Sarah Brown
Four roles on three soaps. Three Daytime Emmys. Countless fans. No pressure, but it’s your move, Young & Restless.
Daytime’s Most Wanted: The 35 Actors Soaps Need Back in Action *Now* [PHOTOS]
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Jordi Vilasuso
Image Credit: Howard Wise/JPI There’s a reason that Young & Restless viewers didn’t think Rey’s demise was “to die for.” The loss of his much-missed portrayer is it.
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Kim Zimmer
Image Credit: George De Sota/JPI It ain’t for nothin’ that the powerhouse who brought to life Guiding Light’s “slut of Springfield” is regarded by her peers as a golden goddess.
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William deVry
Image Credit: Howard Wise/JPI The General Hospital fave has said that if he left Port Charles as Julian — and he did — he wouldn’t return. So how about another show?
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Hunter King
Image Credit: CBS Young & Restless may have recast Summer, but that doesn’t mean that the Emmy winner couldn’t turn up on a different sudser.
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Justin Torkildsen
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI If Bold & Beautiful wanted to fill the empty role of Rick, the Studio City MVP could pick right up where he left off as the legacy character.
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Christopher Sean
Image Credit: Howard Wise/JPI (3) We’d sing a chorus of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” — maybe two — if Days of Our Lives decided to get Paul off the bench.
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Martha Byrne
Image Credit: Evans Ward/JPI Daytime’s been a bit dimmer ever since it last boasted among its ranks the Emmy winner who played As the World Turns’ Lily.
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Jonathan Jackson
Image Credit: Sean Smith/JPI Ready, aim, and already, we’re fired up about the prospect of General Hospital bringing home the Emmy magnet as Lucky.
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Victoria Rowell
Image Credit: John Paschal/JPI Even if Young & Restless never resurrects Dru, some soap should call home one of the genre’s most exciting performers. Ever.
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Van Hansis
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI He’s more than As the World Turns’ Luke. Hello?!? Drop him into the mix — any mix — stir, and let the sparks fly.
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Ashleigh Brewer
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Bold & Beautiful never quite made use of the enchanting Aussie actress, but we’ll be damned if she didn’t grow on us like (poison?) Ivy.
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Chloe Lanier
Image Credit: Howard Wise/JPI (3) If General Hospital is making Nelle the rare character that it allows to stay dead, any other soap would be lucky to have her Emmy-winning portrayer.
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Walt Willey
Image Credit: Howard Wise/JPI Face it: He’s the perfect soap patriarch. Only question is which show will be the first to utilize All My Children’s beloved Jackson that way.
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Peter Porte
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem did a bang-up job of reminding us how misused this charisma machine was by Young & Restless.
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Vanessa Marcil
Image Credit: Hallmark Channel/Courtesy of the Everett Collection General Hospital fans have never stopped wanting her back as Brenda. If only Maurice Benard (Sonny) hadn’t told us this.
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Tyler Johnson
Image Credit: CBS Theo wasn’t just Young & Restless, he was hot and connected — and played by an up-and-comer who was cast aside just as he’d begun to shine.
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Bobbie Eakes
Image Credit: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection Yeah, yeah, Bold & Beautiful killed off Macy. Twice. Big whoop. Her portrayer could still return and restart mom Sally’s classic brand. Please?
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Eva LaRue
Image Credit: Howard Wise/JPI A comeback for the leading lady who breathed life into All My Children’s Maria? You bet we’ll drink to that. Also, are you, um, gonna finish that?
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Bryan Craig
Image Credit: Freeform Sure, he’s making Good Trouble in primetime now. But it’ll be a cold day in hell before we believe that General Hospital has left Morgan dead-dead.
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Bree Williamson
Image Credit: John Paschal/JPI The actress who tackled multiple roles at once on One Life to Live is past due to take on at least another single one in daytime.
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Tanner Novlan
Image Credit: Howard Wise/JPI When fans freak like they did over the death of Finn on Bold & Beautiful, you know the actor’s someone who should get a new lease on life. Editor’s note: Finn was soon resurrected.
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Olivia Rose Keegan
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI She’s proven the breadth of her talents on that long-titled High School Musical show, but boy, do we still miss Days of Our Lives’ Claire.
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Abhi Sinha
Image Credit: Howard Wise/JPI Young & Restless struck gold with Ravi… and then chucked that gold. All another show would have to do is pick Sinha up and set him loose.
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Kim Matula
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Though Bold & Beautiful did a brilliant job of recasting Hope, there will never not be a place in daytime for her effervescent original portrayer.
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Cady McClain
Image Credit: NBC She set a record as the first actress to win three Daytime Emmys for three different roles on three different networks. She is, in short, a necessity. Editor’s note: McClain continues to appear on Days of Our Lives as Jennifer from time to time.
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Ashton Arbab
Image Credit: ABC Justice for Dev! The General Hospital standout was so freaking good, he all but demands a shot at another daytime role.
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Michael Corbett
Image Credit: Priscilla Grant/Courtesy of the Everett Collection He already brought to life one of Young & Restless’ most notorious villains. Now he just has to bring him back to life!
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Susan Lucci
Image Credit: Courtesy of the Everett Collection Daytime television without the icon who rocked the role of All My Children’s Erica Kane doesn’t even make sense. Can we get an amen?
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Jack Wagner
Image Credit: John Paschal/JPI (3) The General Hospital legend who played Bold & Beautiful seaman Nick still floats our boat. Now if only he’d drop anchor in daytime again!
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Casey Moss
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Though Days of Our Lives too often made JJ a sad sack, what really bums us out is his portrayer’s absence from our screens.
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Emme Rylan
Image Credit: ABC This veteran of three soaps is the actor equivalent of jumper cables: She gives a charge to any scene she’s in!
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Doug Davidson
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Young & Restless’ audience doesn’t grumble about Paul’s absence because it enjoys grumbling. The vet who played him was, and is, special.
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Tyler Christopher
Image Credit: John Paschal/JPI His demons in check, it’s only a question of which soap will snap up the Emmy-winning General Hospital and Days of Our Lives alum.
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Karla Mosley
Image Credit: CBS The Bold & Beautiful alum is open to a return to daytime TV — but not to the role of Maya. Here’s the reason why.
