As The World Turns
CBS (ended 2010)
Cast & Crew
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Mary Beth Evans
Sierra Esteban (#2) (2004-2005)
Mary Beth was voted Best Actress by her fourth-grade classmates in Orange County, California. From there the fair-haired, self-described "beach girl" set her sights on a performing career. At 14 she got a job in a fast-food restaurant and had her older sister drive her to acting classes. Following graduation from Huntington Beach High School, Mary Beth spent five months in Europe before joining the prestigious South Coast Repertory Conservatory. As a working mother, Mary Beth also finds time to enjoy interior decorating, cooking and crafts. Married in 1985 to Dr. Michael Schwartz, she resides in Southern California with her husband and their three young children, Danny, Katie and Matthew. Mary Beth is most famous for her role as Kayla Brady Johnson on Days Of Our Lives. She has also had roles on As The World Turns and General Hospital. Mary Beth's film credits include Lovelines and Toy Soldiers.moreless -
Jimmy Wlcek
Linc Lafferty (#1) (1990-1992)
James Wlcek, also known as Jimmy Wlcek, was born in New York and grew up in New York and New Jersey. He began his acting career in 1986 in an episode of Tales from the Darkside. In 1987 he auditioned for a part on All My Children, however he did not get the part because he wasn't old enough. His audition tape was sent to the folks at Ryan's Hope, and that's how he landed the role of 'Ben Shelby'. Jimmy was nominated for Outstanding Male Newcomer Daytime for his role as 'Ben Shelby' on Ryan's Hope in 1988. He was working for Keebler Cookies at the time, in the warehouse loading trucks, mostly on the graveyard shift. During the time he spent on Ryan's Hope he acted in an Off Off Broadway play called Liars, and eight months after that he got the part of 'Linc Lafferty' on As The World Turns, where he stayed for the next two years. A year after he left As The World Turns he came out to Los Angeles for pilot season and did several really good commercials. In 1997 he got the role of 'Trent Malloy' in a two hour Walker, Texas Ranger movie called 'Sons of Thunder'. The role became a recurring one for Jimmy who went on to guest star in several more episodes of the long running series. In 1999 a spin-off series called Sons of Thunder was created with Jimmy starring as 'Trent Malloy' again. Despite high ratings the series was short-lived with only six episodes shown. We all hope to see Jimmy on the big or small screen sometime in the near future. Jimmy is married and lives in the Los Angeles area.moreless -
Kerr Smith
Ryder Hughes (1996-1997)
Kerr grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Exton, Pennsylvania. During his senior year of high school, he made his first dramatic performance playing Sir Edward Ramsey in his school's production of The King and I. He then attended the University of Vermont, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. After graduating, Kerr returned to Exton to start a marketing firm with his father, a financial advisor. When he discovered that he enjoyed making the presentations more than the actual business, he decided to move to New York and pursue acting.moreless -
John Wesley Shipp
Douglas Cummings (1985-1986)
Sexy actor John Wesley Shipp began his rise to stardom on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light where he played "Kelly Nelson" from 1980 to 1984.
After leaving GL John took on a series of soap roles until 1990 when he was cast as the lead in the CBS series The Flash. Although a fan favorite the series lasted only one season and Shipp found himself on the soap scene once again.
