25 Facts About Ilene Kristen

Ilene Kristen was born on Ilene Schatz; July 30,1952 and is an American actress.

Ilene Kristen is best known for her role as Delia Ryan in the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope and her Emmy-nominated performances as Roxy B m on One Life to Live.

Ilene Kristen was born Ilene Schatz in Brooklyn, New York City, the elder child of Arthur Schatz of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Myrna Levin of Borough Park, Brooklyn.

Ilene Kristen's father was a hairdresser who owned a series of beauty parlors across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Palm Beach, Florida.

Ilene Kristen lived in Brooklyn until the age of 13 when her family moved to the Forest Hills area of Queens, where she lived for two years.

Ilene Kristen attended PS 217 in Brooklyn, Russell Sage Junior High School in Queens, and Professional Children's School in Manhattan.

Ilene Kristen then went to Finch College where she majored in Drama and minored in Art History.

Ilene Kristen studied dance under Sara Felcher, Alwin Nikolais, and Matt Mattox.

Ilene Kristen decided to become a professional actor after seeing the Off-Broadway musical, The Fantasticks.

Ilene Kristen was brought on board by the show's choreographer Matt Mattox.

Ilene Kristen was set to replace the lead actress in the show Steambath, but the show was closed before Kristen got to take over the role.

Ilene Kristen ended up working odd jobs on major Broadway productions: catering the opening-night party of the show Lenny and gold-leafing in Robin Wagner's scenery department for Jesus Christ Superstar.

Ilene Kristen made her screen debut in the female lead role in the 1971 comedy film Preacherman.

Ilene Kristen worked on the show until 1979, when she moved to California.

Ilene Kristen played Winona, a prostitute, in The Lady in Red, then did an episode of Family.

Ilene Kristen appeared in the comedy revue Strange Behavior, which led to her being considered for a role on NBC's Saturday Night Live.

In 1986, after starring in Moss Hart's Light Up the Sky, Ilene Kristen was asked to return to Ryan's Hope.

Ilene Kristen was coupled with the Tony Award-winning actor and director Walter Bobbie, who had originated the role of Roger in the Broadway production of Grease alongside Kristen in 1972.

Ilene Kristen was Madeleine Thompson, an alcoholic wannabe socialite, on Another World.

Ilene Kristen came out to California to serve as one of the producers for the film Angels with Angles, starring Frank Gorshin and Rodney Dangerfield.

Ilene Kristen ended up playing Roxy B m for ten years.

Ilene Kristen was nominated for two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards in 2004 and 2005 in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category for her role as Roxy in One Life to Live.

Ilene Kristen is a supporter of the emerging digital series genre and has appeared on the Daytime Emmy-winning series The Bay and Pride: The Series.

Ilene Kristen has been a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre since 1984 and she is on their Board of Directors.

In 1977, Ilene Kristen founded the Jean Renoir Cinema with Ray Blanco, a young Cuban anti-Castro emigre, and Nancy Newell, one of the first women ever admitted to the Projectionists Guild.