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20 (Okay 22!) Oscar Winners Who Appeared on Soaps!

By Jamey Giddens on February 28, 2012
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No. 10. Kevin Kline, Search For Tomorrow

Much like fellow soapers-turned-Oscar winners Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) and Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny), Kevin Kline managed to pull off a feat rarely done in Hollywood, when he scored an Academy Award for a comedic performance in 1988’s A Fish Called Wanda. The actor no doubt fine-tuned those Oscar-winning chops back in 1976 when he appeared on Search For Tomorrow as Woody Reed.

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Submitted by Carol2 on February 28, 2012 - 4:42pm
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Surprised Beatrice Straight (Love of Life, Supporting Actress winner for Network) isn't on here. Or Ellen Burstyn, who was one of the leads on The Doctors in the mid-60's, under the name Kate Bartok. Olympia Dukakis was on Search for Tomorrow in a contract role only about 5-6 years before she won an Oscar.

Ben Kingsley was on Corrie as one of David Barlow's friends, off and on from 66-67. Ian McKellen was on the show in 2005 for a cameo.

Submitted by MsAgentProvocateur1 on February 28, 2012 - 6:10pm
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I know Julienne Moore didn't win, just nominated but she and Marisa Tomei shared the screen for a year on As The World turns, she Tomei played Marcy and Moore played Frannie. I mention this because the scene posted here is with an earlier version of Frannie and it would've been cool if the scene posted was of them together.

Submitted by Carol2 on February 28, 2012 - 6:48pm
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They also shared a dressing room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEOiVTr9QnY&feature=related

Submitted by Plum on February 28, 2012 - 8:36pm
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Loved seeing Shane McDermott (ex-AMC) in Mira Sorvino's clip. Thanks!

Submitted by Everett on February 28, 2012 - 9:26pm
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What a fun article Jamey!

Submitted by robw on February 29, 2012 - 1:30am
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Didn't George Kennedy also have a role on Y&R a few years back?

And one of the first soap actors to win an oscar was Mercedes McCambridge, who was in the original cast of "The Guiding Light" on radio.

Also Eva Marie Saint, on the first television version of One Man's Family.

Don Ameche was on radio's "Betty and Bob," as was Van Heflin.