Children of Young and the Restless

Dana and Lauren Schankman

Heather Stevens Lynch

1979

Dana and Lauren played baby Heather. They shared the role for about 6 months and then were replaced. Their casting in the role of single child is one of the first, if not the first instance of casting twins in a soap role. The girls have done a few guest appearences since leaving the role of Heather. A little bit of music info about Dana and Lauren: Dana is an award winning banjo player who developed a love for the banjo and bluegrass music at age ten. She went on to win many contests including at age fourteen, including the prestigious New York City Banjo and Band Contest, the well-known California Topanga Canyon Banjo contest and Southern California's Follows Festival five times in a row. Lauren is an award winning fiddle performer. Lauren developed a desire to study fiddle after first becoming an accomplished pianist by age eleven. She has won many contests including the California Old Time Fiddler's Convention in Goleta California and Southern California's Follow Festival. She is also known for her harmonies along with her sister Dana. {Some info and pictures found online on sites that no longer exist. Some info from The Schankman Twins Profile.}

At the age of 14 they entered into the Bluegrass Music Entertainment. They love entertaining, they have been featured in many Bluegrass magazines. They perform all over the US. {Some info and pictures found online on sites that no longer exist. Some info from The Schankman Twins Profile.}

Claire and Elizabeth Schoene

Heather Stevens Lynch

(1979-1982)

During their time on Y&R, Claire and Elizabeth also played the recurring role of Virginia {daughter of Cindy and Ben Walton} on The Waltons. They appeared on the show for about a year, in 1981. {Photo courtesy A Walk with Grandpa Walton}

Conci Nelson

Heather Stevens Lynch

1993-1994

Conci was the second actress to play Heather. She played her for one year as a teenager. Conci is the daughter of Y&R head writer Kay Alden. She is also the sister of John Alden-Nelson who played young Nicholas Newman. Many years earlier, Conci appeared on Y&R as Elizabeth Jean 'Betsy' Sanderson in 1984.

In May 1994, Heather was called as the star witness in her mother, April's trial for the stabbing death of her abusive husband, Robert Lynch. Heather told the jury that her mother never told her about the abuse until after she killed him. April was desperately trying to protect her daughter, by keeping her out of the whole situation. Following the trial, April took her daughter back to New York. Heather still doesn't know that her father is Paul Williams.

R.J. Williams

Brooks Prentiss

1981

R.J. appeared in an episode ("A Child Is Missing") of TJ Hooker on 12 November 1983. {pics courtesy Vera}

R.J. starred in a 1983 movie called "The Night They Saved Christmas." He did an excellent job and was only 7 years old. He was only 5 when he was on Y&R. {Pictures courtesy Star Galaxy}

R.J. was in the role of Brooks for only a short time. He had lots of other job offers that interferred with his schedule at Y&R. He went on to star in lots of other movies. He played Mikey Tevere (pictured here with on screen mom, at right) in American Anthem in 1986. {Pictures courtesy Star Galaxy}

R.J. also did voices for cartoons and was the host for one of the only kid morning shows "Wake, Rattle and Roll". {Pictures courtesy Star Galaxy}

In the early 90's, R.J. was a teen heartthrob. Every young girl was in love with his dark brown eyes. {Pictures courtesy Star Galaxy}

RJ even appeared on Full House as DJ's (Candace Cameron) boyfriend, Ricky, who was the Tanner's paper boy.

After spending 15 years as an actor, R.J. decided to make the transition behind the camera. He attended the USC film school, where he made the critically acclaimed student film, "Shattered Image." The film went on to sweep 14 of 14 film festivals. According to "Los Angeles" magazine, R.J. is currently in pre-production on his first studio film, "Looking for Love." {Pictures courtesy Star Galaxy, info courtesy IMDB.com}

Andre Gower

Brooks Prentiss

1981-1982

Andre was in the role of Brooks longer than any other actor. He played Brooks for two years when he was about 8 years old. Brooks' parents were Leslie and Lance Prentiss.

Andre was born on April 27th, 1973. His birth name is Jon Andre Gower, but he is better known as Andy Gower. {Pictures courtesy Star Galaxy}

Andy starred in many movies, but his most famous movie is "The Monster Squad," where he played a young boy in search of monsters. He also appeared on "Circus of Stars". {Pictures courtesy Star Galaxy}

Andy's first acting job was when he was just 5 years old. He starred in The Man in the Santa Claus Suit as Terry Travis. His acting career went on into his teen years, where he often appeared in teen magazines like Tiger Beat. He stopped acting after his last appearence on Circus of the Stars in 1987. He was 14 years old. Like many young actors he wanted to lead a normal teen life. {Pictures courtesy Star Galaxy}

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