List of longest-serving soap opera actors

Helen Wagner is an American actress. She was born in Lubbock, Texas.Wagner has played matriarch Nancy Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns , since the show's debut in April 1956. She is acknowledged by the Guinness Book of Records as being the longest-running character played by one actor...

Nancy Hughes is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. Since the show's inception 53 years ago in 1956, Nancy Hughes has served as the core family's matriarch. Since the fall of 1988 her full name has been Nancy Hughes McCloskey, but she is more known to longtime soap...

Donald Francis Hastings is an American actor, singer, and writer best known for his decades-long portrayal of Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes" on the soap opera As the World Turns...

Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes. M.D. is a fictional character on the American soap opera, As the World Turns. Bob has been played since October 1960 by actor Don Hastings. Actors Bobby Alford and Ronnie Welch played Bob previously between 1956 and 1960....

Eileen Fulton is an American actress.Among other roles , she is most famous for her role as Lisa Grimaldi on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, a role she has played almost continually...

Lisa Grimaldi is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. The daughter of Henry and Alma Miller, Lisa grew up in Rockford, Illinois, USA before moving to Oakdale...

Frances Reid is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Alice Horton, a character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives since its debut in November 1965. Of notable mention, Reid is the oldest actress to appear in a television series...

Alice Horton is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, portrayed by Frances Reid since the show's debut on November 8, 1965.- The early years :...

Rachel Ames is an American actress. She was the longest-running performer on American Broadcasting Company's longest-running daytime serial, General Hospital, playing Audrey March Hardy from 1964 to 2007. She also played Audrey Hardy on the General Hospital spin-off series Port Charles...

Audrey Hardy is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital...

John Clarke is an American actor.John Clarke was the first actor to play Mickey Horton on the American soap opera Days of our Lives, starring on the show from its debut in 1965 until he retired early in 2004 due to health concerns. He was replaced in the role by John Ingle, who left in 2006...

Michael "Mickey" Horton I is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. Mickey was played from November 1965 to January 2004 by actor John Clarke, briefly in 2004 by Richard Voigts, and was played by actor John Ingle from 2004 to 2006...

Susan Victoria Lucci is an American actress, best known for portraying iconic character Erica Kane on the daytime drama All My Children. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with New York Times and Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime...

Erica Kane is a long-running fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Along with Dr. Joe Martin, she is one of two original characters remaining since the series' premiere episode. Created in the 1960s, the character has been portrayed by actress Susan Lucci since the...

Raymond Arthur "Ray" MacDonnell is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Joe Martin on the daytime soap opera All My Children, a role which he has played for 39 years. He is one of only two actors remaining on the show who have played their roles since the show's inception in 1970...

Dr. Joseph "Joe" Martin Sr. is a long-running character on the American soap opera All My Children. Along with his wife Ruth Martin and his former daughter-in-law Erica Kane, he is one of three original characters remaining since the series' premiere episode...

Erika Slezak is an American actress of Czech and Dutch descent, known for her Daytime Emmy Award-winning performance as Victoria "Viki" Lord Banks on the American soap opera One Life to Live.-Early life:...

Kathryn Hays is an American actress. She was born in Princeton, Illinois and grew up in Joliet, Illinois.In the 1966-1967 television season, Hays appeared as Elizabeth Reynolds Pride in the NBC western series The Road West, with co-stars Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine, Kelly Corcoran, and Glenn...

Kimberly "Kim" Hughes is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. The character is currently portrayed by Kathryn Hays, who first stepped into the role in August 1972...

Wilma Jeanne Cooper , best known as Jeanne Cooper, is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...

Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless portrayed since 1973 by actress Jeanne Cooper...

Patricia Bruder is an American actress. She attended James Madison H.S., where she graduated in June 1954....

Suzanne Rogers is a Daytime Emmy Award winning American actress. Rogers's stage name was inspired by Hollywood star Ginger Rogers....

