According to a reliable source, the actress's contract ended after six seasons ... the actress playing Stella, Melina Kanakaredes, decided to leave the show before the start of the seventh ...
Soap alum Melina ... Kanakaredes starred as Eleni Andros Cooper on Guiding Light from 1991 to 1995. Eleni was the sweet but tough Greek goddess who beguiled Frank Cooper and Alan-Michael Spaulding ...