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3 unusual facts about One Life to Live


Alex Olanov

Alexandra "Alex" Olanov (formerly Wentworth, Hesser, Buchanan, Stuart and Vickers) is a fictional character from the long-running ABC soap opera One Life to Live.

Jeanne Campbell

Her younger daughter, Cusi Cram (born 1967), is also an actress (she portrayed Cassie Callison on the soap opera One Life to Live from 1981 until 1983), a Herrick-prize-winning playwright, and an Emmy-nominated writer for the children's animated television program Arthur.

Marcus Schenkenberg

Marcus Schenkenberg has also appeared mostly as himself in many episodes of different international TV shows, programs and series like V.I.P. (2001), As the World Turns, Stacked (2005), on VH1's fourth season of The Surreal Life or One Life to Live.


Adriana Cramer

Adriana Cramer (adopted Colón; formerly Balsom) is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed most notably by Melissa Fumero.

Audrey Landers

From 1990–1992, she played the role of Charlotte Hesser, eldest daughter of upstate Pennsylvania mob boss Carlo Hesser on the ABC daytime series One Life to Live.

Charity Rahmer

Prior to working on Days she appeared in several B movies, two of which were directed by David DeCoteau and co-starred former One Life to Live actor Matthew Twining.

Day of Compassion

Neil Tadken, creator, was so moved by the HIV/AIDS-awareness storyline involving the character Billy Douglas (Ryan Phillippe) on One Life To Live, that Tadken contacted the producers of all ten daytime dramas, suggesting that on June 21, their shows mention AIDS and HIV in some way.

Don Jeffcoat

He is perhaps most recognized for his roles as Joseph "Joey" Riley Buchanan on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, Michael Towner on 7th Heaven, and Kyle in the hit Disney movie Wish Upon A Star, alongside Katherine Heigl and Danielle Harris.

Don Moody

Moody then entered the world of television production with the American Broadcasting Company, where he worked as an associate producer on the shows All My Children, One Life to Live, and Loving (TV series).

Dude Walker

Dude has appeared in several popular TV shows, including The West Wing, One Life to Live, and The Wire.

Elizabeth Keifer

In addition to her portrayal of Blake, Keifer has also appeared on other soaps, including, The Young and the Restless, One Life to Live, Days of our Lives, and General Hospital.

Hillary B. Smith

After taking maternity leave from acting after the birth in 1988 of her son, Smith returned to daytime television, originating the role of Llanview District Attorney Nora Hanen Buchanan on ABC's One Life to Live (OLTL), a character she has played from 1992 until the series' cancelation in 2012.

Jennifer Bransford

She is known for her role as Georgie Phillips on One Life to Live (1997–1998) and for her role as Carly Corinthos # 3 on General Hospital (2005).

Judy Blye Wilson

In 2005 she was the casting director of the short film Exit in which she cast actors from her previous soaps, Kassie DePaiva, who plays Blair on One Life to Live, and Jack Scalia, who played Christopher Stamp on All My Children.

Kassie DePaiva

On Monday, November 29, 1993, she began portraying her most notable role, the part of Blair Daimler Cramer on One Life to Live, formerly portrayed by half-Asian actress, Mia Korf.

Kevin Dobson

Dobson also appeared on the syndicated F/X: The Series for one season, playing Detective Leo McCarthy in 1996-97, and on the hit daytime drama series, One Life to Live and The Bold and the Beautiful.

Les Tremayne

He played the deceased Victor Lord for one month on One Life to Live during the 1987 Heaven storyline in which daughter Vicki Lord Buchanan (Erika Slezak) was reunited with most every character that had died on the show after a heart attack left her in purgatory.

Lindsay Rappaport

Even after Lindsay falls in love and marries hotshot lawyer Sam Rappaport (Kale Browne) and raises his two children, Lindsay is disappointed and angered when Sam's falls out of love with her and in love with Nora Hanen (Hillary B. Smith).

Marty Saybrooke

For revenge, she spreads a rumor that he is gay and is having a sexual affair with underage, gay teenage boy Billy Douglas (Ryan Phillippe).

Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin

The first misstep was to bring talent from ABC onto her shows; she attempted to swiftly put her stamp on a revised As the World Turns by bringing in former ABC scriptwriter Lorraine Broderick and firing longtime ATWT actor Allyson Rice-Taylor, replacing her with former One Life to Live star Susan Batten.

Michael E. Knight

In his personal life, Knight was married from June 27, 1992 – 2006 to One Life to Live star Catherine Hickland.

Miss Rhode Island Teen USA

Other notable Miss Rhode Island Teen USAs are Claudia Jordan, who was also Miss Rhode Island USA 1997 and has appeared on The Price Is Right and Deal or No Deal and Gina Tognoni, known for her portrayal of Kelly Cramer on the soap opera One Life to Live from 1995 to 2001 and her appearance as Dinah Marler on CBS's Guiding Light.

