Susan Lucci
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.
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Movies (24)
Outcome
2026 · Dinah Hawk
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · Self - Guest
The Story of Soaps
2020 · Self
El Legado de un Lunático
2019 · Self
Joy
2015 · Danica
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003 · Self
Blood on Her Hands
1998 · Isabelle Collins
Ebbie
1995 · Ebbie Scrooge
Seduced and Betrayed
1995 · Victoria Landers
French Silk
1994 · Claire Laurent
Between Love and Hate
1993 · Vivian Conrad
Double Edge
1992 · Maggie Dutton / Carmen Moore
The Woman Who Sinned
1991 · Victoria Robeson
The Bride in Black
1990 · Rose D'Amore-Malloy
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Lady Mobster
1988 · Laurel Castle
Haunted by Her Past
1987 · Karen Beckett aka Katherine Raymond
Mafia Princess
1986 · Antoinette Giancana
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
Invitation to Hell
1984 · Jessica Jones
Young Doctors in Love
1982 · Susan Lucci (uncredited)
Me, Natalie
1969 · Cheerleader
Goodbye, Columbus
1969 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
TV shows (35)
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
Bienvenidos al Wrexham
2022 · Self
Generation Gap
2022 · Self - Celebrity Guest
Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love
2021 · Narrator (voice)
The Tamron Hall Show
2019 · Self - Guest
Difficult People
2015 · Shelley Waxman
Derrota a Bobby Flay
2013 · Self
Devious Maids
2013 · Genevieve Delatour
Deadly Affairs
2012 · Host
The Talk
2010 · Self
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Susan Lucci
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Army Wives
2007 · Audrey Whitaker
The Reichen Show
2005 · Self
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Self - Contestant
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
Higglytown Heroes
2004
Hope & Faith
2003 · Jacqueline Karr
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
That's So Raven
2003 · Charlotte Romano
The View
1997 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
1986 · Darya Romanoff
Jeopardy!
1984 · Self
The Fall Guy
1981
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Dallas
1978 · Sheila Foley / Hillary Taylor, Sheila Foley / Hilary Michaels, Hillary Taylor
The Love Boat
1977 · Paula Hastings
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
All My Children
1970 · Erica Kane / Jane Campbell, Erica Kane
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self