Rae Cummings is a fictional character on the
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daytime
soap opera
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One Life to Live
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''.
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
Anna Stuart (born November 1, 1948) is an American actress. She has primarily played roles in daytime serials.
Career
Stuart began her career on '' The Doctors'' as lab technician Toni Ferra, a role she played from 1971 to 1976. Her characte ...
filled in for Dano on April 25, 2002.
Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for
Supporting Actress
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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 Gretel had stolen the credentials of a man named Ray Cummings, and had been practicing psychology without a valid license.
ABC crossovers
In a move designed to "entice viewers to tune into soap operas that they might not have usually watched," in 2000, then-president of
ABC Daytime Angela Shapiro orchestrated Dano's concurrent appearance as Rae Cummings on the three other ABC daytime dramas at the time — ''
All My Children
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'', ''
General Hospital
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'', and ''
Port Charles'' — in an extended
crossover
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Albums and songs
* ''Cross Over'' (Dan Peek album)
* ''Crossover'' (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles album), 1987
* ''Crossover'' (Intrigue album)
* ''Crossover'' (Hitomi Shimatani album)
* ''Crossover'' (Yoshino ...
storyline, which was the first time a daytime character had appeared on four series.
References
External links
*
Rae Cummings profile - SoapCentral.com
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All My Children characters
General Hospital characters
One Life to Live characters
Female characters in television
Television characters introduced in 1978
Crossover characters in television