Wolek family
| Wolek family | |
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| One Life to Live family | |
 From left: Vince Wolek (Antony Ponzini), Jenny Wolek (Katherine Glass), Larry Wolek (Michael Storm), and Anna Wolek (Doris Belack) in 1975 | |
| First appearance | July 15, 1968 |
| Last appearance | May 28, 2004 |
| Created by | Agnes Nixon |
| Introduced by | Doris Quinlan |
| Duration | 1968–2004 |
The Wolek family are fictional characters from the American soap opera One Life to Live present at its debut in 1968. The Woleks were created as a working-class reflection of the affluent Lord family, and storylines focused on the shared relations of the two families.
The
Polish American family[1] is formed around the relationships of Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Wolek, a leading protagonist character that appears from the debut episode July 15, 1968[2][3] through May 28, 2004.[4][5][6][7]
Generations
First generation
- Anna Wolek (Doris Belack, Kathleen Maguire, Phyllis Behar)
Original character. Born off-screen early 1940s as of 1968. Sister of Vince and Larry, distant cousin of Karen and Jenny. - Vincent "Vinny" Wolek (Antony Ponzini, Jordan Charney, Michael Ingram)
Original character. Born off-screen mid-1940s; dies onscreen July 9, 1981. Brother to Anna and Larry, distant cousin of Karen and Jenny. - Lawrence "Larry" Wolek (Paul Tulley, Jim Storm, Michael Storm)
Original character. Born off-screen late 1940s. Brother of Anna and Vince, distant cousin of Jenny and Karen. - Karen Wolek (Kathryn Breech, Julia Duffy, Judith Light)
Born off-screen early 1950s. Sister of Jenny, distant cousin of Anna, Vince and Larry. - Jennifer "Jenny" Wolek (Katherine Glass, Brynn Thayer)
Born off-screen mid-to-late 1950s; dies off-screen 1997. Sister of Karen, distant cousin of Anna, Vince and Larry.
Second generation
- Cathy Craig (Catherine Burns, Amy Levitt, Jane Alice Brandon, Dorrie Kavanaugh, Jennifer Harmon)
Born off-screen 1951 to Jim Craig and unnamed mother, adopted by Anna Wolek Craig. - Daniel Wolek (Timothy Waldrip, Steven Culp, Ted Demers, Joshua Cox, Michael Palance, and child actors)
Born onscreen November 17, 1971, to Larry Wolek and Meredith Lord Wolek; birth year changed to 1966 as of 1983.
Third generation
- Megan Craig Riley (child actors); dies onscreen October 3, 1975.
Born onscreen December 2, 1974, to Cathy Craig and Joe Riley
Introduction
When the Wolek family is first introduced at the inception of One Life to Live, Dr.
resident physician Larry and the studying doctor's romantic relationship with Meredith Lord, the daughter of Llanview media mogul Victor Lord.[8]
After Meredith's death, Wolek distant cousins and siblings Jenny and Karen Wolek arrive in fictional Llanview the mid-1970s. Larry and Karen marry after a whirlwind courtship and romance, but she later cuckolds him when she becomes a prostitute and the two divorce. Jenny engages in a series of romances from the late 1970s through the 1980s.
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Descendants
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Unknown Wolek (distant relative; deceased) Unknown Wolek (deceased) c. Anna Wolek m. Jim Craig [1969-1981; dissolved] ac. Cathy Craig (biological child of Jim and his deceased first wife) c. Vince Wolek [deceased 1981] m. |
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References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-345-25562-4.
- ^ "One Life to Live recap (1968)". ABC. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ "Clip-Out Directory: One Life to Live, ABC-TV". Daytime TV. Popular Library. 1971. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ One Life to Live. Season 36. Episode 9, 174. American Broadcasting Company. May 28, 2004.
- ^ "One Life to Live recap (May 2004)". ABC. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ "Daytime Emmys: Stars Who Never Won". Goldderby. PMC. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- CBS Interactive. 28 May 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ISBN 9781604737165. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
