|
|
Soap Star Stats S-T-U-V
Soap Star Stats S-T-U-V
Born in Rome, Antonio Sabato Jr. and his family (including his father, Italian film actor Antonio Sabato, Sr.) moved to L.A. when he was 12. After graduating from Beverly Hills High School, he got an agent and his first gigs: modeling jobs and a role in Janet Jackson's music video for "Love Will Never Do (Without You)."
MORE 
Lawrence Saint-Victor was born in Rockland County, N.Y., and grew up in Spring Valley, N.Y. He attended the Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film at SUNY Purchase, where he received his B.F.A. in acting. As a student, he played in Six Degrees of Separation and Shakespeare's A Winter’s Tale.
MORE
Paul Satterfield was born in Nashville, TN and raised in California. His father was a Nashville firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. The actor attended Whitman College in Washington on a basketball scholarship. He earned degrees in English literature and dramatic arts.
MORE
Andover, KS native Kevin Schmidt got into acting thanks to his brothers Kendall and Kenneth. While both were involved with showbiz, a young Schmidt wasn't interested in performing himself. However, when he was about 9, his mother suggested he join his siblings in Los Angeles for the summer.
MORE
Massachusetts native Marnie Schulenburg grew up playing sports, but always loved musical theater. She studied that discipline while she attended DeSales University in Pennsylvania.
MORE
Though ATWT marks Chaunteé Schuler's television debut, the talented singer and dancer is certainly no stranger to performing.
MORE
The eldest of four children, James Scott always knew he was destined to become an actor. He was first introduced to the theater upon moving to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he got a summer job at the Gilded Balloon Theatre, working with such great actors/comedians as Stephen Fry, Ben Elton and Eddie Izzard.
MORE
Melody Thomas Scott began her career at age 3 under the tutelage of renowned coach Ethel Meglin, who helped launch the career of Shirley Temple. Scott studied singing, tap, ballet and jazz dancing.
MORE
As the middle child of five brothers growing up in Italy, Paolo Seganti first found the spotlight (and worked out his teenage aggression) in a boxing ring.... He always equated the ring to a stage, and sure enough, that's where a fashion photographer discovered him.
MORE
While going to high school in Tulsa, OK, Ted Shackelford had a percolating interest in acting, but it wasn't until he graduated from the University of Denver that he gave community theater a try. Thoroughly infected by the acting bug, Shackelford moved to New York City and worked as the night manager of The Carlyle Hotel while waiting for his big break.
MORE
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.
MORE
New York City native Jake Silbermann was raised in an artistic family and always had an interest in performing. After graduating from high school, he attended Syracuse University, where he received a B.A. in theater.
MORE
Sabine Singh was born in New York to the daughter of an Indian Maharaja father and an Austrian beauty queen mother. As a child, she enjoyed both dancing and acting.
MORE
Erika Slezak comes from a long line of established actors. Her father is the late Walter Slezak, who starred in numerous films and on Broadway. During his career, Walter won a Tony award for his performance in the hit Fanny. The legacy doesn't end there: Slezak's grandfather, Leo Slezak, was an acclaimed opera singer.
MORE
Tina Sloan was born and raised in Bronxville, NY, a posh New York City suburb. She's the daughter of a Harvard-educated lawyer and spent most of her childhood within the protective confines of her conservative upbringing.
MORE
Cornelius Smith, Jr. was born in California (his father, who spent 20 years in the Marine Corps, was stationed there) and reared in Detroit, MI. He is the oldest of three (brother Curtis is one year younger; sister Patricia is 10 years his junior) and fell in love with acting in high school.
MORE
Smith caught the acting bug at age 5, but she got her "big break" while attending Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, where a school production of Song Night in the City made it to off-Broadway. After several theater roles and prime-time TV gigs like NO SOAP, RADIO with Steve Guttenberg, Smith entered the daytime world.
MORE
A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sursok and her family moved to Australia when she was 5. Sursok discovered a love for acting early on and soon began performing on both television and the stage. She studied speech and drama at Trinity College of London.
MORE
Michelle Ray Smith was born in Bloomfield, Michigan, and is the oldest of four children. Growing up in Michigan, Smith spent time fishing, hiking, playing basketball and softball, and and dreaming of being a hair and makeup artist. Seeking her goal as a beauty professional, she studied cosmetology while still in high school.
MORE
Jesse Soffer's career began with a Kix cereal commercial at age 6; he had played Bobby in the two BRADY BUNCH movies and co-starred with everyone from Susan Sarandon to the Olsen twins by the time he was 15, when he took the role of GL's Max.
MORE
Born Christopher Stack, Jr. in Chicago, IL, to parents Chris and Ann, Stack was raised in Indianapolis, where his acting career started with nativity plays and a sixth-grade production of H.M.S. Pinafore.
MORE
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Michelle Stafford made the trek to California as an infant. Her parents moved her and her older sister, Janine, to Montrose, California, where she was raised.
MORE
Though he was born in Chicago, Richard Steinmetz's family moved to Seattle when
he was 5 years old. By seventh grade, he realized he was meant to act. After graduating from high school, Steinmetz played for the Portland
Timbers soccer team.
