In Memoriam: Remembering Those We Lost in 2015

We said goodbye to a number of entertainment icons and legends in 2015 along with many other familiar faces in front of and behind the camera, including from the world of daytime and primetime soap operas. We Love Soaps remembers their contributions fondly.

H. Wesley Kenney

H. Wesley Kenney passed away on January 13. He was 85. In 1968, Kenney left a directing job at The Doctors when he landed on the series that he may well be most known for, Days of our Lives, for which he directed and produced for seven years. After leaving to pursue other directorial projects, Kenney returned to Days of our Lives as an Executive Producer to help transition the show from half-hour episodes to hour-long episodes. Kenney went on to work on many of the most prominent daytime serials, directing and serving as executive producer on The Young and Restless from 1982-87 and for General Hospital from 1987-89.

Anne Kirkbride

Longtime Coronation Street star Anne Kirkbride passed away on January 19. She was 60. Kirkbride first showed up on Coronation Street, the world's longest-running active television soap opera, in 1972 as Deirdre Barlow, a teenager with a handful of lines. Within a few years, she had entered into a short-lived marriage with one character and then a romance and marriage with another, Ken Barlow.

Longtime 'One Life to Live' Star Patricia Elliott Dead at 77

Patricia Elliott in 2013. - Photo: Sue Coflin/Max Photos

Tony Award-winning actress Patricia Elliott, who starred for 23 years on ABC soap opera One Life to Live, died on Sunday at her home in Manhattan, according to her niece, Sally Fay. Elliott, who had battled cancer, was 77.

Elliott was born in Gunnison, Colorado. She made her Broadway debut as Countess Charlotte Malcolm in the original production of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" and won the Tony Award for best featured actress in 1973.

She also was nominated for a Tony in 1977 in the original production of "The Shadow Box." Her other Broadway credits include "A Doll's House," ''A Month of Sundays" and "Hedda Gabler." For "The Elephant Man," she replaced Carole Shelley as Mrs. Kendal and her John Merricks included Philip Anglim and Bowie.

Elliott was on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater series from 1974 through 1982, and played Renee Divine Buchanan on One Life to Live from 1988 to 2011. She received two Soap Opera Digest Awards nominations as Outstanding Supporting Actress.

69th Annual Theatre World Awards: Winners and Photos

Lea Salongo & Anne Sayre - Photo: Sue Coflin/Max Photos

Winners of the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway or off-Broadway debut performances during the 2012-2013 theatrical season were celebrated on Monday night at the Music Box Theatre. A number of soap stars were in attendance including AS THE WORLD TURNS' Colleen Zenk (Barbara Ryan), Anne Sayre (Mitzi Matters) and Lea Salonga (Lien Hughes), and ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Patricia Elliott (Renee Buchanan), Thom Christopher (Carlo Hesser) and Jackie Hoffman (Eunice Burns).

Check out more photos below and a full list of award winners.