Editing Robin Strasser

{{short description|American actress (born 1945)}}
{{Infobox person
| image              = RobinStrasserNOATG2008.jpg
| caption            = Strasser in 2008
| name               = Robin Strasser
| birth_name         = Robin Victory in Europe Strasser
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1945|5|7}}
| birth_place        = New York City, U.S.
| education          = [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School|High School of Performing Arts]]
| alma_mater         = [[Yale School of Drama]]
| known_for          = {{hlist|[[Dorian Lord|Dorian]] on ''[[One Life to Live]]''|[[Rachel Cory Hutchins|Rachel]] on ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''}}
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1964–present
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Laurence Luckinbill]]|1965|1976|end=divorce}}
* {{marriage|Richard Hogan|1983|1985|end=divorce}}
}}
| children           = 2
}}
'''Robin Victory in Europe Strasser''' (born May 7, 1945)<ref name="SOD stats Strasser">{{cite web|url=http://soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/robinstrasserbio/ |title=SOAP STAR STATS: Robin Strasser (Dorian, ''OLTL'') |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |access-date=December 14, 2013 |archive-date=December 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221035054/http://soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/robinstrasserbio/ }}</ref> is an American actress, best known for her role as [[Dorian Lord]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] daytime [[soap opera]] ''[[One Life to Live]]''.

== Life and career ==
Strasser's middle name is a tribute to her being born the day Germany surrendered in World War II.<ref name="SOD stats Strasser"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/info/robin-strasser-info.aspx |title=Robin Strasser Biography |publisher=Buddytv.com |access-date=October 6, 2013}}</ref> She was born in the New York City [[Borough (New York City)|borough]] of the [[Bronx, New York|Bronx]] and raised in Manhattan by Martin and Anne Strasser, both Jewish. After graduating from the [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School|High School of Performing Arts]], on full scholarship, she attended the [[Yale School of Drama|Yale University School of Drama]].<ref name="SOD stats Strasser"/> She began acting in the early 1960s. Strasser sharpened her acting abilities in theatre, acting on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], where she appeared in ''[[The Shadow Box]]'' and ''[[Chapter Two (play)|Chapter Two]]''.<ref name="SOD stats Strasser"/> Early in her stage career she met her first husband, [[Laurence Luckinbill]]; they were married in 1965 and divorced in 1976. They have two sons, Nicholas and Ben.<ref name="SOD stats Strasser"/> Strasser was also married to Richard Hogan from August 27, 1983, until 1985.

She is a founding member of the American Conservatory Theater, and began her extensive daytime career in 1964. Her first role was as Iris on ''[[The Secret Storm]]''. In 1967, she originated the role of [[Rachel Cory Hutchins|Rachel Davis Matthews]] on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''. After leaving the role of Rachel, Strasser played Dr. Christina Karras Martin on ''[[All My Children]].''<ref>{{Cite news|first=Terry Ann|last=Knopf|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-terry-ann-knopf-shes/145269709/|title=She's good at being bad|date=March 29, 1981|work=Boston Globe|access-date=April 12, 2024|page=8-TV Week|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Strasser was offered the role of [[Cathy Craig]] on ''[[One Life to Live]]'', but ended up joining the show as [[Dorian Lord]] in 1979, when [[Claire Malis]] left the role. Strasser had four stints as Dorian, leaving the show in 1987 and returning to play Dorian again from 1993 to 2000, 2003 to August 25, 2011, and then again in the online revival of the series in 2013. From 2001 to 2002, she appeared as 300-year-old witch Hecuba on the [[NBC]] serial ''[[Passions]]''. In 2019 she played [[Vivian Alamain]] on ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' for 15 episodes.

Strasser won a [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series#1980s|Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series in 1982]] for her portrayal of Dorian,<ref name="SOD stats Strasser"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/features/one-life-to-live/pandt/oltl-golden-girls-emmy-timeline/|title=''One Life to Live'' Timelines: Golden Girls|last=Flynn|first=Lauren|year=2008|publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com|access-date=December 18, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100611024708/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/features/one-life-to-live/pandt/oltl-golden-girls-emmy-timeline/|archive-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1982">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1982/index.html|title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1982|publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com|access-date=December 17, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113052409/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1982/index.html|archive-date=January 13, 2010}}</ref> and was also nominated for the award in 1981,<ref name="Emmy 1981">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1981/index.html|title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1981|publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com|access-date=December 17, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060530214603/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1981/index.html|archive-date=May 30, 2006}}</ref> 1983,<ref name="Emmy 1983">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1983/index.html|title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1983|publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com|access-date=December 17, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527181122/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1983/index.html|archive-date=May 27, 2006}}</ref> and 1985.<ref name="Emmy 1985">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1985/index.html|title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1985|publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com|access-date=December 17, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527183510/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1985/index.html|archive-date=May 27, 2006}}</ref> Strasser has been nominated for [[Soap Opera Digest Awards|''Soap Opera Digest'' Awards]] for Dorian in various categories in 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995 and 2005, winning in 1996 ("Outstanding Lead Actress" for Dorian) and 2001 ("Outstanding Female Scene Stealer" for Hecuba).<ref name="SOD stats Strasser"/>

Strasser was an Honorary Chair of the [[Imperial Court System|Imperial Court of New York's]] Annual Charity Coronation Ball, "Night of A Thousand Gowns," on March 21, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icny.org/tickets |title=23rd Annual Night of A Thousand Gowns |publisher=The Imperial Court of New York |access-date=March 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082225/http://www.icny.org/tickets/ |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref> She was previously made a Dame of the Imperial Court of New York in March 2007, and attended the 2008 "Night of A Thousand Gowns."

