From the Archives: Susan Lucci

TV Guide called her "the most famous soap opera character in the history of daytime TV." Actor Susan Lucci inhabited the role of bad girl Erica Kane on ABC's "All My Children" for four decades, from the show's inception in 1970 until 2011. She earned the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for the role in 1999 after nineteen nominations – and in December 2023, received the Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award. Lucci's body of work also includes numerous television series, films and the Broadway stage. She is the author of All my Life: A Memoir and is a National Spokesperson for the American Heart Association. Susan Lucci talks with host Alec Baldwin about how she played a role that evolved over decades, how she realized a lifelong dream of performing on Broadway, and her thoughts on the rumors of a potential reboot of the beloved soap. Originally aired January 23rd, 2024.

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This episode is 41:07 long.

This episode was published on Apr 7, 2026.

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