Susan Lucci

Susan Lucci

Susan Victoria Lucci 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.

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TV Series

All My Children

All My Children

6.5
Higglytown Heroes

Higglytown Heroes

7.1
Hope & Faith

Hope & Faith

5.382
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3
Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

5.1
That's So Raven

That's So Raven

7.163
The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

7.568
Dallas

Dallas

6.8
Dallas

Dallas

6.8
Dallas

Dallas

6.8
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

5
Devious Maids

Devious Maids

7.1
Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland

7.387
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

7
Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait

4.5
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.375
Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

6
Generation Gap

Generation Gap

6.8
Welcome to Wrexham

Welcome to Wrexham

7.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.459
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

6.1
The Reichen Show

The Reichen Show

4.8
The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

3.938
All My Children

All My Children

6.5
The View

The View

4.363
Sherri

Sherri

3.8
Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love

Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love

1
Deadly Affairs

Deadly Affairs

5.2
Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

4.12
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.1
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

6.6
Beat Bobby Flay

Beat Bobby Flay

6.519
Difficult People

Difficult People

6.205

Movies

Goodbye, Columbus

Goodbye, Columbus

5.5
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

8.4
Invitation to Hell

Invitation to Hell

5.1
Ebbie

Ebbie

4.364
Seduced and Betrayed

Seduced and Betrayed

6.6
The Woman Who Sinned

The Woman Who Sinned

5
French Silk

French Silk

3.5
Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

4
Haunted by Her Past

Haunted by Her Past

5.714
Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love

5.2
Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

8
Outcome

Outcome

0
Joy

Joy

6.553
Mafia Princess

Mafia Princess

10
Lady Mobster

Lady Mobster

4.2
The Bride in Black

The Bride in Black

6
Blood on Her Hands

Blood on Her Hands

4
Between Love and Hate

Between Love and Hate

4
Double Edge

Double Edge

3
It Takes a Lunatic

It Takes a Lunatic

5.3
The Story of Soaps

The Story of Soaps

7
Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie

5.6