Jacqueline Courtney

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Jacqueline Courtney
Alice Matthews Frame, 1975.
Born
Sharon Courtney

(1946-09-24)September 24, 1946
DiedDecember 20, 2010(2010-12-20) (aged 64)
, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1961–1989
SpouseCarl Desiderio (1970–1978)
Courtney (seated beside Esther Ralston) in Our Five Daughters (1961)

Jacqueline Courtney (born Sharon Courtney; September 24, 1946 – December 20, 2010) was an American actress best known for her work on daytime soap operas.

Courtney's initial appearance on television came in 1951 when she performed on WAAT in Newark.[1]

After short stints on

Rachel Davis, played at the time by Robin Strasser and later by Victoria Wyndham
.

In 1975, Courtney and Reinholt were fired, allegedly for "storyline purposes." Head writer

Pat Ashley on ABC's One Life to Live, where she was reunited with George Reinholt, playing Tony Lord.[2] In 1979, just as Courtney was involved in a storyline involving a psychotic twin sister, Maggie, Robin Strasser joined the cast as Dorian Lord. Courtney remained on the show until September 1983, when the network fired her just before bringing Paul Rauch in as producer.[citation needed
]

Courtney reconciled her differences with Another World and started back on the show as Alice on the 20th anniversary show in May 1984. She played the role until the next year when she was let go due to lack of story for the character. In 1989 she returned for the show's 25th anniversary and for Mackenzie Cory's funeral. After a small role as madame Diane Winston on Loving in 1987, Courtney retired from acting, though she appeared, alongside Reinholt, on the TV special 50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration in 1994.

Courtney died on December 20, 2010, aged 64, from metastatic melanoma.

better source needed] She was survived by a daughter, Jennifer, by her marriage to Carl Desiderio.[citation needed
]

In 1973, Courtney received Best Actress, Single Performance, recognition in The First Annual Afternoon TV Writers And Editors Awards.[4]

Television

With George Reinholt in Another World

References

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  3. ^ Notice of death of Jacqueline Courtney, welovesoaps.net, December 2010; accessed September 28, 2014.
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