| Net Worth: | $80 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | December 23, 1946 (77 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Actor, Author, Entrepreneur, Presenter, Television presenter |
| Nationality: | American |
Susan was born December 23, 1946 in Scarsdale, New York. She has Italian and Swedish ancestry. Young Lucci played Erica Kane on TV series All My Children. In 2014, you can see her as a host on show Deadly Affairs or starring as Genevieve Delatour on TV series Devious Maids. Despite her higher age, Susan maintains her measurements in perfect shape. Lucci is married to an enterpreneur Helmut Huber since 1969. She also competed on seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.
Career
Career: In 1969, Susan auditioned for the new ABC soap opera “All My Children” and was cast in the role that “TV Guide” called “the most famous soap opera character in the history of daytime TV”: Erica Kane. When the show began, Erica was a 15-year-old high school student, and by the time the series ended in 2011, she had married 10 times and had three children. Lucci was nominated for her first Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1978 but didn’t win until her 19th nomination. Susan’s performance on the show led to a “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig in 1990, and Mattel produced Erica Kane dolls in 1998 and 1999. Lucci spent 41 years playing Erica Kane, and the role earned her more than 30 award nominations.
Personal Life
Personal Life: Susan married Austrian chef Helmut Huber on September 13, 1969, and they welcomed daughter Liza in 1975 and son Andreas in 1980; Liza followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a soap opera actress, joining the cast of NBC’s “Passions” in 1999. Lucci is passionate about LGBT rights and participated in the Broadway Sings for Pride charity event in 2019. In the fall of 2018, Susan was shopping at a boutique when she felt intense pressure in her chest; the store’s manager drove her to the hospital, where Lucci discovered that two of her cardiac arteries were blocked. She had emergency surgery that night and had two arterial stints placed in her heart.
Quotes
“My father was an ironworker who eventually co-founded a construction business. My mother, Jeanette, was a stay-at-home mom who had been an operating-room nurse until my older brother, Jimmy, was born.”
— Susan Lucci
“If your skin looks okay today, and you take care of it, there’s a good chance it’s going to look good tomorrow.”
— Susan Lucci
“In 1949, when I was 2, my family moved from Yonkers, NY, to a development of brick houses in Elmont, a Long Island suburb of New York City. What I remember most about the house was the glider on our porch. I used to sit there evenings close to my father, Victor, as he talked about the moon and the stars. He taught me to dream big.”
— Susan Lucci
“I am the luckiest actress on the planet.”
— Susan Lucci
“Life goes on, and I’m moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running will thrive. They have millions of loyal viewers.”
— Susan Lucci