Margaret "Maggie" Horton is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of our Lives, played by Suzanne Rogers since 1973. In 2008, she celebrates 35 years on Days, with only two minor interruptions....

Mary Stuart was an American actress and singer/songwriter.She was born as Mary Stuart Houchins in Miami, Florida and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she graduated from Tulsa Central High School and attended the University of Tulsa before embarking on her professional career...

Joanne Gardner was the main character on the long-running soap opera Search for Tomorrow. For 35 years, the role was played by actress Mary Stuart...

Larry Haines, born Larry Hecht was an American actor. He was born in Mount Vernon, New York.Haines first became known in the 1930s as a voice actor on the radio crime series Gangbusters...

Stu Bergman was a fictional character in the now-cancelled American soap opera, Search for Tomorrow. The part was played for almost all of the show's 35 years by the late Larry Haines.- Jo's best friend :...

Larry Bryggman is an American actor.-Early life:Bryggman was born in Concord, California of Swedish descent; his father worked for a neon sign company and his mother was a piano teacher. Bryggman attended the City College of San Francisco as well as the American Theatre Wing in New York...

Dr. John Dixon, M.D. is a fictional character on the American TV soap opera, As the World Turns. He was portrayed by Larry Bryggman from July 18, 1969 until December 14, 2004. Dixon is a cardiologist at Oakdale Memorial Hospital where he is also Chief and Acting Chief of Staff at Memorial Hospital...

Dame Ruth Elizabeth Warrick , DM, OSJ, Regent of Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Dame of Honour and Merit by the Imperial Russian Order of Saint John of Jerusalem Ecumenical Foundation, was an American singer, actress and activist, best known for her role as Phoebe Tyler on All My Children.She...

Phoebe Wallingford was a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children. She was played by Ruth Warrick from 1970 until her death in 2005....

Marie Masters is an American actress. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Marian College in Indiana, and after graduation worked at the city desk of the publication Women's Wear Daily.- Acting :...

Dr. Susan Stewart is a fictional character on the American soap opera As the World Turns. She was first played by Connie Scott in 1966, but the actress who has played her longest is Marie Masters. Masters stepped into the role in 1968. In 1978, Judith Barcroft temporarily replaced Masters...

Charita Bauer was an American soap opera radio and television actress.Born in Newark, New Jersey, she began her career at the age of eight as a model for clothing ads...

Bertha "Bert" Miller Bauer was a fictional character on the CBS soap The Guiding Light. She was played by actress Charita Bauer from the character's introduction in 1950 until her death in 1985...

John Beradino , born Giovanni Berardino, was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and an actor. Known as Johnny Berardino during his baseball career, he was also credited during his acting career as John Baradino, John Barardino or John Barradino.-Early life and education:He was born in...

Dr. Steve Hardy is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. John Beradino originated the role of Steve Hardy on April 1, 1963 and portrayed him until his death in 1996.- History :...

Julie Williams is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of our Lives...

Eileen Herlie was a Scottish-American actress.-Life and career:Eileen Herlie was born Eileen Isobel Herlihy to a Catholic father and a Protestant mother in Glasgow, Scotland, and was one of five children. Herlie was trained as a theatre actress. Among her West End London theatre successes were The...

Myrtle Fargate was a fictional character on the American daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Eileen Herlie from 1976 to her last appearance on June 23, 2008...

Leslie Charleson is an American actress most famous for her work in daytime television.-Career:...

Dr. Monica Quartermaine is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. She is a member of the wealthy Quartermaine family. Her various affairs and quarrels with her husband Dr...

Colleen Zenk Pinter is an American actress.-Daytime career:She is best known for her role as fashionista-turned-criminal Barbara Ryan on the daytime drama As the World Turns, a role she began portraying in September 1978....

For the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 passenger, see that articleBarbara Ann Ryan is a fictional character on the American soap opera As the World Turns...

Jacklyn Zeman , sometimes credited as Jackie Zeman, is an American actress. She has been playing RN Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Spencer on General Hospital since 1977...