In 1998, he was cast on the WB teen drama series Dawson's Creek, where he remained for three seasons.moreless -
Jeffrey Meek
Craig Montgomery (#3) (2006-2007)
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Margaret Colin
Margo Montgomery Hughes (#1) (1981-1983)
Margaret Colin was born in Brooklyn in 1958 and grew up in Long Island where her father worked as a cop. She graduated from Baldwin High School in 1976 and attended Hofstra University until she dropped out to pursue acting. She landed her first role in ABC's The Edge of Night. Since then she has worked steadily in theater, movies and TV shows such as Now and Again, Chicago Hope and Gossip Girl. While working she took time to start a family with Justin Deas and has had two sons.moreless -
Paul Taylor
Isaac Jenkins (1999-2003)
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Lisa Loring
Cricket Montgomery Ross (1981-1983)
Lisa Loring is most commonly remembered as Wednesday Addams on the original "The Addams Family". Unfortunately her personal life has been more colorful than the character of Wednesday. Lisa was a navy brat born February 16, 1958 in the Pacific island of Kwajalein. In 1960 her parents divorced and she moved with her mother to Los Angeles. She was modeling at age three and even starting appearing in episodes of television shows like "Dr. Kildare." In 1964 she had her big break and won the role of Wednesday Thursday Addams. She could not even well enough to read the script, but the part was hers. When the Addams Family ended, Lisa's life went down hill. She was married to Farretll Foumberg in 1973. In 1974 she had given birth the first her two daughters, (Vanessa and Marianne). 1974 was a difficult time in Lisa's life. She became a single divorced mother. Her own mother would not be able to help her out. Her mother had a long history of alcoholism. That year her mother passed away from complications this chronic problem. In 1981, Lisa began to turn things around. She joined the cast of "As The World Turns" and played Cricket Montgomery for four years. At that time she met her second husband, Doug Stevenson. That married ended in divorce in 1983. Lisa frustrated with her career turned for a brief time to the porn industry. This was to head her into her darkest period. During this time she met her third husband Paul Siederman (Jerry Bulter (porn star) on the set of Traci's Big Trick (1987). They were married that year 1987 and divorced in 1992. The industry exposed her to drugs and she became addicted. After her divorce from Paul, she examined her life carefully. She was exactly the age of her mother when her mother died as a result of drug abuse. She did not want to follow her mother's steps. She entered rehab and cleaned herself up. As of 2002, Lisa is healthy, and happy reportedly working in public relations for a hotel chain. She sometimes gets time to tour the United States for "The Addams Family" conventions where she enjoys signing autographs and meeting fans across the country.moreless -
Lindsay Frost
Betsy Stewart (#3) (1984-1988)
Lindsay's career was launched when she joined the cast of As The World Turns in 1984, playing the role of Betsy Stewart Andropoulos. She later went on to work in films and television series. In the past few years she has appeared in several series including Crossing Jordan, Lost, Boston Legal, The Unit, and Without a Trace.moreless -
Alex Charak
Elwood Hoffman (2006)
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Brian Bloom
Dusty Donovan (#1) (1983-1988)
Brother of actor Scott Bloom (I) Brian Bloom has worked with two of the WB's Charmed Witches. Brian worked with Holly Marie Combs in the movie Walls of Glass, and two movies with Alyssa Milano: Crash Course and Confessions of Sorority Girls. At his home in the Hollywood Hills, Bloom enjoys an extensive collection of rare and first edition books. His lifelong passion is writing, composing and recording at his in-home studio. Brian also designs and builds furniture, practices and studies Eastern philosophy, enjoys cooking fresh foods and listening to a wide variety of music. Brian became the youngest winner of a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Young Leading Man during the 1984-85 season for his performance in the soap opera As The World Turns. Additional acknowledgements of Bloom's work include being nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Young Leading Man in 1985-86 and 1986-87. He was also nominated as Best Young Actor in a Daytime or Nighttime Series by the Sixth Annual Youth In Films Awards in 1984.moreless -
Michael Forest
Nick Andropoulos (1980-1982)
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Patrick Tovatt
Cal Stricklyn (1988-1998)
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Tamara Tunie
Jessica Griffin (1987-1995; 2002-2007)
1981 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. Both her parents were morticians and the family lived above the funeral parlor. Was a contestant in the Miss Black Teenage Pageant in Pittsburgh in the early '70s. Made her Broadway debut alongside Lena Horne in Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. Serves on the board of directors of Figure Skating in Harlem, Inc. Married to Gregory Generet.moreless -
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Van Hansis
Luke Snyder (2006-)
