Linda Dano | |
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| Born | Linda Rae Wildermuth May 12, 1943[1] Long Beach, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1967–present |
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Frank Attardi
(m. 1982; died 2004) |
Linda Dano (born Linda Rae Wildermuth; May 12, 1943, Long Beach, California) is an American actress and television host. She began her career appearing in film and prime time television before she was cast as Rae Cummings on the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live from 1978 to 1980. Three years later, Dano starred as Felicia Gallant in the NBC soap opera Another World from 1983 to 1999. She returned to One Life to Live starring in the show from 1999 to 2004. Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award seven times, winning once for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1993 for her work on Another World.
From 1986 to 1991, Dano co-hosted the talk show Attitudes on Lifetime receiving Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host nomination, and had a long-running clothing and home-furnishings line with QVC, first partnering with the home shopping channel in 1993 and ultimately working with them for over 20 years.[2]