Erika Slezak
Erika Slezak
Erika Alma Hermina Slezak is an American actress, best known for her role as Victoria Lord on the American daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1971 through the television finale in 2012 and again in the online revival in 2013. She is one of the longest-serving serial actors in American media...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoap Opera Actress
Date of Birth5 August 1946
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
girl picture somehow tv walked
I still picture myself as that 23-year-old girl who walked in here, had never been on TV before; and managed somehow to get through the first day.
caused either mild multiple physical sexual trauma
Multiple personalities are never caused by some mild incident; they're always caused by trauma to the child, either sexual or physical abuse.
people
There are people in this world you always look to because they do the right thing. Viki is of those people, when she is all herself.
christine god involved pregnant replaced second storyline thank worst wrote
The worst storyline I've ever been involved in I wasn't involved in, because I was clever enough to get pregnant with my second child and they wrote me out and they replaced me with Christine Jones. And thank God - that was the worst storyline.
good leave love
I mean, I don't necessarily want to leave because I have this job, but I would love to do a good play.
amanda brian california children east kicked spending talk time
Brian really kicked back on his own when Amanda was a baby. We had a long talk about it, and he was spending a lot of time in California working there and he didn't really want to spend all his time out there and have his children and his wife on the East Coast.
died owned
We owned a bearded collie for many years. Sophie. She was old, and she died last year.
count family gotten hands home nights spend time
I have time to spend with my family every evening. I can count on two hands how many nights I've gotten home at two in the morning.
drama school people
There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that they want to be actors. There's nothing wrong with an untrained actor; they have to get their training somehow, they have to learn.
mother father parent
My parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirely dependent on my father because that's how it was in those days.
jobs years people
And I'm hoping that over the next 20, 50 years, whatever, the mystique of television and film and all that will diminish somewhat, and people will leave us alone to get on with our jobs.
cancer mammograms survivor
I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups.
desert affinity fascinated
I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it.
real successful years
Daytime has been successful all these years because it caters to a very real need in the audience – to see something that’s not nighttime fantasy. People watch daytime because it’s like their lives.