Guiding Light

Kimberly Brown began acting in commercials for the Ford Agency at the age of five. She appeared in her first Broadway show at age seven and made history by being in three Broadway shows by the age of nine: "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun", "Les Miserables" and "Showboat". She earned a Daytime Emmy nomination at 11 for her portrayal of "Marah Lewis" on Guiding Light (1952).

Robert Newman is perhaps best known for his 28-year run as Joshua Lewis on the longest running program in broadcasting history, Guiding Light. The role garnered him 2 Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

He has recently guest starred on House of Cards, Chicago Fire, Homeland, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and Law and Order: SVU. Film credits include Amazing Spider-Man 2, Dracano, and the short film Deadline, which earned him the Best Actor award at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 2015.

Off-Broadway Credits include Perfect Crime, She's of a Certain Age, Sessions: the Musical, and Quiet on the Set.

Most recent regional credits include Kiss Me Kate, Hairspray, Noises Off, The Civil War, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (With Kim Zimmer), The Lion In Winter (With Kim Zimmer), Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, the world premiere of Naked Influence, Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together, Other Desert Cities, Man of La Mancha, Gypsy (With Tovah Feldshuh and with Kim Zimmer), Love Letters, Fiddler on the Roof, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Deathtrap, Peter Pan, Shenandoah, Curtains, Annie, Nine, A Little Night Music, The Full Monty, and Sylvia (which he also directed.)

Kim Zimmer was born on 2 February 1955 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Body Heat (1981), Guiding Light (1952) and MacGyver (1985). She has been married to A.C. Weary since 29 August 1981. They have three children.

Beth Ehlers was born on 23 July 1968 in Queens, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Guiding Light (1952), The Hunger (1983) and Hiding Out (1987). She was previously married to Matt Christian and Bill Parsons.

Frank Dicopoulos was born in Akron, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Forever and a Day (2020), Guiding Light (1952) and Acton Vale. He has been married to Teja Anderson since 20 October 1990. They have two children.

Musician and actor Bradley "Brad" Cole studied drama and business at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California where he won a "Best Actor" award for his performance in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". He later founded a theater company in Paris, France, "La Version Originale", where he performed in classic American dramas such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", as well as original plays which he authored and for which he composed the music. While in Paris he could be seen in many roles in both French and American TV and film. He is most known in France for his portrayal of Daniel Green on the popular "cult" sitcom "Les Filles d'à Côté". During this period Cole also traveled to Nashville, Tennessee to record his first album of original compositions. After the success of "Les Filles d'à Côté", it was back to America for Cole where he was cast in the long-running soap opera "The Guiding Light" in New York City. He performed the dual characters of Prince Richard and Jeffrey O'Neil, a stint that lasted for over 10 years and for which he garnered a Soap Digest Award nomination. While in New York he performed in off-Broadway theater as well as roles in productions of Shakespeare in Princeton, New Jersey. During this time Cole recorded and released 3 more albums of original music and toured extensively across America playing mostly small clubs and venues coast to coast. His music has been recently uploaded to social media platforms. After the birth of his second child in 2010, Cole took a break from show business to be a stay-at-home dad. He currently lives in the desert in the southwest of the U.S. where he continues to write music and owns a small consulting business.

Crystal Chappell was born on 4 August 1965 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Venice the Series (2009), Guiding Light (1952) and Days of Our Lives (1965). She has been married to Michael Sabatino since 6 January 1997. They have two children. She was previously married to Scott Fanjoy.

Laura Wright was born on 11 September 1970 in Clinton, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for General Hospital (1963), Joy (2015) and Guiding Light (1952). She was previously married to John Wright.

Emme Rylan was born in Providence, North Carolina, USA. Emme is an actor and producer, known for Bring It on: All or Nothing (2006), General Hospital (1963) and Shevenge (2015).

Petronia Paley was born on 31 May 1947 in Albany, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for American Playhouse (1980), Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2015) and Transporter (2013).

Crystal Hunt was born on 5 February 1985 in Clearwater, Florida, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Hilton Head Island (2017), Magic Mike XXL (2015) and Sydney White (2007).

Murray Bartlett is an Australian actor. His roles include Dominic "Dom" Basaluzzo in the HBO comedy-drama series Looking, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver in the Netflix revival of Tales of the City, and Armond in the HBO satire comedy series The White Lotus, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He is set to star in the upcoming television series adaptation of The Last of Us.

Ricky Paull Goldin was born in San Francisco, California, January 5, 1965, to Irish/British parents, He was raised on both sides of the Atlantic, and attended Fordham University.

Ricky's entertainment career took off at the age of 3, when he appeared in episodes of Romper Room, Alf, Kate & Allie, 21 Jump Street and by the age of 15 he had made it to Broadway, starring in On Golden Pond.

Ricky's the executive producer and director of Project Dad for Discovery Life, TLC, and Family networks (2016-2017). In addition to Project Dad, with his production company, DB Goldline, Ricky has created, executive produced, and sold shows to CBS, ABC, MTV, HGTV, TLC, Discovery Family, Discovery Life, ESPN, Viacom, The Style Network, Lifetime, and The Design Network. In 2015, Ricky was executive producer and director on Parents' Choice Award Winner, Chicken Soup for the Soul's Hidden Heroes. Also in 2015, Ricky's production team was awarded 2 Emmys and a Peabody for A Chef's Life.

Also an accomplished Broadway and television actor with a career which has spanned more than 3 decades, Ricky's received 5 Emmy nominations and picked up 4 Clio awards. Ricky has appeared in several daytime dramas, where he created characters audiences fell in love with. He was a series regular on Another World, Guiding Light, All My Children, and appeared on Daytime's #1 series The Young and the Restless, and Bold and the Beautiful. In 2014 Goldin appeared in (and was a producer) on Beacon Hill, a web series shot entirely on location in Boston. In 2010 Ricky and his production company set out to pay tribute to his late father, Dr. Paul Goldin, who was a hypnotist, and a master of the paranormal. Ricky Goldin created, hosted and executive produced Seeing VS Believing, which premiered on TLC in May 2010.

In live theater, Ricky performed in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance (in London and Dublin) and Grease. In which he played Danny Zuko in the Broadway revival of Grease alongside Brooke Shields and Rosie O'Donnell, for over 726 performances.

Ricky's has hosted everything from ESPN auto races in Dubai, to 5 Live from the red carpet Emmy events for Disney/ABC.

Shortly after Ricky ended his run on All My Children, Disney Family.com picked him to appear in their collaboration with Kellogg's for a new group of on-line advertising. CeReality is Disney Family's cutting edge mini-web series. It debuted September 2011. The first of the series, 'The Young and the Breakfast,' took an affectionate tongue-in-cheek poke at the soap opera genre.

After appearing in HGTV's Favorite Places, featuring his home in California, HGTV offered Ricky his own design series. Spontaneous Construction premiered in February 2013 on HGTV, and also aired on the DIY Network.

Ricky lives with Gretta Monahan and their son Kai Rei Goldin.

Sharon Leal is a military brat. She was born in Tucson, Arizona. Sharon then moved with her parents to the Philippines, till she was 6 years old. She went to prayer-school there. Then, her parents packed up to move back to the US and settled in Fresno, California. Her mother, Angelita, who is Filipino, is a homemaker, and her father is African-American. She has a step-father, Elmer Manankil. Elmer and Angelita have a daughter, together. So, Sharon has a younger sister, Kristina Manankil.

How she got started with the desire for performing. At the age of two, Sharon sang into a microphone, and her parents taped her. This later led to acting, which she began doing in community theater productions as a teen. Sharon graduated from "Roosevelt High School of the Arts" in Fresno. In 1993, she won a vocal scholarship at the "Santa Cruz Jazz Festival", which enabled her to study with Seth Riggs (Michael Jackson's voice coach). Sharon has also performed in various rap and R&B music videos. She has sung in cabaret productions at B. Smith's, The Violet, and Steve McGraw's, all in New York City, and played teenager "Dahlia Creed" on the daytime soap opera, Guiding Light (1952), in the mid-90s. At New York Theatre Workshop: "Bright Lights, Big City". Regional credits include "Little Shop of Horrors"-Arizona Theatre Co., "Into the Woods"-Theatre Works CA and other shows like "Ain't Misbehavin", "West Side Story", "Me and My Girl" and "Nunsense", to name a few. Last performed on Broadway as "Mimi" in "Rent".

Tina Sloan was born on 1 February 1943 in Bronxville, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Black Swan (2010), Changing Lanes (2002) and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001). She has been married to Steve McPherson since 1 October 1975. They have one child. She was previously married to Littell.

Elizabeth Keifer was born on 14 November 1961 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Guiding Light (1952), Morning Glory (2010) and The Clique (2008). She has been married to Robert Patrick Convertino since 14 September 1996. They have two children. She was previously married to Brett Porter.

Terrell Tilford was born on 22 July 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Switched at Birth (2011), Single Ladies (2011) and The Protector (2011). He has been married to Victoria Gabrielle Platt since 29 September 2001. They have one child.

Born and raised in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia just outside Washington D.C. John Driscoll, the youngest of three children in a tight knit military family, grew up as a natural athlete playing soccer, baseball, and football, although his true passion in sports was and still is Lacrosse.

John originally intended upon going to college via an athletic scholarship, but quickly decided to study acting after modeling professionally straight out of High School. Appearing on the runway and in catalogs for clients such as Armani, Versace and Hecht's, John's passion for the spotlight naturally lead him into acting and performing, where he appeared in a diverse body of work ranging from commercials to musical theater, dancing and dramatic performances. John went on to attend George Mason University where he was a theater major and a brother of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

John's first television role, while still in his late teens, was on the WB's Young Americans (2000) appearing opposite Kate Bosworth in the role of Brandon. Shortly thereafter John won the appropriate role of Blossom (1990), the strict head of the "Sigma Ep" fraternity on season five of the WB's Dawson's Creek (1998), which can still be seen weekdays in syndication on TBS. John has also appeared recently as a featured guest on the latest WB hit series One Tree Hill (2003).

