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Cast Members Of As The World Turns
This is a list of actors and actresses who have had roles on the soap opera ''As the World Turns''. Cast members References External links * * {{As the World Turns As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soa ... As the World Turns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Barcroft
Judith Barcroft (born July 6, 1942 in Washington, D.C.) is an American Broadway and soap opera actress. She began her soap career in 1966 by creating the role of Lenore Moore on '' Another World'', a role she played until 1971. In 1970, she made a cameo appearance as Lenore on the AW spin-off, ''Somerset''. Lenore was in a popular romance with attorney Walter Curtin (Val Dufour) who defended Lenore for the murder of Wayne Addison (Robert Milli) but who secretly was guilty of killing Wayne himself. Her storyline had Lenore being a bitter enemy with Liz Matthews (then Nancy Wickwire) who was in love with Wayne but blamed Lenore for stealing his affections. After leaving ''Another World'', she took over the role of Ann Tyler on ''All My Children''. As the daughter of the wealthy Phoebe and Charles Tyler, she married handsome lawyer Paul Martin. After Ann gave birth to a baby who died suddenly, she underwent a mental breakdown, forcing Paul and Phoebe to commit her to a mental hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Montgomery
Craig Montgomery is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns''. He has been portrayed by Scott Bryce from 1982 to 1991, 1993 to 1994 and 2007 to 2008, Hunt Block from 2000 to 2005, Jeffrey Meek from 2006 to 2007, and Jon Lindstrom from 2008 to 2010. Casting The role of Craig Montgomery has been played by four separate actors through the character's run. Scott Bryce appeared in the role from January 1982 to May 22, 1987, May 9, 1988 to November 1989, March 1990 to November 1990, March 1993 to December 1994 and April 10, 2007 to February 21, 2008. Hunt Block was the second actor to play the character from July 19, 2000 to October 31, 2005 before Jeffrey Meek joined from September 28, 2006 to April 2, 2007. Jon Lindstrom was the last actor to play the character, appearing from December 3, 2008 to September 10, 2010. Bryce is often considered to be the most well known actor in the role and was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunt Block
Hunt Block (full name Huntington Macdonald Block, born February 16, 1954) is an American actor. Block graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and has enjoyed a successful acting career over many decades. Career Block was discovered selling Buick Century automobiles at the Chicago Auto Show. Early on he made numerous TV commercials, short films, and experimental theater pieces. While living in Tribeca in New York City, he performed in Off-Off Broadway and Broadway productions for Arthur Laurents, Edward Albee, Robert Smith, Doric Wilson and others. He appeared in William Shakespeare's '' As You Like It'', ''Forever After'', ''A Loss Of Memory'', ''Provicante di Saliva'', ''The Bald Soprano'', ''Make Mine Kafka!'', and others. Block has worked with film directors Arthur Hiller, Peter Medak, Lee Katzin, Alvin Rakoff, and Phillip Noyce. Block played the roles of U.S. President Howard Lewis in the film ''Salt'', Sebastian Weinberg in ''My Best Day'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Biggs
Jason Matthew Biggs (born May 12, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Jim Levenstein in the '' American Pie'' comedy film series and Larry Bloom in the Netflix original series '' Orange Is the New Black''. He also starred in '' Boys and Girls'', '' Loser'', ''Saving Silverman'', ''Anything Else'', '' Jersey Girl'', ''Eight Below'', ''Over Her Dead Body'', and '' My Best Friend's Girl''. Biggs initially gained recognition from his role in the soap opera ''As the World Turns'', for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 1995. Early life and education Biggs was born on May 12, 1978 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, to Angela ( née Zocco), a nurse, and Gary Louis Biggs, a shipping company manager. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Berjer
Barbara Berjer (June 12, 1920 – October 20, 2002) was an American actress. Early life Berjer was born Barbara Elinor Berger on June 12, 1920 in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Knute Eystein Berger (1890-1949), a mechanical engineer originally from Norway, and Thomasina Sutherland (1892-1970), who came from Scotland. She had one older brother, Knute Eystein Berger Jr. Career Berjer was well-known to television audiences for her roles in daytime soap operas. Her first was role was that of alcoholic actress Lynn Franklin on ''From These Roots'', which she played from 1959 until the show's end in 1961. (One of her co-stars was actor Henderson Forsythe, who would go on to co-star with Berjer on ''As the World Turns'' as Dr. David Stewart, her on-screen son-in-law). This followed with an appearance on the 1962 episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre, "Patterns of Hope" (the episode also featured her future ''Another World'' co-star Douglass Watson. She had a small role as a wife i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Beetem
