I will discuss Laura Leighton’s character on Melrose Place Sydney Andrews. Sydney is cut from the same cloth as last week’s heroine, Kitty March, played by Joan Bennett. She moons and swoons over her sister's soon-to-be ex-husband Micheal Mancini the same way Kitty melted in the arms of Johnny Prince, her pimp boyfriend played by Dan Duryea. Sydney is a love-to-hate brand of soap queen that is the stuff of daytime and primetime legend. This particular femme fatale came with a large dose of Americana thanks to the show’s producer Aaron Spelling.
