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Guiding Light

Premiered

Platform

Genre

Guiding Light

About

Starting as a radio program in 1937, the show follows the town of Springfield, specifically, the Bauer family.

Trivia

It holds the Guinness World Record for longest-running drama on television, having run for 57 years. The show won the Outstanding Daytime Drama Series at the Day Emmys in 1980.

#1869 Show

Guiding Light Cast

Bethany Joy Lenz, 43

Michelle Santos

1

Jordan Clarke, 73

Billy Lewis III

2

Tom Pelphrey, 41

Jonathan Randall

3

Murray Bartlett, 53

Cyrus Foley

4

Melina Kanakaredes, 57

Eleni Andros Cooper

5

Lisa Brown (1954-2021)

6

Michael O'Leary, 66

Dr. Rick Baur

7

Jeff Branson, 47

Shayne Lewis

8

Lawrence Saint-Victor, 42

Remy Rivera

9

Kim Zimmer, 69

Reva Shayne

10

Daniel Cosgrove, 53

Bill Lewis III

11

Robert Bogue, 59

A.C. Mallet

12

Frank Dicopoulos, 67

Frank Cooper Jr.

13

Jay Hammer, 79

Fletcher Reed

14

Crystal Chappell, 58

Olivia Spencer

15

Gina Tognoni, 50

Dinah Marler

16

Robert Newman, 66

Joshua Lewis

17

Jessica Leccia, 48

Natalia Riveria

18

Mandy Bruno, 42

Marina Cooper

19

Grant Aleksander, 64

Phillip Spaulding

20

Krista Tesreau, 60

Mindy Lewis

21

Bradley Cole, 65

Jeffrey O'Neill

22

Elizabeth Keifer, 62

Blake Thorpe

23

Ron Raines, 74

Alan Spaulding

24

Bonnie Dennison, 35

Susan 'Daisy' Lemay

25

Peter Simon, 80

Dr. William 'Ed' Bauer

26

Justin Deas, 76

Frank 'Buzz' Cooper Sr.

27

Caitlin Van Zandt, 38

Ashlee Wolfe

28

Maureen Garrett, 75

Holly Norris

29

Popularity

Soap Opera Show #27

Show Premiered in 1952 #3

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