Chris Beetem (born Christopher Lapinski; August 8, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in films such as '' Black Hawk Down'', '' Every Day'' and '' Mr. Popper's Penguins''. Beetem is also known for his roles in ''As the World Turns'', ''One Tree Hill'', '' JAG'' and ''Pan Am''. Career Beetem attended Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts. Beetem played Jordan Sinclair on the daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns'' from 2004 to 2005, serial killer Tate Harmon on '' One Life to Live'' from February to August 2007, and Congressman Chris Rawlings on the prime time drama ''Pan Am Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was an American airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States ...'' from 2011 to 2012. Filmography Film Television References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Beecroft
Gregory Beecroft (born May 9, 1952 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American actor known for roles on several soap operas in the 1970s and 1980s. He is the oldest of five children. After his parents divorced when Greg was twelve years old, he and his siblings split their time between Dallas, Texas, where their mother had taken a job, and Warwick, Rhode Island, where their father lived. He studied drama at the University of New Hampshire, but left before graduating. In 1981, he landed the part of Tony Reardon on '' Guiding Light''. He stayed at ''Guiding Light'' from 1981 to 1985. Afterwards, he landed the role of Brock Lombard on ''As the World Turns'' (1988–1989). He also played the role of Duke Lavery on '' General Hospital'' (1989–1990). Beecroft has several siblings, including actor David Beecroft David Beecroft (born April 26, 1955) is an American actor noted for his television appearances, having played both regular and recurring roles in series such as ''Falcon Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Walsh
Lily Walsh is a fictional character from the CBS daytime soap opera, ''As the World Turns''. Most notably played by Martha Byrne from May 1985 to September 29, 1989 and again from April 1993 to April 22, 2008, the character was originated in June 1984 by Lucy Deakins. Heather Rattray stepped into the role from December 1989 to January 8, 1993. In the show's final two years, Lily was recast with Noelle Beck and she aired from May 8, 2008 after the much-publicized departure of Byrne until its final episode on September 17, 2010. Byrne is considered to be one of the most recognized faces of daytime television and is often called a "superstar" of soap opera history. Casting and characterization Deakins, Byrne and Rattray's tenures Lily Walsh was originally played by Lucy Deakins for 1984–1985. As the daughter of an acting coach, Deakins also entered the field and was cast on the show following her appearance in the play ''So What Are We Going To Do Now?'' as part of the Circle R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noelle Beck
Noelle Beck (born December 14, 1967, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress, best known for her role as Trisha Alden on the ABC daytime soap opera ''Loving''. Career Beck graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts. She portrayed ''Loving'' Trisha Alden from December 1984 to March 26, 1993, returning briefly in 1995 as the series neared cancellation. On May 8, 2008, she took over the role of Lily Walsh on the CBS soap ''As the World Turns'' and remained until the series' cancellation on September 17, 2010. In 1996, Beck was cast in the second season of the CBS primetime soap ''Central Park West'' as Jordan Tate. In 2000, she was a series regular on the comedy TV series '' Tucker''. Beck also guest starred as Mr. Big's ex-wife Barbara in a first season episode of ''Sex and the City'' in July 1998. Beck appeared on ''Law & Order'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' in 2000, on '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' in 2002, and returned in 2011 to ''Special Victims U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Batten
Susan Batten is an actress, producer and writer. Early life and education Raised in Clayton, North Carolina, Batten graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governo ... and Columbia University School of the Arts. Career Batten portrayed Luna Moody Holden on '' One Life to Live'', a role she originally played from 1991 to 1995. In New York City, Batten was a member of The Edge Theatre company, along with Mary-Louise Parker, Peter Hedges and Joe Mantello. Off-Broadway, she co-starred with Julie Harris in ''The Fiery Furnace'', and portrayed Connor Walsh on CBS’s ''As The World Turns'' in 1997-98. She guest-starred in sitcoms and dramas on ABC, CBS and Fox before she began her writing career. Batten earned her MFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddie Coleman
Madeline "Maddie" Coleman is a fictional character on the American soap opera ''As the World Turns''. She was originally portrayed by Alexandra Chando, who portrayed the role from July 27, 2005, to October 26, 2007, and by Kelli Barrett from December 22, 2008, to January 5, 2009. Alexandra Chando returned to the show as Maddie on September 23, 2009. She is the youngest in a family of eight children. Her older brother Henry Coleman is her best friend and was the only person who paid attention to her while she was growing up. Character history Maddie has no friends at the summer of 2005. Henry picks her up, assuming she's only there for one night. However, Maddie makes it clear that she intends to stay in Oakdale for a while and asks if she can stay with him and his wife Katie. However, Maddie does not know that Henry's marriage to Katie wasn't out of love and he didn't tell her yet that he and Katie had divorced. Maddie soon meets Mike Kasnoff, Katie's new boyfriend and the reaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