Douglas Donald "Doug" Davidson is an American television actor. He has portrayed private investigator Paul Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless since May 1978, making him the series' senior male cast member.On September 12, 1994, he began hosting a five-night-a-week,...

Stuart Damon is an American actor. He is known for thirty years of portraying the character Dr. Alan Quartermaine on the American soap opera General Hospital, for which he won an Emmy Award in 1999....

James Mitchell is an American actor and dancer. Although he is best-known to television audiences as Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera All My Children , theatre and dance historians remember him as one of Agnes de Mille's leading dancers...

Palmer Cortlandt is a fictional character on the long-running ABC soap opera All My Children, and has been played by James Mitchell since 1979...

Melody Thomas Scott is an American actress best known for playing Nikki Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.-Early life & career:...

Don MacLaughlin was an American soap opera actor.He was born on November 24, 1906, in Webster, Iowa, under the name William Donald McLaughlin....

Christopher Robert "Chris" Hughes II is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. Dylan Bruce recently played Chris on October 25, 2007 to October 15, 2008....

Henderson Forsythe was an American actor. Forsythe was known for his role as Dr. David Stewart #2 on the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he played for 32 years, and for his work on the New York stage.-Early life:...

William Patrick Roache MBE is a British actor, best known for his role as Ken Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street...

Eileen Derbyshire is an English actress, best known for her role as Emily Bishop on the soap opera Coronation Street. She has played the character since 1961, making her the longest-serving female cast member.From the age of 17, Derbyshire was appearing in plays broadcast on the radio...

Emily Bishop is a long-standing fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street...

Betty Mary Driver, MBE is an English singer, actress and author, most noted for her role as Betty Williams on the British soap Coronation Street.-Early life:...

Elizabeth "Betty" Williams , portrayed by former music hall star Betty Driver, is one of the longest-standing fictional characters in the UK television soap opera Coronation Street. Driver was cast as Betty in 1969, after first auditioning for the role of iconic character Hilda Ogden...

Barbara Knox , née Brothwood, sometimes credited by her first married name, Mullaney, is an English actress mainly known for playing 'Rita Sullivan' in the television soap opera Coronation Street. Her mother worked in the mill while her father was a moulder at Platt's Foundry then a fireman...

Rita Sullivan is a long-standing character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Barbara Knox the character first appeared on-screen during the episode airing on 2 December 1964.-Casting:Before 2006 she was the highest paid actress with the show, until Anne...

Anne Kirkbride is an English soap opera actress.-Career:Kirkbride was noticed by casting directors for the British soap opera Coronation Street while she did an ITV special series called Another Sunday and Sweet FA. She was offered to play the bit part of 'Deirdre Hunt' in November 1972...

Deirdre Anne Barlow is a long-standing fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Anne Kirkbride, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode that was aired on 20 November 1972...

Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth is an English actress, best known for her long-running role as Gail Platt on the soap opera Coronation Street.- Early life :...

Gail Platt is a long-standing fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Helen Worth, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 15 July 1974...

Elizabeth Dawn MBE , is an English actress, best known for her role as Vera Duckworth in the long running British soap opera, Coronation Street...

Veronica "Vera" Duckworth , played by Elizabeth Dawn, is a fictional character on the British soap opera Coronation Street, first appearing in August 1974 as a part-time character and last appearing in episode 6,734 on Friday 18 January 2008, where the character peacefully died in her sleep at the...

Gareth Lewis is a Welsh actor who is best known for his work on the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm . He has also acted in the Welsh comedy series Torri Gwynt alongside Welsh Comedian and actor Dewi 'Pws' Morris....

The Honourable Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls is an English actress, most known today for her long-running role as Audrey Roberts in Coronation Street...

Audrey Roberts is a long-standing fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Sue Nicholls, the character first appeared during the episode aired on 16 April 1979.-Background:...

Bryan Mosley OBE was a British actor, known best as grocer Alf Roberts in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street.- Early life :...

