Sadly, Phoebe slipped to back burner after her on-screen husband Louis Edmunds (Langley) was shuffled out of the story (although he is still mentioned as being out of town), but the memory of her confrontations with Erica's beloved mother Mona (the late Fran Heflin) still remain, as do her constant belittlement of the "less-than-worthy of her time" members of Pine Valley's other side of the tracks who would end up somehow involved with her younger relatives. ![]() While later a wheel-chair bound shell of her former self up to her death in 2005, during her heyday, Phoebe was a force to be reckoned with, and in the 70's, while in a wheelchair while faking paralysis, "Citizen Kane" vet Warrick called herself a "Bitch on Wheels". While Lucci was Pine Valley's first lady, she shared the spotlight with many others, most notably Ruth Warrick as Pine Valley's Grande Dame Phoebe Tyler. Christina Karras (who ended up marrying Erica's first husband) prior to joining "One Life to Live" as Dorian. In the late 1970's, Lucci and Strasser finally worked together when Strasser played Dr. While untrue (with Phyllis Diller as their mother!), it has created a legend only daytime could produce. Three years after Rachel's debut on "AW", "AMC" finally made it to the airwaves Looking at early pictures of both Strasser and Susan Lucci, one can see why the rumor that they are sisters has flown for years. It was Agnes Nixon's bible for this show which inspired her creation of Rachel (Robin Strasser) on "Another World", basing her on the unseen character of Erica Kane. Located near the "One Life to Live" town of Llanview, "All My Children" was nevertheless quite different. As a 20 plus year viewer of "All My Children", I remained faithful to the lives of the Tylers, Kanes, Martins, Cortlandts, Chandlers, and many other families who have made their way through the medium sized city of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania nearly through its 40 year run.
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