20 Longest Working Soap Opera Stars (2 Actors Have 50+ Year Runs of Their Iconic Roles!)

4. Eileen Fulton (Lisa Grimaldi), As the World Turns (47 years)

The actress starred in the show from 1960 to 1965, returning in 1966, rejoining in 1967 through 1983, and rejoining from 1984 to the series end in 2010.

3. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton Kiriakis), Days of Our Lives (48 years)

The actress starred in the series from 1973 to 1984, returning a year later from 1985 to 2003, and again from 2004 to present.