# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 204
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4061 "2011-03-09T15:32:41Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Parlayed an Ensemble-Based TV Role Into Superstardom 1. Denzel Washington (St. Elsewhere) 2. George Clooney (Facts of Life) 3. Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies) 4. John Travolta (Welcome Back, Kotter) 5. Michael J Fox (Family Ties) 6. Ashton Kushter (That 70’s Show) 7. Johnny Depp (21 Jump Street) 8. Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 9. Christopher Lloyd (Taxi) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4062 "2011-03-09T15:35:54Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Parlayed an Ensemble-Based TV Role Into Superstardom 1. Denzel Washington (St. Elsewhere) 2. George Clooney (Facts of Life) 3. Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies) 4. John Travolta (Welcome Back, Kotter) 5. Michael J Fox (Family Ties) 6. Ashton Kushter (That 70’s Show) 7. Johnny Depp (21 Jump Street) 8. Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 9. Christopher Lloyd (Taxi) 10. Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4063 "2011-03-09T16:53:26Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Parlayed an Ensemble-Based TV Role Into Superstardom 1. Denzel Washington (St. Elsewhere) 2. George Clooney (Facts of Life) 3. Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies) 4. John Travolta (Welcome Back, Kotter) 5. Michael J Fox (Family Ties) 6. Ashton Kushter (That 70’s Show) 7. Johnny Depp (21 Jump Street) 8. Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 9. Christopher Lloyd (Taxi) 10. Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five) 11. George Clooney (again!) (Roseanne) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4064 "2011-03-09T17:36:07Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Parlayed an Ensemble-Based TV Role Into Superstardom 1. Denzel Washington (St. Elsewhere) 2. George Clooney (Facts of Life) 3. Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies) 4. John Travolta (Welcome Back, Kotter) 5. Michael J Fox (Family Ties) 6. Ashton Kushter (That 70’s Show) 7. Johnny Depp (21 Jump Street) 8. Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 9. Christopher Lloyd (Taxi) 10. Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five) 11. George Clooney (again!) (Roseanne) 12. Mary Tyler Moore (The Dick Van Dyke Show) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4065 "2011-03-09T17:38:15Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Parlayed an Ensemble-Based TV Role Into Superstardom 1. Denzel Washington (St. Elsewhere) 2. George Clooney (Facts of Life) 3. Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies) 4. John Travolta (Welcome Back, Kotter) 5. Michael J Fox (Family Ties) 6. Ashton Kushter (That 70’s Show) 7. Johnny Depp (21 Jump Street) 8. Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 9. Christopher Lloyd (Taxi) 10. Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five) 11. George Clooney (again!) (Roseanne) 12. Mary Tyler Moore (The Dick Van Dyke Show) 13. Robin Williams - Mork & Mindy Next: Acting sduperstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on _Another World_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4066 "2011-03-09T18:38:34Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4067 "2011-03-09T19:11:25Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4068 "2011-03-09T19:16:02Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4069 "2011-03-09T19:29:20Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World 5. Christopher Reeve - Ben Harper on _Love of Life_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4070 "2011-03-09T19:41:08Z")
Ray Liotta and Charles Durning are superstars? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4071 "2011-03-09T19:45:45Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World 5. Christopher Reeve - Ben Harper on Love of Life 6. Nathan Fillion - One Life to Live ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4072 "2011-03-09T21:02:01Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World 5. Demi Moore - General Hospital ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4073 "2011-03-09T21:18:28Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World 5. Christopher Reeve - Ben Harper on Love of Life 6. Nathan Fillion - One Life to Live 7. Demi Moore - General Hospital 8. Morgan Freeman - Another World ---
**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4074 "2011-03-09T21:59:17Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World 5. Christopher Reeve - Ben Harper on Love of Life 6. Nathan Fillion - One Life to Live 7. Demi Moore - General Hospital 8. Morgan Freeman - Another World 9. Yasmine Bleeth - Ryan’s Hope (sadly, I believe she was my namesake) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4075 "2011-03-09T22:09:14Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World 5. Christopher Reeve - Ben Harper on Love of Life 6. Nathan Fillion - One Life to Live 7. Demi Moore - General Hospital 8. Morgan Freeman - Another World 9. Yasmine Bleeth - Ryan’s Hope 10. Sarah Michelle Gellar - All My Children ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4076 "2011-03-10T01:16:16Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World 5. Christopher Reeve - Ben Harper on Love of Life 6. Nathan Fillion - One Life to Live 7. Demi Moore - General Hospital 8. Morgan Freeman - Another World 9. Yasmine Bleeth - Ryan’s Hope 10. Sarah Michelle Gellar - All My Children 11. Kathleen Turner - The Doctors ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4077 "2011-03-10T02:01:42Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World 5. Christopher Reeve - Ben Harper on Love of Life 6. Nathan Fillion - One Life to Live 7. Demi Moore - General Hospital 8. Morgan Freeman - Another World 9. Yasmine Bleeth - Ryan’s Hope 10. Sarah Michelle Gellar - All My Children 11. Kathleen Turner - The Doctors 12. Kevin Bacon - The Guiding Light ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4078 "2011-03-10T03:30:11Z")
Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps 1. Ray Liotta - Joey Perini on Another World 2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns 3. Meg Ryan (As the World Turns) 4. Charles Durning - Another World 5. Christopher Reeve - Ben Harper on Love of Life 6. Nathan Fillion - One Life to Live 7. Demi Moore - General Hospital 8. Morgan Freeman - Another World 9. Yasmine Bleeth - Ryan’s Hope 10. Sarah Michelle Gellar - All My Children 11. Kathleen Turner - The Doctors 12. Kevin Bacon - The Guiding Light 13. David Hasselhoff - The Young and the Restless (don’t hassel the Hoff!) Next: Musicians who’ve been acclaimed/awarded for **acting** roles 1. Cher (Academy Award for Moonstruck) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4079 "2011-03-10T04:04:27Z")
1. Cher (Academy Award for Moonstruck) 2. Mariah Carey (great reviews for Precious) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4080 "2011-03-10T04:10:30Z")
1. Cher (Academy Award for Moonstruck) 2. Mariah Carey (great reviews for Precious) 3. David Bowie (has done a good job in several films) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=205)