Rae Cummings is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Linda Dano played the role from 1978 to 1980, from June 28 to November 1999, and from May 2000 to March 12, 2004.
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 Commercial bumper of Linda Dano as Rae Cummings | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Linda Dano | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First appearance | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | March 12, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Gordon Russell | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Crossover appearances | All My Children General Hospital Port Charles | ||||||||||||||||||
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Casting and awards
editGretel Rae Cummings was originated by Linda Dano from 1978 to 1980.[3][4] Dano went on to appear on CBS's As the World Turns and on NBC's Another World until that series' cancellation on June 25, 1999.[5] On June 28, 1999, Dano returned to One Life to Live as Rae.[6][5] Anna Stuart filled in for Dano on April 25, 2002.[4] Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actress in 2003,[7] and left One Life to Live on March 13, 2004.[4][5]
After playing Felicia Gallant on Another World, Dano was not looking forward to playing a character named Gretel, which she felt sounded less glamorous. She and the producers of One Life to Live reached a compromise where Gretel would now be using her middle name, Rae.[8] It was later revealed on One Life to Live that Gretel had stolen the credentials of a man named Ray Cummings, and had been practicing psychology without a valid license.[8]
ABC crossovers
editIn a move designed to "entice viewers to tune into soap operas that they might not have usually watched," in 2000, then-president of ABC Daytime Angela Shapiro orchestrated Dano's concurrent appearance as Rae Cummings on the three other ABC daytime dramas at the time — All My Children, General Hospital, and Port Charles — in an extended crossover storyline, which was the first time a daytime character had appeared on four series.[6][9][10]
References
edit- ^ Stated on-air on All My Children on February 23, 2000.
- ^ "The Cummings Family Tree".
- ^ Warner, Gary (1998). One Life to Live: Thirty Years of Memories. Hyperion. p. 49. ISBN 978-0786863679.
- ^ a b c "Who's Who in Llanview: Rae Cummings". SoapCentral.com. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ^ a b c Angulo, Sandra P. (June 25, 1999). "Soap Dish". Entertainment Weekly. EW.com. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ^ a b Kroll, Dan J. (December 29, 2003). "OLTL News: Dano's Run as ABC's Rae About to End". SoapCentral.com. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ^ "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 2003". SoapOperaDigest.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2006. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
- ^ a b Waggett, Gerry (2008). The One Life to Live 40th Anniversary Trivia Book. Hyperion. p. 161. ISBN 9781401323097.
- ^ Kroll, Dan J. (April 1, 2002). "Angela Shapiro to Leave ABC Daytime Post". SoapCentral.com. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ^ Kroll, Dan J. (November 12, 2003). "AMC News: ABC Plans AMC, OLTL Crossovers". SoapCentral.com. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
External links
edit- "Character Biography: Rae Cummings (Linda Dano)". ABC.com (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2006.
- Rae Cummings profile - SoapCentral.com