Back in February, We Love Soaps revealed our panel of critics' 50 Greatest Soap Opera Actresses of All Time list. We then asked fans to submit their own lists so that we could create "The Fans Strike Back" countdown. Hundreds of We Love Soaps readers submitted their lists. The results have now been tabulated and so far we have revealed 50-46, 45-41, 40-36, 35-31, 30-26, 25-21 and 20-16. Today we'll take a look at 15-11.
NAME: Susan LucciRANK (FANS): 15
SOAP ROLES: Erica Kane, ALL MY CHILDREN (1970-present); Hillary Taylor, DALLAS (1990-1991); LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING (1967)
RANK (CRITICS): 20
NAME: Michelle StaffordRANK (FANS): 14
SOAP ROLES: Phyllis Summers, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (1994-1997, 2000-present); Joanna Hadley, PACIFIC PALISADES (1997); Frankie, TRIBES (1990)
RANK (CRITICS): 17
NAME: Kristian AlfonsoRANK (FANS): 13
SOAP ROLES: Hope Williams Brady, DAYS OF OUR LIVES (1983-1987, 1990, 1994-present); Lauren Ethridge, MELROSE PLACE (1993-1994); Pilar Cumson, FALCON CREST (1988-1990)
RANK (CRITICS): -
NAME: Genie FrancisRANK (FANS): 12
SOAP ROLES: Laura Webber Spencer, GENERAL HOSPITAL (1976-1982, 1983-1985, 1993-2002, 2006); Ceara Connor, ALL MY CHILDREN (1990-1992); Ceara Connor, LOVING (1991); Diana Colville, DAYS OF OUR LIVES (1987-1989)
RANK (CRITICS): 16
NAME: Elizabeth HubbardRANK (FANS): 11
SOAP ROLES: Lucinda Walsh, AS THE WORLD TURNS (1984-1999, 1999-present); Sair Poindexter, GOEDE TIJDEN SLECHTE TIJDEN (2009-PRESSENT); Estelle Chadwick, ONE LIFE TO LIVE (1983-1984); Althea Davis, THE DOCTORS (1964-1969, 1970-1977, 1981-1982); Carol Kramer, THE EDGE OF NIGHT (1963); Anne Benedict Fletcher, THE GUIDING LIGHT (1962)
RANK (CRITICS): 15
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