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Anne Howard, Stephen Schnetzer, Colleen Zenk, Anna Holbrook, Ryan Brown and Nelson Aspen. |
It was Six Degrees of Soap Stars this week when actors from
Another World,
As the World Turns and
Guiding Light came together for a gathering of cast members from the upcoming Nelson Aspen-Janet Iacobuzio web series, shooting a series of promos and title shots.
Stay tuned to
Serial Scoop for updates and announcements on this exciting new project as they become available. In the meantime, let's look at the many soap lives of this talented group.
Anne Howard is best known to fans of daytime drama for her portrayal of Nicole Love on
Another World, and Kimberly Brady on
Days of our Lives. Her many post-soap opera credits include primetime serials
Desperate Housewives,
Nip/Tuck and
Private Practice, and she has become a host/spokesperson extraordinaire for a number of companies.
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Anne Howard, Stephen Schnetzer, Colleen Zenk, Anna Holbrook
and Ryan Brown will appear in Nelson Aspen's upcoming
web series. |
Stephen Schnetzer played
Days of our Lives' Steven Olson and
One Life to Live's Marcello Salta before taking on his signature role as Cass Winthrop on Another World from 1982 to 1999. He later crossed the character over to both
As the World Turns and
Guiding Light. Schnetzer was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1990 for his work on
Another World. He played "Dr. Cass Winthrop" (same name, different character) on two episodes of
Homeland in 2013, and recently
reunited with former Another World co-star Alice Barrett in an episode of
The Following.
Colleen Zenk spent 32 years playing sweet-heroine-turned-mother-from-hell Barbara Ryan on
As the World Turns, earning three Emmy nominations, critical acclaim and a huge fan following along the way. She has been working non-stop on stage, TV, film and web series since
ATWT went off the air in 2010, including the Indie Series Award-nominated role of Agnes Snead in Western drama
Thurston.
Anna Holbrook has appeared on
One Life to Live and
All My Children but is best known for her Emmy-winning work as Sharlene Frame Hudson (and her alter Sharly) on
Another World. In 2008, she played the wife of former
Another World co-star Kale Browne in an episode of a radio soap opera I wrote and produced,
Scripts & Scruples.
Ryan Brown starred as legacy characters Bill Lewis on
Guiding Light and Billy Abbott on
The Young and the Restless. Since his soap days, Brown has become a successful author and photographer.
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Denise Pence and Nelson Aspen
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Nelson Aspen played Albert Prange on
Search for Tomorrow, and then moved to the production side of daytime drama, working on the staffs of every East Coast based serial drama, doing everything from casting to writing. He is currently an international entertainment reporter, who appears on the popular Australian morning show
Sunrise.
Denise Pence is still remembered fondly for her run as Nurse Katie Parker on
Guiding Light from 1977 to 1985. She has been active in the theater community since her soap days, including her heralded work with The Rehearsal Club.