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Cathy Craig
Cathy Craig is a fictional character on the American soap opera '' One Life to Live''. Introduced onscreen in January 1969, the character role is the first ongoing antagonist to lead heroine Victoria Lord and last appears in November 1978. Casting Actress Catherine Burns originated the role of Cathy Craig from 1969 until 1970. The role was then assumed by actress Amy Levitt from 1970 through May 1971, when she was replaced by actress Jane Alice Brandon. Brandon appeared on ''One Life to Live'' from May 1971 through October 1972, when series creator Agnes Nixon recast the role again to Dorrie Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh played Cathy longer than any other actress in the role, from October 1972 until June 1976, until she was fired by executive producer Doris Quinlan. Jennifer Harmon played the role until the character's final appearance in November 1978. In late 1975, actress Robin Strasser was offered a long-term contract with the series to take up the role but declined upon the knowled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Burns
Catherine Burns (September 25, 1945 – February 2, 2019) was an American actress of stage, film, radio and television. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ''Last Summer'' (1969). Early years Born in New York City of Irish and Polish heritage, Burns was raised in Manhattan, and attended Hunter College High School, Hunter College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Burns's professional acting debut occurred in David Susskind's TV production of ''The Crucible'' (1967). She made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in 1968 in ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'', for which she received the Clarence Derwent Awards, Clarence Derwent Award. She also appeared in ''Operation Sidewinder'' (1970) on Broadway. In 1970 she won the Theatre World Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play ''Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr. Kooning''. Burns made her screen debut in 1969 in ''Las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmony Books
Harmony Books is an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, itself part of publisher Penguin Random House. It was founded by Bruce Harris, a Crown executive, in 1972. The imprint has been used for such books as: *Jill Freedman, ''Circus Days'' (1975, , ). *Mark Lewisohn, ''The Beatles Recording Sessions'' (1988, ). *Leni Riefenstahl, '' Vanishing Africa'' (1982, ). *Stephen Jay Gould, '' Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin'' (1996, ). Harmony Books is currently focused on books about personal transformation, well-being, health, relationships, self-improvement, and spirituality. Books and authors include ''Master Your Metabolism'' by Jillian Michaels, ''Change Your Brain, Change Your Body'' by Daniel G. Amen, '' The Dukan Diet'', Deepak Chopra, ''The 4-Hour Workweek'' and ''The 4-Hour Body'' by Timothy Ferriss, eighteen books with Suzanne Somers, ''Queen Bees & Wannabes'' and ''Masterminds & Wingmen'' by Rosalind Wiseman and multiple books with the Dalai L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Slezak
Erika Alma Hermina Slezak (; born August 5, 1946) is an American actress, best known for her role as Victoria "Viki" Lord on the American daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from 1971 through the television finale in 2012 and again in the online revival in 2013. She is one of the longest-serving serial actors in American media. For her portrayal of Viki, she has won six Daytime Emmy Awards, the most of any daytime drama actress. Life and career Slezak was born in Hollywood, California, of Czech, Austrian, German-Jewish and Dutch descent, the daughter of Tony award-winning Austrian actor Walter Slezak and Johanna "Kaasi" Van Rijn, and the granddaughter of opera tenor Leo Slezak. Her godmother was Alma Mahler-Werfel. She was born two months after her grandfather died. Raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, Slezak attended high school at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Eden Hall in Torresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At age 17, she became one of the youngest individuals ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odyssey House
Odyssey House Texas, located in Houston, Texas is a private not-for-profit organization established in 1989 to provide treatment and education to youth and families whose lives have been devastated by drugs, alcohol, and Child abuse, abuse. At that time, local families who had lost their children to drugs, alcohol and death identified the need for an effective and affordable program. History Odyssey House Texas is one of many Odyssey House Therapeutic Communities around the world. The first Odyssey House, in East Harlem, was established by Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber, a resident psychiatrist working at Metropolitan Hospital in New York City who, dissatisfied with the practice of using Substance dependence#Anti-addictive drugs, drug replacement medications such as methadone as the primary therapeutic intervention, started a "drug free" programme in 1966. Odyssey House Texas got its start thanks to Spindletop Charities, Inc. a non-profit corporation supported by the gas and oil indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known colloquially as acid, is a potent psychedelic drug. Effects typically include intensified thoughts, emotions, and sensory perception. At sufficiently high dosages LSD manifests primarily mental, visual, as well as auditory, hallucinations. Dilated pupils, increased blood pressure, and increased body temperature are typical. Effects typically begin within half an hour and can last for up to 20 hours. LSD is also capable of causing mystical experiences and ego dissolution. It is used mainly as a recreational drug or for spiritual reasons. LSD is both the prototypical psychedelic and one of the "classical" psychedelics, being the psychedelics with the greatest scientific and cultural significance. LSD is typically either swallowed or held under the tongue. It is most often sold on blotter paper and less commonly as tablets, in a watery solution or in gelatin squares called panes. LSD is considered to be non-addictive with low potent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
