Still Bold & Beautiful: Then-and-Now Photos of Your Former Favorites
Friday, March 3rd, 2023
Oh, come on! What voodoo is this?
No, seriously, we don’t get it. We don’t get it at all. Here we are, going from The Bold and the Beautiful to The Older and the… Um, Wiser — on a good day, anyway! — and all the while, former cast members of the CBS soap to which we’re addicted seem to be auditioning for roles in The Hot and the Hotter.
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But all nonsense aside, we have compiled a little catch-up with a few past stars of The Young and the Restless’ sister sudser in the photo gallery below. Among them, you’ll find everyone from the queen bee whose insults stung only marginally less than her slaps (which remain the stuff of legend!), the Casanova who all but considered Speedos formal attire and the second banana that we still kinda like to imagine is working in the basement of Forrester Creations. (Yes, even as we hope for better for him.)
There’s also an actress who went from playing sweet and innocent to… well, kinda the opposite. There’s an Emmy winner whose shrink character should still be living large in Los Angeles, thanks to the show’s bonkers population of fictional wildcards. And oh yes, there’s a young heroine’s portrayer who — what are the odds? — wound up married to a future Bold & Beautiful heartthrob.
Ready to do the time warp with us by perusing then-and-now photos of the stars? All you have to do is click on the gallery below.
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Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Priscilla Grant/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
1/21
<p>“Death” becomes her! Since being killed off as the soap’s original heroine, Caroline Spencer — <em>and</em> returning as her surprise twin, Karen — the actress has moved behind the scenes, where she’s made a name for herself as an executive producer on <em>The Fosters</em> and as the creator of its spinoff, <em>Good Trouble</em>, as well as the sitcom <em>Hope and Faith.</em></p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Jill Johnson/JPI
2/21
<p>As crazy as the soap’s characters are, we can’t imagine why Dr. James Warwick isn’t still around to counsel them. But alas, he ain’t. After exiting stage left, the Emmy winner returned to <em>General Hospital</em>, where he resurrected his first soap role, Duke Lavery, only to be “kilt” off again!</p>
Image: Priscilla Grant/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Jill Johnson/JPI
3/21
<p>When not crossing mischievous Amber Moore back and forth between <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> and <em>Young & Restless</em>, the Emmy winner on the left is raising three kids with husband Scott Bailey (Sandy, <em>Guiding Light</em>). As of 2022, the Emmy winner on the right has been working on the web soap <em>Studio City</em> with former castmate Sean Kanan (Deacon).</p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Sean Smith/JPI
4/21
<p>Thanks to his five years as <em>Santa Barbara</em> boy next door Ted Capwell, this late-’80s hot commodity was snagged a year after his exit from that soap to play troubled Jake Maclaine on <em>Bold & Beautiful</em>. Per his Wiki page, he began working as a financial adviser in the late 1990s.</p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Jill Johnson/JPI
5/21
<p>Since wrapping her late-’90s run as the tween Bridget Forrester, the rising star has gone on to appear in at least one movie pretty much every year. At least. She’s also guested on everything from <em>Touched by an Angel</em> to <em>Once Upon a Time</em>, from <em>24</em> to <em>Alias</em>, from… Well, by the time you read this, probably a dozen more series!</p>
Image: CBS/Getty Images, Aaron Montgomery/JPI
6/21
<p>On Instagram, this original cast member — who played Rocco Carner, the only character whose ’80s hair ever rivaled Danny Romalotti’s — says that “family is everything.”</p>
Image: Brian Lowe/JPI, Priscilla Grant/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
7/21
<p>Owing to his long run as playboy Lance Cumson on primetime’s <em>Falcon Crest</em>, the ’80s heartthrob was already soap royalty when <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> tasked him with turning up the heat as firefighter Hector Ramirez in 2004. He… um… Let’s just say that he didn’t turn it up <em>too</em> high (and was gone just two years later).</p>
Image: Aaron Montgomery/JPI, Jill Johnson/JPI
8/21
<p>A decade before she got engaged to Tanner Novlan (who we know now as Finn Finnegan) — that’s them with daughter Poppy on the right — the <em>Vampire Diaries</em> fang favorite originated the role of Hector’s gorgeous daughter, Caitlin, in the mid-2000s.</p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Howard Wise/JPI
9/21
