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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
MON - FRIDAY 20:45 (30 Min)
The glittering city of Beverly Hills is the home to the glamorous Forrester dynasty. The story of their lives, loves, tragedies, triumphs, and their struggles for power and wealth in the fashion industry dramatically unfolds in the series, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL.

Biography
JOHN McCOOK
(Eric Forrester)
John McCook's starring roles on stage and screen have defined the image of the romantic leading man in a career encompassing Broadway, primetime television and daytime dramas. Today, he is instantly recognizable to millions of fans as the debonair fashion designer Eric Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. John received his first Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2001.
John's compact disc of romantic love songs titled "John McCook Sings Bold & Beautiful Love Songs" for Arcade Records reached The Top 20 in most leading European record markets.

Discovered by legendary movie mogul Jack Warner while starring as Tony in the New York City Center revival of West Side Story, John was one of the last products of Hollywood's famed studio system and talent development program. He was later signed by Universal Studios as a contract player before being drafted by the U.S. Army for a two-year stint.
John starred in the national tour of Barefoot in the Park with Virginia Mayo followed by the Los Angeles and Las Vegas productions of Mame opposite movie and stage legend Ann Miller. He was then cast as the passionate playboy Lance Prentiss on the then brand new daytime drama, The Young and the Restless. John's potent interpretation of the sensual role of Lance catapulted him to national prominence. His television exposure provided John with the opportunity to return to the musical theater with starring roles in Oklahoma!, The Pirates of Penzance, They're Playing Our Song, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Fiddler on The Roof, Peter Pan and The Man of La Mancha. For Long Beach Civic Light Opera, John starred in Man of La Mancha, 42nd Street and opposite Carol Burnett in From The Top and the Stephen Sondheim revue Putting It Together at the Mark Taper Forum.

John was a series regular on Codename: Foxfire and has made dozens of guest star appearances on such series as L.A. Law, Murder She Wrote, Moonlighting, Newhart, WKRP in Cincinnati, Amazing Stories, Too Close For Comfort, Alice and Three's Company, among many others.
John was a nominee for "Outstanding Supporting Actor" at the 1998 Soap Opera Digest Awards and a recipient of the "M.V.P. Award" from Soap Opera Update magazine for his portrayal of Eric Forrester.

California-born and raised, John attended Long Beach State College long enough to appear in a production of Tea and Sympathy and land a job at Disneyland. He made his professional debut at the San Diego Circle Arts Theatre and then appeared at Melodyland in Guys and Dolls, with Hugh O'Brian and Betty Grable, Firefly with Anne Marie Alberghetti, and Flower Drum Song with Pat Suzuki.

John is married to former television actress Laurette Spang. They have three children - Jake, Becky and Molly. John also has a son, Seth, from a previous marriage.

SUSAN FLANNERY
(Stephanie Forrester)
Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning motion picture and television star and DGA nominee Susan Flannery portrays Stephanie Forrester, the strong-willed, manipulative, but fiercely protective matriarch of the Forrester fashion dynasty on The Bold and the Beautiful. She has played this role since the premiere of B&B, and won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2000. She was nominated in the same category in 2001.

Born and raised in New York, Susan received her BFA in Theater at Stevens College in Missouri and attended graduate school at Arizona State before arriving in Hollywood. Discovered by producer Irwin Allen, Susan made her television debut in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and shortly thereafter was offered the role of Dr. Laura Horton on Days of Our Lives, a role which won her an Emmy award during her eight year stint.

Susan was cast as Robert Wagner's secretary and lover in Allen's epic disaster film The Towering Inferno. Her performance won her a Golden Globe Award for "Outstanding Acting Debut in a Motion Picture."
Susan also received an Emmy nomination for her starring role in the NBC mini-series The Moneychangers, opposite Kirk Douglas, and appeared in the television movies Women in White and Anatomy of a Seduction. In 1981, she did a 10-week stint as a devious, high-powered public relations consultant in conflict with J.R. Ewing on Dallas.

Off-screen, Susan produced the cable soap opera New Day in Eden with Michael Jaffe. She is a licensed pilot and a gourmet cook. In addition, she serves as a regular director on B&B, and in 1995 was nominated for a Directors Guild Award.