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‘One Life to Live’ Star Dies at 82
May 11, 2026
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ABC Photo Archives / Disney General Entertainment ConJennifer Harmon, best known for her role in One Life to Live, died on Saturday at age 82. A long-time New Yorker, Harmon first entered the entertainment industry via Broadway, making her debut in 1965 in a revival of You Can’t Take It With You. She began her television career in the mid-1970s with the NBC soap opera How to Survive a Marriage.
Her most famous role was playing the fifth iteration of Cathy Craig Lord in the soap opera One Life to Live from 1976 to 1978. She received a Daytime Emmy nomination for her work as the infamous antagonist. Harmon returned to the show in the early 1990s as a lawyer for Viki Lord, whose daughter she had kidnapped in her original role as Cathy. Harmon had a long and fruitful career in TV, with continued roles in soaps like Another World and Guiding Light, as well as appearances in shows like Dallas, The Good Wife, Barnaby Jones, and more. Harmon was also fondly remembered for her continued work on Broadway, performing in over 21 different productions over several decades, as well as understudying for greats like Judi Dench.Read it at Hollywood ReporterRead more at The Daily Beast.
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