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Roxy Balsom
Roxy Balsom is a fictional character from ABC's daytime drama ''One Life to Live''. The character was played by Ilene Kristen from November 7, 2001, through the final episode on January 13, 2012. The character is known for her constant malapropisms, which most other characters ignore and find amusing. Storylines Roxy is introduced in 2001 as the irresponsible mother of Natalie Buchanan and Rex Balsom. It is soon revealed that Natalie is the biological daughter of Victoria Lord and Clint Buchanan. It is initially believed that when Allison Perkins had kidnapped the Buchanan baby in 1987, another child was returned and grew up to be Jessica Buchanan. Jessica begins a tenuous relationship with Roxy, whom she believes to be her mother, but a DNA test on Jessica proves that she is also Viki's daughter. Viki's longtime enemy, Mitch Laurence, who had masterminded the kidnapping, had secretly raped a drugged Viki around the same time that she had conceived a child with Clint. Viki unknowi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilene Kristen
Ilene Kristen (born Ilene Schatz; July 30, 1952) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Delia Ryan in the ABC soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' (1975–1979, 1982–1983, 1986–1989) and her Emmy-nominated performances as Roxy Balsom on ''One Life to Live'' (2001–2012). Early years Ilene Kristen was born Ilene Schatz in Brooklyn, New York, the elder child of Arthur Schatz of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Myrna Levin of Borough Park, Brooklyn. Her father was a hairdresser who owned a series of beauty parlors across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Palm Beach, Florida. Ilene has a younger sister, Karen Schatz. She lived in Brooklyn until the age of 13 when her family moved to Forest Hills, Queens, living there for two years. In 1968, the family moved to Manhattan’s Upper West Side. She attended PS 217 in Brooklyn, Russell Sage Junior High School in Queens, and Professional Children's School in Manhattan. She then went to Finch College where she majored in Drama and min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Lewis (One Life To Live)
A list of notable characters from the ABC soap opera '' One Life to Live'' that made their first appearance between the beginning of 2000 and the end of 2009. Kimberly Andrews Kimberly Andrews (born Aubrey Wentworth) is a fictional character on the American soap opera, '' One Life to Live''. Amanda Setton originated the role on August 14, 2009 and last appeared on April 2, 2010. Setton reprised the role from August 22, 2011, until December 29, 2011. Kimberly Andrews is an exotic dancer who arrives in Llanview in August 2009 to help her best friend, Stacy Morasco. Stacy had miscarried her baby with Rex Balsom, and Kim conspires to help Stacy get pregnant again and pass the child off as Rex's. Running low on money, Kim sets her sights on Clint Buchanan. Kim manipulates her way into a position as Clint's executive assistant and soon finds out that Clint's wife Nora Buchanan has fallen back in love with her ex-husband, Bo Buchanan. In December, Kim arranges for Clint to discove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacy Morasco
A list of notable characters from the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' that made their first appearance between the beginning of 2000 and the end of 2009. Kimberly Andrews Kimberly Andrews (born Aubrey Wentworth) is a fictional character on the American soap opera, ''One Life to Live''. Amanda Setton originated the role on August 14, 2009 and last appeared on April 2, 2010. Setton reprised the role from August 22, 2011, until December 29, 2011. Kimberly Andrews is an exotic dancer who arrives in Llanview in August 2009 to help her best friend, Stacy Morasco. Stacy had miscarried her baby with Rex Balsom, and Kim conspires to help Stacy get pregnant again and pass the child off as Rex's. Running low on money, Kim sets her sights on Clint Buchanan. Kim manipulates her way into a position as Clint's executive assistant and soon finds out that Clint's wife Nora Buchanan has fallen back in love with her ex-husband, Bo Buchanan. In December, Kim arranges for Clint to discover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rae Cummings
Rae Cummings is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live''. Linda Dano played the role from 1978 to 1980, from June 28 to November 1999, and from May 2000 to March 12, 2004. Casting and awards Gretel Rae Cummings was originated by Linda Dano from 1978 to 1980. Dano went on to appear on CBS's ''As the World Turns'' and on NBC's '' Another World'' until that series' cancellation on June 25, 1999. On June 28, 1999, Dano returned to ''One Life to Live'' as Rae. Anna Stuart filled in for Dano on April 25, 2002. Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actress in 2003, and left ''One Life to Live'' on March 13, 2004. After playing Felicia Gallant on ''Another World'', Dano was not looking forward to playing a character named Gretel, which she felt sounded less glamorous. She and the producers of ''One Life to Live'' reached a compromise where Gretel would now be using her middle name, Rae. It was later revealed on ''One Life to Live'' that Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echo DiSavoy
Echo DiSavoy is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live''. She was portrayed by Kim Zimmer from March to October 1983. After a twenty-seven-year absence, during which Zimmer went on to play the long-running character Reva Shayne on the CBS daytime drama ''Guiding Light'', Zimmer reprised the role on October 1, 2010, staying until October 14 of the following year. Storylines 1983 In March 1983, Countess Echo DiSavoy arrives in Llanview seeking revenge on newspaper editor Clint Buchanan. She schemes to get close to him and secures a job as a photographer at ''The Banner''. Echo seduces Clint in June 1983, and he is reminded of a woman from his past named Giselle. Though he does not make the connection, Giselle was Echo's mother, and Echo blames him for her death. After telling Clint's wife Viki about the affair, Echo lures Clint into an argument on a bridge. Though she has fallen in love with him, Echo goes through with her plan and jumps into the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Banks (One Life To Live)
