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| death_place = [[Roxbury, Connecticut]], U.S.
| mother = [[Elizabeth Wright Hubbard]]
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| mother = [[Elizabeth Wright Hubbard]]
| occupation = Actress
| years active = 1955–2018
| occupation = Actress
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| spouse = {{Marriage|David Bennett|1968|1973}}
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'''Elizabeth Hubbard''' (born December 22, 1933) is an American actress, known for her role as Dr. Althea Davis on the NBC daytime soap opera, ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]'' (1964–69, 1970–77, 1981–82), for which she received [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]] in 1974, and as powerful businesswoman [[Lucinda Walsh]] on the CBS soap opera, ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1984-2010) for which she was nominated an Daytime Emmy Award eight times.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fame follows a soap opera star to Bosnia|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1996/09/27/524387.html?pageNumber=41|access-date=July 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=September 27, 1996|language=en}}</ref> Hubbard also starred in films ''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' (1970), ''[[The Bell Jar (film)|The Bell Jar]]'' (1979) and ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980), and received another Emmy Award for playing [[Edith Wilson]] in the television film ''First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson'' (1976).
'''Elizabeth Hubbard''' (December 22, 1933 – April 8, 2023) was an American actress, recognized for her role as Althea Davis on the NBC daytime soap opera, ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]'' (1964–1969, 1970-77, 1981–1982), 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]]'' (1984–2010) for which she received eight Daytime Emmy Award nominations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fame follows a soap opera star to Bosnia|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1996/09/27/524387.html?pageNumber=41|access-date=July 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=September 27, 1996|language=en}}</ref> Hubbard also starred in films such as ''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' (1970), ''[[The Bell Jar (film)|The Bell Jar]]'' (1979), and ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980), and received another Emmy Award for playing former [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Edith Wilson]] in the television film ''First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson'' (1976).


==Personal life==
==Early life and education==
Hubbard was born in New York, New York, to [[Elizabeth Wright Hubbard]] and Benjamin Alldritt Hubbard. Her mother, a physician, was a pioneer in homeopathy and one of the first women to earn a medical degree from Columbia University. She had two brothers, Theodore and Merle, an opera [[talent manager]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|title=Elizabeth Hubbard, Physician Since 1921|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/05/23/80714769.html|access-date=July 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=May 23, 1967|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dunlap|first1=David W.|title=A Lipstick Autograph, 85 Dropping Hammers and an Aria for a Dying Poodle|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/a-lipstick-autograph-85-dropping-hammers-and-an-aria-for-a-dying-poodle|access-date=July 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=August 13, 2011}}</ref>
Hubbard was born on December 22, 1933, in New York City,<ref name=THR>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Elizabeth Hubbard, Soap Star on 'As the World Turns' and 'The Doctors,' Dies at 89 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/elizabeth-hubbard-dead-as-the-world-turns-doctors-1235370225/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=10 April 2023 |access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref> to [[Elizabeth Wright Hubbard]] and Benjamin Alldritt Hubbard. Her mother, a physician, was a pioneer in homeopathy and one of the first women to earn a medical degree from [[Columbia University]]. She had two brothers, Theodore and Merle, an opera [[talent manager]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|title=Elizabeth Hubbard, Physician Since 1921|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/05/23/80714769.html|access-date=July 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=May 23, 1967|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dunlap|first1=David W.|title=A Lipstick Autograph, 85 Dropping Hammers and an Aria for a Dying Poodle|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/a-lipstick-autograph-85-dropping-hammers-and-an-aria-for-a-dying-poodle|access-date=July 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=August 13, 2011}}</ref>


She attended [[Radcliffe College]], and graduated summa cum laude. She pursued her theatrical education at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA) 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 September 20, 1971).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Hubbard attended [[Radcliffe College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], and graduated [[Latin honors|summa cum laude]] in 1955. She pursued her theatrical education at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA) in London, where she was the first American to receive the school's silver medal.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} She graduated from RADA in 1957.


