Elizabeth Hubbard

For the former president of the American Institute of Homeopathy, see Elizabeth Wright Hubbard. For one of the afflicted girls during the Salem witch trials, see Elizabeth Hubbard (Salem witch trials).

Elizabeth Hubbard
Hubbard circa 1964.
Born	(1933-12-22) December 22, 1933 New York City, New York, US
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	David Bennett (1971-1972), one child

Elizabeth Hubbard (born December 22, 1933) is an American film, soap opera, stage and television actress, best known for her role as Dr. Althea Davis on The Doctors (1964-1969, 1970-1978, 1981-1982) and powerful businesswoman Lucinda Walsh on As the World Turns (1984-2010). She also played roles on The Edge of Night, One Life to Live, and The Guiding Light.

Personal life

Hubbard was born in New York City, New York. She attended Radcliffe College, and graduated summa cum laude. She pursued her theatrical education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she was the first American to receive the school's silver medal. She was married to furrier David Bennett from 1970 to 1972; they had one child, a son, Jeremy Bennett (born 1971).

Soap operas

She is best known for her work in daytime soap operas. She began that career in 1962, starring as Anne Fletcher on The Guiding Light. The following year, she joined the cast of The Edge of Night as Carol Kramer for another short stint.

In 1964, she originated the role of Dr. Althea Davis on NBC's year-old soap opera The Doctors. Hubbard played the role until 1969, when she took time off. She returned after a year and continued the role until 1978. She returned again in 1981 and remained with the show until its cancellation in 1982. In 1974, Hubbard was awarded the first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Hubbard's pairing with the character of Dr. Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon) made them one of the most popular romantic couples on the soaps, dominating the show's storyline during the later half of the 1960s and for most of the 1970s.

After that serial was cancelled, Hubbard was on One Life to Live for the recurring role of society matron Estelle Chadwick for almost a year. In 1984, she joined that of As the World Turns as businesswoman Lucinda Walsh. She was nominated nine times for a Daytime Emmy for the role. Hubbard left the program in 1999 (due to a disagreement over the character's direcion) but was persuaded to return several months later by the show's new executive producer. Hubbard was featured in a prominent storyline in 2005 when her character was diagnosed with cancer. She was in the show's 50th anniversary episode in April 2006, and stayed with the show until its final episode in September 2010.

In July 2009 she started a recurring role on the Dutch soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, and played the role of Sair Poindexter, an American sexologist and mother of the Irene Huygens (Anita Donk) character. Hubbard, who traveled frequently to the Dutch province of Friesland where her boyfriend resides, was cast after meeting the writers on one of her visits. (As the World Turns also airs in the Netherlands and Hubbard was already well-known there as a result.)

• The Guiding Light as Anne Fletcher #2 (1962)
• The Edge of Night as Carol Kramer (1963)
• The Doctors as Dr. Althea Davis #1 (1964–1969, 1970–1978, 1981–1982)
• One Life to Live as Estelle Chadwick (1983–1984)
• As the World Turns as Lucinda Walsh (1984–2010)
• Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden as Sair Poindexter (2009)

Other work

Hubbard won an additional Daytime Emmy for her portrayal of Edith Wilson in First Ladies' Diaries. She was featured in Broadway plays and musicals, and had roles in movies, including I Never Sang for My Father, Ordinary People, and The Ceremony of Innocence and a featured role in the film Center Stage.

Recent television appearances

Hubbard made appearances on the New York-based television programs, Hope & Faith and Life on Mars.

External links

• Elizabeth Hubbard at the Internet Movie Database