List of All My Children characters
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Here is a list of characters who have appeared on the ABC Daytime and TOLN soap opera All My Children.
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Carter Anders
Jason Pendergraft (2013)
Pine Valley Hospital doctor with an unknown past.
Bill Anderson
James Pritchett (1989)
Dr. Russ Anderson
David Pendleton (1978–79)
Charles Brown (1979–80)
Pine Valley physician who was attracted to nurse Caroline Dixon Grant. Rival of Dr. Franklin Grant.
Gillian Andrassy (deceased)
Esta TerBlanche (1997–2001, 2011)
Hungarian princess, married to Jake Martin and Ryan Lavery. Initially, a spoiled and arrogant young lady who clashed with both Kelsey Martin and Hayley Vaughn-Santos, Gillian eventually matured into a much kinder and compassionate woman, due to her marriage to Jake Martin. She was murdered in a botched attempt on the life of Anna Devane in 2001 (resulting in the donation of her heart to Laura Kirk-English). Appeared as a ghost to Ryan in 2011 to assure him that she was not David's last Project Orpheus patient.
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