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OLTL Soap Star Stats
Soap Star Stats
Eager to jump-start her performing career, Brooklyn native Ilene Schatz left home at age 16. While she actively pursued dancing, singing and comedy, she became a soap star along the way. Dancing was her first love, but when that was sidelined by a thyroid condition, she shifted her focus to acting.
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Does Brian Kerwin look familiar? It's no wonder — his extensive resume includes film, theater and TV series from THE LOVE BOAT to BIG LOVE.
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Although she was second runner-up to I WANNA BE A SOAP STAR 3 winner Mike Jerome (ex-Ted, OLTL), it didn't take long for BethAnn Bonner to book a contract role as intuitive cop Talia on OLTL. After the final taping of SOAP STAR in 2006, OLTL Executive Producer Frank Valentini approached Bonner and gave her his business card.
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Michael Easton was born in Long Beach, CA, and raised in both the United States and Ireland, his parents' native country. After writing poetry inspired by such authors as Charles Bukowski and Raymond Carver during high school, Easton went on to college with a double major in English and History.
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Born John-Paul Seponski in Phoenixville, Pa., Lavoisier chose his new name after reading about Antoine Lavoisier in a science textbook while attending Phoenixville High School.
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Born in Livonia, MI, and raised in Fullerton, CA, David Chisum came from what he describes as "humble roots, hardworking people." His parents, Linda and Ray, met in the second grade in the small town of Altus, OK, married and had their first child (his sister, Carol) at age 17.
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Smith caught the acting bug at age 5, but she got her "big break" while attending Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, where a school production of Song Night in the City made it to off-Broadway. After several theater roles and prime-time TV gigs like NO SOAP, RADIO with Steve Guttenberg, Smith entered the daytime world.
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Eddie Alderson was encouraged by his mother to work with his sister, Kristen Alderson, who plays Starr Manning on ONE LIFE TO LIVE. At first he was reluctant to join the show because he had never acted before.
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Bree Williamson made her U.S. television debut when she landed the role of Jessica Buchanan on ONE LIFE TO LIVE in 2003. Before that, Williamson had only minor roles on Canadian television.
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Kassie DePaiva's interest in the arts started when she was still in grade school. She first took to the stage when she was in the fifth grade. Throughout her childhood and teen years, she continued to sing in her church choir, participate in school plays and she was involved in class government. After graduating high school, DePaiva attended Indiana University and worked at Opryland in Nashville, TN.
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Melissa Archer had only one major acting credit to her name when she joined ONE LIFE TO LIVE in 2001, but handled being thrown into a front-burner story (when Natalie was revealed as Viki's daughter) with aplomb. The Texas native won over the audience with her sassy portrayal of Natalie and eventually nabbed Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Newcomer in 2003 and Favorite Triangle in 2005.
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Soap viewers were first introduced to the dazzling Robin Strasser when she created the vixen Rachel Davis on ANOTHER WORLD in 1967. Since then, the lively and sometimes controversial actress has become a virtual fixture in daytime.
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Born in Austin, TX, Buddy moved around the country with his family before returning to San Antonio after high school. There, a management company showed interest in him and encouraged him to move to L.A., where he took acting classes for six months until he started going on auditions.
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Tuc Watkins was born Charles Curtis Watkins III on September 2, 1966 on the Kansas side of Kansas City. He and his family lived on the outskirts of the city in the Prairie Village and Mission areas. Watkins's family all moved to St. Louis, MO, when he entered high school.
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Timothy D. Stickney grew up with his four siblings in Wilmington, DE. His mother, Bell, was a housewife while his father, Felix, was a fund-raiser for the YMCA. Although his parents had hoped little Timothy would grow up to be a lawyer or a doctor, Stickney knew at a young age that he wanted to be an actor.
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Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Kamar de los Reyes moved to Las Vegas at the age of two and was surrounded by a family of musicians. His father, Walfredo de los Reyes, is a renowned Cuban drummer and percussionist, and his older brothers, Daniel and Walfredo, Jr., are also professional percussionists.
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Jerry VerDorn was born in Sioux Falls, SD, but due to his father's job as a salesman, his family relocated often, settling in various parts of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. VerDorn attended Moorhead State University in Minnesota with intentions of becoming an English teacher.
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Forbes March was born in Bristol, England and raised in Halifax.... March initially enrolled in the pre-med program at McGill University in Montreal, but left to explore artistic interests.
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Catherine Hickland (Lindsay, OLTL)
— YOLANDA PEREZ
A veteran of six soaps, Catherine Hickland became addicted to the genre as a child when her babysitter would watch them. Later, while attending Fort Lauderdale High School, the Florida native took theater classes and became a self-described "drama nerd."
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Sixteen-year-old Kristen Alderson was born, and continues to be raised, in Pennsylvania. The oldest child of Kathy and Rich Alderson, she was barely out of diapers when she got the acting bug.
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Robert S. Woods originated the role of Bo Buchanan on ONE LIFE TO LIVE in 1979, a role which has earned him several accolades, including the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in 1983.
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Though the daughter of doctors (one of physics, the other of mathematics), Christina Chambers always knew she would be an actress. She grew up in Alexandria with her parents and three siblings.
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Since taking the soap world by storm in 1998, Nathaniel Marston has earned a reputation as sort of a tough guy. After he got arrested for criminal mischief in 1999, some even referred to him as a "loose cannon."
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Dan Gauthier was born and raised in Central Oregon, where he was inspired to act at an early age by his mother, who was a stage actress in local theaters. At 18, he moved to California to attend San Diego State University, where he became very interested in sports, especially track.
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Like her ONE LIFE TO LIVE character, Evangeline, Renee Elise Goldsberry is tough and hard-working. This quality has allowed her to succeed as an actress and a musician.
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Phil Carey grew up in suburban Long Island in the towns of Malverne and Rosedale. He knew he wanted to be an actor at a very young age and studied drama at the University of Miami.
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Paul Satterfield was born in Nashville, TN and raised in California. His father was a Nashville firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. The actor attended Whitman College in Washington on a basketball scholarship. He earned degrees in English literature and dramatic arts.
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Native New Yorker Thom Christopher hails from the Queens neighborhood of Jackson Heights. Known to most soap fans as the golden-voiced villain Carlo Hesser, Christopher is also an accomplished theatrical actor.
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