Jacqueline Courtney
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Jacqueline Courtney | |
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Alice Matthews Frame, 1975. | |
Born | Sharon Courtney September 24, 1946 East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | December 20, 2010 , U.S. | (aged 64)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1961–1989 |
Spouse | Carl Desiderio (1970–1978) |
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
In 1975, Courtney and Reinholt were fired, allegedly for "storyline purposes." Head writer
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.
In 1973, Courtney received Best Actress, Single Performance, recognition in The First Annual Afternoon TV Writers And Editors Awards.[4]
Television
- The Edge of Night (Kitty DeMarco) [1958]
- The Edge of Night (Viola Smith) [1961]
- Our Five Daughters (Ann Lee) [1962]
- This Is the Life episode "Karen's Fears" [1962]
- Route 66 episode "Same Picture, Different Frame" [1963]
- The Doctors [1963]
- Route 66 episode "Follow the White Dove with the Broken Wing" [1964]
- Another World (Alice Matthews Frame) [1964–1975, 1984–1985, 1989]
- One Life to Live (Patricia Kendall) [1975–1983]
- Loving (Diane Winston) [1987–1988]
References
- Newspapers.com.
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- ^ Notice of death of Jacqueline Courtney, welovesoaps.net, December 2010; accessed September 28, 2014.
- Newspapers.com.