- Tonja Walker
Tonja Annette Walker (born
September 19 ,1959 ) inHuntington, West Virginia is a former beauty pageant titleholder who has competed in theMiss USA pageant and anactress , andsinger .Walker held the Miss Teen All-American title in 1979 and won the
Miss Maryland USA title in 1980. That year she represented Maryland in theMiss USA 1980 pageant broadcast live fromBiloxi, Mississippi , and placed in the top twelve. She placed sixth after the preliminary round of competition, and went on to place eighth in the final swimsuit competition, seventh in interview and sixth in evening gown, and finished seventh overall.Walker's first acting role was in "Liar's Moon" with Matt Dillon. She came into fame as Lizbeth Bachman on the television serial "Capitol" when it premiered in
1982 . After a successful four year run, Walker left the series in 1986 to pursue other projects. Walker returned back to daytime as Olivia St. John Jerome on the serial "General Hospital " from 1988 to 1990. After leaving "General Hospital", she played Mayor Alex Olanov Hesser Buchanan Buchanan on "One Life to Live " from 1990 to 1997 and returned for some visits in 2001 and 2002. Walker also had a recurring role as Marie Green on "Guiding Light " from 2003 to 2004. She made a brief return to "One Life to Live" inAugust 2007 for the show's 9,999th and 10,000th episodes, [http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/2007/20070816.html "One Life to Live" recap (8/16/07) - ABC.com] ] [http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/2007/20070817.html "One Life to Live" recap (8/17/07) - ABC.com] ] and her character later returned again onNovember 2 2007 for a brief run. [cite web | url=http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/update/3141/David_Returns | title= "One Life To Live" Daily Update | date=November 2 2007 | accessdate =2007-11-02]Walker is also a singer and has released one album collection of her songs. She has been married to
Edward J. Davidson sinceDecember 20 1997 . She has produced a Family Film starringZac Efron ,Bill Cobbs ,William R. Moses and herself that will come out on Video on DemandMarch 8 2007 . The DVD came outJune 2007 .References and notes
External links
* [http://www.missmarylandusa.com Miss Maryland USA official website]
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