Erica Kane
Susan Lucci as Erica Kane
All My Children
Portrayed by	Susan Lucci
First appearance	January 5, 1970
Created by	Agnes Nixon
Profile
Gender	Female
Date of birth	1962[1]
Age	45
Occupation	Unemployed
Residence	Prison
Susan Lucci as Erica in an early still
Relationships Parents Eric Kane (father, deceased) Mona Kane Tyler (mother; deceased) Sibling(s) Mark Dalton (paternal half-brother) Silver Kane (paternal half sister; deceased) Spouse(s) Jeff Martin (divorced; 1971-1974) Philip Brent (divorced; 1975-1976) Tom Cudahy (annulled; 1978-1981) Adam Chandler (twice divorced; 1984-1993, invalid; 1993) Mike Roy (invalid; 1987) Travis Montgomery (twice invalid; 1988, invalid; 1991) Dimitri Marick (twice divorced; 1994-1995, divorced; 1996-1999) Jackson Montgomery (divorced; 2005-2007) Romances Charles "Chuck" Tyler III (dated) Jason Maxwell (ex-lover) Nick Davis (formerly engaged) Brandon Kingsley (ex-lover) Jeff Martin (ex-lover) Phillip Brent (affair) Tom Cudahy (ex-lover) Kent Bogart (ex-lover/deceased) Adam Chandler (ex-lover) Mike Roy (ex-lover) Travis Montgomery (ex-lover) Dimitri Marick (ex-lover) Charlie Brent (dated/formerly engaged) Jackson Montgomery (ex-lover) Jonathan Kinder (affair) David Hayward (formerly engaged) Chris Stamp (formerly engaged) Children Kendall Hart Slater (daughter, with Richard) Joshua "Josh" Madden (son, with Jeff) Bianca Montgomery (daughter, with Travis) Grandchildren Miranda Montgomery (granddaughter, via Bianca) Spike Lavery (grandson, via Kendall) Ian Slater (grandson, via Kendall) Other relatives Julie Rand Chandler (half-niece)

Erica Kane is a long-running fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. The character has been portrayed by actress Susan Lucci since the show's premiere in 1970. Erica is considered to be the most popular character in soap opera history.^[2] TV Guide calls her "unequivocally the most famous soap opera character in the history of daytime TV."^[3] Actress Susan Lucci has said that she considers Erica the greatest role ever written for a woman. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. ... Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Agnes Nixon Agnes Nixon (born Agnes Eckhardt on December 27, 1927) is a Daytime Emmy award-winning writer and producer. ... For other uses, see Female (disambiguation). ... Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. ... Mona Kane Tyler was a original fictional character on the long-running American daytime drama All My Children. ... Jeff Martin is a fictional character from ABCs soap oprea All My Children. ... Thomas Tom Cudahy is on and off again character that is a resident of Pine Valley in the television soap opera All My Children. ... All My Children. ... Travis Montgomery was a character of All My Children. ... Dimitri Marick was Erica Kanes husband on All My Children. ... Information Occupation Lawyer Pine Valley District Attorney (suspended from duties on December 2, 2003) Attorney in private practice. ... Jason Maxwell (Born March 26, 1972 in Lewisburg, Tennessee) Is a former baseball player. ... Nick Davis is an English sound engineer/producer. ... Jeff Martin is a fictional character from ABCs soap oprea All My Children. ... Thomas Tom Cudahy is on and off again character that is a resident of Pine Valley in the television soap opera All My Children. ... All My Children. ... Travis Montgomery was a character of All My Children. ... Dimitri Marick was Erica Kanes husband on All My Children. ... Information Portrayed by Ian Washman (1972 - 1976) Brian Lima (1976 - 1980) Josh Hamilton (1985) Robert Duncan McNeil (1986-1988) Charles Van Eman (1990-1991) Christopher Lawford (1992-1996) Charles Charlie Phillip Brent (born Charles Tyler IV) is a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children. ... Information Occupation Lawyer Pine Valley District Attorney (suspended from duties on December 2, 2003) Attorney in private practice. ... Information Occupation Physician at PVH. Janitor at Pine Valley Hospital. ... Kendall Slater (née Hart; formerly Kendall Lang) is a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children. ... Josh Madden is a fictional character from All My Children, who came to Pine Valley on June 17, 2005. ... Information Occupation Runs Cambias Enterprises Family See Family and relationships. ... Miranda Mona Montgomery is a fictional character in the American Soap Opera, All My Children. ... Information Address Pine Valley, Pennsylvania Portrayed by Ava and Julia Farrar (October 5, 2006 - June 18, 2007) Alexander, Benjamin, and Caleb Eckstein (July 16, 2007 - present) Spike Lavery is a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children. ... Ian Slater is a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children, currently being played by a doll, starting in July 2007 due to the health problems that the baby is going through, having been born very premature. ... Julie Rand Chandler is a fictional character from the soap opera All My Children. ... A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a work of fiction. ... All My Children (AMC) is a popular American soap opera that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. ... Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ...

