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All My Children-related news from 2005
It's impossible to keep up with all of the twists and turns from the world of soaps. Luckily, Soap Central has archived all the All My Children news from 2005.
Here are the news stories posted on Soap Central during 2005 that focus on All My Children or past and present AMC performers. To read any of the articles listed below, simply click on the appropriate link. To access articles from other years, click here.
January 2005
Film legend and original All My Children cast member
Ruth Warrick (
Phoebe Wallingford) passed away on Saturday, January 15th at 12:15AM in her Manhattan home. Official reports list the cause of Ms. Warrick's death as complications from pneumonia. She was 88.
January 2005
SOAPnet, the Disney-owned 24-hour cable soap channel, has announced plans to run a marathon of vintage All My Children episodes featuring original cast member and Daytime Emmy winner
Susan Lucci (
Erica Kane)..
January 2005
According to a posting on her official message board, Emmy nominated All My Children star
Eden Riegel (
Bianca Montgomery) will be leaving the show next month.
January 2005
February 2005
Though it has been rumored for well over a year, Soap Central has learned that
John Callahan (
Edmund Grey) will now officially be ending his 13-year run with All My Children.
February 2005
February 2005
Another high-profile star has been released from their contract with The Bold and the Beautiful. Soap Central has learned that Former All My Children star
Sydney Penny (
Samantha Kelly) has been bumped to recurring status.
February 2005
A spokesperson for As the World Turns has confirmed that Emmy-winning actress
Cady McClain (
Rosanna Cabot) will be exiting the show this spring. However, the show insists that "she'll be back."
April 2005
Despite efforts to quiet them, the whispers that
Eva LaRue (
Maria Santos) will exit All My Children later this year are growing louder and louder. Rumors that LaRue might exit the show first surfaced when it was revealed that she and former co-star
John Callahan's (ex-
Edmund Grey) real life marriage was ending.
April 2005
There are industry rumblings that All My Children star
Bobbie Eakes (
Krystal Carey) is mulling an exit from the show. Though no one is speaking on the record, a show insider tells Soap Opera Central that the actress might seriously be considering a return to a former daytime gig.
April 2005
Get ready for the latest rumor about
Cady McClain's (
Rosanna Cabot) future with As the World Turns. It seems that every few months or so, rumors begin circulating about whether or not the actress will be exiting the show she's called home since 2002. It didn't take long for the chatter to fuel rumors that McClain might be returning to her former job at
All My Children.
April 2005
In a message on her official web site,
Eva LaRue (
Maria Santos) has confirmed a Soap Opera Central report that she will be leaving All My Children later this year. Rumors that LaRue might exit the show have been circulating for several months. In fact, the actress reportedly told show execs earlier this year to start planning her character's exit.
May 2005
Though the news has yet to be confirmed by a show spokesperson, Soap Central has learned that
Keith Hamilton Cobb (ex-
Noah Keefer, AMC) will be exiting the show later this month.
May 2005
May 2005
Though unconfirmed by the networks, the rumors that Emmy-nominated
Rebecca Budig (
Greenlee Smythe) is leaving All My Children are growing louder. In fact, there are now published reports confirming her exit.
June 2005
Shari Headley (
Mimi Reed) will reprise the role of Mimi later this month - and she won't be returning alone. Headley's character is, of course, the mother of the lately-unseen Danielle Frye and former wife of Derek Frye.
June 2005
June 2005
Veteran soap performer
Marj Dusay (ex-
Vanessa Bennett) has revealed that she will exit Guiding Light later this year, and she will not continue on a recurring basis.
July 2005
July 2005
Soap opera veteran
Brian Gaskill will join the cast of As the World Turns later this summer. Gaskill appeared as
Bobby Warner on All My Children from 1995 through 1997.
July 2005
August 2005
For the past 15 years, William Christian (
Derek Frye) has played police officer Derek Frye on All My Children. But come later this month, Christian will be out and another actor will take over the long-time AMC role.
August 2005
For the past few years, All My Children fans have remarked on the conspicuous lack of story for two-time Emmy winner
Julia Barr (
Brooke English). Now as the actress' current contract comes to an end, many are wondering if the network won't take this opportunity to trim the actress' sizeable salary from its budget.
September 2005
As previously reported by Soap Central, former AMC star
Brian Gaskill will join the cast of As the World Turns later this month. Until just recently, the character did not have a name and a first airdate was not available.
September 2005
Newcomer
Scott Kinworthy (
Josh Madden) is out after less than two months with All My Children. His on-screen alter ego, however, will live on; the role is being recast and a new Josh is already in place.
October 2005
This week, All My Children's Dragon will finally be slain. And with The Dragon's demise also comes the end of actor
Lamman Rucker's (
Garret Williams) run with the show.
November 2005
Though it is still unconfirmed by ABC, Soap Central is again reporting that
Rebecca Budig (
Greenlee Smythe) is poised to leave All My Children when her contract expires later this year. It was
back in May that Soap Central first reported that Budig had decided to leave the show.
November 2005
Silent for months as rumors about her future were bandied about on Internet message boards and in soap opera magazines,
Rebecca Budig (
Greenlee Smythe) has come forward to finally offer comment on reports that she will be exiting her role as All My Children's Greenlee Smythe.
November 2005
He wanted to be a soap star - and now
Alec Musser (
Del Henry) has had his stay in Pine Valley extended. The newcomer and reality contest winner has earned an extension to his contract.
November 2005
Winsor Harmon (
Thorne Forrester) has signed a new contract with The Bold and the Beautiful. The terms of the deal were not made available. Harmon made his soap debut as Del Henry on All My Children.
November 2005
Though it was initially unconfirmed by ABC, soapcentral.com has learned that
Bobby Steggert (
Sam Grey) has been let go by All My Children. The dismissal may explain why the character's storylines had been cut short in recent months.
December 2005
Fans of for two-time Emmy winner
Julia Barr (
Brooke English) can finally stop holding their breath. A message from the actress states that she will not be leaving All My Children. At least not yet.
December 2005
December 2005
Though no one at ABC is speaking officially, soapcentral.com has learned that
William de Vry (
Michael Cambias) will be returning to All My Children in 2006. The news is now being confirmed on the actor's official web site.
December 2005
All My Children has scored a major casting coup by luring two-time Emmy-winning actress
Cady McClain (
Dixie Martin) back to the show. While optimistic fans have been hoping for McClain's return for several months, it wasn't until ABC issued a statement that they realized they'd been granted a "Christmas miracle."