Alfred Sidney "Alf" Roberts was a fictional character in Coronation Street. He ran a grocery shop at number 15 Coronation Street and was heavily involved in local politics, including two spells as mayor of Weatherfield...

Johnny Briggs, MBE is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mike Baldwin in the soap opera Coronation Street, in which he appeared from 1976 to 2006...

Bill Tarmey is an English actor and singer best known for playing smooth operator and womaniser Jack Duckworth on the soap opera Coronation Street...

John Harold "Jack" Duckworth, is a long-standing fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by William Tarmey, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode that was aired on the 28th November, 1979....

Huw Ceredig is a Welsh television actor best known for playing Reg Harries in long-running Welsh soap opera, Pobol y Cwm for 29 years.He was born in Brynamman in 1940. He is the brother of Welsh politician Alun Ffred Jones and folk singer/politician Dafydd Iwan....

Clive Hornby was an English actor, known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as farmer Jack Sugden.-Television:...

John Jacob "Jack" Sugden is a fictional character in the British television soap opera Emmerdale. The character was originally played by Andrew Burt from 1972 to 1974 with a brief return in 1976, when he left for Italy to write a book. On his return in 1980 he was played by Clive Hornby...

Richard Thorp is an English actor,who appeared in such great British films as The Dambusters 1955 and The 1957 film The Barrets of Wimpole Street well known for playing the part of Alan Turner on ITV soap Emmerdale since 1982. Previous TV roles included Dr. John Rennie in Emergency Ward 10 ,...

Alan Jonathan Turner is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Richard Thorp. First appearing in 1982, Turner is Emmerdale's longest serving current character....

Julie Goodyear, MBE is an English television actress and personality.-Biography:Born 'Julie Kemp' to her parents George and Alice Kemp...

Elizabeth Theresa "Bet" Lynch is a fictional character from the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. The character is no longer part of current storylines. Portrayed by actress Julie Goodyear the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 23 May 1966...

Thelma Barlow is an English television actress and writer, most famous for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street and as Dolly Bellfield in the sitcom dinnerladies.-Early life:...

Mavis Wilton, , was a renowned fictional character on British television soap opera Coronation Street between 1971 and 1997....

Michael Le Vell is an English character actor, who since 1983 has played the role of garage mechanic, Kevin Webster, in the soap opera Coronation Street...

Kevin John Webster is a long-stading fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Michael Le Vell, the character first appeared onscreen on 19 October 1983. Kevin owns and runs a garage with business partner Tyrone Dobbs...

For the Wales international footballer see Stan Richards Stanley "Stan" Richards was an English television actor, best known for his portrayal of the lovable rogue and ex-poacher turned gamekeeper, Seth Armstrong, in popular ITV soap serial Emmerdale .- Career :He played the role of Seth...

Seth Armstrong was a fictional character in the ITV soap Emmerdale, played by Stan Richards from 1978 until 2003, when the actor's ill health forced him to leave the show for more than a year...

Gwyn Elfyn is a Welsh television actor best known for playing Denzil Rees, the shopkeeper in long-running Welsh soap opera, Pobol y Cwm....

Jane Rossington is a British actress, best known for her role as Jill Richardson in the soap opera Crossroads.Born in Derby, Rossington's family moved to Sutton Coldfield when she was four years of age...

Jill Richardson was a fictional character on the daytime soap opera Crossroads. She was played by actress Jane Rossington from the first episode on 2 November 1964 to the very last 24 years later on 4 April 1988...

Sheila Mercier is an English actress and the elder sister of actor Brian Rix. She was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom....

Annie Brearly is a fictional character in the popular soap opera Emmerdale. She was played by Sheila Mercier as a regular character between 1972 and 1994, making guest appearances in 1995 and 1996. Annie was one of Emmerdale Farm's original characters, appearing in its first episode on 16 October...

