Sarah Brown Joins B&B

Sarah Brown is moving from GENERAL HOSPITAL to THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL reports the Associated Press.

Sarah Brown will be checking out of ABC's GENERAL HOSPITAL and into CBS' THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, and she won't get a moment's rest in between.

The actress's last appearance on the ABC daytime soap as Claudia Zacchara, the sexy daughter of a mobster, is set for Nov. 5. The next day, she's to be introduced as goodhearted newcomer Sandy Sommers on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL.

Brown, a triple Daytime Emmy winner when she played a previous character on GENERAL HOSPITAL, said her contract with the serial ran through Jan. 14 and could have barred her from joining the CBS show, even though her ABC role was set to conclude.

But in a rare goodwill gesture involving a competitor, ABC agreed to release her early, said BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL executive producer Bradley P. Bell. The show was named best drama series at this year's Daytime Emmys.

"I was stunned. It was something really very human and very big of them," Bell said. "They were putting the needs of the actress, who is a mother, ahead of the network's."

This year's Outstanding Drama Series adds Brown to their stable of powerhouse actresses which includes Susan Flannery and Leslie Kay.