First scene

All My Children introduces character Erica Kane spouting a self-centered rant. She spells out to her mother everything she is looking for in a husband, establishing her ambition and her love for rich men. But deep inside, Erica is nursing the scars of the abandonment by her father, successful film director Eric Kane. At the same time, her father's life in Hollywood is the driving force for her longing to leave Pine Valley. ... Pine Valley, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American soap opera, All My Children. ...

Abortion controversy

In 1973, Erica makes the decision to have an abortion — the first legal abortion on television after Roe v. Wade was decided.^[4] What makes the abortion particularly controversial is Erica's reason for doing it, which is not for reasons of health, but so that she can keep her modeling job.^[5] Holding Texas law making it a crime to assist a woman to get an abortion violated her due process rights. ...

The writers had Erica develop a potentially fatal infection after having the abortion. The switch-boards at ABC lit up with calls from doctors and nurses, offering their medical opinions on how best to treat the character's case. The controversy did not hurt ratings in the end, which rose from 8.2 to 9.1. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ...

In the mid-2000s, head writer Megan McTavish set off controversy when the abortion was retconned in order to establish that Erica's aborted fetus was transferred into another woman's uterus. This was five years, however, before the first successful test-tube baby. Her son, Josh Madden, would return to Pine Valley and eventually learn of his true parentage. A Head Writer is a person who is in charge of a television/radio series writing team. ... Megan McTavish (born April 30, 1949 in Pembroke, New Hampshire) is an American soap opera writer, most known for her head writing stints on All My Children. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Josh Madden is a fictional character from All My Children, who came to Pine Valley on June 17, 2005. ...

Family

A model-turned-makeup executive, the show detailed the challenging aspects of Erica's life even more-such as her relationship with her mother, Mona Kane (Frances Heflin). Erica's love for Mona was an important theme, but also her resentment of the restrictions to her free spirit in which Mona tried to implement. When Mona died of cancer in 1994, the character was shown to take it hard. Mona Kane Tyler was a original fictional character on the long-running American daytime drama All My Children. ... Frances Heflin (born September 20, 1923 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — died June 1, 1994, New York City, New York) was an American actress. ...

Erica's relationship with the rest of her family has been just as complicated, if not as tempestuous.

Erica has three children:

• Kendall Hart Slater (most recently portrayed by Alicia Minshew), who was the product of a traumatizing rape by movie actor Richard Fields on the night of Erica's 14th birthday. Kendall is currently married to Alexander "Zach Slater" Cambias, Jr.. Kendall has two sons.

• Joshua "Josh" Madden (most recently portrayed by Colin Egglesfield). In 2005, Erica was shocked to discover that the doctor who performed her abortion in 1973 (see above) actually performed an experimental fetal transplant, placing the fetus into another woman (his wife) and raising the child as his son.

