Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California. Other prominent families featured on the soap were the rival Lockridge family, and the more modest Andrade and Perkins families. Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world and is best remembered for its witty dialogue and sometimes tongue-in-cheek situations that often seemed like an affectionate parody of the genre. The show won 24 Daytime Emmy Awards and 18 Soap Opera Digest Awards among various other awards.
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Jed Allan
C.C. Capwell
Robin Mattson
Gina Capwell
Nancy Lee Grahn
Julia Wainwright
Nicolas Coster
Lionel Lockridge
Judith McConnell
Sophia Capwell
Gordon Thomson
Mason Capwell
Jack Wagner
Warren Lockridge
Eileen Davidson
Kelly Capwell
Michael Brainard
Ted Capwell
Paula Irvine
Lily Blake
Nina Arvesen
Angela Cassidy
Sydney Penny
B.J. Walker
Kim Zimmer
Jodie Walker
Eric Close
Sawyer Walker
Robert Fontaine
Rafe Castillo
Gary Tomlin
Writer
Charles Pratt, Jr.
Writer
Anne Howard Bailey
Writer
Lynda Myles
Writer
Courtney Simon
Writer
Patrick Mulcahey
Writer
Linda Hamner
Writer
Frank Salisbury
Writer
Mary-Ellis Bunim
Executive Producer
Paul Rauch
Executive Producer
Jill Farren Phelps
Executive Producer
Charlotte Savitz
Producer
Julie Hanan Carruthers
Producer
Steven Kent
Producer
Leonard Friedlander
Producer