Nancy Frangione

In addition to other soap operas, such as One Life to Live, where she filled in for an ailing Andrea Evans as Tina Lord in 1985, Frangione has appeared on nighttime television series such as The Nanny (as Fran's cousin Marsha), Highway to Heaven, Matlock, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Nancy Pinkerton

Pinkerton is perhaps best known as the original actress to play Dr. Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1973 to 1977, a period which would establish the character as the prime nemesis to the series' longrunning heroine, Victoria Lord (portrayed since 1971 by multiple Daytime Emmy-winner Erika Slezak).

Nick Walker

Nicholas Walker (actor), known for his roles on the American soap operas Capitol and One Life to Live

Pequannock Township, New Jersey

Susan Misner (born 1971), actress who has appeared on films and television, including roles in One Life to Live, The Bronx Is Burning, Rescue Me and Chicago.

Rafe Kovich and Alison Barrington

In 2013, on General Hospital Alison and a now teenage Rafe returned to Port Charles and learned that Lucy had been arrested for stabbing John McBain, whom she mistaken for Caleb.

Robert Montano

In May 2007, Montano filled in for an injured Kamar de los Reyes in the role of Antonio Vega for seven episodes of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live between May 17, 2007 and May 28, 2007 due to an undisclosed injury.

Stephen Schnetzer

Schnetzer is married to former actress Nancy Snyder, whom he met while she was playing Katrina Karr on One Life to Live.

Terrell Tilford

Terrell Tilford (born in Los Angeles, California, US on July 22, 1969) is an American film, stage, and television actor, best known for roles as David Grant on The Guiding Light (1998–2001) and Greg Evans on the One Life to Live (2009–2010) and as Ramon Rush in the Lifetime drama series The Protector (2011) and as Sean Clarke on the sexy, scripted-series Single Ladies.

The Curtain Society

The album was featured on multiple episodes of the soap operas One Life to Live and Young & the Restless, on The Rachel Zoe Project on Bravo and in the movie Still Green.

Tobias Truvillion

He has appeared on such television shows such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and in April 2006, joined the cast of the long-running soap opera One Life to Live as Vincent Jones.

Victor Lord

A distressed Victor pleads with the robbers to release Meredith during hostage negotiations with Llanview Police Department Lt. Ed Hall (Al Freeman, Jr.).


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Anthony George

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, One Life to Live was written and produced by many Dark Shadows alumni, which led to an amusing scene where former Dark Shadows stars George, Nancy Barrett, and Grayson Hall, as their Llanview counterparts, wondered where they had previously met.

Hanen

Nora Hanen, character in the soap opera One Life to Live

Hazel Scott

She made her television acting debut in 1973, on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, performing a wedding song at the nuptials of her "onscreen cousin", Carla Gray Hall, portrayed by Ellen Holly.

Hesser

Carlo Hesser, character of the American soap opera One Life to Live

Josh Casaubon

Since leaving One Life to Live, Casaubon has had guest roles on Law & Order (2007), Law & Order SVU (2007), Army Wives (2007), "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2012), Damages (2009), and small roles in the films The Good Shepherd (2006) and 27 Dresses (2008).

Kassie DePaiva

DePaiva has been married to fellow One Life to Live actor James DePaiva since May 31, 1996 and gave birth to their son, James Quentin DePaiva, on May 12, 1997.

Kristen Alderson

On January 11, 2012, it was announced that Alderson, along with former co-stars Kassie DePaiva, Michael Easton, and Roger Howarth, would reprise her One Life to Live role on ABC's sole remaining soap opera General Hospital.

Markko

Markko Rivera, fictional character on ABC's daytime drama One Life to Live.

Nancy Pinkerton

After One Life to Live, Pinkerton portrayed Viveca Strand on The Doctors from 1979 to 1981, Dorothy Connors on As the World Turns from 1983 to 1984, and Helen Kennedy on The Guiding Light in 1985.

Something Wilder

Smith continued in her role as D.A. Nora Gannon on One Life to Live sporadically during the run of this series (despite the fact that OLTL was on a competing network, ABC), and resumed it full-time when Something Wilder was canceled.

St. Catherine University

Nancy Youngblut ’75 - Played Kolana in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and Scarlet Forest in ABC’s "One Life to Live"

Susan Haskell

Haskell also appeared on Port Charles in 2001 as Granya Thornhart, opposite her former One Life to Live love interest (and longtime companion), Thorsten Kaye, with whom she shares two daughters McKenna (born February 2003) and Marlowe Marann (born January 28, 2007).

Wayne Massey

Massey was briefly married at age 22 (one son, Judd), and again later to his One Life to Live costar Andrea Evans from 1981 to 1983.