Susan Lucci

Susan Lucci
Lucci in 2009
Born
Susan Victoria Lucci

(1946-12-23) December 23, 1946 (age 77)
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.
Alma materMarymount College, Tarrytown (BA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • television personality
Years active1969–present
Spouse
Helmut Huber
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(m. 1969; died 2022)​
Children2, including Liza Huber
Websitesusanlucci.com

Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946)[1] is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children during that show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. The character is considered an icon,[2][3][4][5] and she 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.[6][7] As early as 1991, her salary had been reported as over $1 million a year.[6][7] During her run on All My Children, Lucci was nominated 21 times for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She won only once, in 1999, after the 19th nomination; her status as a perpetual nominee for the award had attracted significant media attention since the late 1980s.[6]

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. Lucci hosted Saturday Night Live in 1990. After the cancellation of All My Children, she hosted the 2012-2014 true crime series Deadly Affairs and starred (as Genevieve Delatour) in the 2013–2016 Lifetime series Devious Maids.[8][9][10]

In 1996, TV Guide ranked her number 37 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.[11] She was named one of VH1's 200 Top Icons of All Time and one of Barbara Walters's Ten Most Fascinating People.[12]

  1. ^ "Susan Lucci: Film Actress, Television Actress (1946–)". Biography.com. A&E Networks. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  2. ^ Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (2000). St. James encyclopedia of popular culture, Volume 3. St. James Press. Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized December 22, 2006. pp. 584 pages. ISBN 978-1-55862-403-0. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  3. ^ Gale Group, Thomas Riggs (2008). Volume 59 of Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television Series. Cengage Learning. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized May 20, 2008. 495 pages. ISBN 978-0-7876-7102-0.
  4. ^ Glenn, Joshua (January 9, 2008). "The Keeping-My-Baby Meme". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  5. ^ "The 50 Greatest TV Icons". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  6. ^ a b c Harrison, Nancy (June 23, 1991). "Susan Lucci, 11 Times a Nominee, 8 Times a Bride, Up for Emmy Again". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2007.
  7. ^ a b O'Neil, Tom (March 7, 2007). "Daytime divas duke it out". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 16, 2007.
  8. ^ Rice, Lynette (March 9, 2012). "Susan Lucci stays at ABC in fall drama pilot". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  9. ^ Goldberg, Leslie (March 9, 2012). "Susan Lucci to Star in Marc Cherry's Soapy ABC Pilot". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  10. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 9, 2012). "Susan Lucci To Co-Star In Marc Cherry's ABC Pilot 'Devious Maids'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  11. ^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. p. 596. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
  12. ^ All My Life: A Memoir, Amazon.com, About the Author. Retrieved March 11, 2012