Adam Brinley Woodyatt is an English actor and media personality, best known for his role as Ian Beale in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders, and is the only member of the original cast who appeared in the very first episode in 1985 to still work on the show today.-Early life:A native of...

Ian Albert Beale is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Adam Woodyatt. He is the only character to have appeared continuously since the first episode on 19 February 1985...

Albert Tatlock was a fictional character on the British television soap opera Coronation Street. Albert was played by actor Jack Howarth from 1960 to 1984...

Sally Whittaker Sally Whittaker Sally Whittaker (born 30 May 1963 in Middleton, Greater Manchester is an English soap opera actress.She has made a career out of playing Sally Webster (née Seddon), a bad girl turned tame, on the soap opera Coronation Street. She debuted on the serial in January 1986...

Sally Webster is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Sally Whittaker, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 22 January 1986.-Casting:...

Jean Alexander is an English television actress. She is best known to British television viewers as Hilda Ogden on the soap opera Coronation Street, a role she played from 1964 - 1987.-Biography:...

Hilda Alice Ogden is a fictional character from the television series Coronation Street, one of the best-known of all the regular characters in the soap opera, whose name became synonymous with a certain type of working-class woman...

Eileen McCallum is a Scottish actress. She is best known for playing Isabel Blair in Take the High Road from 1980 to 2003....

Patricia "Pat" Evans is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She has been played by Pam St. Clement since 12 June 1986, just over a year after the show first aired...

Eric Charles Pollard is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Chris Chittell.Pollard has appeared on the show since 1986, making him the second longest running current character after Alan Turner...

Doris Speed, OBE was an English actress, best known for her role as snooty Rovers Return landlady Annie Walker on Coronation Street, a role she played from 1960 to 1983....

Anne 'Annie' Walker , played by Doris Speed, is one of the original Coronation Street characters, when the show began in 1960 and appeared in the role until 1983, when actress Doris Speed retired from acting due to ill health....

Lynne Perrie , was an English actress. She was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, and was the sister of comedian Duggie Brown.-Career:...

Ivy Joan Brennan is a fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street. She was played by Lynne Perrie....

Peter Adamson was a British actor born in Liverpool. He is best known for playing 'rough diamond' Len Fairclough in Coronation Street from 1961 to 1983....

Len Fairclough was a fictional character in the British television soap opera Coronation Street . Played by Peter Adamson, Len was for 23 years the "hard man" of Coronation Street. A builder by trade, he often took a physically aggressive attitude to problems, but had a sensitive side...

Wendy Richard, MBE was an English actress best known for playing Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served? and Pauline Fowler in EastEnders...

Pauline Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional London borough of Walford. The character is no longer part of current storylines. She was played by the late actress Wendy Richard between 1985 and 2006...

Susan Hanson is an English actress. She played the part of Diane Parker in the long-running British soap opera, Crossroads from 1966 to 1987. Hanson is the widow of musician Carl Wayne, with whom she has a son, Jack.Susan married singer Carl Wayne in 1974...

Elsie Tanner was a soap opera character played by Patricia Phoenix on Coronation Street from 1960 to 1973 and from 1976 until 1984. Elsie Tanner was one of the original core characters on Coronation Street and appeared in the very first episode.Her final appearance came in January 1984, when Elsie...

Ronald Edmund Magill was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing Amos Brearly in the British soap opera Emmerdale Farm from 1972 to 1991, and appeared again in this role in 1994 and 1995.-Early life:...

Amos Brearly was a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Ronald Magill.He ran the Woolpack, along with Henry Wilks for 19 years....

Martin Platt was a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, portrayed by Sean Wilson.-Overview:Martin Platt was a nurse, working at Weatherfield General Hospital. He first appeared in 1985 as a school-leaver working in Jim's Cafe...

June Muriel Brown, MBE is a British actress, best known for her role as the busy-body, chain-smoking gossip Dot Cotton in the long running British soap opera EastEnders and for making other high profile television appearances on shows such as Doctor Who, Coronation Street, Minder, The Bill and...

