Multiple Emmy winner Kim Zimmer began her daytime drama career in 1978 with a role as a terrorist on the soap opera One Life to Live. But it is as Reva Shayne, a character she created on Guiding Light in November 1983, for which she is beloved to millions of faithful viewers.
Her portrayal of the unforgettable Reva has also garnered her critical acclaim in the form of four Daytime Emmy awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1985, 1987, 1990, and 2006, as well as two Soap Opera Digest awards.
Before joining the CBS daytime drama, Kim played the devious Nola Aldrich for three and a half years on The Doctors. In 1983, she returned to One Life to Live for a five-month stint as Echo DiSavoy, before joining the cast of Guiding Light.
Kim left Guiding Light in 1990 -- she returned in 1995 -- and landed a recurring role on Aaron Spelling's Models, Inc., as well as guest spots on Seinfeld and University Hospital.
She was featured in the movies-of-the-week Hell Hath No Fury and Disappearance of Vonnie; has guest-starred on Designing Women and Babylon 5; and portrayed Jodie Walker on Santa Barbara. Off-Broadway, she played one of the leading roles in Jon Patrick Shanley's highly acclaimed Four Dogs & a Bone.
Kim, who was born on February 2 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, studied at nearby Hope College and continued her theatrical training at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. She has performed her own nightclub act, was a professional diver, and still enjoys all sports.
She and her husband, actor/director A.C. Weary, have three children -- two boys and one girl.
Robert attended Birmingham High School in California, then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater from California State University at Northridge. His theatrical training began at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and he has also studied with the Strasberg Institute and with Tom Troup, Malcolm MacDowell, and Charles Nelson Reilly.
Robert has worked extensively in the Los Angeles theater, playing leading roles in the musicals The Robber Bridegroom, Guys and Dolls, and Bye Bye Birdie, as well as roles in such diverse plays as Veronica's Room, Titus Andronicus, The Owl and the Pussycat, Medea, and The Rainmaker.
His performance in Veronica's Room earned him a 1980 Best Supporting Actor award from the Santa Monica Theater Guild. In July 1983, he played El Gallo in The Fantasticks in Sullivan, Illinois. He was seen off-Broadway at the Orpheum in Quiet on the Set and in Betty the Yeti at Stamford Theatreworks in Stamford, Connecticut.
Most recently, he and his wife, actress Britt Helfer, performed opposite each other in a production of Sylvia, which he directed at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan. His extensive work at the Barn Theatre has included a full season in 1981, as well as co-starring with his wife in Inge's Picnic in 1986 and Barefoot in the Park in 1989. In 1991, Robert performed there in Bernard Slade's Romantic Cowboy.
Robert originated the role of Josh on Guiding Light in October 1981, left the series in mid-1983, then returned to the role in October 1986. In the interim, he was seen in short-term roles on General Hospital and Santa Barbara, and was featured in the pilot Destination America for Stephen Cannell Productions. Robert returned to the show for a third time in August 1993 after starring in the ABC Civil War epic, Class of '61, for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Productions.
Robert and his wife were married in September 1986, and they have a son, Connor Helfer and a daughter, Kendal. The brown-haired, blue-eyed actor enjoys golf, snow skiing, and playing tennis. He was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest of seven children. His birthday is June 27.