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Y&R; Soap Star Stats
Soap Star Stats
Adrienne Frantz began performing at a young age, immersing herself in theater, voice and dance lessons while in her hometown of Mount Clemens, Michigan. At age sixteen she headed east, where she enrolled in a Medford, New Jersey high school and pursued voice and acting lessons in New York City.
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Kristoff St. John was born with acting in his blood. His father, Christopher, is an actor/director, while his stepmother, Marie, is an actress who graduated from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. St. John considers Marie to be his mother and has a great deal of respect for her for giving up her career for her family.
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They say third time's the charm, a cliché that has worked out well for Sharon Case. After short stints on GENERAL HOSPITAL, AS THE WORLD TURNS and VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, Case was cast as the third Sharon Collins Newman, a role she's held since 1994.
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Joshua Morrow was born lucky. An all-star athlete, he fell into acting, almost without realizing how it happened. Born in Juneau, Alaska, he moved to Oklahoma with his father after his parents divorced. The high school jock was poised to accept one of several college scholarship offers when he suddenly decided to move to California.
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Kate Linder first joined Y&R as a nameless day player in 1982. However, she kept getting invited back and the audience soon fell in love with the wacky maid she played, who co-star Jeanne Cooper (Katherine) had named "Esther."
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He may play handsome ladies' man Brad Carlton on Y&R;, but portrayer Don Diamont admits that even he went through an awkward stage when he was younger. Still, the New York, NY, native eventually began a brief modeling career.
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Department store heiress Lauren Fenmore has certainly led an eventful
life on on both Y&R and BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL, but her portrayer, Tracey E.
Bregman's background is just as colorful.
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Born and raised in Staten Island, Greg Rikaart never expected to be a successful, award-winning actor. Although acting was a bug Rikaart caught early in life, he did not decide to pursue his passion until graduating from Villanova University.
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For over two decades, Jerry Douglas reigned in Genoa City as Abbott patriarch John Abbott. Douglas went to Brandeis University to earn a degree in economics. Eight months into law school in Manhattan, he gave up the books and started auditioning.
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Thad Luckinbill has had a successful acting career, both on Y&R and in movies and prime-time, but he's a Midwestern boy at heart. Growing up in Enid, OK, he was the only sibling who shared his mother, Anna Sue's interest in entertaining.
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They say third time's the charm, a cliché that has worked out well for Sharon Case. After short stints on GENERAL HOSPITAL, AS THE WORLD TURNS and VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, Case was cast as the third Sharon Collins Newman, a role she's held since 1994.
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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Michelle Stafford made the trek to California as an infant. Her parents moved her and her older sister, Janine, to Montrose, California, where she was raised.
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Jack Abbott has always been a bit of a ladies' man. Who knew that his portrayer, Peter Bergman, found his way into acting by chasing after a girl? And lucky for daytime and his fans, he did.
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Michael Graziadei joined the cast of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS as a recast of Daniel Romalotti Jr. Graziadei was born in Germany and began acting at the age of 5 when he was in a production of The King and I.
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Amelia Heinle has been fighting her way to the top since her first audition at LOVING. As an aspiring actress, the Arizona native worked at a coat check in Manhattan. On a lunch break, she caught a cab to a LOVING audition, but was thrown off when the cab brought her to the ONE LIFE TO LIVE set.
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Judith Chapman was born in Greenville, S.C. The daughter of an Air Force General, she spent the majority of her childhood living outside of the United States. As a young teen, she caught the acting bug and began her career in Spain.
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Christian J. LeBlanc began his career all wet — literally...LeBlanc was doing laps in the school's swimming pool when he was approached by a photographer who suggested he look into modeling.
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Born in Taft, Calif., in 1928, Jeanne Cooper attended College of the Pacific before graduating from Pasadena Playhouse School.
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Vincent Irizarry was raised in Long Island, N.Y. He was interested in the arts as a young child. While studying piano at Berklee College of Music in Boston, he developed a fondness for acting.
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Born in Glendale, CA, the 6-foot, blue-eyed blonde was a marine biology major at Occidental College before venturing into acting. On May 15, 1978, Davidson assumed the role of Paul Williams on Y&R.;
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Eric Braeden was born Hans Gudegast on April 3 in Kiel, Germany. He emigrated to the United States in the late '50s and settled in Texas. Prior to beginning his acting career, Braeden worked in the University of Texas' medical school lab.
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Lauralee Bell was born and raised in Chicago. The daughter of William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, Lauralee and her older brothers moved to Los Angeles after her parents created Y&R.
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Melody Thomas Scott began her career at age 3 under the tutelage of renowned coach Ethel Meglin, who helped launch the career of Shirley Temple. Scott studied singing, tap, ballet and jazz dancing.
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Born in Gardena, California, Billy Warlock is a staunch Aries who loves a good golf game and some quality time on the ski slopes.
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Singer, songwriter, and actress Adrianne Leon wrote songs for GENERAL HOSPITAL for two years before getting cast as Brook Lynn Ashton.
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Victoria Rowell's childhood experiences shaped her into the woman she is today. One of six children, her family was split when they were placed in different foster homes.
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Born and raised in Boston, MA, John Enos joined the cast of YOUNG AND RESTLESS in April, 2003 as gentlemen's club owner Bobby Marsino.
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Born in Van Nuys, California, Camryn Grimes has acting in her blood. Her mother is actress Heather Grimes, her father is actor/producer Preston Lee, and her uncle is actor Scott Grimes.
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A natural performer, Lauren Woodland has been dancing since she was three. She began working in the entertainment business at the age of five. She made her stage debut at age eight.
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Joan Van Ark was born in New York and is married to her high school sweetheart, John Marshall, a former award winning TV newsman. They are the parents of Vanessa Marshall, an accomplished actress and comedian.
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Born in Downey, CA, the 5-feet-7-inch actor joined Y&R in August 1999, and received four Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Younger Actor, in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004.
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