<p>When we think of Thorne Forrester toiling away in the basement of Forrester Creations, it will always be this actor that we picture. For 20 years, he embodied the son that Eric and Stephanie hated to admit that they liked… er, <em>somewhat</em> less than golden boy Ridge. After being recast in 2017, Harmon reclaimed his role for the show’s 35th anniversary in 2022.</p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Dark Star/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
10/21
<p>To be clear, the soap vet, who played Maggie Forrester, doesn’t always look so anxious these days. In the photo on the right, the star of such cult classics as <em>Re-Animator</em> and <em>Chopping Mall</em> is just capitalizing on her scream-queen bonafides in 2021’s <em>Alone With You.</em></p>
Image: John Paschal/JPI, Nick Sined/JPI
11/21
<p>The Chicago native who originated the role of Sally’s and Clarke Garrison’s son C.J. in 1998 has, sadly, not appeared on the show since 2017, when <em>Young & Restless</em>’ Courtney Hope was introduced as Mom’s namesake grandniece. In real life, the actor is married to Schae Harrison, who played the original Sally’s dingy gal Friday, Darla Einstein.</p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Nick Sined/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
12/21
<p>No sooner was this fan favorite killed off as Sally Spectra’s daughter Macy Alexander — for the <em>second</em> time, we might add! — than she was snapped up by <em>All My Children</em> to play Southern-fried Krystal Carey. Also of note: Her CD with former <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> husband Jeff Tracta (ex-Thorne) went double platinum in Europe.</p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Elizabeth Goodenough/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
13/21
<p>Following her 1996-97 stint as illegal immigrant Claudia Cortez — an if-only-it-had-succeeded attempt to diversify the then-lily-white soap — the veteran of <em>General Hospital</em> (as Sonny Corinthos’ ill-fated first wife, Lily) went on to win two Daytime Emmys for her work as a producer on the web soap <em>The Bay.</em></p>
Image: John Paschal/JPI, AMC
14/21
<p>What the… ?!? No, the Daytime Emmy winner who ushered Rick Forrester out of adolescence hasn’t gone from teenage dream to scary woodsman. The picture on the right is from the actor’s 2021 stint on <em>The Walking Dead</em> as a member of the fearsome Reapers. (Trust us on this, they were even scarier than the zombies.)</p>
Image: John Paschal/JPI, Jill Johnson/JPI
15/21
<p>Though best-known for her Emmy-winning work as Molly Conlan on <em>As the World Turns</em>, this soap-hopper — who also replaced <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> star Rena Sofer (Quinn) as Lois Cerullo on <em>General Hospital</em> — made herself so indispensable as Felicia Forrester in the mid-2000s that the show couldn’t bear to kill her off.</p>
Image: Priscilla Grant/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Jill Johnson/JPI
16/21
<p>The ingenue who wore a halo as Jessica Forrester in the mid-1990s has gone into a very different line of work. (<a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/gallery/soap-stars-new-careers-porn-church-photos/" target="_blank">Read all about it here.</a>) The leading man who played her stripper boyfriend Dylan Shaw has become a primetime mainstay, boasting an IMDb page that includes <em>Dawson’s Creek</em>, <em>Blood Ties</em> and <em>The L Word.</em></p>
Image: John Paschal/JPI, Priscilla Grant/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
17/21
<p>Following her four-year run as Bridget, the three-time Emmy winner carved out an enviable primetime career, one that has included lead roles on <em>Close to Home</em>, <em>Better With You</em> and <em>Tyrant</em>. Oh, and on top of all that, she’s married to Jonathan Silverman of <em>Weekend at Bernie’s</em> fame.</p>
Image: Jill Johnson/JPI, Howard Wise/JPI
18/21
<p>We don’t know how much spinach he’s been eating, but damn! The <em>Melrose Place</em> baddie who from 2003-12 brought to life seaman Nick Marone — aka Brooke Logan’s alternate “destiny” — looks so good all these years later, Popeye the Sailor Man <em>has</em> to be green with envy.</p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Howard Wise/JPI
19/21
<p>The actress originally known as Deborah Morehart originated the role of Taylor Hayes back in 1990 and last paid a visit to daughter Steffy Forrester & Co. in 2019. Since then, the knockout, twice named one of <em>People</em>’s 50 Most Beautiful People in the World, has been recast with Krista Allen, who’s so good, we hardly minded the wig. Well, hardly.</p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Jill Johnson/JPI
20/21
<p>From 1987-2012, “dressmaker” Ridge Forrester’s Speedos were filled by the actor/singer whose hit with Player <em>everybody</em> knows. (“Baby Come Back” sound familiar?) Since departing the soap, Moss has appeared on <em>Celebrity Wife Swap</em>, the Flemish soap <em>Familie</em> and the web sudser <em>The Bay.</em></p>
Image: CBS/Courtesy of the Everett Collection, Jill Johnson/JPI
21/21
