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Costume Party: Just in Time for Halloween, We’ve Scared Up Photos of Your Favorite Characters’ Wildest Get-Ups and Most Brilliant Disguises
Friday, October 28th, 2022
In this case, seeing may be disbelieving.
We know that some of you are probably already planning your Thanksgiving menus and untangling your Christmas lights. But for those of us who love Halloween and its anything-goes, come-as-you’re-not theme, it’s this that is the most wonderful time of the year. And to get you to join us in rocking the goosebumps that are de rigueur for the season, we’ve pulled together a photo gallery that’s guaranteed to give you chills — in a good way!
Sally’s Bold & Beautiful disguises could fill up an album all their own!
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In it, you’ll find not only images of many of your favorites from The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of Our Lives decked out in their finest All Hallows’ Eveningwear, you’ll also discover pictures of them in disguises that run the gamut from stuck-on mustaches to fake noses. We’ve even included some shots that — sigh — will scare up fond memories of Guiding Light, As the World Turns, All My Children and more much-missed soaps.
Hey, ghosts are pretty common at Halloween.
More: Your favorite stars’ most frightful roles [PHOTOS]
“It isn’t like me to go out not with a bang but a wimple.”
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So why don’t you kick back with a bag of candy corn or brew yourself a pot of something pumpkin-spiced and dive into the newly expanded photo gallery that’s as much fun as going to a costume party… without the bother of having to figure out what you’re going to wear!
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<p>“Aye aye” think we should start with a throwback to <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ 2011 Halloween party and “soul-mateys” Bo (Peter Reckell) and Hope (Kristian Alfonso) doing their best to make pirate chic a thing.</p>
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<p><em>The Young and the Restless</em> had Phyllis get wiggy and don glasses in 2023 so that she could crash her own memorial service and count the number of tears that fell.</p>
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<p>In 2004, Sally (Darlene Conley) — aka the most masterful master of diguise ever to play dress-up on <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> — hatched a scheme that was so bonkers, it required her to don Massimo drag.</p>
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<p>Nah, the height is right but the color, all wrong. <em>All My Children</em> dressed Ryan Lavery (Cameron Mathison) and bride Annie (Melissa Claire Egan) as Frankenstein’s creature and his bride for a 2009 monster mash.</p>
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<p>When <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Jan (Heather Lindell) said in 2004 that she wanted to grow old with Shawn (then Jason Cook), this wasn’t <em>quite</em> what she had in mind.</p>
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<p>Wonder if <span style="text-decoration: line-through">Julius</span> Caesar salad was on the menu the year that <em>Young & Restless</em> dressed up Lily (Christel Khalil) as Cleopatra.</p>
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<p>Somewhere John Hughes had to be smiling as <em>General Hospital</em> paid tribute to his ’80s classic with Trina (then Sydney Mikayla), Dev (Ashton Arbab), Cameron (William Lipton) and Josslyn (Eden McCoy) in 2019.</p>
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<p>… or is it just <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> schemer Thomas (Matthew Atkinson) looking for all the world like the kinda fireman that shows up at a bachelorette party and then sets off the “smokin’” alarm?</p>
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<p>In 2015, <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) seized the opportunity to let out her inner Mae West. Why she would’ve ever put her inner Mae West back <em>in</em> is a question we are ill-equipped to answer.</p>
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<p>When <em>All My Children</em> positioned Adam Chandler (David Canary) between heaven and hell in 2009, the former was represented by Annie Novak (Melissa Claire Egan); the latter, by David Hayward (Vincent Irizarry).</p>
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<p>In 2003, <em>Days of Our Lives</em> had Elvis — that is, Lucas (Bryan R. Dattilo) — say, “I love Lucy” — that is, Sami (Alison Sweeney). Got all that? ’Cause we’re not sure we do.</p>
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<p><em>General Hospital</em> scared up a new look with which Lisa (Brianna Brown) could terrorize Robin (Kimberly McCullough) in 2011. But judging from the latter’s blasé reaction, we’re guessing all she saw in her tormentor’s costume was pie.</p>
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<p>In 2016, it was steampunk all the way for <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> trick-or-treaters Caroline (Linsey Godrey, now Sarah on <em>Days of Our Lives</em>) and Thomas (then Pierson Fodé).</p>
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<p>After driving off a bridge in 1990, <em>Guiding Light</em>’s “late” Reva (Kim Zimmer) resurfaced as an Amish amesiac. And Alan (Ron Raines)? He wasn’t Amish, nor did he have amnesia; he just couldn’t resist a snazzy pair of suspenders.</p>
