Susan Lucci

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Susan Lucci

Susan Lucci at the United States Army Birthday Ball, June 20, 2005.
Birth name Susan Victoria Lucci
Born December 23, 1946 (1946-12-23) (age 61)
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.
Official site http://www.susanlucci.com/

Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with New York Times and Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. Her salary is reportedly over $1 million a year.[1][2]

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Susan Lucci was born to Jeanette and Victor Lucci. She 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.

Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, from the title opening of All My Children.
Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, from the title opening of All My Children.

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 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 television 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, her image in the media began to be lampooned, as she became notoriously synonymous with never winning an Emmy. NBC's Saturday Night Live exploited this by asking her to host an episode (unusual for a daytime serial actor), where her monologue parodied the cast, crew, and even stagehands carrying Emmys of their own in her presence. She also appeared in a 1989 Sweet 'n Low TV commercial, intended to portray her as the opposite of her villainess character, yet throwing one of Erica Kane's characteristic tantrums, shouting "11 years without an Emmy! What does a person have to do around here to get an Emmy?"

After 18 failed nominations in a row, it came as a shock to both her and the viewing audience when she finally won in 1999.[3] When presenter Shemar Moore announced Lucci's name, the audience erupted in a standing ovation, lasting several minutes. As the sobbing actress took to the stage, cameras caught All My Children co-stars Kelly Ripa and Marcy Walker weeping openly, and actor Ingo Rademacher bowing in the aisles and talk show host Oprah Winfrey rushing the stage cheering from the wings. Lucci's win and subsequent teary-eyed speech made headline news on television and in print for several weeks thereafter.

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 the Dickens 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.

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

In 1991, she launched the Susan Lucci Collection of hair care products. Her career as a businesswoman continues, with many lucrative skin care, fashion, jewelry 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. Another source of fame is Lucci's name often cropping up on trivia or fun facts internet sites, claiming that she is the daughter of comedienne Phyllis Diller.

Lucci's father, Victor, was a first-generation American. Phyllis Diller, contrary to various internet rumors, is not her mother.[4] Lucci has been married since September 13, 1969 to Austrian businessman Helmut Huber. They are the parents of soap opera actress Liza Huber (who plays Gwen Hotchkiss on the daytime soap Passions) and Andreas Huber (who did not follow his mother and sister into an acting career). She became a grandmother when her daughter, Liza, gave birth on December 23, 2006 — Lucci's 60th birthday. The baby was named Royce Alexander.[5]

  • Made in NY Awards: (2005) MINY[6]

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

-Shared with Walt Willey

-Shared with Walt Willey

-Shared with Larkin Malloy

  • All My Children (Erica Kane: 1970-Present)
  • That's So Raven (Ms. Romano: 2005)
  • Hope and Faith (Jacqueline Karr: 2004)
  • Blood on Her Hands (Isabelle Collins: 1998)
  • Seduced and Betrayed (Victoria Landers: 1995)
  • Ebbie (Elizabeth 'Ebbie' Scrooge: 1995)
  • French Silk (Claire Laurent: 1994)
  • Between Love and Hate (Vivian Conrad: 1993)
  • Double Edge (Maggie Dutton/Carmen Moore
1992)
  • The Woman Who Sinned (Victoria Robeson: 1991)
  • Dallas (Hillary Taylor/Faux Sheila Foley: 1990-1991)
  • The Bride in Black (Rose D'Amore-Malloy: 1990)
  • Lady Mobster (Laurel Castle: 1988)
  • Haunted by Her Past (aka Secret Passions) (Karen Beckett: 1987)
  • Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (Darya Romanoff: 1986)
  • Mafia Princess (Antoinette Giancana: 1986)
  • The Fall Guy (Veronica Remy: 1984)
  • Invitation to Hell (Jessica Jones: 1984)
  • Fantasy Island (Gina Edwards: 1983)
  • The Love Boat (Paula: 1982)

  1. ^ HARRISON, NANCY. "Susan Lucci, 11 Times a Nominee, 8 Times a Bride, Up for Emmy Again", New York Times, 1991-06-23. Retrieved on 2007-10-27. 
  2. ^ "Susan Lucci: Highest-paid", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-11-16. 
  3. ^ E online news
  4. ^ Susan Lucci: Claim disproven
  5. ^ TV Guide news
  6. ^ [1]

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