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GH Soap Star Stats
Soap Star Stats
A bona fide California girl, Julie Marie Berman was born and raised in Los Angeles. Courted by casting directors and talent scouts from a young age, Berman had already starred in a number of commercials by the time most kids were learning their multiplication tables.
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A California native, Rebecca Herbst became intrigued with acting when her older sister, Jennifer, appeared in a children's exercise video for Disney. The video's producer, who was also an agent, promptly arranged Herbst's first commercial audition for Banner toilet tissue, and she landed it at the tender age of 6.
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Raised just outside of Dallas, Texas boy Josh Duhon attended Collin Community College and Southern Methodist University. In his spare time, he enjoys boxing, true to his character Logan's bad boy image, and has been known to ride motorcycles.
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Anthony Geary grew up in Coalville, Utah — which actually had no coal, just one diamond in the rough and around 799 other people. Although his family's business was construction, it was the arts that fueled Geary.
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Sarah Brown had an eclectic upbringing, living in various combinations with her mother, father and two siblings in cities throughout California. She began her acting career at the prestigious Los Angeles High School for the Performing Arts.
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Sebastian Roché's sexy mercenary, James Craig, immediately caught the attention of Digest editors and fans. The actor first aired as the criminal mastermind behind the Metro Court hostage drama in January 2007.
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Prior to breaking into daytime television in 1991, Laura Wright (née Sisk) was a huge soap fan who read the magazines and was devoted to the ABC line-up... Wright never imagined that one day she'd be the one profiled in Soap Opera Digest.
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Natalia Livingston was born in Johnstown, Pa. and grew up in Macon, Ga. She started acting in high school and dabbled in acting classes at Emory University, where she earned her degree in sociology.
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The king of quips, on-screen and off, Kin Shriner has been both a dramatic and a comedic favorite of soap audiences for nearly 30 years... Kin first made a name for himself in daytime in 1977 when he joined GH as earnest, young, law student Scotty.
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Jacklyn Zeman was born in Englewood, N.J. At the age of 15, she completed her high school studies and moved to the Big Apple on a dance scholarship from New York University.
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Rick Hearst joined the cast of GENERAL HOSPITAL in November of 2002 as the passionate Ric Lansing. He grew up in New York in a tight-knit Italian Family. Rick's fascination for the ocean and sea life would have led him to a career in oceanography but, at the age of twelve, his focus shifted to acting when his mother remarried and they moved to Texas.
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Born in Kansas City, MO, Charleson knew at an early age that she wanted to act and made her way to New York City. There, she jumped into daytime and even garnered her first Emmy nomination. But it’s her classic commercial for Pearl Drops toothpaste that Charleson credits as her true entry into show business.
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Steve Burton was born in Indianapolis, IN and raised in Cleveland, OH and Chicago, IL. The only child of divorced parents, Burton spent his childhood living with his optician mother in the Midwest. At age 16, he went to Beverly Hills, CA to visit his father, a jockey and real-estate manager.
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One of daytime's hottest stars, Maurice Benard has endeared himself to audiences as GENERAL HOSPITAL's moody mobster Sonny Corinthos for the past 10 years. Born and raised in San Francisco as Mauricio Morales, Benard's mom hails from El Salvador and his father is from Nicaragua.
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Nancy Lee Grahn grew up in Skokie, Ill. When she was a teenager she developed an interest in acting, making her first stage appearance as a pony in a community theater production of Oklahoma.
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Greg Vaughan, a self-proclaimed mama's boy, was born and raised in Dallas, TX. While in high school, he began modeling to raise a few bucks. Upon graduation, he headed to the runways of Italy.
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The youngest of four children, Tyler Christopher was born in Joliet, IL, but he grew up with his two sisters and brother in Delaware, OH. Accomplished in sports, he graduated from high school and attended Ohio Wesleyan University for two years, before heading to California to pursue a career in acting.
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Born into a family of all girls, Kelly Monaco was a self-proclaimed tomboy... Her first acting gig came along in a big way in 1997, when she landed the recurring role of rookie lifeguard Susan on BAYWATCH.
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Annie Wersching grew up in St. Louis, Mo., where she used to compete in Irish dancing. After graduating from Millikin University (Decatur, Ill) in with a BFA in musical theater, she headed to Hollywood to pursue acting.
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Stuart Damon — born Stuart Michael Zonis — always loved making people laugh. The son of struggling Russian immigrants who came to America during the Bolshevik Revolution and settled in Brooklyn, NY, Damon become heavily involved in musical theater as a child.
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Robin Christopher can be considered an overnight sensation. Spotted by a photographer in Boston as a teenager, she left her strict, Catholic upbringing and immediately headed to Japan for a three-month modeling stint. Following jobs in London and Germany, Christopher returned to the States.
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Kari Wuhrer began her career as a model, which quickly led to work in commercials. She studied drama at NYU and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England with famed acting teacher Uta Hagen. Wuhrer became the hostess of the popular MTV game show REMOTE CONTROL in 1988.
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Genie Francis, daughter of Canadian actor Ivor Francis, was born on May 26 in Englewood, New Jersey. At just the young age of 14, shortly after a guest appearance on the ABC series FAMILY, she landed the role of Laura Spencer on GENERAL HOSPITAL.
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Corbin Bernsen was born to Jeanne Cooper (Katherine, YOUNG AND RESTLESS) and Harry Bernsen in Hollywood, CA. He has two siblings — a brother, Collin, and a sister, Caren — who are also actors.
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Dallas native Catherine Wadkins, who grew up in Portland, Ore., made her daytime debut as the widow Mary Bishop on GENERAL HOSPITAL.
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Although Lynn Herring was born in Enid, Okla., she calls Jennings, La. her home. As an Air Force kid, Herring attended more than 15 schools in 10 states and Puerto Rico. After earning her degree in psychology from Louisiana State University, Herring moved to New York City and worked as a model.
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Anne Jeffreys was born on Jan. 26, 1923 in Goldsboro, N.C. She caught the performing bug at an early age; at 10 she had her own radio show in her home state. Jeffreys was a junior model for John Robert Powers in New York, while studying for an operatic career. From there she was offered and accepted a role in Fun for the Money, a musical review in Hollywood.
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Born in Hollywood and raised in Bethesda, Md., Ted King started acting in college and received his undergraduate degree from The University of California (Santa Barbara). He later studied film direction at the Tisch School of Arts at NYU and has worked in film editing as well as acting.
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Brad Maule was born in Rotan, Texas, and though he’s wandered the country pursuing musical and theatrical pursuits, he has always retained his love for the Lone Star state. “I was raised a cowboy kid,” he told Digest in 1997.
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Born in Atlanta, GA, and raised in Orange County, CA, Alicia Leigh Willis's acting career got off to a Grrrreat start when she was 15 years old and was cast in a Frosted Flakes commercial in which she played beach volleyball with none other than Tony the Tiger.
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