Susan Lucci

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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Dancing with the Stars

The Mike Douglas Show

Dallas

Dallas

All Movies (23)

• Outcome2026 · as Dinah Hawk
• Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love2023 · as Self - Guest
• The Story of Soaps2020 · as Self
• It Takes a Lunatic2019 · as Self
• Joy2015 · as Danica
• ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration2003 · as Self
• Blood on Her Hands1998 · as Isabelle Collins
• Ebbie1995 · as Elizabeth "Ebbie" Scrooge
• Seduced and Betrayed1995 · as Victoria Landers
• French Silk1994 · as Claire Laurent
• Between Love and Hate1993 · as Vivian Conrad
• Double Edge1992 · as Maggie Dutton / Carmen Moore
• The Woman Who Sinned1991 · as Victoria Robeson
• The Bride in Black1990 · as Rose D'Amore-Malloy
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Lady Mobster1988 · as Laurel Castle
• Haunted by Her Past1987 · as Karen Beckett aka Katherine Raymond
• Mafia Princess1986 · as Antoinette Giancana
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• Invitation to Hell1984 · as Jessica Jones
• Young Doctors in Love1982 · as Susan Lucci (uncredited)
• Me, Natalie1969 · as Cheerleader
• Goodbye, Columbus1969 · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

All TV Shows (39)

• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• Welcome to Wrexham2022 · as Self
• Generation Gap2022 · as Self - Celebrity Guest
• Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love2021 · as Narrator (voice)
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• Difficult People2015 · as Shelley Waxman
• Beat Bobby Flay2013 · as Self
• Devious Maids2013 · as Genevieve Delatour
• Deadly Affairs2012 · as Host
• The Talk2010 · as Self
• Hot in Cleveland2010 · as Susan Lucci
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Army Wives2007 · as Audrey Whitaker
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
• Dancing with the Stars2005 · as Self - Contestant
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self
• Higglytown Heroes2004
• Hope & Faith2003 · as Jacqueline Karr
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• That's So Raven2003 · as Charlotte Romano
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna1986 · as Darya Romanoff
• Jeopardy!1984 · as Self
• The Fall Guy1981
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Dallas1978 · as Sheila Foley / Hillary Taylor
• Dallas1978 · as Sheila Foley / Hilary Michaels
• Dallas1978 · as Hillary Taylor
• The Love Boat1977 · as Paula Hastings
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• All My Children1970 · as Erica Kane / Jane Campbell
• All My Children1970 · as Erica Kane
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing1967
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self