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Sharon Gabet

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Sharon Gabet (press photo) (1985)
Sharon Gabet (press photo) (1985) Public domain · source file

Actress — Raven Alexander on The Edge of Night

  • Born 1952 · Actress, born and raised in Fort Wayne

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Sharon Rose Gabet was born in Fort Wayne on January 13, 1952, one of nine children, and grew up in the city. She took a nursing degree from Purdue, then changed course, earning an M.F.A. in acting from Cornell and admission to the Actors Studio in New York. From 1977 to 1984 she played Raven Alexander Whitney on ABC's The Edge of Night, one of daytime television's signature schemers, and was nominated twice for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress, in 1982 and 1984. She went on to play Brittany Peterson on Another World (1985–87) and Melinda Cramer on One Life to Live (1987–89).

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  • § 06 — people of the record · famous-people supplement

Sources: Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana, people of Allen County; Soap Opera Network (archive of contemporary soap-press coverage).

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Source: Sharon Gabet, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/fort-wayne/people/sharon-gabet/