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| 1964–1966
| ''[[The Secret Storm]]''
| Iris Ocasek
| Series regular
|-
| 1967–1972
| ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''
| [[Rachel Cory Hutchins]]
| Series regular
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Somerset (TV series)|Somerset]]''
| Rachel Cory Hutchins
| Recurring role
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The ABC Afternoon Playbreak]]''
| Shelley Carr
| Episode: "This Child Is Mine"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Delphi Bureau]]''
| Jane
| Episode: "The Face That Never Was Project"
|-
| 1973
| ''And the Bones Came Together''
| Joyce
| TV movie
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Bride (1973 American film)|The Bride]]''
| Barbara
|
|-
| 1974
| ''The Wide World of Mystery''
| Gina
| Episode: "Murder Impossible"
|-
| 1974
| ''[[The Rookies]]''
| Laura Page
| Episode: "Legacy of Death"
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers]]''
| Ellen
| Episode: "The Groupie"
|-
| 1976–1979
| ''[[All My Children]]''
| Christina Karras
| Series regular
|-
| {{nowrap|1979–1987,}}<br>1993–2000,<br>2003–2011,<br>2013
| ''[[One Life to Live]]''
| [[Dorian Lord]]
| Series regular<br />[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]] (1982)<br />[[Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama]] (1996)<br />Nominated - [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]] (1981, 1983, 1985)<br />Nominated - [[Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama]] (1988, 1995)<br />Nominated - [[Soap Opera Digest Awards|Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama]] (1986, 1994)
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Highway to Heaven]]''
| Kathleen Reynolds
| Episode: "Time in a Bottle"
|-
| 1988
| ''Baby M''
| Betsy Stern
| TV movie
|-
| 1988
| ''Glitz''
| Nancy Donovan
| TV movie
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Annie McGuire (TV series)|Annie McGuire]]''
| Terry
| Episode: "Annie and the Brooklyn Bridge"
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Sylvia Gagliano
| Episode: "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel"
|-
| 1989
| ''[[China Beach]]''
| Joan Friedman
| Episode: "Women in White"
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Murphy Brown]]''
| Vladia
| Episode: "Moscow on the Potomac"
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Young Riders]]''
| Grace Rollins
| Episode: "Fall from Grace"
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Blind Faith (1990 film)|Blind Faith]]''
| Felice Richmond
| TV movie
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Knots Landing]]''
| Dianne Kirkwood
| Recurring role, 14 episodes 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]''
| Elaine Tewksbury
| Recurring role, 4 episodes 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Dear John (U.S. TV series)|Dear John]]''
| Brooke Collins
| Episode: "Matter of Trust: Part 1"
|-
| 1991
|''[[White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd]]''
| Jewel Carmen
| TV movie
|-
| 1991
| ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''
| Queen Morgana
| 2 episodes 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[2000 Malibu Road]]''
|
| Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Lady Boss]]''
| Abigaile Stolli
| TV movie
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Civil Wars (TV series)|Civil Wars]]''
|
| Episode: "Devil's Advocate"
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Jack's Place (TV series)|Jack's Place]]''
| Lucinda Tremayne
| Episode: "An Affair to Vaguely Remember"
|-
| 1993
| ''Bloodlines: Murder in the Family''
| 
| TV movie
|-
| 1996
| ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]''
| Julia
| Episode: "Me and My Hormones"
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Loose Women (film)|Loose Women]]''
| Mrs. Hayes
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Picture This''
|
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Grosse Pointe (TV series)|Grosse Pointe]]''
| Lila Van Guilden
| Episode: "Mommy Dearest"
|-
| 2001–2002
| ''[[Dharma & Greg]]''
| Teensy Manhart
| 2 episodes 
|-
| 2002
| ''Shoot or Be Shot''
| Mrs. Steinman
|
|-
| 2000–2003
| ''[[Passions]]''
| [[Hecuba (Passions)|Hecuba]]
| Recurring role<br />[[Soap Opera Digest Awards|Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Scene Stealer]] (2001)
|-
| 2003, 2005
| ''[[All My Children]]''
| [[Dorian Lord]]
| Guest appearances
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
| [[Vivian Alamain]]
| 15 episodes
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0833506}}
*{{Twitter}}
{{One Life to Live}}
{{Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress}}

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