• Bianca Montgomery (most recently portrayed by Eden Riegel). Bianca is Erica's only child born in a traditional manner and whom Erica raised from childhood. In 2000, Bianca came out as a lesbian, and only recently has Erica fully come to terms with the revelation. Bianca has one daughter.

Erica has three grandchildren: Kendall Slater (née Hart; formerly Kendall Lang) is a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children. ... Alicia Minshew, in a still from an opening sequence of All My Children. ... Richard Fields was a character on the American soap opera All My Children. ... Information Occupation Owner of Chandler Enterprises. ... Josh Madden is a fictional character from All My Children, who came to Pine Valley on June 17, 2005. ... Colin Egglesfield, in a still from the opening sequence of All My Children. ... Information Occupation Runs Cambias Enterprises Family See Family and relationships. ... Eden Riegel, in a still from All My Children. ... This article is about same-sex desire and sexuality among women. ...

• Miranda Montgomery (born March 24, 2004), Miranda is Bianca's daughter with Michael Cambias through rape. Miranda was switched at birth and raised for almost a year as Elizabeth "Bess" Chandler by Adam "J.R." Chandler and his on/off wife, Arabella "Babe" Carey. She was thought to have died in a helicopter accident. Miranda currently lives in Paris with her mother, and is the eldest of Erica's grandchildren.

• Spike Lavery (born May 31, 2006), Spike is Kendall's son with Ryan Lavery through artificial insemination. Spike was supposed to have been Ryan's child with his then-wife Greenlee Smythe. Ryan was presumed dead and as there was a power outage at the time she was to be inseminated, Kendall was forced to use her own egg. Greenlee kidnapped Spike while Kendall was in labor with her second child. Greenlee was then involved in a car accident which was believed to have left Spike deaf, although it was later discovered that his deafness was inevitable.

• Ian Slater (born July 26, 2007), Ian is the first child of Kendall with her husband, Zach. Ian was born three and a half months early and has a hole in his heart. He is the second grandson of Erica.

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A half-brother, Mark Dalton (portrayed by Mark LaMura). In 1977, Mark and Erica had begun a romance of sorts, which led Mona to divulge the secret that they both shared the same father: Eric Kane. Erica's father had an affair with his secretary, Maureen Dalton, while working in Hollywood. In 1982, while working in New York City as a model, Erica discovered she had a half-sister named Silver. Like Mark, Silver was the product of an affair Eric Kane had (this time with a woman named Goldie). Tad Martin later exposed Silver as an imposter named Connie, but the real Silver showed up soon after, only to be killed later on. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Information Date of birth September 1, 1963 Children Jamie Martin, Kathy Mershon and Jenny Carey Address Pine Valley, Pennsylvania Portrayed by Matthew Anton (1973-1977) John E. Dunn (1978-1981) Michael E. Knight (1982-present) Thaddeus James Tad Martin is a resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley on...

Activities

The Erica character has done many things which one would probably consider over-the-top, yet typical for a soap opera character. She's staged a helicopter prison break, driven a race car (and won the race) and confronted a grizzly bear while in the forest. For a brief time, Erica was a Las Vegas showgirl.

In 1983, she fled Pine Valley for the Hollywood Hills, posing as a nun. She did this because her former lover, Kent Bogard, was killed in a struggle with a gun. Erica committed no crime, but her jealous "half-sister" (actually Connie) accused her of murder. She went undercover in 1989 in a traveling circus to locate her missing father, who had faked his own death years before. She discovered him working as a clown named 'Barney'. The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to Pacific Coast... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

The character has written three bestselling books: "Raising Kane" (her autobiography), "Erica Kane: Beyond the Pain", and "Erica Kane: Having It All". She also starred in a film version of "Raising Kane". She has hosted her own talk show, was addicted to painkillers after a debilitating fall from the catwalk in 1995 (later receiving treatment at the Betty Ford Center), kidnapped Edmund and Maria Grey's baby in 1997 after having a miscarriage, and received an intervention for alcohol abuse in 2004. Model on the catwalk during Spring 2007 Fashion Week, New York City. ... The Betty Ford Center is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Rancho Mirage, California co-founded by former United States First Lady Betty Ford and her friend, Ambassador Leonard Firestone, in 1982. ...

