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Susan Lucci

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Actor b. 1946 On stage 2026

Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) 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, 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. As early as 1991, her salary had been reported as over $1 million a year. 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…

On stage 1 production

2026 Celebrity Autobiography Shubert Theatre · Revival

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Annie Get Your Gun

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In the literature2 passages

  • Bernadette Peters won a Tony in 1999 for her performance. After Ms. Peters left the cast, Susan Lucci, Cheryl Ladd, and then Reba McIntyre — making her Broadway debut — replaced her. (Ms. Lucci had been a vacation replacement for Ms. Peters). Ms. McEntire, the country singer, with her inspired performance, seems to have laid to rest the g…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • I hold Susan Lucci very dear. She’s the opposite of Erica Kane, her character from All My Children ; she's one of the sweetest people!ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt

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