20 (Okay 22!) Oscar Winners Who Appeared on Soaps!
By Jamey Giddens on February 28, 2012
No. 15. Susan Sarandon, A World Apart and Search For Tomorrow
Her portrait of a courageous nun who befriends a death row inmate in Dead Man Walking, led to Susan Sarandon winning the Oscar for Best Actress in 2005. We bet it took plenty of courage for a then ingénue Sarandon to bring to life a character based on legendary soap opera creator Irna Phillips’ real-life family drama! That’s exactly what Sarandon did from 1970-71 on ABC Daytime’s A World Apart. The actress played Patrice Kahlman, adopted daughter of an overbearing soap opera writer. The series was created by Phillips’ own adopted daughter Katherine Phillips. Her first stint in daytime must not have scared Sarandon off, because the actress went on to play the role of Sarah Fairbanks on Search For Tomorrow in 1972.
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26 February 2009
39 weeks 6 days
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.
2 December 2011
51 min 3 sec
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.
26 February 2009
39 weeks 6 days
They also shared a dressing room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEOiVTr9QnY&feature=related
8 February 2010
5 hours 33 min
Loved seeing Shane McDermott (ex-AMC) in Mira Sorvino's clip. Thanks!
12 January 2010
40 min 34 sec
What a fun article Jamey!
29 February 2012
1 year 11 weeks
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.