In the chat below, Gabet also reveals what it was like for her to go from small town sweetie to big time baddie, how her time on Edge compared to her time as Another World's Brittany Peterson and One Life to Live's Melinda Cramer, and whether or not those rumors about the 1980s soap world being filled with rivalries, backstabbing, cattiness, and divas are true or not. In a new interview with Soap Central, Gabet opens up about why she decided to update the book and what fans can look forward to in the new version - which includes 170 photos and a lengthy section about her relationship with the late Larkin Malloy, who played Raven's true love, Schuyler Whitney, but is also known for his roles as All My Children's Travis Montgomery, Guiding Light's Kyle Sampson, and As the World Turns' Dr.

The actress' autobiographical novel, From the Raven to the Dove, gives a delightfully entertaining account of her adventures as a soap opera star in the 70s and 80s, but she's back with even more fascinating stories in the recently updated version of the book, now available from Amazon. A self-described 'nice girl,' Gabet had become a registered nurse and had dreams of settling down with a high school sweetheart before life took her in a completely different direction. While Raven certainly spun circles around everyone in the fictional town of Monticello, Gabet admits that she was quite the opposite of her evil Edge alter ego, being a young, innocent Indiana farmgirl who was new to New York City when she landed the job in the late 70s.

It's been several decades since Sharon Gabet starred as the masterfully manipulative, materialistic, and selfish sexpot Raven Alexander on The Edge of Night, but her work on the NBC soap opera is still regarded as some of the most devilishly delicious in daytime villainess history.įor those who might not know, Raven's misdeeds included marrying several men cheating on said husbands giving birth to a child from an affair that had caused her first husband to die in a car crash giving her baby away to a childless heroine and - arguably the worst deed ever - demanding the child back when she realized that she could get a share of his inheritance!

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