Randall Edwards (actress)
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Randall Edwards (1955- ) is an American television actress whose most famous role was on Ryan's Hope as Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge #3 from 1979-1982.
[edit] Biography
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Edwards' parents divorced when she was 10, and she lived with her mother in Cape Cod. After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts in 1976, she acted in the theater and later worked as a waitress to buy the money for a van to take her to Hollywood. Edwards and a friend moved there but the van made its film debut before she did, as a student filmmaker blew the van up for one of his projects. She worked as a secretary in Santa Monica, California and unsuccessfully auditioned for General Hospital before winning a role on Ryan's Hope in early 1979. Edwards moved to New York and played the role until 1982. Her predecessor, Ilene Kristen, was a fan favorite, but Edwards, with her softer, ditzier portrayal, proved popular with viewers. Edwards also met husband Roscoe Born (Joe Novak) on set; they married in 1982 and divorced in 1990.
She left the cast of Ryan's Hope in 1982 but briefly appeared that same year on As the World Turns as the daughter of Ellen and David Stewart, Dr. Carol Ann "Annie" Stewart #7.
On the Broadway stage in 1985, she played a prostitute in the Neil Simon comedy "Biloxi Blues."
Edwards later retired from acting and reportedly became a psychologist.