Dorothy "Dot" Branning is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera, EastEnders, played by June Brown, although a young Dot was played by Tallulah Pitt-Brown in flashbacks in a special episode entitled EastEnders: Dot's Story .Dot first appeared in EastEnders in July 1985 as the mother...

Bernard Arthur Youens was a British character actor, best remembered for his portrayal of the workshy, beer-swilling Stan Ogden in Coronation Street from 1964 until his death in 1984.-Early life:...

Stan Ogden was a long running fictional character on the television series Coronation Street. He was played by Bernard Youens from 1964 to 1984.-Life On the Street:...

Kevin Kennedy is an English actor, writer, producer, singer and guitarist, best known for playing the bottle-lensed Curly Watts in ITV's long running soap opera, Coronation Street between 1983 and 2003. -Early Life: Kennedy was born Manchester...

Barry O'Hanlon is a fictional character who appears in the TV show Fair City. This character is played by Pat Nolan. He is the editor of the local newspaper, The Northside Post.-Biography:...

Violet Carson OBE was a British actress.Her mother was an amateur singer and she was born in Ancoats, Manchester. As a child she performed with her sister as a singing act called the Carson Sisters. She then became a cinema pianist providing the musical accompaniment for silent films...

Ena Sharples was one of the original characters of the long-running British soap opera, Coronation Street and her name became a byword for a "battle axe" woman...

Joan Brosnan Walsh is a veteran Irish actress best known for her long-running role as the character Mags Kelly in Fair City, whom she played for a twenty year period from 18 September 1989 until her final screen appearance broadcast on 11 January 2009. She has also appeared in a number of films...

Ray Meagher is an Australian actor.He has appeared regularly in Australian film and television since the mid 1970s, and is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, as Alf Stewart on Home and Away. He has played this role since the very first episode back in 1988...

Alfred Douglas "Alf" Stewart is a fictional character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away. The character has been played by actor Ray Meagher since the pilot episode in 1988, and is the last and longest remaining cast member....

Kate Ritchie is a multiple Gold Logie Award winning Australian actress, best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She played the character for 20 years from 1988-2008...

Sally Louise Fletcher is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played throughout by actress Kate Ritchie...

Tom Oliver is an English-born Australian television, film and theatre actor, best known today for playing the role of Lou Carpenter in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.-Career:...

Louis Thomas Carpenter is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Tom Oliver. He first appeared in 1988 and returned in January 1992 as a regular. He is the longest running character in the show's history, having been in it for over 17 years...

Norman Coburn is an Australian television actor. He is best known for his long-Running role as Headmaster Donald Fisher, one of the original cast members in the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away...

Ian Smith is an Australian soap opera character actor and television screenwriter, best known today for his long-running role as the caring, kindly coffee shop owner Harold Bishop in Network Ten's long running serial Neighbours....

For the former American football player, see Harold Bishop, Jr.Harold Wayne Bishop was a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours played by Ian Smith. Smith first appeared on screen as the character from January 1987 and departed originally in September 1991...

Lynne McGranger is an Australian actress best known for her role as Irene Roberts on soap opera Home and Away. She is the second-longest serving cast member as she joined in 1992, taking over from Jacki Phillips....

Irene Roberts is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by actress Jacqui Phillips from 1991 to 1992 and by Lynne McGranger from 1992 to the present...

Debra Lawrance is an Australian actress best known for her role as Pippa Ross on Home and Away, which she played from 1990 to 1998. She continues to guest star to this date- her last appearance was in 2009.-Biography:...

Phillipa "Pippa" Fletcher-Ross is a recurring fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. Actress Vanessa Downing originated the role from 1988 to 1990, then Debra Lawrance took over from 1990 to 1998...

Alan Fletcher is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Karl Kennedy in long-running soap opera Neighbours. Fletcher was educated at Wesley College, Perth.-Career:...