Van has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the School of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University. He worked as a waiter his first year out of university before landing the recurring role of Luke Snyder on As the World Turns, having previously tried out for roles on All My Children, Guiding Light and Beautiful People. He was initially hired in December of 2005 for three months, but his stay was later extended and, in May of 2006, he signed a two-year contract with the show.moreless -
Trent Dawson
Henry Coleman (2005-)
Trent Dawson joined the cast of the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns in the fall of 1999 in the recurring role of Henry Coleman, a role that was originally supposed to last only two weeks. Dawson, who was born on February 4 in Baton Rouge, LA, attended Boston University before leaving to spend a year touring Europe. When he returned, he received his bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from the University of Colorado at Boulder. While attending school, he performed in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and began teaching stage fighting. After graduation, he moved to New York City, got the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and began touring in Shakespeare companies all over the country. He has appeared in The Herbal Bed on Broadway, and Off-Broadway in such shows as As You Like It, Altitude Sickness, Thanksgiving, Macbeth, The Women of Shakespeare, The Way of the World and J.B. Dawson's film credits include Steel Magnolias and Helen. He has also appeared on Guiding Lightmoreless -
Ruth Warrick
Edith Hughes Frey (1956-1960)
Ruth Warrick began her career as a radio singer it was there that she met Orson Welles who hired her to co-star in his film Citizen Kane. And so her film career was born, Welles hired her to appear in another one of his films Journey Into Fear. With the onset of television Ruth appeared in several early television dramas such as Studio One, Robert Montgomery Presents, Broadway Television Theatre and Fireside Theatre. In 1956 Ruth would play Edith Hughes on the daytime soap As the World Turns for four years. In 1965 Ruth would be hired for the new night-time soap Peyton Place, but it is her role as Phoebe English Tyler Wallingford in the 1970 soap opera All My Children that she starred in for 30 years and would be remembered for.moreless -
Tom Eplin
Jake McKinnon (1999-2002)
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Linda Dano
Cynthia Haines (1981-1982)
Linda is best known to daytime viewers for the role of Another World's Felicia Gallant, for which she won the Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy Award in 1993. Linda has hosted her own talk show. She is also a designer, author and columnist. She hosted the talk show Attitudes for six years. Her fashion accessories have been sold on the shopping channel QVC. Linda appeared as Rae on all four ABC soap operas. Linda has run the company Strictly Personal, a New York-based fashion consulting service, for over 10 years. Linda started her acting career at 20th Century Fox Studios and has appeared in many films. She has also guest starred on many television series including The Rockford Files, Police Woman and Starsky and Hutch. In her spare time Linda collects seventeenth and eighteenth-century furnishings.moreless -
Ellen Dolan
Margo Montgomery Hughes (#3) (1990-1993; 1994-)
Ellen was born in Monticello, Iowa and grew up in Decorah, Iowa. She is the proud mother of Angela Emmett Dolan, born on April 15, 2000. Angela's father is Ellen's partner Doug Jeffrey. Currently, Ellen lives in Greenwich Village in New York City.moreless -
Lisa Brown
Iva Snyder Benedict (1985-1994)
Lisa Brown was born on August 2, 1954, in Kansas City, MO. She is divorced from Tom Neilson (1982-?, 2 kids) She married Brian Neary in 1997 (2 stepchildren) -
Mark Pinter
Brian McColl (#3) (1984-1987)
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Colleen Zenk Pinter
Barbara Ryan (1978-)
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Bobby Alford
Bob Hughes (#1) (1956-1958)
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Tim Wiggin
Kirk Anderson (1988-1998)
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Meg Ryan
Betsy Stewart (#2) (1982-1984)
Meg Ryan is a popular actress best known for her romantic comedy roles opposite Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally and Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail. She is known for starring in several romantic comedies during the '90s. In 2008, she appeared in My Mom's New Boyfriend opposite Antonio Banderas.moreless -
Gregg Marx
Tom Hughes (#5) (1984-1987)
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Scott Holmes
Tom Hughes (#13) (1987-)
Scott was born in West Grove, PA and grew up in Oxford, PA. While at Oxford Area HS, Scott represented PA in the All-State Choir and All-State Band (trumpet). Scott also played baseball, soccer and track. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music and Drama from Catawba College in Salisbury, NC. While at Catawba, Scott met his wife, Pamela Harris. Their son, Taylor was born in 1987. They currently live in New York in a farmhouse (circa 1817). In addition to his acting talent, Scott is also a very talented singer. Scott is also a certified diver, spinning instructor and water safety instructor.moreless -
Elizabeth Hubbard
Lucinda Walsh (1984-)
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Themes
Divorce, For Women, Keeping Secrets, Long Running Show, Love Triangle
