1. Elizabeth Hubbard was an American actress, recognized for her role as Althea Davis on the NBC daytime soap opera, The Doctors, for which she received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1974, and as businesswoman Lucinda Walsh on the CBS soap opera, As the World Turns for which she received eight Daytime Emmy Award nominations.
Elizabeth Hubbard's mother, a physician, was a pioneer in homeopathy and one of the first women to earn a medical degree from Columbia University.
Elizabeth Hubbard had two brothers, Theodore and Merle, an opera talent manager.
Elizabeth Hubbard 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.
Elizabeth Hubbard made her Broadway debut as a replacement actress in a revival of The Threepenny Opera in 1955.
Elizabeth Hubbard began her screen career in 1962, starring as Anne Fletcher on the soap opera Guiding Light.
Elizabeth Hubbard played the role until October 1969, when she left to pursue a career in Hollywood.
Elizabeth Hubbard returned to the role as of October 1,1970 and continued the role until 1977.
Elizabeth Hubbard returned again in 1981 and remained with the show until its cancellation in 1982.
In 1974, Elizabeth Hubbard was awarded the first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Elizabeth Hubbard's pairing with the character of Dr Nick Bellini made them one of the most popular romantic couples in soap operas, dominating the show's storyline during the later half of the 1960s and for most of the 1970s.
In 1970, Elizabeth Hubbard made her big screen debut in the Academy Award-nominated drama film I Never Sang for My Father opposite Melvyn Douglas and Gene Hackman.
In 1976, Elizabeth Hubbard won an additional Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Edith Wilson in the television film First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson.
Elizabeth Hubbard appeared in films The Bell Jar, Ordinary People, Cold River, Center Stage, and The Treatment.
Elizabeth Hubbard was nominated nine times for a Daytime Emmy for the role.
Elizabeth Hubbard left the program in 1999 due to a disagreement over the character's direction, but was persuaded to return several months later by the show's new executive producer.
Elizabeth Hubbard was featured in a prominent storyline in 2005 when her character was diagnosed with cancer.
Elizabeth Hubbard was in the show's 50th anniversary episode in April 2006 and remained with the show until its final episode in September 2010.
Elizabeth Hubbard, who traveled frequently to the Dutch province of Friesland where her boyfriend resided, was cast after meeting the writers on one of her visits.
In 2015, Elizabeth Hubbard appeared as Eva Montgomery on the soap opera web series Anacostia.
Elizabeth Hubbard was nominated in 2016 for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for the role.
Elizabeth Hubbard was married to furrier David Bennett from 1968 to 1973.
Elizabeth Hubbard died of cancer at her home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on April 8,2023, at the age of 89.