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Susan Lucci
Susan Lucci as co-MC for U.S. Army Birthday Ball in 2005
Born
Susan Victoria Lucci
Websitehttp://www.susanlucci.com/

Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide.

Lucci attended Garden City High School in Garden City, New York, graduating in 1964. She then attended Marymount College at Fordham University, and graduated from Marymount in 1968.

Career

Daytime television

Lucci is best known for playing the larger-than-life diva Erica Kane on the ABC television soap opera All My Children, on which she has appeared since the show's inception on January 5, 1970. She and Ray MacDonnell, who plays her former father-in-law Dr. Joe Martin, are the show's only two original stars left on the show today. Lucci's long tenure on the show has made her an iconic presence on daytime; she is closely identified with both the role of Erica and with daytime itself.

Lucci was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy for her work on All My Children almost every year since 1978. When Lucci didn't win the award after several consecutive nominations, Lucci's image in the media began to be lampooned, and she became notoriously synonymous with never winning an Emmy. After eighteen failed nominations in a row, it came as a shock to both her and the viewing audience when she finally won it in 1999. [1]

In 2005, she played Erica on sister show One Life to Life.

Primetime television and movies

Lucci has appeared in a number of television shows and made-for-TV movies. In 1990 she began a series of guest spots on the popular nighttime soap Dallas and hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live in October of the same year.

In 1995, Lucci appeared in the Lifetime television movie Ebbie. This film was an updated version of Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol. Lucci played a Scrooge-like department store owner visited by Marley and the three ghosts on Christmas. Many critics praised her performance and the film has become a holiday favorite.

Other credits and achievements

Lucci starred in the Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" in 1999 to 2000, taking over from Bernadette Peters.

Lucci has found another career as a businesswoman, with many lucrative skin care and makeup lines selling on HSN.

For much of the 1980s and into the 1990s Lucci did many commercials for the local Ford dealers in the New York City area.

In early 2005, Lucci earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Personal life

Lucci has been married since September 13,1969 to Austrian businessman Helmut Huber. They are the parents of serial actress Liza Huber (who is currently on Passions as Gwen), and Andreas Huber (who did not follow his mother and sister into an acting career). She became a grandmother when daughter Liza gave birth on December 23, 2006 - Lucci's 60th birthday. [2]

Lucci's father, Victor, is Italian and her mother, Jeanette, is Swedish; both are first-generation Americans. Lucci is an outspoken conservative Republican, and has planned fundraising events for former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, with the help of his ex-wife, Donna Hanover. [3] Lucci regularly appears at armed forces functions and USO tours to boost the morale of troops.

A longstanding rumor had linked Lucci to comedienne Phyllis Diller as Diller's daughter. The two entertainers are not related in any way. Lucci is also not related to actress Robin Strasser, another name often mentioned as Diller's daughter.

Awards (Won)

  • Made in NY Awards: (2005) MINY [4]

Award (Nominated)

Daytime Emmy Awards

Nominations: (1978, 1981-1993, 1995-1999, 2001-2002) Daytime Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children

Other Awards

-Shared with Walt Willey

-Shared with Walt Willey

-Shared with Larkin Malloy

Roles

  • All My Children (Erica Kane Montgomery: 1970-Present)
  • Jacqueline Karr (2004)
  • Blood on Her Hands (1998)
  • Seduced and Betrayed (1995)
  • Ebbie (1995)
  • French Silk (1994)
  • Between Love and Hate (1993)
  • Double Edge (1992)
  • The Woman Who Sinned (1991)
  • Dallas (1990-1991)
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