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Rae Cummings

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Duration
  
1978–80, 1999–2004

Last appearance
  
March 12, 2004

Portrayed by
  
Residence
  
London

First appearance
  
1978

Created by
  
Creator
  
Gordon Russell


Occupation
  
PsychologistFormer newspaper columnist and radio talk show hostFormer advisor at Llanview UniversityFormer profiler for Llanview Police DepartmentFormer Psychologist at St. Ann's and Llanview HospitalMarriage counselor/relationship expert

Parents
  
Marcello AngeliniMyrtle Fargate

Significant others
  
Alan Quartermaine, Asa Buchanan

Crossover appearances
  
Similar
  
Skye Chandler, Marco Dane, Paul Cramer, Larry Wolek, Cramer family

Rae Cummings is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Dano played the role from 1978 to 1980, June 28, 1999 to November 1999, and May 2000 to March 12, 2004.

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Casting and awards

Gretel 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 Gretel. Anna Stuart filled in for Dano in the role on April 25, 2002. Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actress in 2003 for her portrayal of Gretel, and left One Life to Live on March 13, 2004.

ABC crossovers

In a move of network synergy 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 Gretel on the three other ABC daytime dramas at the time — All My Children, General Hospital, and Port Charles — in an extended crossover storyline which was the first time a daytime character had ever appeared on four series.

References

Rae Cummings Wikipedia


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