Santana (played by Ava Lazar Margaret Michaels Gina Gallego and Wanda de Jesus) was an interior designer who had been pregnant by her lover, Channing Capwell, Jr. Ruben and Rosa had four children, Gabriela and Olivia (who had not been seen on the show) and the two who were seen more often, Santana and Danny. She also served as the surrogate mother of the Capwell children as they grew up. Ruben served as the gardener of the Capwell mansion and Rosa worked as the Capwell family maid. The poorer Andrades included Ruben Andrade (Ismael Carlo) and his wife, Rosa (Margarita Cordova). After Joe's death and then after John had died in an earthquake, Marisa would leave town. He tried to take Kelly's life as well, but he would meet his maker at the hands of Cruz Castillo (A Martinez), the boyfriend of Kelly's sister, Eden (Marcy Walker). Joe would be killed by the wicked Peter Flint (Stephen Meadows), a scheming man who had once been engaged to Kelly Capwell. John had been thrown out of the house by Marisa after he revealed he did not want his son, Joe, back in the house after his stint in prison. The Perkins, who were more middle-class were comprised of patriarch John Perkins (Robert Alan Browne), who worked at Capwell Industries his wife, Marisa (Valorie Armstrong) and their children, Joe (Dane Witherspoon Mark Arnold) Jade (Melissa Brennan Reeves) and Amy (Kerry Sherman), who sadly perished at work after a girl named Hayley Benson threw a projectile starting a fire. She promptly retaliated against her lifelong enemy by shooting him in the backside with an antique gun that her late husband owned, which was loaded with buckshot!Īside from the wealthy Capwells and Lockridges, there were also the Perkins and Andrade families. was so great that when he tried to take her mansion away from her after he discovered that she had taken his son away from him. However, Augusta was clearly on her mother in-law's side when her hatred of C.C. Minx made it abundantly clear that she hated Augusta, due to her frivolous ways, but more so, Minx was amused by Augusta's silliness. At first she did not approve of her granddaughter, Laken's romance with Ted Capwell, but after convincing her that he was nothing like his father, Minx relented and even helped her granddaughter to sneak around with Ted, as she knew that it would get Laken's mother, Augusta's goat. She was a sour old woman who was a lifelong Capwell hater. MacDonald Lockridge 'T for Tiger', she growled. On the rival side was the equally powerful Lockridges, consisting of widowed matriarch, Minx (Dame Judith Anderson Janis Paige) her son, Lionel (Nicolas Coster) his wife, Augusta Wainwright (Louise Sorel) their son, Warren (John Allen Nelson Jack Wagner ( The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital) and their daughter, Laken (Julie Ronnie). Capwell (Peter Mark Richman Paul Burke Charles Bateman Jed Allan) his former wife, Sophia (Rosemary Forsythe Judith McConnell) his daughter, Eden (Marcy Walker) his son, Mason (Lane Davies) Ted (Todd McKee) and Kelly (Robin Wright Penn).

On Sky 1, Santa Barbara airs at 1:00 PM after both One Life to Live at 12:00 PM and All My Children at 11:00 AM and before General Hospital at 2:00 PM. Santa Barbara aired at 3:00 PM (ET)/2:00 PM (CT) on NBC in the same timeslot as General Hospital on ABC and Guiding Light on CBS and Passionate Dreams on BGC and right after Another World.

It was created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson, (Bridget was the daughter of Frank and Doris Hursley, the creators of General Hospital) who were real-life residents of Santa Barbara, California (where the show was set) and it focused originally on the lives of four diverse families in Santa Barbara: the wealthy Lockridges and Capwells the more middle-class Perkins, and the poorer Andrade families. While most of the focus was on the wealthy Capwells, the other families were also featured as well.

Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera that ran from Jto Januon the NBC television network.

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