For much of the 1990s and early 2000s, Erica ran Enchantment, a cosmetics company. After losing it to Cambias Industries in 2003, she focused most of her attention on her relationship with Jackson. In the fall of 2005, however, she returned to work, this time as the host and executive producer of her own talk show, New Beginnings.

Erica Kane and Dimitri Marick (Michael Nader) at their first wedding.

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Marriages and relationships

Erica Kane is notable for her numerous marriages. Some have been valid, with others invalid. Her valid marriages were with Jeff Martin, Philip Brent, Tom Cudahy, Adam Chandler, Dimitri Marick (twice), and, as of May 2005, Jackson Montgomery. Her invalid marriages were with Mike Roy (twice; their second was an informal recitement of vows on Mike's "death bed" in 1985), Travis Montgomery (twice) and Adam Chandler (their second ceremony was actually a renewal of their vows, since they had never been legally divorced years earlier). Jeff Martin is a fictional character from ABCs soap oprea All My Children. ... Thomas Tom Cudahy is on and off again character that is a resident of Pine Valley in the television soap opera All My Children. ... All My Children. ... Dimitri Marick was Erica Kanes husband on All My Children. ... Information Occupation Lawyer Pine Valley District Attorney (suspended from duties on December 2, 2003) Attorney in private practice. ... Travis Montgomery was a character of All My Children. ... All My Children. ...

Erica has also had many relationships with numerous other men in Pine Valley, and has the distinction of bedding three generations of men from the same family: Nick Davis (her mother's best friend), Philip Brent (Nick's son), and Charlie (Philip's son).

Foes

Erica has a long list of people who she has scorned and fought with over the years: Maria Santos, Barbara Montgomery, Tara Martin, Richard Fields, Michael Cambias, Greenlee Smythe, Ethan Cambias, Mary Smythe, Dr. Greg Madden, J.R. Chandler, Frankie Stone, Maggie Stone, Natalie Marlowe, Janet Dillon, Vanessa Bennett, Donna Beck, Babe Carey, Krystal Carey, David Hayward, Alexandra Devane Marick, Annie Lavery and Julia Santos. Also, for a time, her enemies included her own children: Kendall Hart Slater and Josh Madden. She also has on-and-off again confrontations with Kendall's husband, Zach Slater. Dr. Maria Santos Grey is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. ... Barbara Montgomery is currently off and on again resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley on the American TV soap opera, All My Children. ... Richard Fields was a character on the American soap opera All My Children. ... Michael Cambias was a brief resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley on the American TV soap opera All My Children and was portrayed by William deVry from January 23, 2003 to August 2003 and in a ghostly vision in 2004 and 2006. ... Greenlee Smythe du Pres (formerly Lavery) is a fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. ... Ethans shot in the All My Children opening sequence. ... Mary Greenlee Smythe is a recurring fictional character on the ABC soap opera All My Children, as portrayed by Anna Stuart from May 24, 2002 to September 14, 2005. ... Ian Buchanan, in a still from the opening sequence of All My Children. ... Adam Chandler, Jr. ... Mary Frances Frankie Stone was a character on the American Soap Opera All My Children. ... Mary Margaret Maggie Stone was a character on the American Soap Opera All My Children. ... Natalie Marlowe Hunter Cortlandt Chandler Dillon was a fictional character on the daytime soap opera All My Children. ... Janet Marlowe Green Dillon (often referred to as Janet From Another Planet) is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera All My Children. ... Vanessa Bennett (formerly Hayward and Cortlandt) is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera All My Children. ... Donna Beck, at right, with a picture of her daughter Emily Ann at left. ... Arabella Babe Carey is a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children. ... Krystal Chandler (nee Carey) is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera All My Children, as portrayed by Bobbie Eakes since December 12, 2003. ... Information Occupation Physician at PVH. Janitor at Pine Valley Hospital. ... Information Occupation Neurologist Address Wildwind in Pine Valley (3900 Glenview Road) / Vadzel in Hungary Portrayed by Finola Hughes Dr. Alexandra Alex Devane Marick is a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children (July 1999 to July 2001). ... Information Occupation Former Communication Director of Cambias Industries. ... Information Occupation Nurse Address Pine Valley, Pennsylvania Portrayed by Sydney Penny Julia Santos (formerly Julia Keefer) is a fictional character played by actor Sydney Penny on the ABC soap opera All My Children from 1993 to 1996 as a series regular, guests appearances in 1997 and 2002, and from 2005... Kendall Slater (née Hart; formerly Kendall Lang) is a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children. ... Josh Madden is a fictional character from All My Children, who came to Pine Valley on June 17, 2005. ... Information Occupation Owner of Chandler Enterprises. ...

