Susan Lucci
Biography
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress, television host, author and entrepreneur, best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children during the show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. Previously, she starred on the 60's soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing.
In 1996, TV Guide ranked Lucci number 37 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. She was named one of VH1's 200 Top Icons of All Time and one of Barbara Walters's Ten Most Fascinating People.
During her run on All My Children, she was nominated 21 times for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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She won only once, in 1999, after the 19th nomination; beginning in the late 1980s her status as a perpetual nominee for the award attracted significant media attention. The character she portrayed, Erica Kane, is considered an icon, and Lucci was called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television.
Lucci has also acted in other TV series, as well as occasionally in film and on stage. She had multi-episode guest appearances on the series Dallas, Hot in Cleveland and Army Wives. She hosted Saturday Night Live in 1990.
After the cancellation of All My Children, she hosted the 2012-2014 true crime series Deadly Affairs and narrated its' offshoot Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love. She starred as Genevieve Delatour in the 2013-2016 Lifetime series Devious Maids.
Known for
JoyDanica6.6
That's So RavenCharlotte Romano7.2
OutcomeDinah Hawk5.4
DallasSheila Foley / Hillary Taylor, Sheila Foley / Hilary Michaels6.9
The Love BoatPaula Hastings6.3
The Fall GuySeries7.6
Devious MaidsGenevieve Delatour7.1
Hot in ClevelandSusan Lucci7.2
Young Doctors in LoveSusan Lucci (uncredited)5.3
Difficult PeopleShelley Waxman6.3
Invitation to HellJessica Jones5.1
Hope & FaithJacqueline Karr5.4
Filmography
- 2026OutcomeFilm: Dinah Hawk
- 2021Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by LoveSeries: Narrator (voice) (32 episodes)
- 2015JoyFilm: Danica
- 2015Difficult PeopleSeries: Shelley Waxman (1 episode)
- 2013Devious MaidsSeries: Genevieve Delatour (49 episodes)
- 2012Deadly AffairsSeries: Host (36 episodes)
- 2010Hot in ClevelandSeries: Susan Lucci (5 episodes)
- 2007Army WivesSeries: Audrey Whitaker (3 episodes)
- 2004Higglytown HeroesSeries (1 episode)
- 2003Hope & FaithSeries: Jacqueline Karr (2 episodes)
- 2003That's So RavenSeries: Charlotte Romano (1 episode)
- 1998Blood on Her HandsFilm: Isabelle Collins
- 1995EbbieFilm: Ebbie Scrooge
- 1995Seduced and BetrayedFilm: Victoria Landers
- 1994French SilkFilm: Claire Laurent
- 1993Between Love and HateFilm: Vivian Conrad
- 1992Double EdgeFilm: Maggie Dutton / Carmen Moore
- 1991The Woman Who SinnedFilm: Victoria Robeson
- 1990The Bride in BlackFilm: Rose D'Amore-Malloy
- 1988Lady MobsterFilm: Laurel Castle
- 1987Haunted by Her PastFilm: Karen Beckett aka Katherine Raymond
- 1986Anastasia - The Mystery of AnnaSeries: Darya Romanoff (2 episodes)
- 1986Mafia PrincessFilm: Antoinette Giancana
- 1984Invitation to HellFilm: Jessica Jones
- 1982Young Doctors in LoveFilm: Susan Lucci (uncredited)
- 1981The Fall GuySeries (1 episode)
- 1978DallasSeries: Sheila Foley / Hillary Taylor, Sheila Foley / Hilary Michaels (3 episodes)
- 1977The Love BoatSeries: Paula Hastings (1 episode)
- 1970All My ChildrenSeries: Erica Kane / Jane Campbell (2338 episodes)
- 1969Me, NatalieFilm: Cheerleader
- 1969Goodbye, ColumbusFilm: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- 1967Love Is a Many Splendored ThingSeries (248 episodes)
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