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The Guiding Light ()


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This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.

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  Reva Shayne / ... (1,946 episodes, 1983-2009)
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  Beth Raines / ... (1,591 episodes, 1989-2009)
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  Holly Norris / ... (1,200 episodes, 1976-2009)
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  Joshua Lewis / ... (880 episodes, 1980-2009)
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  Harley Cooper / ... (652 episodes, 1987-2008)
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  Frank Cooper, Jr. / ... (569 episodes, 1987-2009)
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  Alan Spaulding / ... (558 episodes, 1986-2009)
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  Dr. Rick Bauer / ... (537 episodes, 1983-2009)
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  Phillip Spaulding / ... (532 episodes, 1983-2009)
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  Frank 'Buzz' Cooper, Sr. / ... (520 episodes, 1992-2009)
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  Billy Lewis, II / ... (490 episodes, 1983-2009)
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  Jeffrey O'Neill / ... (452 episodes, 1999-2009)
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  Olivia Spencer / ... (427 episodes, 1999-2009)
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  Vanessa Chamberlain / ... (406 episodes, 1980-2009)
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  Bridget Readon-Lewis / ... (406 episodes, 1991-2009)
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  Lizzie Spaulding / ... (405 episodes, 2006-2009)
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  Dinah Marler / ... (403 episodes, 2003-2009)
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  Marina Cooper / ... (395 episodes, 2003-2009)
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  Dr. Charles Grant / ... (390 episodes, 1992-2006)
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  Ross Marler (371 episodes, 1979-2005)
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  A.C. Mallet / ... (359 episodes, 1999-2009)
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  Vivian Grant (359 episodes, 1992-1999)
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  Meta Bauer (344 episodes, 1996-2002)
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  Cassie Layne / ... (317 episodes, 2005-2008)
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  Lizzie Spaulding / ... (303 episodes, 2003-2006)
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  Lillian Raines / ... (300 episodes, 1983-2009)
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  Alexandra Spaulding / ... (300 episodes, 1984-1992)
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  Bill Lewis, III / ... (293 episodes, 2003-2009)
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  Susan 'Daisy' Lemay / ... (291 episodes, 2007-2009)
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  Gus Aitoro / ... (277 episodes, 2001-2008)
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  Blake Thorpe / ... (271 episodes, 1992-2009)
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  Cyrus Foley (257 episodes, 2007-2009)
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  Natalia Rivera / ... (248 episodes, 2007-2009)
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  Cassie Layne / ... (247 episodes, 1997-2005)
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  Remy Boudreau / ... (244 episodes, 2006-2009)
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  Dahlia Crede (233 episodes, 1996-1999)
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  Roger Thorpe / ... (231 episodes, 1971-1997)
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  Ava Peralta / ... (230 episodes, 2005-2009)
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  Coop Bradshaw / ... (227 episodes, 2003-2009)
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  Ashlee Wolfe / ... (226 episodes, 2006-2009)
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  Dr. Ed Bauer / ... (203 episodes, 1981-2009)
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  Jonathan Randall (205 episodes, 2003-2009)
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  Fletcher Reade / ... (196 episodes, 1984-2009)
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  Gilly Grant / ... (184 episodes, 1989-1996)
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  David Grant (183 episodes, 1998-2001)
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  Tammy Layne-Winslow / ... (178 episodes, 2003-2008)
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  Matt Reardon / ... (174 episodes, 1987-2009)
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  Alexandra Spaulding / ... (167 episodes, 1993-2009)
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  Edmund Winslow / ... (164 episodes, 1999-2009)
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  Doris Wolfe / ... (164 episodes, 2000-2009)

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Plot Summary

This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield. In its early years, the stories centered on the middle class Bauer family, but later the wealthy Spauldings, Chamberlains, and Lewises, along with the working class Reardons and others, took their own places of prominence, though the Bauers remained the heart of the show.

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Also Known As
  • Guiding Light (United States)
  • Les vertiges de la passion (France)
  • Haine et passion (France)
  • Die Springfield Story (Germany)
  • Springfield Story (Germany)
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  • 60 min
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Trivia Many episodes of this show and other daytime television shows are believed to be lost forever. It was live until the 1960s, and many prior episodes exist as kinescopes (videotape was not invented until 1956). Procter & Gamble Productions did not begin archiving its shows until the late 1970s, believing there was no use for them after their initial airing. The original tapes were re-used. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1998). See more »
Soundtracks Die Springfield Story See more »
Quotes Rick: I'm pregnant! I'm pregnant! Well, I'm not. My wife is. I'm just overweight.
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