Charlie Banks is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live''. He was portrayed by Brian Kerwin from October 25, 2007, to May 11, 2011. He re-appeared on December 12 and 13, 2011, when Viki returned to Paris, Texas. Character history Charlie comes into the Bon Jour Café in Paris, Texas, in October 2007. He befriends his waitress, Victoria "Viki" Lord Davidson, and asks her out. Charlie and Viki have a date at the local drive-in. A recovering alcoholic, Charlie is looking for his son to make amends. He gets a lead and heads to the nearby Buchanan Ranch, where the Buchanans are assembling for the reading of patriarch Asa's will. Charlie is unaware that Clint Buchanan is actually Viki's ex-husband, and that her daughters are at the ranch too. By the time Charlie arrives, his son Jared has returned to Llanview, Pennsylvania. Charlie discovers an injured Dorian Lord in the bushes and follows her home to Llanview to find Jared. Charlie ends up at Nash Brennan' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buchanan Family
The Buchanan family is a long-running family of fictional characters on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live''. The ensemble was originally inspired by the Ewing family on the primetime soap opera ''Dallas'', and appeared from September 1979 through the end of the serial in August 2013. Generations Ancestors * Jasper Buchanan Unseen character. Father of Buck, great-grandfather of Asa Buchanan. * Buck Buchanan (Philip Carey) Paternal grandfather of Asa Buchanan. * Dorothy "Blaize" Pardee Buchanan (Loyita Chapel) Paternal grandmother of Asa Buchanan. First generation * Asa Buchanan (Philip Carey) Born off-screen October 31, 1924; dies onscreen August 16, 2007. Brother to Pike and Jeannie. * Pike Buchanan ( Don Chastain, Tom Atkins) Brother of Asa and Jeannie. * Jeannie Buchanan Unseen character; dies off-screen. * Wanda Webb (Marilyn Chris, Lee Lawson) Born off-screen circa 1938. Sister of Paul, second cousin of Asa, Pike and Jeannie. * Paul Webb Unseen character; di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanview, Pennsylvania
Llanview, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American soap opera ''One Life to Live''. The city exists in the same fictional universe as cities from other existing or defunct ABC daytime dramas, including Pine Valley, Pennsylvania from ''All My Children'', Port Charles, New York from ''General Hospital'', and Corinth, Pennsylvania from '' Loving''. Overview The community is a fictional suburb of Philadelphia. It is thought to be modelled after the Chestnut Hill section of the city, although the prevalence of Welsh placename elements may suggest an inspiration from the Welsh settlements in the area such as the Upper Merion and Lower Merion Townships, north west of the City. The name ''Llanview'' is a conjunction of Welsh language placename element ''Llan'' (a sacred enclosure) with English -view, for a meaning of ''Sacred-View'' or ''View of the Sacred Place''. Other in-universe locations, such as the Lord estate of ''Llanfair'' (-''fair'' is a Wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Buchanan
Jessica Eugenia Buchanan (formerly Santi, Vega, Brennan, Ford and Wentworth) is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera '' One Life to Live''. She is the daughter of Victoria Lord and Clint Buchanan. She is the fraternal twin sister of Natalie Buchanan, and is born on-screen in the episode first-run on September 23, 1986, with the birth year later revised to 1978. Casting Child actresses Jessica Azenberg, Janelle and Tamara DeMent, Alex and Brittany Smith, and Eliza Clark played the role since the character's introduction in 1986. Actress Erin Torpey played the role of adolescent to young adult Jessica from September 18, 1990, revising her birth year to 1978. In October 2002, Torpey announced her decision to end her 12-year run as Jessica in order to explore the other areas of her life. Torpey's last appearance as Jessica was on January 15, 2003. Torpey reappeared on the soap opera in 2008 for two episodes for the soap's 40th anniversary, where she played a vision of an older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Perkins
Allison Perkins is a fictional character on the American soap opera '' One Life to Live''. Barbara Garrick originated the role from 1986 to 1987, returning from August 15, 2001 to August 27, 2002 and then making brief appearances from October 24 to October 28, 2002 and January 10 to January 31, 2003. Garrick once again returned to the role from January 25, 2008"Comings and Goings: Barbara Garrick (Allison Perkins)." ''Soap Opera Digest'', Vol. 33, No. 2, January 8, 2008, page 14. to March 3, 2008. She reappeared on February 26, 2010, until April 13, 2010. She escaped Statesville and returned to Llanview during the blackout on January 5, 2012, and remained until the broadcast finale January 13, 2012. Under secrecy, Garrick returned for the first-season finale of Prospect Park's version of ''One Life to Live'' on August 19, 2013. Impact The character of Allison became a key player in the 1986 Mitch Laurence storyline during a season in which the series rose from No. 4 to No. 3 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Buchanan
Clint Buchanan is a fictional character from the American soap opera ''One Life to Live''. Casting The role was originated on September 10, 1979, by actor Clint Ritchie, portraying the role nearly continuously through December 30, 1998. Ritchie reappeared on the series in 1999, 2003, and 2004. Actor Jerry verDorn assumed the role on October 25, 2005, and remained until the original television finale on January 13, 2012. verDorn reprised the role when new daily episodes of ''OLTL'' debuted on Hulu, iTunes, and FX Canada via The Online Network April 29, 2013. John Brotherton played a young Clint in a 2008 storyline in which the characters Bo and Rex find themselves in 1968. Storylines 1979–2001 The eldest son of Buchanan patriarch Asa Buchanan and his first wife Olympia, actor Clint Ritchie debuts onscreen as Clinton (simply known as "Clint") on the episode first-run September 10, 1979, the first of the Buchanan family of Texas to arrive in fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
