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Guiding Light (1952)

Guiding Light

Guiding Light is an American television soap opera that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television drama in history, broadcast from 1952 until 2009, preceded by a 15-year broadcast on radio. Guiding Light stands as the third longest-running program in all of broadcast history; only the Norwegian children's radio program Lørdagsbarnetimen and the American country music radio program Grand Ole Opry have been on the air longer. On April 1, 2009, it was announced that CBS canceled Guiding Light after a 72-year run due to low ratings. The show taped its final scenes for CBS on August 11, 2009, and its final episode on the network aired on September 18, 2009.

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as Police Officer as Cop as John Schmidt as Cop #2

as Frank 'Buzz' Cooper Jr. as Frank 'Buzz' Cooper Sr. as Frank 'Buzz' Cooper, Sr.

Beth Chamberlin

Beth Chamberlin

as Jeffrey O'Neill

as Alan Spaulding

as Lizzie Spaulding

Frank Dicopoulos

Frank Dicopoulos

as Frank Cooper Jr.

Nicole Forester

Nicole Forester

as Cassie Layne

George Jefferies

George Jefferies

as Joshua Lewis

Michael O'Leary

Michael O'Leary

as Dr. Rick Bauer

M. Ryan Vazquez

M. Ryan Vazquez

Josh Adam Davis

Josh Adam Davis

as Bully (uncredited)

as Nurse Judy (uncredited)

Marco Barricelli

Marco Barricelli

as Spa Attendant

Susan Lynn Bragg

Susan Lynn Bragg

as Nurse Gretchen

as Harley Cooper

Fiona Gallagher

Fiona Gallagher

Roberto Luis Garay

Roberto Luis Garay

Maureen Garrett

Maureen Garrett

as Holly Norris

James Michael Gregary

James Michael Gregary

as Giorgio Andros

as Bridget Readon-Lewis

as Alan-Michael Spaulding

as Judge Frances Collier

as Mayor Bagnall

Melina Kanakaredes

Melina Kanakaredes

as Eleni Andros Spaulding

Amelia Marshall

Amelia Marshall

Jesse L. Martin

Jesse L. Martin

as Vivian Grant

as Bonnie Noonan

Juliet Adair Pritner

Juliet Adair Pritner

as Suzanne Devereaux

Loukas Skipitaris

Loukas Skipitaris

as Lillian Raines

Sharon Washington

Sharon Washington

as Karen Kennedy

as Kevin (uncredited)

Grant Aleksander

Grant Aleksander

as Phillip Spaulding

Mandy Bruno Bogue

Mandy Bruno Bogue

as Marina Cooper

Robert T. Bogue

Robert T. Bogue

as Shayne Lewis

Crystal Chappell

Crystal Chappell

as Olivia Spencer

Chad Chelbowski

Chad Chelbowski

as Henry Cooper Camaletti

as Henry Cooper Camaletti

Bonnie Dennison

Bonnie Dennison

as Susan 'Daisy' Lemay

as Natalia Rivera

Gordana Rashovich

Gordana Rashovich

as Dinah Marler

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