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Erika Slezak (Viki, OLTL)

Erika Slezak comes from a long line of established actors. Her father is the late Walter Slezak, who starred in numerous films and on Broadway. During his career, Walter won a Tony award for his performance in the hit Fanny. The legacy doesn't end there: Slezak's grandfather, Leo Slezak, was an acclaimed opera singer. MORE

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Michael Easton (John, OLTL)

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. MORE

— ABC

Trevor St. John (Todd, OLTL)

Trevor St. John grew up in Orchard Prairie, Wash. He attended Whitworth college in Spokane on a jazz scholarship, where he got his first taste of acting. Hollywood came to Spokane to shoot the film Benny & Joon, and St. John was hired as Aidan Quinn’s stand-in. MORE

— PGP

Gina Tognoni (Dinah, GL)

Gina Tognoni was raised in Syracuse, NY and in Rhode Island. She attended a Catholic high school and was intent on pursuing a degree at Emerson College when she won Miss Teen Rhode Island, her first pageant. MORE

JPI

Susan Flannery (Stephanie, B&B;)

Susan Flannery was raised in New York City in a brownstone on East 51st Street. Flannery knew she wanted to be an actress from a young age, and she went on to receive her BFA in theater at Stevens College in Missouri, as well as attended graduate school before venturing out to Hollywood. MORE

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Deidre Hall (Marlena, DAYS)

One of daytime's most beloved stars, DAYS OF OUR LIVES' Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans Black) came to Salem in 1976, after gigs on EMERGENCY as Nurse Sally Lewis and on daytime as THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS's Barbara Anderson. Hall played Marlena until 1987 and then made a dramatic return to the show (and from the dead) in 1991. MORE

— ABC

Josh Duhon (Logan, GH)

Raised just outside of Dallas, Texas boy Josh Duhon attended Collin Community College and Southern Methodist University. In his spare time, he enjoys boxing, true to his character Logan's bad boy image, and has been known to ride motorcycles. MORE

— PGP

Maura West (Carly, ATWT)

Maura West was born on April 27 in Springfield, Mass. and raised in nearby Ludlow. She is the youngest of four children and has two brothers and one sister. MORE

JPI

Jess Walton (Jill, Y&R)

Born in Grand Rapids, MI, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jess Walton left home when she was only 17 to join the Toronto Workshop Productions' Repertory Theater. Five years later, in 1969, she moved to Hollywood, where she dated a rock 'n' roll manager and auditioned for film and TV roles. MORE

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Alicia Minshew (Kendall, AMC)

Alicia Minshew knew she wanted to act from an early age. "I was always putting on shows for my family," she recalls. She began doing some serious acting in high school, which led her to receive a musical theatre scholarship to Indian River College. MORE

— PGP

Marj Dusay (Alexandra, GL)

Marj (Marjorie) Dusay never imagined a life in the spotlight. Growing up the second of six children in a large Irish/Bohemian family, she was more interested in academics and athletics than theatrics. MORE

— NBC

Ben Masters (Julian, PASSIONS)

Growing up in Oregon, Ben Masters didn't let less-than-kind reviews of his high-school performances derail him from heading East to pursue his dream of being an actor. MORE

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