Now living in New York City, John can be seen daily on the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light (1952) as Henry Cooper 'Coop' Bradshaw.

Still an avid athlete, John combines his love of sports with his devotion to his family by making it back home as often as possible to challenge his Dad, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel to a friendly game of racquetball. John is also an animal lover who has been active in charities for children and the elderly since his high school years.

Tom was born and raised in New Jersey. He began acting in high school thanks to a great teacher, and after attending FPAC at Howell High he received a BFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. While at Rutgers he also studied Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre in London, England.

In spite of his theater background, Tom's first job was on the long running CBS daytime drama, Guiding Light. While there he won multiple Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Jonathan Randall, the charming and volatile son of the show's leading lady. Tom left the show and spent the next few years working on some independent films and television, but primarily in theater. He was the co-founder and artistic director of the Apothecary Theater Company. They produced the world premier of "In God's Hat", which opened to rave reviews and sold out the rest of its run. The NY Times called the play "terrific" and praised all involved. Pelphrey made his Broadway debut as Micky Deans in "End of the Rainbow", a play about the final days of Judy Garland that was nominated for multiple Tony Awards. He also appeared on Broadway in "Fool for Love" alongside Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda, meeting and working with Sam Shepard.

Tom played Kurt Bunker, a troubled former Neo-Nazi seeking redemption, on the cult-hit action show "Banshee". He was then cast as the wise-ass, drug addicted billionaire Ward Meachum in Marvel's "Iron Fist". Recently, Pelphrey received rave reviews and a lot of attention for his portrayal of Ben Davis on "Ozark"- the bi-polar brother of Wendy (Laura Linney). He was cast as Joseph Mankiewicz in David Fincher's "Mank", brother to Gary Oldman's Herman Mankiewicz. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, the most of any film in 2021.

Amelia Marshall was born on 2 April 1958 in Albany, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for All My Children (1970), Passions (1999) and According to Spencer (2001). She was previously married to Kent Schaffer and Daryl Waters.

E.J. Bonilla was born on 8 September 1988 in New York, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Four (2012), Gemini Man (2019) and The Long Road Home (2017).

Marty West is an American actor, also involved in stunt work, and casting. He began modeling while attending Arizona State University, where he wrestled at 134lbs. He was signed by the Ford modeling agency (Ford Robert Black), and despite his height of 5"9", he enjoyed a successful modeling career, being one of the shortest male models ever to sign with top agencies. Represented by L.A. Models, City Models (San Francisco), Ford N.Y., Irene Marie (miami), Fashion (milan), and a handful of others, he appeared in the Abercrombie & Fitch summer catalog, did editorial spreads in G.Q. Spain, Maxim Italia, Seventeen magazine, Y.M., was on the cover of Mens Health 18, and did campaigns for Mossimo, Levi's, and Oscar Dela Renta. He signed with Innovative Artists and quickly began screen testing for a number of soap operas, eventually landing the role of Kim Zimmer's (Reva) on screen son Shayne Lewis on "Guiding Light" which he played in over 120 episodes from 2003-2004. After his time on "Guiding Light", he moved to Los Angeles and began casting a number of Reality shows, including, "Next" (MTV), "Bully Beatdown" MTV, and "Shot At Love" (VH1). As of 2010 he was working as an actor, stuntman, and casting associate in Los Angeles.

Stephanie Gatschet was born on 16 March 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for All My Children (1970), Guiding Light (1952) and Roger Dodger (2002).

Kurt McKinney originally hails from Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of 21 he was already a black belt in Taekwondo and an amateur Kickboxer . He decided to become an actor and moved to Hollywood. He would go on to star in the 1985 film No Retreat No Surrender as the lead. The film, one of the 1st Hong Kong-U.S. crossovers (written by Keith Strandberg and directed by Corey Yuen), also starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as the main villain. The film was a sizable hit in the U.S. Kurt went on to star on the soap General Hospital as Ned Ashton. He was offered the lead in American Ninja III-VI but he didn't like the idea of working on all the films in South Africa because of the Apartheid. Kurt went on to TV films like Sworn to Vengeance with Robert Conrad and to big-screen films like Sworn to Justice with Cynthia Rothrock. He starred on Guiding Light as Matt Reardon for 10 years but martial arts fans will always remember him from his film debut in the1985 cult classic as Jason Stillwell in No Retreat No Surrender! His latest film The Last Kumite is available to rent or buy on most major platforms.

Yvonna Kopacz Wright is known for Perfect Stranger (2007), Nash Bridges (1996) and Blue Bloods (2010). She has been married to Brett Wright since 18 July 2003. They have two children.