Susan Flannery

One of daytime’s all-time most acclaimed actresses, Susan Flannery launched her soap career as Laura Horton on Days of Our Lives, a role she played from 1966-75 and earned her a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1975. That same year, she was honored with a Golden Globe as New Star of the Year for her performance in 1974’s The Towering Inferno. From 1987-2012, Flannery starred on Bold and Beautiful as iron-fisted matriarch Stephanie Forrester, earning three more Lead Actress Daytime Emmys (2000, 2002, 2003). She retired from acting in 2012.