46 Facts About Erica Kane

Erica Kane is a fictional character from the American ABC Daytime soap opera All My Children.

Erica Kane used the story bible for All My Children to create the new program.

Erica Kane initially auditioned for the role of Tara Martin.

Erica Kane was established as the rival to Tara Martin's young-and-vulnerable romantic heroine.

Erica Kane was generally positioned as the antagonist keeping true love pairings, such as Tara and Phillip Brent, apart.

Erica Kane was in the chic suburbanite category which comprised "flashy," achievement-oriented characters with little interest in family and friends.

Erica Kane is a headstrong and selfish 15-year-old when All My Children begun in 1970.

Since Nixon created All My Children as a "light hearted" soap opera, the series' villains, Erica Kane included, came across as more fun and funny, than wicked.

Over time, Erica Kane evolved into a "heroine-vixen" who still did bad things, but was a character the audience rooted for.

Erica Kane needs to receive love from men to prove she is not unlovable.

One of Erica Kane's defining features is her extreme self-centered point of view.

Mona spoils Erica Kane to fill the void Eric left behind.

Erica Kane was chosen for this storyline as a way to prevent controversy.

Viewers loved the story and Erica Kane became a symbol of free choice.

Erica Kane develops a potentially fatal infection after having the abortion.

Josh follows him soon afterward and, not knowing Erica Kane is his mother, attempts to destroy Erica Kane in order to steal her fame for himself.

Erica Kane discovers the truth and is eventually able to form a relationship with him.

Zach Slater shoots him and Erica Kane is then forced to decide whether or not to donate Josh's heart to a seriously ill Kendall.

The petite form of [Susan Lucci as Erica Kane] seems to fit that description well.

In 1977, Mark and Erica begin a romance, which leads Mona to reveal Mark had been fathered by Eric Kane, who had engaged in an affair with Mark's mother, Maureen Dalton Tiller, Eric's secretary.

In 1982, while working in New York City as a model, Erica Kane discovers a half-sister named Silver.

Silver secretly plots against Erica Kane while pretending to form a bond with her.

Generally, the number of times Erica Kane has been married is named as ten, though the total of her valid and invalid marriages, plus her 1991 vow renewal with Adam Chandler, would come up to eleven.

In that story, Erica Kane is used as one of the devices separating Tara and Phil.

Also, Erica Kane is more interested in marrying them to spite Tara.

Since Phil and Erica Kane do not conceive their baby for love, they are "rewarded" with a miscarriage, which was typical of loveless unions in that time.

Erica Kane agrees to divorce Phil after his father, Nick Davis, offers her a job as a hostess at his restaurant, the Chateau, in exchange for letting his son go.

Erica Kane sees Nick as both a father figure and a lover.

Erica Kane begins a romance with Tom Cudahay in the hopes of making Nick jealous.

Erica Kane was very intellectual and she was not, and still he loved her for who she was.

Erica Kane agrees and they marry in 1984, but Adam casts another actress in the role.

Erica Kane responds to his supposed demise by marrying Mike.

Adam reveals he is alive, making their marriage invalid, and forces Erica Kane to choose between him and Mike.

Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, fighting off a grizzly bear on location in Canada, airdate September 4,1985.

Erica Kane saves her from Natalie Marlow, who holds her at gun point.

In 1987, Erica Kane becomes involved with the politician Travis Montgomery.

Erica Kane becomes pregnant with his child, but does not tell him for fear that it will disrupt his political career.

Erica Kane becomes attracted to his brother, Jackson Montgomery, but does not act on the feeling until after she and Travis divorce.

Erica Kane became bitter and sort of cruel to Erica.

Erica Kane buys Chandler Enterprises stock based on privileged information Adam Chandler shares with her.

News outlets labeled her a "cougar" since Erica Kane is older than Ryan.

Erica Kane is taken to Oak Haven and there she first sees Janet "from another Planet" Green Dillon, then Annie Lavery, then Marian Colby Chandler, and finally she sees Dixie Cooney Martin.

Erica Kane seduced fictional game show host Jack Morgan, thus enabling her to soundly beat her opponent.

The sketch ended with Erica Kane being mauled by a panther owned by Siegfried and Roy.

The Erica Kane character provided inspiration for three songs, all of which were named after her.

Erica Kane's losses caused her fellow castmate Ruth Warrick to speak out to the press.