Actors of "Santa Barbara" then and now

"Santa Barbara" - the longest-running soap opera from those that had to watch the Russian audience. In the US, the series was broadcast on the NBC channel for 9.5 years (from July 1984 to January 1993). In total, 9 seasons were withdrawn, the total number of series was 2137. In our country, "Santa Barbara" was shown by the RTR channel from 1992 to 2002. For a whole decade, domestic audiences watched the upheavals taking place in the families of the Capwells, Lockridges, Perkins and other characters of the series. Sisi, Marisa, Eden, Minks became for many viewers almost family members. Today, the soap opera has been pushed aside by other serials, but interest in it has not died away. Let's see what happened to the actors of "Santa Barbara" years after the shooting.

Jed Allan

It is difficult to determine who is the protagonist of the series, because its main action has unfolded around several families. But no matter how the plot developed, in the end, all roads led to the Capwell family. The main representative of this genus was CC. Throughout the series he played 6 actors. Most of all, the audience remembered CC No. 6 in the performance of Jed Allan. Those who are interested in the actors "Santa Barbara", will be curious to get to know his future destiny and see how he looks now.

Jed Allan is now at a respectable age (in early spring 2015 he turned 78 years old). Sisi in his performance was the most memorable, because this actor embodied on the screen much longer than his predecessors. After Santa Barbara, Allan's face flashed in Beverly Hills, Cool Walker, Arlett, Suspicious Murder and many other American films and soap operas. The last work of the actor is the series "Bay" (2010), in which he plays Harold Johnson.

Jed Allan is a widower, he has three grown sons. Now he lives in a small California town of Pals Desert. Today, the actor is not that handsome man he was in Santa Barbara. Looking at his photo, you realize that the years are taking their toll. However, the actor still has a youthful look, which amazes those around him with optimism and irrepressible vitality.

Marcy Walker

The series "Santa Barbara", the actors and roles of which became cult for several generations of people, attracted the attention of viewers with a twisted plot with unexpected turns of events. The favorite daughter of many soap opera fans was the oldest daughter of CC, beautiful Eden. Her role was played by Marcy Walker, an actress who became famous throughout the world for her work in soap operas. She was the only performer of the role of Eden. After the shooting in "Santa Barbara" Walker was busy in the series "Directing Light" and "All My Children".

Now 53-year-old Marcy in films is not removed. In 2005 she finished her work in the project "All My Children" and announced the completion of her acting career. Today, the woman holds the post of pastor of the Christian church in the town of Oklahoma. She grew old, stout and little resembles the beauty that was in the soap opera.

Hey Martinez

Some actors of Santa Barbara now look almost the same as they did years ago. Take, for example, Eya Martinez, who played the beloved rich lady Eden Cruz Castillo. Recently, the man turned 67 years old, and he is almost the same as in the time of "Santa Barbara".

Martinez is an actor of Mexican descent. The role of Cruise brought him worldwide fame, demand and prestigious film award "Emmy". After "Santa Barbara" he began to appear in films all the time. The most famous works with his participation are "Main Hospital", "Law of Los Angeles", "Profiler", "Huff", "Terminators".

He is known in the US not only as an actor, but also as a performer of rock songs. In 2003, he presented his fans with a CD called "Fragrance and Thom". Martinez lives with his family in Malibu. His wife Leslie Bryance has nothing to do with movies. She bore him three children. Today Hey Martinez claims that he is satisfied with his fate, because she gave him a favorite job and a beautiful family.

Robin Wright

In addition to Eden, CC CCVELLA had another daughter - Kelly. From 1984 to 1988 she was played by Robin Wright. For a young and unknown actress, this role became debut. She opened her way to the world cinema. Today, the actress has 35 roles in films. Among them, "Forrest Gump", "White Oreandra", "Guard at the intersection", "Bastion", "Invasion", "House of Cards". The last work of the actress is the film of 2015 "Everest", in which she played the role of Peach Withers.

Robin Wright - former wife of Sean Penn. She lived with him in marriage for 14 years and gave birth to him two children. Today, a woman who turned 49 in April 2015 is one of Hollywood's most popular and recognizable actresses.

Lane Davis

Mason is the son of CC Capwell. He constantly competed with his father and was not indifferent to alcohol. But, despite this, he became one of the most cute characters of a soap opera. His image was embodied on the screen by Lane Davis. Like some other Santa Barbara actors, he could not hold on to the series for 9 seasons, so in 1989 he was replaced by Terry Leicester. However, Mason in the performance of Lane Davis remembered the audience best.

After completing his work at Santa Barbara, the actor continues to act in films, releases an album with songs in his own performance, founds theaters. Being a great admirer of Shakespeare's works, he acts as a director for the plays created on the basis of his plays. Of the most notable works of Davis on the big screen can be identified such films as "Lois and Clark", "Babylon-5", "Russian in the city of angels." In 2015, the premiere of the Azerbaijani film "Bloody January" was held, where Lane Davis performed the role of a foreign journalist.

In addition to filming in films, the 65-year-old actor is engaged in public activities today. He is the vice-president of the international federation of festival organizations "FIDOF".

Judith McConnell

What characters still remember "Santa Barbara"? Actors and roles in this series flashed before the eyes of the audience in the hundreds. The heroine, especially loved soap opera fans, was Sofia - the second wife of Sisi. Her role went to the beautiful Judith McConnell. She is known in America as an actress serial. During her long career, McConnell managed to star in several dozen soap operas.

The actress was busy in "Santa Barbara" during the entire period of filming the series. After his graduation, she was invited to other long-running projects. Judith McConnell was spotted in Beverly Hills, Melrose Place, Mistress, and Military-Legal Service. The acting career of the 71-year-old actress continues today. In 2015, immediately appeared 2 series with her participation - "Think Like a Culprit" and "City of Predators."

Personal life of the actress was not as brilliant as a career. Judith never married. She has a daughter, Gwendolyn, who was borne by her surrogate mother.

Nicolas Coster

For many seasons of the series CC was at war with the representative of the family Lockrija Lionel. This character was played by actor Nicholas Coster. After participating in "Santa Barbara", he starred in several notable films, among them "Big Business", "At Dawn", "Ominous Reflection".

Now Koster is 80 years old. His first wife was actress Kendess Hilligoss. Not so long ago he married a second time. The new wife of Costera was Muscovite Elena Borodulina, who is 43 years younger than her star husband. Together with his young wife, he now lives on a yacht. About the future, the newlyweds do not think about and simply enjoy each other's company.

Finally

This is how some actors of "Santa Barbara" live now. For many of them, participation in the series became a launch for further, even more successful, film career. Soap opera brought them popularity, recognition and relevance, which all film actors dream of. Hopefully, the article helped you learn more about your favorite characters in the series "Santa Barbara". The photos of the actors presented in it will allow you to see how they look today.