Taylor Miller (born August 18, 1953) is an American

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actress.

Acting

She is best known for her role as

Nina Cortlandt Nina Cortlandt is a fictional character and one half of the Cliff and Nina supercouple on the long running ABC soap opera, ''All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired o ...

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's '' All My Children'' (''AMC''), which she played from 1979 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1989. Miller returned in cameos in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 2010 (40th Anniversary Episode). She returned with

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, who played Nina's mother, on April 20, 2010, for the tribute to Palmer Cortlandt ( James Mitchell). Her pairing with

Peter Bergman Peter Michael Bergman (born June 11, 1953) is an American actor best known for his portrayals on soap operas, such as Cliff Warner on ''All My Children'' (1979–89) on ABC as well as Jack Abbott on ''The Young and the Restless'' (1989–prese ...

's Dr. Cliff Warner was arguably the first supercouple on the soap. During a break from ''All My Children'', she played Sally Frame on '' Another World'' (1985–1986). She also appeared in the NBC series ''

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''. On February 2, 2017, Miller made a surprise appearance on the

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's ''

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'' show, where she was reunited with a number of her former ''All My Children'' castmates.

Education and personal life

Miller was born Linda Taylor Miller in

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. She was raised in

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and also lived with her family in

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for a time.CRISWELL, A. (1985, December 4). `Nina' goes from `All My Children' to Save the Children. Houston Chronicle, p. 2. Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ccclez.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0ED7ABC82E6CD31C. Miller moved frequently during her formative years due to her father's work as a pollution control specialist. She attended the

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from 1971 to 1975, joining the

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sorority. Miller modeled in

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for only a short time before she was discovered. One month to the day after landing in the

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, she had her first audition for the role of Nina Cortlandt. She won the role of Nina and was on ABC's ''All My Children'' only months after her arrival. In 1988 Miller married her husband, Eli, also from New Orleans. She currently resides in

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. She has two children, Eli, III and Elizabeth. Miller did voiceovers, movies, TV guest spots and plays in her 30-year acting career. When both her children went to college, she was inspired to make a career transition into the health and wellness field.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Taylor American soap opera actresses Actresses from New Orleans Tulane University alumni 1953 births Living people American soap opera writers Screenwriters from Louisiana American women television writers Women soap opera writers 21st-century American women

Acting

Education and personal life

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