

Audra Lindley (Mrs. Roper) - Another World
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Joan Van Ark did "Days of our Lives" in 1970 and Jane Whitney #3.
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