Jennifer Harmon, a television and Broadway actress known for her role in “One Life to Live,” has died. She was 82 years old.
Harmon joined “One Life to Live” in 1976 to play Cathy Craig, the series' first long-time villain. The fifth and final actress to play the character, she earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for that role in 1978.
The soap opera star died on Saturday, his family announced. No cause of death was provided.
A long-time New York resident, Harmon began her acting career on stage. She made her Broadway debut in a revival of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's “You Can't Take It With You” in 1965 at the Lyceum Theatre. He appeared in several other Broadway shows before 1970 as a member of APA-Phoenix Repertory, including revivals of Henrik Ibsen's “The Wild Duck” and Anton Chekhov's “The Cherry Orchard.”
His first big opportunity on television came in 1974 as part of the main cast of “How to Survive a Marriage.” Harmon played Chris Kirby, tackling storylines involving divorces, child custody battles and alcoholism, during the show's two-year run.
She then took on the role of Cathy Craig in Dorrie Kavanaugh's “One Life to Live.” The character had previously been played by Catherine Burns, Amy Levitt and Jane Alice Brandon. Harmon left the soap in 1978, but returned in the early 1990s to play a lawyer representing Cathy's rival Viki Lord.
Born Dec. 3, 1943, in Pasadena, Harmon grew up in New Orleans and attended the University of Mississippi and the University of Michigan before her acting career took her to New York, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
His 50-year career included 21 Broadway shows, including “Blithe Spirit,” “The Glass Menagerie,” “The School for Scandal” and “Other Desert Cities.” He understudied or acted alongside actors such as Stockard Channing, Judi Dench, Jessica Lange and Blythe Danner.
Harmon's television credits also included appearances on “Dallas,” “St. Elsewhere,” “Guiding Light,” “Another World,” “Law & Order” and “The Good Wife.”
