Linda Dano was born on Linda Rae Wildermuth on May 12,1943 and is an American actress and television host.
30 Facts About Linda Dano
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Linda Dano began her career appearing in film and prime time television, before in 1978 was cast as Rae Cummings on the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live.
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From 1983 to 1999, Dano starred as Felicia Gallant in the NBC soap opera Another World.
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Linda Dano returned to One Life to Live starring in show from 1999 to 2004.
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Linda Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award seven times, winning once for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1993 for her work on Another World.
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From 1986 to 1991, Linda Dano co-hosted the talk show Attitudes on Lifetime receiving Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host nomination, and had a long-running clothing and home-furnishings line with QVC, first partnering with the home shopping channel in 1993 and ultimately working with them for over 20 years.
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In 1975, Linda Dano starred in the short-lived 1975 NBC comedy series, The Montefuscos, which was cancelled after three episodes were broadcast and ultimately ran for seven.
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Linda Dano had supporting roles in the made-for-television movies The Last Survivors, The Nurse Killer, and The Night That Panicked America.
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Linda Dano starred alongside Joe Don Baker in the 1977 Western horror film, The Shadow of Chikara.
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In 1978, Linda Dano moved to New York City and joined the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live in the role of Gretel Cummings to 1980.
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In 1983, Linda Dano was cast as a glamorous romance novelist Felicia Gallant in the NBC soap opera, Another World appearing until the show's cancellation on June 25,1999, For the performance, Linda Dano received Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1993.
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Linda Dano was nominated for Leading Actress Emmys in 1994 and 1996, and for Supporting Actress in 1992.
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From 1985 to 1991, Linda Dano hosted the Lifetime talk show Attitudes, for which she received Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host nomination, and has both been a guest and guest-host on The View.
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Linda Dano was impersonated on NBC's Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s by Nora Dunn.
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Linda Dano hosted an Another World reunion special on SOAPnet in 2003 for which she was later nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Special Class Special.
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Linda Dano has written a style and fashion column for Soap Opera Digest on and off for years, and has had her own merchandise lines on QVC, with Linda Dano having celebrated her 20th anniversary affiliated with the home shopping network in February 2013.
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Linda Dano starred opposite Jaclyn Smith in the 1986 miniseries, Rage of Angels: The Story Continues based on novel by Sidney Sheldon.
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Linda Dano appeared in the television movies Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss, When the Vows Break opposite Patty Duke, and See Jane Date.
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Linda Dano guest-starred on Homicide: Life on the Street and appeared in the independent film Somewhere in the City.
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On June 28,1999, Linda Dano returned to One Life to Live as Gretel, now calling herself "Rae" Cummings.
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In 2003, Linda Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actress for the role, and left One Life to Live on March 13,2004.
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In 2005, Linda Dano appeared briefly as Lena Kendall on CBS soap opera, Guiding Light.
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Linda Dano left the daytime television in early 2005 and moved to Connecticut.
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In 2019, after more than ten years off-screen, Linda Dano appeared in the Hallmark television film, Chronicle Mysteries: Vines That Bind starring another soap opera veteran, Alison Sweeney.
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In early 2021, Linda Dano stepped into the role briefly of Vivian Alamain on NBC soap opera, Days of Our Lives.
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Linda Dano was married to actor Frank Attardi for over 20 years until his death in 2004.
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Linda Dano has two stepchildren, three stepgrandchildren, a niece, and a nephew.
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For several years, Linda Dano has worked with organizations to tackle medical conditions such as depression and Alzheimer's disease.
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Linda Dano is active in such groups as HeartShare, the National Osteoporosis Foundation, the National Alzheimer's Association, and Support Partners, among others.
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Linda Dano is a patron of the Catholic Guardian Society of New York.