Although Erica has had many rivals over the years, her most famous and longest rivalry has been with the character Brooke English. Julia Barr, in a still from the opening sequence of All My Children. ...

Cultural impact

Because of her many marriages, Erica has the longest name for a television character:

Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Roy Roy Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery.

It is worth noting, however, that the character of Erica Kane has always, despite her marriages, remained Erica Kane, and due to five of her marriages being invalid (both of her marriages to Mike Roy, both of her marriages to Travis Montgomery, and her second marriage to Adam Chandler, which was in actuality a vow renewal), has never legally held some of those names.

In a sketch on Saturday Night Live, Erica Kane was a contestant on the fictional game show "Game Breakers". She seduced fictional game show host Jack Morgan (portrayed by Phil Hartman), thus enabling her to soundly beat her opponent. Morgan came close to marrying Kane (in a ceremony presided over by Don Pardo), but the wedding was interrupted by real-life game show host (and "current husband") Gene Rayburn. The sketch ended with Kane being mauled by a panther owned by Siegfried and Roy (portrayed by Kevin Nealon and Dana Carvey).^[6] SNL redirects here. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Phil Hartman (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning writer as well as an actor, voice artist, comedian and graphic artist. ... Dominick George Don Pardo (born February 22, 1918 in Westfield, Massachusetts) is a legendary American radio and television announcer. ... Gene Rayburn (December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an Emmy-nominated American radio and television personality. ... Siegfried & Roy are longtime Las Vegas headliners whose longrunning illusion and magic act closed October 3, 2003 after “Roy” was mauled by one of the acts performing white tigers during a performance. ... Kevin Nealon in 2006 Kevin Nealon (born November 18, 1953 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American comedian and actor best known for the characters he played on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1995, and his role on the series Weeds. ... Dana Thomas Carvey (born April 2, 1955, in Missoula, Montana) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and the spin-off movie Waynes World. ...

Erica also popularized the catchphrase "I am Erica Kane!", said whenever Erica was afraid, challenged, or threatened.

Because of the drama that she causes, the late musical artist Aaliyah recorded a song about it called "Erica Kane."^[7] For other uses, see Aliyah (disambiguation). ...

Band B5 also made a song called "Erica Kane". The song talks about how they're in a relationship with a beautiful girl, but she is crazy. B5 is an R&B Boy group originating from St. ...

Alternative rock band Urge Overkill titled a song after the character.^[8] Alternative music redirects here. ... Urge Overkill is an alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, United States, consisting of Nathan Nash Kato Katruud (vocals/guitar), and Eddie King Roeser (vocals/guitar/bass guitar). ...

Rapper Lil' Kim at times refers to herself as "the black Erica Kane."^{[citation needed]} Kimberly Denise Jones, better known by her stage name Lil Kim[1], is an American multi-platinum rapper. ...

Notes and references

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External links

• Erica Kane profile - SoapCentral.com
• Erica Kane character bio - ABC.com