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<p>We have to gloved-hand it to <em>Young & Restless</em>’ Devon (Bryton James): When it came to his 2017 Michael Jackson costume, nobody could beat it.</p>
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<p><em>RuPaul’s Drag Race</em> judge Michelle Visage would’ve had a field day clocking their scruff, but <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Chad (Billy Flynn), Sonny (Zach Tinker) and Will (Chandler Massey) still put their best stilleto’d feet forward on <em>Beyond Salem</em> in 2021.</p>
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<p>In 2019, <em>General Hospital</em> sent Maxie (Kirsten Storms) and Peter (Wes Ramsey) so far back in time that pigeons had yet to do their business on that headstone.</p>
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<p>Here’s the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> tag team of Sally (Darlene Conley) and Gladys (Phyllis Diller) “plumbing” the depths of their imagination in 2003 to role-play their way into… Well, knowing them, hot water. But that’s rarely the goal.</p>
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<p>When <em>Loving</em> took a trip to Universal Studios in Florida in 1993, Ava (Lisa Peluso) drove King Kong… well, ape.</p>
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<p>Knowing how much there was, ahem, at stake, <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Billy (Jason Thompson) really sunk his teeth into Halloween in 2019. Hope they weren’t serving garlic dip!</p>
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<p>In 1997, <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Susan (then Eileen Davidson) was all dressed up with nowhere to go. Then again, where would one go in an outfit that’s so very… um… very.</p>
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<p><em>General Hospital</em> let future exes Michael (Chad Duell) and Sasha (Sophia Mattsson) make it up as they went along on Halloween in 2019.</p>
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<p>Beneath that flimsy pastel disguise in 2005 was the unimistakable face of <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> knockout Taylor (then Hunter Tylo).</p>
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<p>What really sold the housekeeper get-up in which <em>General Hospital</em> dressed Holly Sutton (Emma Samms) in 2023 was the stack of towels with which it was accessorized. Even Felicia Scorpio (Kristina Wagner) seemed to be fooled.</p>
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<p>In 2003, <em>The Young and the Restless</em> offered a glimpse of what it would look like if it hit Victor (Eric Braeden) with a case of Soap-Opera Rapid-Aging Syndrome.</p>
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<p>Even guest star Maureen O’Sullivan had to look away in 1981 when <em>All My Children</em> tried to pass off the sinful Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) as a twisted sister.</p>
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<p>Even as he headed out for the evening, <em>General Hospital</em> had Curtis (Donnell Turner) go Holmes for Halloween 2019 — <em>Sherlock</em> Holmes, that is.</p>
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<p>In 2009, <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> had Owen (Brandon Beemer, now Shawn, <em>Days of Our Lives</em>) <span style="text-decoration: line-through">make</span> throw a pass <span style="text-decoration: line-through">at</span> to Jackie (Lesley-Anne Down) while Pam (Alley Mills) did her best to referee.</p>
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<p>That, believe it or not, is <em>Young & Restless</em>’ Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) exceptionally well-disguised in 2005. Wonder if she discovered that blondes really <em>do</em> have more fun.</p>
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<p>… we can always tell <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Princess Gina (Kristian Alfonso) from Hope. As in this photo from 2012, the royal pain is almost never seen without champagne, a cigarette and a haughty expression.</p>
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<p>When <em>General Hospital</em> told <em>A Christmas Carol </em>in 2019, Ava (Maura West), Josslyn (Eden McCoy) and Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) got made over as the ghosts of Christmas future, past and gorgeous. Sorry, <em>present</em> — future, past and present.</p>
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<p>Dunno how this picture from 2015 got in here. This is just a shot of the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> mother/son duo of Quinn (Rena Sofer) and Wyatt (Darin Brooks) on their way to pick up a few things at Piggly Wiggly.</p>
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<p><em>Young & Restless</em>’ Nick (Joshua Morrow) only wore one incredibly lifelike mask — to turn him into a replica of ex-brother-in-law J.T. (Thad Luckinbill) — but it sure did the trick. He scared the bejesus out of half of Genoa City; now they all have to take bejesus supplements.</p>
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<p><em>Days of Our Lives</em> revealed in 2007 that the DiMera/Brady feud had its origins in… Wait, what? EJ (then James Scott) and Sami (Alison Sweeney) looking like contenders to win second prize in a costume contest?</p>
