European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse On the Airall my children s Lucci Sheds Erica in nighttime role by Sylvia Lawler the Allentown morning Call As the highest paid actress in daytime television and the Only soap Queen in history to make a successful crossover to prime time Susan Lucci exhibits More marquee Power than she Ever could by winning a Mere daytime emmy. What seems certain is that not winning a stat Uette in a dozen seasons of Media hyped a will she wont she Quot losses has Only added to Lucci s professional cachet. A what do you have to do around Here to win an emmy a says Lucci parodying her character Erica Kane Montgomery from All my children in a funny commercial for an artificial sweetener. She also has parodied Erica when hosting saturday night live. And perhaps because her character is the a bad woman Quot Lucci was called on to be evil in four episodes of Dallas. Then there Are her products for the ivc network a not jewelry Tike Joan Rivers and Angie Dickinson but a hair and skin car line similar to what Erica manufactures at her fictional enchantment cosmetics company. There the resemblance ends As has been pointed out time and again by Luccius friends. During her 21 years on the soap opera Luccius tempestuous Erica Kane Montgomery has entered into As Many marriages As has Elizabeth Taylor. But the tiny actress and her strapping. Austrian manager husband Helmut Huber have been married for 22 years and the discipline incumbent with wrapping hectic 12-hour career Days around her Garden City n.y., Home is Strong in Luccius character. A i think i have a great Deal of common she said in a Telephone interview from Long Island a i Admire reason and i strive to be a reasonable human being and not let my emotions a a told by modelling people Early in her career that she was too Short 5-foot-2 and by television people that her eyes dark italianate Brown would t serve her Well in the medium she made her Way anyway. Now that she and Erica Are practically household words she is in demand Quot i fit in personal appearances if my schedule allows me but i can to estimate How Many i do a year with a career in daytime another at nighttime and children of my own a son and daughter to with a year to go on her contract will Lucci still be Erica when the current terms expire Quot actually i have a Little less than a year. ,. Its up on june 15. Quot it is my intention a said Lucci who is now in her 40s, a to play this part As Long As i can and it works for me. I love Erica Kane. I love the company i work for the writers and Agnes Nixon All my children creator the Crew and our spectacular company of actors. I want for More. There is enormous Range built into her. She a a modern Day Scarlett of Hara anything but a one dimensional part with enormous Range built into it. Its one of the Best parts Ever written in television performance literature and in a Lucky indeed to play still she likes to flex her acting Muscles elsewhere. Its not written into her contract she said but she gets to stretch in network and Cable movies like the High rated movie mafia Princess with Tony Curtis and others saddled with ratings grabbing titles like invitation to hell lady Abc Susan Lucci is accused of killing her Best Friend in the woman who sinned. Mobster and secret passions. Her latest Lor Abc aired nov. 17 in the states the woman who sinned with Tim Matheson. Quot so in a very Happy with things As they Are. I have no game plan except to play As much of a variety of roles As i can. My careers at night her hair products and the skin line she is developing being the other Are different from each other and different from even the hate mail for Erica has abated. A ninety percent of my mail now is about my appearance a people want to know what i use for my skin where 1 gel my clothes a i think people see a lot More dimension to the character now. But even when they hated , people rooted for her from Day 1.�?�fame�?Ts scary for exposures morning deejay by Scott Williams a television writer its not the Money or the professional Success that s new to actor John Corbett. Its the Fame. Corbett plays Chris Stevens a gentle Wise and Semi Mystic morning disc jockey in Cicely Alaska one of several memorably endearing characters in cd so hit comedy. Northern exposure. He spends so much time filming the show in Seattle s suburbs and the Little town of Roslyn wash., which plays the part of Cicely that he has yet to really live in his new House in the los Angeles suburb of Eagle Rock. Quot i bought the House last january a he said a and its just sitting he finds that he a unaccustomed to being a celebrity. A my lifestyle Hasni to really changed Quot he said kicking Back his Black Western boots in a Manhattan hotel room and swigging bottled water. A i sleep on a Futon on the floor and in be got a to and a couple of things and a couple of boxes of he still has the same car he a owned for seven years. A a it a a 1967 porsche 912 that i bought for $5,Uoo and i Haven t Pul a dime into since in be owned it Quot he said with some Pride. Corbett was a hand in a steel Plant making Good Money when he got Hurt on the Job. A a in a still be doing it a for a fact a if i Hadnot got Hurt Quot he said. On disability he took some business classes at John Corbett Junior College in Cerritos calif., and wandered into the theater. The Hook was set. Fast toward a couple years and Corbett is a successful actor in commercials a make that a very successful actor in More than 5 1 commercials. He reckons that he a probably not making As much Money these Days on Northern exposure. And he still is modest about his own skill As an actor. "1 could make something sound sort of truthful. I m not really a character actor. I could t play a Bunch of different characters Quot he said. A a in a a one note actor. I do one thing Kinda Good at that. But everything i do is Sori of. Like me a a combination of me and saying someone else swords. That builds the character. I just feel i m a Guy who works for a Quot the thing that really has changed my life is the Fame part of it Quot he said. A the people coming up to me recognizing me from the show talking about it i done to know How anybody gels used to it. �?o1 used to read How people come up to you when you re eating and talking and taking a bite and you re shoving things in your Mouth. And i used to think a no that just does no to happen. I know human nature. I know people arc t like you Don t believe it until it actually happens to you. And it happens a lot. A for me its like a hey. You re on in Trehern exposure a Quot hey Chris in the morning i pc had very few people know my real name. Obviously it the show stays on for another year they ii be Able to put a name to it. You know like Woody Irnen Heers. Quot and you know that a a scary tiling. Knowing that every week there a going to be a Lew More people that recognize me than there Ucic today. And next week the same tiling. Quot its not a natural to Long is it Quot november 24 19t cijn0ay a Page 15
