A Boomer's Look at 'Another World'

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Brad Pitt in a series of images from his film career. Pitt played Chris, a high school basketball player on Another World in (1987). As Geena Davis' hunky one-night stand in Thelma & Louise (1991) and Producer of, and abolitionist laborer in, the acclaimed film 12 Years a Slave.

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Kyra Sedgwick played murder-for-hire victim Julia Shearer in Another World (1982-83). She starred in the blockbuster TV crime series The Closer (2005-12) and more recently appeared alongside Sylvester Stallone in feel-good indie film Reach Me.

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Kelsey Grammer played emergency-room physician Dr. Canard on Another World (1984-85). He hit the big time with his role as the pompous shrink Frasier Crane in the TV sitcom Cheers (1984-93). More recently as human villain Harold Attinger in Transformers: Age of Extinction.

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William H. Macy played Frank Fisk on Another World (1982). He came to fame as hapless would-be wife kidnapper Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo (1996). More recently he plays the patriarch of the dysfunctional Gallagher family in the TV series Shameless.

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Lindsay Lohan played mischievous teenager Alexandra "Alli" Fowler on Another World (1996-97). She shone as separated-at-birth twins Hallie and Annie in The Parent Trap (1998). More recently she is the star of a reality TV show Lindsay, about her post-rehab life.

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Anne Heche played Vicky and Marley, good-and-evil twins on Another World (1987-91). She stood out as ambivalent fiancée Robin Monroe in Six Days Seven Nights (1998). More recently she appears as Roxy, a waitress, in Wild Card, upcoming remake of the 1986 film Heat.

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Jane Krakowski played Tonya, who figures in the investigation of a video-dating service on Another World (1989). Krakowski got noticed playing law office hottie Elaine Vassal in the TV series Ally McBeal (1997-2002). More recently she played Helen Stephens, convicted of murdering her boss in the TV comedy pilot Dead Boss.

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Billy Dee Williams played an unnamed assistant district attorney in Another World (1960s). Williams came to fame as football great and best-ever friend Gale Sayers in Brian's Song (1971). More recently he is the voice of his Star Wars character, Lando Calrissian, in The Lego Movie.