NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Susan Lucci

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. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Erica Kane, from a picture first seen in All My Childrens opening credits in January 1990. ... 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. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_York. ... Scarsdale is both a town and village in Westchester County, New York, USA postal code 10583. ... Erica Kane, from a picture first seen in All My Childrens opening credits in January 1990. ... 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. ... An Emmy Award. ... // The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is an award which has been given every year at the Daytime Emmys ceremony since 1974. ... 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. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ...

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. Garden City High School is the public high school in the affluent town of Garden City, New York. ... Garden City, New York is a village in central Nassau County, New York in the USA, which was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869. ... Marymount College of Fordham University was a small private womens college in the United States, and part of Fordham University. ... Fordham University is a private, coeducational research university[2] in the United States, with three residential campuses located in and around New York City. ...

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 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. Erica Kane, from a picture first seen in All My Childrens opening credits in January 1990. ... 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... 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. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Ray MacDonnell playing Dr. Joe Martin, seen here in 1970 with Karen Lynn Gorney (Tara Martin). ...

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. 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] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York- based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... // The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is an award which has been given every year at the Daytime Emmys ceremony since 1974. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

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. A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 91-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City that has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ...

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. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Original logo (1984-1995) 20th Anniversary logo (2004) Lifetime Television, more commonly known as Lifetime, is an American television network which as its tagline notes, is Television for Women. ... Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870), pen-name “Boz”, was an English novelist of the Victorian era. ... A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol ) is what Charles Dickens described as his little Christmas Book and was first published on December 19, 1843 with illustrations by John Leech. ... Scrooge is the surname of Ebenezer Scrooge, the selfish and miserly protagonist of Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ...

Other credits and achievements

Lucci starred in the Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" in 1999 to 2000, taking over from Bernadette Peters. Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Annie Get Your Gun is a musical loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. ... Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American Tony Award-winning actress and singer. ...

In 1991, she launched the Susan Lucci Collection of hair care products. Her career as a businesswoman continues, with many lucrative skin care and makeup lines selling on HSN. Home Shopping Network In GSM, HSN stands for Hopping Sequence Number. ...

For much of the 1980s and into the 1990s Lucci did many commercials for the local Ford dealers in the New York City area. Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after General Motors and Toyota, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

In early 2005, Lucci earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

Personal life

Lucci's father, Victor, was a first-generation American. 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 the daytime soap 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. The baby was named Royce Alexander. [2] is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Liza Huber Liza Victoria Huber (born February 22, 1975 in Long Island, New York, USA) is an actress. ... Passions is a multi-Daytime Emmy Award-winning American television serial created by veteran writer James E. Reilly. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Awards (Won)

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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 The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York- based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... 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. ...

Other Awards

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-Shared with Walt Willey Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The Soap Opera Digest Awards are are award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. ... Walt Willey (born January 26, 1951 in Ottawa, Illinois) is an American actor. ...

-Shared with Larkin Malloy Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Soap Opera Digest Awards are are award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. ... 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. ... Larkin Malloy (born September 24, 1954) is an American actor. ...

Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... The Soap Opera Digest Awards are are award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. ... 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. ...

TV/Guest Roles

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. ... Thats So Raven is an American sitcom television series broadcast on the Disney Channel. ... Hope & Faith is an American sitcom airing on ABC in the United States, starring Faith Ford and Kelly Ripa. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... The Fall Guy was an American television series produced for ABC. It ran from 1981 to 1986 and starred Lee Majors, Heather Thomas and Douglas Barr. ... Fantasy Island refers to two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network. ... The Love Boat was an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986. ...

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