Susan Lucci Turns 75: A Look Back at the Soap Icon’s TV Guide Magazine Covers
Happy Birthday Susan Lucci! From rising to fame on hit soap opera All My Children to becoming the highest-paid daytime television actor to her numerous Emmy nominations, this beloved small screen icon turns 75 today, December 23.
Perhaps best-known for her long-running role as Erica Kane on ABC‘sAll My Children, Lucci was nominated for a total of 21 Daytime Emmy Awards for Best Actress, breaking her years-long losing streak in 1999 after 19 nominations. Since the show’s end in 2011, she is rumored to reprise her role in the spinoff series Pine Valley, if given the green light by ABC.
Outside of the world of soaps, Lucci’s career has taken her many places, from hosting Saturday Night Live in 1990 to competing in Season 7 of Dancing With the Stars, and even appearing in Gloria Estefan and Sia music videos. In recent years, she starred in the Lifetime series Devious Maids as Genevieve Delatour, TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland, and the 2015 film Joy alongside Jennifer Lawrence, among many others.
Below, take a stroll down memory lane as we look back at Susan Lucci’s most memorable TV Guide Magazine covers over the years!
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1988
1989
1990
1995
Thorsten Kaye
Debbi Morgan
Darnell Williams
Ryan Bittle
Vincent Irizarry
Jill Larson
Colin Egglesfield
Jordi Vilasuso
David Canary
Eden Riegel
Julia Barr
Cady McClain
Heather Roop
Eric Nelsen
Denyse Tontz
Sal Stowers
Robert Scott Wilson
Ray MacDonnell
Alicia Minshew
Francesca James
Jordan Lane Price
Lindsay Hartley
Melissa Leo
Tasia Valenza
Peter Bergman
Dorothy Lyman
Kim Delaney
Richard Shoberg
Matthew Cowles
William Mooney
Warren Burton
Eli Mintz
Nicholas Benedict
Lawrence Keith
Mary Fickett
Frances Heflin
Ruth Warrick
Keith Hamilton Cobb
Robert LuPone
Elizabeth Lawrence
Steve Caffrey
Josh Duhamel
Finola Hughes
Mark Consuelos
Kelly Ripa
Jesse McCartney
Marcy Walker
Jack Scalia
Jennifer Bassey
Eva La Rue
Sydney Penny
Tommy J. Michaels
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Dondré Whitfield
Matt Borlenghi
James Patrick Stuart
William Christian
Robert Gentry
Liz Vassey
Mark La Mura
Ellen Wheeler
Robert Duncan McNeill
Lauren Holly
Kathleen Noone
Louis Edmonds
Gillian Spencer
J.R. Martinez
Michael Nouri
Susan Lucci
Michael E. Knight
Bobbie Eakes
Brittany Allen
Cornelius Smith
Jeff Branson
Alexa Havins
William deVry
Ricky Paull Goldin
Cameron Mathison
Rebecca Budig
Jacob Young
Walt Willey
Aiden Turner
Melissa Claire Egan
James Mitchell
Tonya Pinkins
Leven Rambin
Chrishell Stause
Amanda Baker
Eileen Herlie
Billy Miller
Christina Bennett Lind
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