Ilene Kristen

Infobox actor
name = Ilene Kristen


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birthname = Ilene Schatz
birthdate = birth date and age|1952|7|30
birthplace = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
website = http://www.ilenekristen.net/

Ilene Kristen (born July 30, 1952) is an American actress.

Having acted off and on Broadway for several years, including the musicals "Grease" and "Mayor", Kristen made her television debut in the role of Delia Reid on the ABC soap opera "Ryan's Hope" in 1975 and remained with the show until 1979. In 1982, she returned to television, portraying Georgina Whitman on "One Life to Live", but was fired a year later because ABC felt she was overweight Fact|date=September 2007. Kristen returned to "Ryan's Hope" in 1986, remaining there until it was cancelled three years later. She remains friends with former "Ryan's Hope" actress Kate Mulgrew and supported Mulgrew's husband Tim Hagan when he ran for Governor of Ohio Fact|date=September 2007.

After "Ryan's Hope" ended, she made appearances on several soap operas, including "Loving" and "Another World", before she signed on for her current role as neglectful mother and beautician Roxanne "Roxy" Balsom Holden in "One Life to Live" in 2001.

In 2004 and 2005, she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

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* [http://www.ilenekristen.net/ Ilene Kristen Official Web Site]