While there are very few that could imagine life in Genoa City without Sharon Newman on "The Young and the Restless," actress Sharon Case actually started her daytime television career on a different soap. Life would have looked pretty different for Sharon if she would have continued to play her role as Dawn Winthrop on "General Hospital." Sadly, she only lasted in the role for about a year back in 1989, with Lisa Fuller taking on the part for a short period in 1990, followed by Jennifer Gurthrie, per Soap Central.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Sharon admitted that she wanted the role of Dawn so badly that she practiced for hours on end before her audition. It was a scene in which Dawn was reunited with her mother, the formidable Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson). Sharon recalled: "It was a heavy scene in which Dawn learned that her boyfriend Ned (Kurt Robin McKinney) had once slept with her mother. I knew I had to do the best job I'd ever done in my life. So I worked on it constantly."
Unfortunately, Sharon told Soap Opera Digest in 1995 that she was fired from "General Hospital," though she didn't say why. She said, "I called my mom and said, 'Can you believe it? I'm fired!' My mom was really good. She said, 'Don't take it personally. It means you are going to take a bigger step in a better direction.'" Sharon's mom was definitely right on that part.