MORE
Paul Anthony Stewart ventured into acting out of sibling rivalry. He was raised in Philadelphia by his mother and stepfather, and has two brothers. One of his mother's favorite stories involves Stewart jumping on tables, demanding his parents' attention.
MORE
A GENERAL HOSPITAL and ONE LIFE TO LIVE fan from childhood, Nancy St. Alban immediately thought about acting on soaps when a friend mentioned that she had found a small, private school that specialized in actin.
MORE
Timothy D. Stickney grew up with his four siblings in Wilmington, DE. His mother, Bell, was a housewife while his father, Felix, was a fund-raiser for the YMCA. Although his parents had hoped little Timothy would grow up to be a lawyer or a doctor, Stickney knew at a young age that he wanted to be an actor.
MORE
Kristoff St. John was born with acting in his blood. His father, Christopher, is an actor/director, while his stepmother, Marie, is an actress who graduated from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. St. John considers Marie to be his mother and has a great deal of respect for her for giving up her career for her family.
MORE
Trevor St. John grew up in Orchard Prairie, Wash. He attended Whitworth college in Spokane on a jazz scholarship, where he got his first taste of acting. Hollywood came to Spokane to shoot the film Benny & Joon, and St. John was hired as Aidan Quinn’s stand-in.
MORE
Kirsten Storms knew she wanted to become an actress at age 5, when she'd accompany her sports director father, Mike, to work and pretended she was a weather girl. Workers at the station actually recorded her "forecasts" so that Storms could critique her performance.
MORE
Soap viewers were first introduced to the dazzling Robin Strasser when she created the vixen Rachel Davis on ANOTHER WORLD in 1967. Since then, the lively and sometimes controversial actress has become a virtual fixture in daytime.
MORE
Alison Sweeney may have been sweet 16 when she joined DAYS, but fans soon found themselves loving to hate her not-so-sweet character. Though she was young, the Los Angeles native had already amassed an impressive set of credits as a child actor.
MORE
Jason Tam was born and raised in Aina Haina, a town outside of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. He began performing in third grade when he appeared in a community theater production of Bye Bye Birdie.
MORE
One could say that Josh Taylor 's career has come full circle. Growing up in Chillicothe, IL, Taylor was more into sports than acting and was on his high school's football, track and baseball teams (his father, George, was the coach).
MORE
Leigh Taylor-Young was born in Washington, D.C. and studied economics at Northwestern University. She changed her major to theater and studied under Alvina Krause, who allowed her to perform as the youngest member of the distinguished Eaglesmere Summer Repertory Theatre.
MORE
The middle son of Phillip, a draftsman for the city of Edmonton, Canada, and Louise, a college administrator, Thompson grew up a clean-cut, Catholic schoolboy who enjoyed hockey and camping. One night while busing tables at a local restaurant, he was "discovered" by a modeling agent.
MORE
Gina Tognoni was raised in Syracuse, NY and in Rhode Island. She attended a Catholic high school and was intent on pursuing a degree at Emerson College when she won Miss Teen Rhode Island, her first pageant.
MORE
Born in Hinsdale, IL, Heather Tom became a commercial actress at the age of 2, and was dancing with the Pacific Northwest Ballet by age 10.
MORE
Born into a family of five children outside of Pittsburgh, PA, Tamara Tunie was raised in the funeral home where her father worked... She was discovered by an agent and soon moved to New York City, which would become her beloved new hometown.
MORE
Aiden Turner was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, and grew up about 25 miles north of London. A love of cooking dinner and desserts led him to attend culinary school.
MORE
Hunter Tylo began her daytime career as street-smart Robin McCall on ALL MY CHILDREN, and followed with a short stint as Marina Toscano on DAYS OF OUR LIVES. In 1990, she joined THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, which signified having roles on all three major networks.
MORE
After attending Modesto Junior College and California State University,
Fresno, Kim Johnson Ulrich graduated from CSU Stanislaus in Turlock, CA, as an art major with intentions of becoming an interior designer. On the side, she did
makeup at a local theater.
MORE
Joan Van Ark was born in New York and is married to her high school sweetheart, John Marshall, a former award winning TV newsman. They are the parents of Vanessa Marshall, an accomplished actress and comedian.
MORE
— ROBIN PLATZER/TWIN IMAGES
Caitlin Van Zandt was born and raised in New York City. She spent much of her childhood growing up in the wings of Radio City Music Hall, where her mother is a wardrobe supervisor. ("It was quite an interesting upbringing, an interesting playground," Van Zandt muses.)
MORE
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.
MORE
Jerry VerDorn was born in Sioux Falls, SD, but due to his father's job as a salesman, his family relocated often, settling in various parts of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. VerDorn attended Moorhead State University in Minnesota with intentions of becoming an English teacher.
MORE
More Soap Star Stats (by last name):
A-B-C
D-E-F
G-H-I
J-K-L
M-N-O
P-Q-R
S-T-U-V
W-X-Y-Z
|
|
You need to upgrade your Flash Player
Place your alternate content here.
HOT OFF THE NET
- Let us know your favorite actor, actress, and couple on soaps in our online poll...
- Tell us what you really think in our online polls...
|
