Editing One Life to Live (section)

===Cast and characters===
{{Main|List of One Life to Live cast members|List of One Life to Live characters}}
[[File:OLTL ABCD Finale.png|thumb|300px|The season 44 (2011–12) and official [[ABC Daytime]] finale cast photo of ''One Life to Live''.<br />Front row (l–r): Portrait of [[Philip Carey]], [[Patricia Elliott]], [[Hillary B. Smith]], [[Robert S. Woods]], show creator [[Agnes Nixon]], [[Erika Slezak]], [[Jerry verDorn]], [[Melissa Archer]], [[Ilene Kristen]]<br />Second row: [[Peter Bartlett (actor)|Peter Bartlett]], Shenell Edmonds, [[Eddie Alderson]], [[Austin Williams (actor)|Austin Williams]], [[Farah Fath]], John-Paul Lavoisier, [[Kassie DePaiva]], [[Roger Howarth]], [[Kristen Alderson]], [[Michael Easton]], [[Mark Lawson (actor)|Mark Lawson]], [[Bree Williamson]], [[David A. Gregory]]<br />Third row: [[Lea DeLaria]], [[Josh Kelly (actor)|Josh Kelly]], [[Terri Conn]], [[Shenaz Treasury]], Andrew Trischitta, [[Ted King (actor)|Ted King]], [[Florencia Lozano]], [[Sean Ringgold]], [[Kearran Giovanni]], Kelley Missal, [[Lenny Platt]], Nic Robuck.]]
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The show originally concentrated on the wealthy, [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestants|White Anglo-Saxon Protestant]] [[Lord family]], the less wealthy [[Eileen Riley Siegel|Siegels]] (among the first attempts to showcase either an [[interfaith marriage]] or Jewish character on daytime television),<!--This fact about the Siegels is notable and specifically mentioned in the source.--> the middle-class [[Riley family]] and [[Wolek family]], and the working-class African American mother and daughter [[Sadie Gray]] and [[Carla Gray]].<ref name="1985 Encyc"/> Heiress [[Victoria Lord]] and her extended family remained a prime focus until the series ended. Over the years many other families were introduced, most notably the [[Buchanan family]] and the [[Cramer family]], who intermarried with the Lords and also remained a fixture on ''One Life to Live'' until its end.

Several actors performed on ''One Life to Live'' for 20 years or more, including [[Erika Slezak]], [[Michael Storm]], [[Robert S. Woods]], [[Philip Carey]], and [[Robin Strasser]]. Actors who became famous for their work on the show and who went on to greater fame with their prime time, feature film or theatre work include <!--Regular cast members in order of appearance-->[[Lillian Hayman]], [[Ellen Holly]], [[Tommy Lee Jones]], [[Al Freeman Jr.]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Judith Light]], [[Phylicia Rashad]], [[Blair Underwood]], [[Marcia Cross]], [[Roma Downey]], [[Mario Van Peebles]], [[Jessica Tuck]], [[Ryan Phillippe]], [[Hayden Panettiere]], [[Nathan Fillion]], [[Renée Elise Goldsberry]], and [[Tika Sumpter]].