All My Children
American television soap opera
Set in the upscale town of Pine Valley, Pa., a fictional suburb of Philadelphia, All My Children revolves around the intertwined relationships and secrets of several families and has a history of controversial yet socially relevant storylines dealing with topics like abortion in the 1970s, AIDs in the 1980s, and same-sex marriage in the 2000s.
Cast ages at the series premiere (January 5, 1970)
- Cameron Mathison, as Ryan Lavery: 0
- Michael E. Knight, as Tad Martin: 10
- Susan Lucci, as Erica Kane: 23
- David Canary, as Adam Chandler / Stuart Chandler: 31
- Vincent Irizarry, as David Hayward: 10
- Thorsten Kaye, as Zach Slater: 3
- Darnell Williams, as Jesse Hubbard: 14
- Walt Willey, as Jackson Montgomery: 18
- Debbi Morgan, as Angie Baxter: 13
- Marcy Walker, as Liza Colby: 8
- Dorothy Lyman, as Opal Cortlandt: 22
- Jill Larson, as Opal Cortlandt: 22
- Ray MacDonnell, as Joe Martin: 41
- Julia Barr, as Brooke English: 20
- Eva LaRue, as Maria Santos: 3
- Cady McClain, as Dixie Cooney: 0
- John Callahan, as Edmund Grey: 16
- James Mitchell, as Palmer Cortlandt: 49
- James Kiberd, as Trevor Dillon: 20
- Kate Collins, as Janet Green / Natalie Dillon: 11
- Michael Nader, as Dimitri Marick: 24
- Eileen Herlie, as Myrtle Fargate: 51
- Ruth Warrick, as Phoebe Tyler Wallingford: 53
- Lee Meriwether, as Ruth Martin: 34
- Mary Fickett, as Ruth Martin: 41
- Keith Hamilton Cobb, as Noah Keefer: 7
- Jennifer Bassey, as Marian Colby: 27
- Rosa Nevin, as Cecily Davidson: 7
- Matt Borlenghi, as Brian Bodine: 2
- Genie Francis, as Ceara Connor Hunter: 7
- Gillian Spencer, as Daisy Murdock: 30
- Laurence Lau, as Greg Nelson: 15
- Frances Heflin, as Mona Kane Tyler: 49
- Susan Pratt, as Barbara Montgomery: 13
- Candice Earley, as Donna Sago: 19
- Taylor Miller, as Nina Cortlandt: 15
- Francesca James, as Kelly Cole Tyler: 20
- Matthew Cowles, as Billy Clyde Tuggle: 25
- Maurice Benard, as Nico Kelly: 6
- Alan Dysert, as Sean Cudahy: 18
- Elizabeth Lawrence, as Myra Murdock Sloan: 47
- Peter Bergman, as Cliff Warner: 16
- Kim Delaney, as Jenny Gardner: 8
- Robert Gentry, as Ross Chandler: 29
- William Mooney, as Paul Martin: 33
- Richard Hatch, as Phil Brent: 24
- Ellen Wheeler, as Cindy Parker / Karen Parker: 8
- Kathleen Noone, as Ellen Tucker: 24
- Mark La Mura, as Mark Dalton: 21
- Linda Gibboney, as Sybil Thorne: 19
- John Danelle, as Frank Grant: 25