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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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Acting superstars who got their starts on the soaps

  1. Ray Liotta- - Joey Perini on Another World
  2. Julianne Moore - As The World Turns
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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)
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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
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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
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Ray Liotta and Charles Durning are superstars?

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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
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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
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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
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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)

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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
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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
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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
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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)
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  1. Cher (Academy Award for Moonstruck)
  2. Mariah Carey (great reviews for Precious)
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  1. Cher (Academy Award for Moonstruck)
  2. Mariah Carey (great reviews for Precious)
  3. David Bowie (has done a good job in several films)