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<p>Cruella de Vil was embodied by <em>General Hospital</em> femme fatale Ava (Maura West) in 2019. But don’t worry: The coat is “foe” fur.</p>
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<p>We jest. <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> went <em>extra</em> wild and crazy to celebrate Halloween in 2019. Just to be on the safe side, though, let’s keep Douglas (Henry Joseph Samiri) away from the villainess in the previous photo, shall we?</p>
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<p>In 1998, <em>All My Children</em> had Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) try to distract ex-husband Adam Chandler (David Canary) from the mask with which she was covering up a souvenir from a car crash by giving him the cold shoulder.</p>
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<p>Though <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Rafe (Galen Gering) was hopelessly devoted to Sami (Alison Sweeney) in 2011, they didn’t get the happy ending that Danny and Sandy did.</p>
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<p>Ironically, the same year that <em>Young & Restless</em>’ Mariah (Camryn Grimes) crossed the borderline with Tessa, she celebrated Halloween looking like a virgin. Well, like Madonna circa her album of the same name, anyway.</p>
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<p>In 1981, <em>Ryan’s Hope</em> had archaeologist Ari (Gordon Thomson) convinced that mild-mannered Faith (Karen Morris-Gowdy) was the reincarnation of an Egyptian queen. Um… could the outfit have had something to do with it?</p>
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<p>All <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> psycho Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) had to do to convince people that she was Lina was put on a red wig, glasses and a mask that slightly altered her appearance. Oh, and not try to murder anybody; that helped, too.</p>
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<p><em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ recreated 1990s flashbacks in 2020 recast Abigail (Marci Miller) as Jennifer and outfitted her in, if we’re not mistaken, <em>Seinfeld</em>’s infamous puffy shirt.</p>
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<p><em>General Hospital</em> fans might guess Todd Manning. Or Franco Baldwin. Or Austin Gatlin-Holt. And they’d be kinda right, because that <em>is</em> Roger Howarth. But this isn’t actually a <em>General Hospital</em> photo but one from <em>As the World Turns</em>, where in 2009, the soap-hopper was playing Paul.</p>
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<p><em>Somehow</em> people saw through the cater-waiter disguises that <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> schemers Shirley (Patrika Darbo) and Sally (Courtney Hope) donned in 2017.</p>
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<p>No, <em>Young & Restless</em>’ Nick (Joshua Morrow) wasn’t engaging in some Justin Bieber cosplay in 2021, he was working out then-significant other Phyllis’, ahem, kinks as Sven the Masseur.</p>
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<p>Has anybody ever more convincingly adopted a devil-may-care attitude than did <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Lucas (Bryan R. Dattilo) in 2004? And before you ask, “‘Witch’ character is that with him?” we’ll tell ya: It’s Sami (Alison Sweeney).</p>
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<p>Every day was Halloween for <em>Passions</em> sorceress Tabitha (Juliet Mills). And in our heart of hearts, we like to think that it still is.</p>
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<p>Actually, <em>Young & Restless</em>’ Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) didn’t need one to fool boss Gina (Patty Weaver) in 2005. The ol’ fake-nose-and-Swing-Out-Sister-wig get-up worked. Maybe it was the English accent that sold her waitress act.</p>
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<p><em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Shawn (then Jason Cook) probably still has nightmares about his 2004 stint the imprisoned “patient” in the care of “Nurse Wretched” — aka Jan (Heather Lindell). We know <em>we</em> do!</p>
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<p>Close but no cigar. That’s April Knight, the Patty Duke-style lookalike cousin that <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> gave Amber (Adrienne Frantz) in 2003.</p>
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<p>As <em>Young & Restless</em>’ Traci feverishly worked on her next novel in 2019, she imagined Lily (Christel Khalil) and Cane (Daniel Goddard) bringing to life her characters in period garb. Not that the garb was period to the characters, they lived in that period. But you knew what we meant… right?</p>
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<p>Anyone who looked directly at <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ possessed Marlena (Deidre Hall) would have gasped, “Jeepers creepers, where’d you get those peepers?” — and promptly taken away from her any and all sharp, stabby implements.</p>
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<p>In 2007, <em>As the World Turns</em> outfitted Gwen (Jennifer Landon) and Will (Jesse Lee Soffer) in what sure looked like outfits from the fancy-schmancy section of Ye Olde Thrift Shoppe.</p>
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