Susan Lucci
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 23, 1946 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Scarsdale, New York, USA
Biography
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress, television host, author and entrepreneur, best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children during the show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. Previously, she starred on the 60's soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing. In 1996, TV Guide ranked Lucci number 37 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. She was named one of VH1's 200 Top Icons of All Time and one of Barbara Walters's Ten Most Fascinating People. During her run on All My Children, she 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; beginning in the late 1980s her status as a perpetual nominee for the award attracted significant media attention. The character she portrayed, Erica Kane, is considered an icon, and Lucci 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. Lucci has also acted in other TV series, as well as occasionally in film and on stage. She had multi-episode guest appearances on the series Dallas, Hot in Cleveland and Army Wives. She hosted Saturday Night Live in 1990. After the cancellation of All My Children, she hosted the 2012-2014 true crime series Deadly Affairs and narrated its' offshoot Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love. She starred as Genevieve Delatour in the 2013-2016 Lifetime series Devious Maids.
Known For
Filmography
Outcome
Movie · as Dinah Hawk
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie · as Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie · as Self - Guest
Generation Gap
TV · as Self - Celebrity Guest · 1 ep
Welcome to Wrexham
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 32 eps
The Story of Soaps
Movie · as Self
It Takes a Lunatic
Movie · as Self
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Joy
Movie · as Danica
Difficult People
TV · as Shelley Waxman · 1 ep
Devious Maids
TV · as Genevieve Delatour · 49 eps
Beat Bobby Flay
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Deadly Affairs
TV · as Host · 36 eps
Hot in Cleveland
TV · as Susan Lucci · 5 eps
The Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Army Wives
TV · as Audrey Whitaker · 3 eps
Dancing with the Stars
TV · as Self - Contestant · 15 eps
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Higglytown Heroes
TV · 1 ep
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
Hope & Faith
TV · as Jacqueline Karr · 2 eps
That's So Raven
TV · as Charlotte Romano · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Blood on Her Hands
Movie · as Isabelle Collins
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Ebbie
Movie · as Ebbie Scrooge
Seduced and Betrayed
Movie · as Victoria Landers
French Silk
Movie · as Claire Laurent
Between Love and Hate
Movie · as Vivian Conrad
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Double Edge
Movie · as Maggie Dutton / Carmen Moore
The Woman Who Sinned
Movie · as Victoria Robeson
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
The Bride in Black
Movie · as Rose D'Amore-Malloy
Lady Mobster
Movie · as Laurel Castle
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Haunted by Her Past
Movie · as Karen Beckett aka Katherine Raymond
Mafia Princess
Movie · as Antoinette Giancana
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
TV · as Darya Romanoff · 2 eps
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
Invitation to Hell
Movie · as Jessica Jones
Jeopardy!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Young Doctors in Love
Movie · as Susan Lucci (uncredited)
The Fall Guy
TV · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dallas
TV · as Sheila Foley / Hillary Taylor, Sheila Foley / Hilary Michaels · 3 eps
The Love Boat
TV · as Paula Hastings · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
All My Children
TV · as Erica Kane / Jane Campbell · 2338 eps
Goodbye, Columbus
Movie · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Me, Natalie
Movie · as Cheerleader
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
TV · 248 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep