- "Erica Kane" is also the title of songs by Aaliyah, B5 and Urge Overkill, all written about this character. Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16 1979 – August 25 2001 better known as Aaliyah (əˈliːə was a Grammy -nominated American Singer B5 is an R&B Boy band originating from St Petersburg Florida and later relocating to Atlanta Georgia. Urge Overkill is an Alternative rock band formed in Chicago, United States, consisting of Nathan "Nash Kato" Katruud (vocals/guitar and Eddie
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 Susan Lucci as Erica Kane |
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| All My Children | |
| Portrayed by | Susan Lucci |
| First appearance | January 5, 1970 |
| Created by | Agnes Nixon |
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| Aliases | Princess (by Nick Davis) Sheila (as a waitress) Desiree Dubois (as a Las Vegas showgirl) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of birth | 1962[1] |
| Age | 46 [1] |
| Occupation | Unemployed |
| Residence | Prison |
 Susan Lucci as Erica in an early still |
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Erica Kane is a long-running fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23 1946 is a Daytime Emmy Award -winning American actress. Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23 1946 is a Daytime Emmy Award -winning American actress. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Agnes Nixon (born Agnes Eckhardt on December 27 1927) is an American Writer and producer. Nick Davis may refer to Nick Davis (footballer, Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood Nick Davis (music producer Female (♀ is the Sex of an Organism, or a part of an organism which produces ova (egg cells Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23 1946 is a Daytime Emmy Award -winning American actress. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the All My Children ( AMC) is a popular American Soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC The character has been portrayed by actress Susan Lucci since the show's premiere in 1970. Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23 1946 is a Daytime Emmy Award -winning American actress. Erica is considered to be the most popular character in soap opera history. [2] TV Guide calls her "unequivocally the most famous soap opera character in the history of daytime TV. TV Guide is the name of a North American weekly magazine about television programming "[3] Actress Susan Lucci has said that she considers Erica the greatest role ever written for a woman.
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First scene
All My Children introduces character Erica Kane spouting a self-centered rant. She spells out to her mother everything she is looking for in a husband, establishing her ambition and her love for rich men. But deep inside, Erica is nursing the scars of the abandonment by her father, successful film director Eric Kane. At the same time, her father's life in Hollywood is the driving force for her longing to leave Pine Valley. Pine Valley Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American Soap opera All My Children.
Abortion controversy
In 1973, Erica makes the decision to have an abortion — the first legal abortion on television after Roe v. Wade was decided. An Roe v Wade, 410 US 113 (1973 is a controversial United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a Landmark decision regarding [4] What makes the abortion particularly controversial is Erica's reason for doing it, which is not for reasons of health, but so that she can keep her modeling job. [5]
The writers had Erica develop a potentially fatal infection after having the abortion. The switch-boards at ABC lit up with calls from doctors and nurses, offering their medical opinions on how best to treat the character's case. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The controversy did not hurt ratings in the end, which rose from 8. 2 to 9. 1.
In the mid-2000s, head writer Megan McTavish set off controversy when the abortion was retconned in order to establish that Erica's aborted fetus was transferred into another woman's uterus. A Head Writer (HW is a person who is in charge of a television/radio series' writing team Megan McTavish (born April 30 1949 in Pembroke New Hampshire) is an American television actress and Soap opera writer Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction This was five years, however, before the first successful test-tube baby. Her son, Josh Madden, would return to Pine Valley and eventually learn of his true parentage. Joshua "Josh" Madden is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children.
Family
A model-turned-makeup executive, the show detailed the challenging aspects of Erica's life even more-such as her relationship with her mother, Mona Kane (Frances Heflin). Mona Tyler (previously Kane) (1924 - 1994 was an original Fictional character on the long-running American Soap opera All My Children Frances Heflin (September 20 1920 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma &mdash – June 1 1994 New York City, New York) was an American actress Erica's love for Mona was an important theme, but also her resentment of the restrictions to her free spirit in which Mona tried to implement. When Mona died of cancer in 1994, the character was shown to take it hard.
Erica's relationship with the rest of her family has been just as complicated, if not as tempestuous.
Erica has three children:
- Kendall Hart Slater (most recently portrayed by Alicia Minshew), who was the product of a traumatizing rape by movie actor Richard Fields on the night of Erica's 14th birthday. Kendall Slater ( Née Hart) is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Alicia Minshew (born May 28, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Kendall Hart on the daytime drama Richard Fields was a Fictional character on the American Soap opera All My Children. Kendall is currently married to Alexander "Zach Slater" Cambias, Jr.. Zach Slater (born Alexander Cambias Jr) is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Kendall has two sons.
- Joshua "Josh" Madden (most recently portrayed by Colin Egglesfield). Joshua "Josh" Madden is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. Colin Egglesfield (born February 9, 1973, in Farmington Hills, Michigan) is an American actor and former model In 2005, Erica was shocked to discover that the doctor who performed her abortion in 1973 (see above) actually performed an experimental fetal transplant, placing the fetus into another woman (his wife) and raising the child as his son.
- Bianca Montgomery (most recently portrayed by Eden Riegel). Bianca Christine Montgomery is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Eden Sonja Jane Riegel (born January 1, 1981) is an American actress. Bianca is Erica's only child born in a traditional manner and whom Erica raised from childhood. In 2000, Bianca came out as a lesbian, and only recently has Erica fully come to terms with the revelation. A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women Bianca has one daughter.
Erica has three grandchildren:
- Miranda Montgomery (born March 24, 2004), Miranda is Bianca's daughter with Michael Cambias through rape. Miranda Mona Montgomery (raised the first months of her life as Elizabeth "Bess" Chandler) is a Fictional character from the American daytime Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Michael Cambias, formerly a brief resident of the Fictional town of Pine Valley, appeared on the American daytime drama All My Children Miranda was switched at birth and raised for almost a year as Elizabeth "Bess" Chandler by Adam "J.R." Chandler and his on/off wife, Arabella "Babe" Carey. Adam Chandler Jr is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. Arabella "Babe" Carey (previously Chandler) is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. She was thought to have died in a helicopter accident. Miranda currently lives in Paris with her mother, and is the eldest of Erica's grandchildren. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
- Spike Lavery (born May 31, 2006), Spike is Kendall's son with Ryan Lavery through artificial insemination. Spike Lavery is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ryan Lavery is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Cameron Mathison from 1998 to AIH redirects here For the indie rock band abbreviated AIH see Architecture in Helsinki Artificial insemination (AI is the process by which Spike was supposed to have been Ryan's child with his then-wife Greenlee Smythe. Greenlee Smythe is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. Ryan was presumed dead and as there was a power outage at the time she was to be inseminated, Kendall was forced to use her own egg. Greenlee kidnapped Spike while Kendall was in labor with her second child. Greenlee was then involved in a car accident which was believed to have left Spike deaf, although it was later discovered that his deafness was inevitable.
- Ian Slater (born July 26, 2007), Ian is the first child of Kendall with her husband, Zach. Ian Slater is a Fictional character on the Soap opera All My Children. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ian was born three and a half months early and has a hole in his heart. He is the second grandson of Erica.
Erica's other relatives include:
A half-brother, Mark Dalton (portrayed by Mark LaMura). In 1977, Mark and Erica had begun a romance of sorts, which led Mona to divulge the secret that they both shared the same father: Eric Kane. Erica's father had an affair with his secretary, Maureen Dalton, while working in Hollywood. In 1982, while working in New York City as a model, Erica discovered she had a half-sister named Silver. The City of New York Like Mark, Silver was the product of an affair Eric Kane had (this time with a woman named Goldie). Tad Martin later exposed Silver as an imposter named Connie, but the real Silver showed up soon after, only to be killed later on. Thaddeus "Tad" James Martin is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children.
Activities
The Erica character has done many things which one would probably consider over-the-top, yet typical for a soap opera character. She's staged a helicopter prison break, driven a race car (and won the race) and confronted a grizzly bear while in the forest. For a brief time, Erica was a Las Vegas showgirl.
In 1983, she fled Pine Valley for the Hollywood Hills, posing as a nun. The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of Los Angeles, California, United States, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse She did this because her former lover, Kent Bogard, was killed in a struggle with a gun. Erica committed no crime, but her jealous "half-sister" (actually Connie) accused her of murder. She went undercover in 1989 in a traveling circus to locate her missing father, who had faked his own death years before. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) She discovered him working as a clown named 'Barney'.
The character has written three bestselling books: "Raising Kane" (her autobiography), "Erica Kane: Beyond the Pain", and "Erica Kane: Having It All". She was portrayed in a film version of "Raising Kane" by the actress Danielle Farrar. She has hosted her own talk show, was addicted to painkillers after a debilitating fall from the catwalk in 1995 (later receiving treatment at the Betty Ford Center), kidnapped Edmund and Maria Grey's baby in 1997 after having a miscarriage, and received an intervention for alcohol abuse in 2004. The Betty Ford Center is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for adults in Rancho Mirage California, United States, co-founded by former U
For much of the 1990s and early 2000s, Erica ran Enchantment, a cosmetics company. After losing it to Cambias Industries in 2003, she focused most of her attention on her relationship with Jackson. In the fall of 2005, however, she returned to work, this time as the host and executive producer of her own talk show, New Beginnings.
Marriages and relationships
Erica Kane is notable for her numerous marriages. Some have been valid, with others invalid. Her valid marriages were with Jeff Martin, Philip Brent, Tom Cudahy, Adam Chandler, Dimitri Marick (twice), and, as of May 2005, Jackson Montgomery. Jeff Martin is a Fictional character from the ABC soap opera All My Children. Thomas 'Tom' Cudahy is on-and-off again Fictional character that is a resident of Pine Valley in the Television Soap opera All My Children Adam Chandler Sr is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children, portrayed by David Canary, from 1983 to present Dimitri Marick was a Fictional character on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. Jackson "Jack" Montgomery is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. Her invalid marriages were with Mike Roy (twice; their second was an informal recitement of vows on Mike's "death bed" in 1985), Travis Montgomery (twice) and Adam Chandler (their second ceremony was actually a renewal of their vows, since they had never been legally divorced years earlier). Travis Montgomery was a Fictional character of the daytime drama All My Children. Adam Chandler Sr is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children, portrayed by David Canary, from 1983 to present
Erica has also had many relationships with numerous other men in Pine Valley, and has the distinction of bedding three generations of men from the same family: Nick Davis (her mother's best friend), Philip Brent (Nick's son), and Charlie (Philip's son).
Foes
Erica has a long list of people who she has scorned and fought with over the years: Maria Santos, Barbara Montgomery, Tara Martin, Richard Fields, Michael Cambias, Greenlee Smythe, Ethan Cambias, Mary Smythe, Dr. Greg Madden, J.R. Chandler, Frankie Stone, Maggie Stone, Natalie Marlowe, Janet Dillon, Vanessa Bennett, Donna Beck, Babe Carey, Krystal Carey, David Hayward, Alexandra Devane Marick, Annie Lavery and Julia Santos. Dr Maria Santos Grey is a Fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. Barbara Montgomery is a current on-and-off-again resident of the Fictional town of Pine Valley on the American Soap opera All My Children Richard Fields was a Fictional character on the American Soap opera All My Children. Michael Cambias, formerly a brief resident of the Fictional town of Pine Valley, appeared on the American daytime drama All My Children Greenlee Smythe is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. Ethan Andrew Cambias (né Ramsey) is a Fictional character from the US Soap opera All My Children. Mary Smythe (née Greenlee) is a recurring Fictional character on the ABC Soap opera All My Children, as portrayed by Adam Chandler Jr is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. Mary Frances "Frankie" Stone is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Mary Margaret "Maggie" Stone is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Natalie Dillon (née Marlowe; previously Hunter, Chandler, and Cortlandt) is a Fictional character from the daytime Soap opera Janet Dillon (née Marlowe; previously Green) (often referred to as Janet From Another Planet) is a Fictional character on the daytime Soap Vanessa Bennett (formerly Hayward and Cortlandt) is a Fictional character from the ABC Soap opera All My Children Donna Beck Tyler (full name Donna Beck Tyler Cortlandt Sago Tyler) is a Fictional character on the long-running American Arabella "Babe" Carey (previously Chandler) is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Krystal Martin (née Carey; previously Chandler) is a Fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children, portrayed Dr David Hayward is a Fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Vincent Irizarry since Annie Lavery (née Novak; previously McDermott) is a Fictional character on the soap opera All My Children, who made her first appearance Dr Julia Keefer (née Santos) is a Fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children. Also, for a time, her enemies included her own children: Kendall Hart Slater and Josh Madden. Kendall Slater ( Née Hart) is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Joshua "Josh" Madden is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. She also has on-and-off again confrontations with Kendall's husband, Zach Slater. Zach Slater (born Alexander Cambias Jr) is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children.
Although Erica has had many rivals over the years, her most famous and longest rivalry has been with the character Brooke English. Brooke Allison English (formerly Cudahy, Chandler, Martin, Grey and Grey) is a Fictional character on the Television
Cultural impact
Because of her many marriages, Erica has the longest name for a television character:
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- Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Roy Roy Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery.
- It is worth noting, however, that the character of Erica Kane has always, despite her marriages, remained Erica Kane, and due to five of her marriages being invalid (both of her marriages to Mike Roy, both of her marriages to Travis Montgomery, and her second marriage to Adam Chandler, which was in actuality a vow renewal), has never legally held some of those names.
In a sketch on Saturday Night Live, Erica Kane was a contestant on the fictional game show "Game Breakers". Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City She seduced fictional game show host Jack Morgan (portrayed by Phil Hartman), thus enabling her to soundly beat her opponent. Phil Hartman (September 24 1948 &ndash May 28 1998 was a Canadian -born American Emmy Award -winning Writer as well as an Actor, Morgan came close to marrying Kane (in a ceremony presided over by Don Pardo), but the wedding was interrupted by real-life game show host (and "current husband") Gene Rayburn. Dominick George "Don" Pardo (born February 22, 1918) is an American radio and television Announcer. Gene Rayburn ( December 22, 1917 &ndash November 29, 1999) was an American Radio and Television personality The sketch ended with Kane being mauled by a panther owned by Siegfried and Roy (portrayed by Kevin Nealon and Dana Carvey). Siegfried & Roy are two German-American entertainers working in Las Vegas, USA. Kevin Nealon (born November 18, 1953) is an American Comedian and Actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an Emmy -award winning American Comedian and Actor known for his work on [6]
Erica also popularized the catchphrase "I am Erica Kane!", said whenever Erica was afraid, challenged, or threatened.
Because of the drama that she causes, the late musical artist Aaliyah recorded a song about it called "Erica Kane. Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16 1979 – August 25 2001 better known as Aaliyah (əˈliːə was a Grammy -nominated American Singer "[7]
Band B5 also made a song called "Erica Kane". B5 is an R&B Boy band originating from St Petersburg Florida and later relocating to Atlanta Georgia. The song talks about how they're in a relationship with a beautiful girl, but she is crazy.
Alternative rock band Urge Overkill titled a song after the character. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Urge Overkill is an Alternative rock band formed in Chicago, United States, consisting of Nathan "Nash Kato" Katruud (vocals/guitar and Eddie [8]
Rapper Lil' Kim at times refers to herself as "the black Erica Kane. "
Notes and references
- ^ a b Erica Kane profile - SoapCentral.com When AMC debuted in 1970, Erica was 16 years old, putting her birthdate at 1954. In 1993, this was retconned to 1956, as Erica was said to be 14 years old when she had daughter Kendall Hart, who was herself 23 at the time. Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction In 2002, Kendall's birthdate was established as 1976, putting Erica's birth year at 1962.
- ^ H. W. Wilson Company (1986). Current Biography. H. W. Wilson Company, 128 (specific page).
- ^ HARRISON, NANCY. "Susan Lucci, 11 Times a Nominee, 8 Times a Bride, Up for Emmy Again", The New York Times, 1991-06-23. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Retrieved on 2007-10-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
- ^ The Last Taboo. Soapoperadigest. com, Publisher Jennifer Lenhart. Retrieved on 2007-07-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
- ^ Interview with Gerry Waggett. About. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
- ^ Game Breakers transcript featuring Erica Kane. snltranscripts. jt. org. Retrieved on 2007-07-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
- ^ Erica Kane lyrics. tsrocks. com. Retrieved on 2008-02-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince
- ^ Erica Kane Lyrics by Urge Overkill. actionext. com. Retrieved on 2008-02-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince
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