Karl Raymond Kennedy is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, portrayed by Alan Fletcher, who joined the cast in 1994. In the 20th Anniversary Neighbours book, he was named one of five best male characters of all time....

Jackie Woodburne is a Northern Irish-born Australian actress.-Personal Life:She has two elder brothers, John and Stephen.She emigrated from Northern Ireland aged 3 where her father was in the Royal Ulster constabulary...

Susan Wendy Kennedy , born March 13 1956 is a character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Jackie Woodburne...

Ryan Moloney is an Australian actor. Since 1995 he has portrayed the character Jarrod "Toadfish" Rebecchi in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.-Before Neighbours:...

Jarrod Vincenzo "Toadfish" Rebecchi is a fictional character on the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours, portrayed by Ryan Moloney.- Character's background :...

Kym Valentine is a Maltese Australian actress best known for her portrayal of Libby Kennedy-Fitzgerald in the soap opera Neighbours.-Biography:...

Elizabeth 'Libby' Grace Kennedy-Fitzgerald is a fictional character in the Australian soap Neighbours, played by Kym Valentine. She first appeared from 1994 until 2003, and returned for six months in 2004. Libby made a cameo in Annalise Hartman's 20th Anniversary documentary in 2005. She returned...

Joyce Jacobs is a British character actress in Australia adept at playing gossips and interfering busybodies. During the 1970s she played the recurring bit part character of Mrs. Carson in Number 96. Joyce. Jacobs later became best known for her Long-Running role as gossip Esme Watson in Seven...

Judy Nunn is an Australian actress and author. Her breakout role was as scheming bisexual reporter Vicky Stafford in the risque soap opera The Box. Her character became a popular cult-figure in the series and Nunn continued in the role for the show's entire 1974-1977 run...

Ailsa Stewart was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She was married to Alf Stewart and had a son Duncan. She was played by actress Judy Nunn for 13 and a half years...

Stefan Dennis is an Australian actor most famous for playing the role of Paul Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1985–1993...

Paul James Robinson is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Stefan Dennis. He appeared in the first episode in 1985 that was broadcast on Seven Network, and was in the episodes that was broadcast on Network Ten up until August 1992. Paul re-appeared for a handful...

Anne Haddy was an Australian film and television actress, best known for her role in the long-running soap opera, Neighbours.-Biography:...

Helen Daniels was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, portrayed by the late actress Anne Haddy. The character appeared from the very first episode in 1985 until her death in 1997, making her the longest-serving original character...

Brian Wenzel is an Australian character actor, most famous for his long run as Sergeant Frank Gilroy in the television program A Country Practice. He was an original cast member and remained along with Shane Porteous through the entire Series and won a Logie for the role...

Shane Porteous is an Australian television character actor.He remains best known for playing Dr...

Lyn Collingwood is an Australian actress. Collingwood was cast as Colleen Stewart on Home and Away when the show first aired in 1988, and returned in 1999 to reprise her role....

Anne Charleston is an Australian actress currently based in Galway, Ireland and the UK. She is probably most famous for her role as Madge Bishop in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and more recently as Lily Butterfield in Emmerdale.-Early career:Anne Charleston first became widely recognisable...

Margaret Mary "Madge" Bishop played by Anne Charleston was one of the matriarchs of Australian television soap opera Neighbours...

Gordon Piper was an Australian film and television actor and theatre director. Piper was born in Cheltenham, New South Wales....

Lorrae Desmond MBE is an Australian actress.She remains best known for her role as Shirley Gilroy in the television series A Country Practice, which she played from 1981-1992. Lorrae travelled to Britain in the 1950s and became a celebrity there...

Carla Bonner is an Australian actress best known for playing the role of Stephanie Scully in the soap opera Neighbours, a role she has played since 1999...

Stephanie Jo Scully is a fictional character on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She entered the series in 1999, originally played by Emma Roche, but replaced by Carla Bonner after only three weeks of filming .-History:Steph was once an apprentice mechanic, working at Lou's...