Gillian Spencer

Gillian Spencer (born December 18 1939) is an American soap opera actress and writer.

She has had roles on soaps such as "The Edge of Night," "The Secret Storm", "Guiding Light", "As the World Turns", and on "One Life to Live" as the original Victoria Lord/Niki Smith 1968-1970.

Spencer appeared in the 1968 feature comedy What's So Bad About Feeling Good?; in the film, she plays The Sack, a melancholy young woman living in a New York City commune with a burlap sack covering her entire body except for her bare feet.

However, she is probably best remembered for playing the role of Daisy Murdock Cortlandt on the ABC soap, "All My Children", a role she played from 1980 through 1989, in 1994 (guest appearance), and in 1995, 1996 (guest appearances).

She was co-head writer of "Another World". She has also been a writer for "As the World Turns", "All My Children" and the serial "Days of our Lives".

Positions held

"All My Children"
*Script Writer (1989-1992)
*Story Consultant (1986-1989)
*Actress: Daisy Cortlandt (1980-1989, 1994, 1995)

"Another World"
*Script Writer (1997-1999)

"As the World Turns"
*Script Writer (1993-1994)
*Actress: Jennifer Sullivan Ryan Hughes, R. N. (1972-1975, 1997)

"Days of our Lives"
*Script Writer (September 3, 2001-September 2003)

"The Edge of Night"
*Actress: Lyn Wilkins (1962-1963)

"General Hospital"
*Breakdown Writer (2000-2001)

"Guiding Light"
*Script Writer (March 2004 - May 13, 2005)
*Occasional Script Writer (December 2003)
*Actress: Robin Lang (1964-1967)

"One Life to Live"
*Breakdown Writer (1999-2000)
*Actress: Victoria Lord (1968-1970)

"The Secret Storm"
*Actress: Leora Davies (1963)

External links

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