==Career==
==Acting career==
[[File:James Pritchett Elizabeth Hubbard The Doctors 1973.JPG|thumb|180px|Hubbard with [[James Pritchett (actor)|James Pritchett]] celebrates ''The Doctors '' 10th anniversary in 1973]]
Hubbard began that career in 1962, starring as Anne Fletcher on the soap opera, ''[[Guiding Light]]''. The following year, she joined the cast of ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' as Carol Kramer for another short stint. She starred in the play ''[[The Physicists]]'' for which she received 1965 [[Clarence Derwent Awards]] for Most Promising Female. In 1964, she originated the role of Dr. Althea Davis on [[NBC]]'s year-old soap opera ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]''. Hubbard played the role until October 1969, when she left to pursue a career in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite book|title=Daytime TV Magazine|date=February 1970|page=4}}</ref> She returned to the role as of October 1, 1970<ref>{{cite book|title=Daytime TV Magazine|date=February 1971|page=6}}</ref><ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1972/02/12/afternoon-television-unhappiness-enough-and-time</ref> and continued the role until 1977. 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]].<ref name=awards>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0399169/awards/?ref_=nm_awd</ref> 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.
Hubbard made her Broadway debut as a replacement actress in a revival of ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' in 1955. She later performed in 14 Broadway productions, including ''[[The Passion of Josef D.]]'', ''[[The Physicists]]'' (for which she received the 1965 [[Clarence Derwent Awards|Clarence Derwent Award]] for Most Promising Female), ''[[A Time for Singing]]'', ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'', ''[[I Remember Mama (play)|I Remember Mama]]'' and ''[[Dance a Little Closer]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/elizabeth-hubbard-45817#broadway|title=Elizabeth Hubbard – Broadway Cast & Staff &#124; IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> Hubbard began her screen career in 1962, starring as Anne Fletcher on the soap opera ''[[Guiding Light]]''. The following year, she joined the cast of ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' as Carol Kramer. In 1964, she inaugurated the role of Dr. Althea Davis on [[NBC]]'s year-old soap opera ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]''. Hubbard played the role until October 1969, when she left to pursue a career in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite book|title=Daytime TV Magazine|date=February 1970|page=4}}</ref> She returned to the role as of October 1, 1970<ref>{{cite book|title=Daytime TV Magazine|date=February 1971|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1972/02/12/afternoon-television-unhappiness-enough-and-time|title=The Boredom and Brilliance of Soap Operas|date=February 5, 1972|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> and continued the role until 1977. 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]].<ref name=awards>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0399169/awards/|title=Elizabeth Hubbard|website=IMDb}}</ref> Hubbard's pairing with the character of Dr. Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon) 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, Hubbard made her big screen debut in the [[Academy Awards]]-nominated drama film, ''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' opposite [[Melvyn Douglas]] and [[Gene Hackman]].<ref>https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/90069%7C46527/Elizabeth-Hubbard#biography</ref><ref>https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_never_sang_for_my_father</ref> In 1976, Hubbard won an additional Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of [[Edith Wilson]] in the television film ''First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson''.<ref name=awards/> She also appeared in films ''[[The Bell Jar (film)|The Bell Jar]]'' (1979), ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980), ''[[Edwin Corley|Cold River]]'' (1982), ''[[Center Stage (2000 film)|Center Stage]]'' (2000) and ''[[The Treatment (2006 film)|The Treatment]]'' (2006).
In 1970, Hubbard made her big screen debut in the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-nominated drama film ''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' opposite [[Melvyn Douglas]] and [[Gene Hackman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/90069%7C46527/Elizabeth-Hubbard|title=Elizabeth Hubbard|website=www.tcm.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_never_sang_for_my_father|title=I Never Sang for My Father - Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> In 1976, Hubbard won an additional Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of [[Edith Wilson]] in the television film ''First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson''.<ref name=awards/> She also appeared in films ''[[The Bell Jar (film)|The Bell Jar]]'' (1979), ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980), ''[[Edwin Corley|Cold River]]'' (1982), ''[[Center Stage (2000 film)|Center Stage]]'' (2000), and ''[[The Treatment (2006 film)|The Treatment]]'' (2006).


After ''The Doctors'' was cancelled, Hubbard joined the cast of ''[[One Life to Live]]'' for the recurring role of society matron Estelle Chadwick for 1983 to 1983. In 1984, she joined ''[[As the World Turns]]'' as businesswoman [[Lucinda Walsh]]. She was nominated nine times for a Daytime Emmy for the role.<ref name=awards/> 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. 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.
After ''The Doctors'' was cancelled, Hubbard joined the cast of ''[[One Life to Live]]'' in the recurring role of society matron Estelle Chadwick. In 1984, she joined ''[[As the World Turns]]'' as businesswoman [[Lucinda Walsh]]. She was nominated nine times for a Daytime Emmy for the role.<ref name=awards/> 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. 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 remained 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]]'' (''Good Times, Bad Times''), 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 [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[Friesland]] where her boyfriend resides, was cast after meeting the writers on one of her visits. (''As the World Turns'' also aired in the Netherlands and Hubbard was already well-known there as a result.)
In July 2009, she began a recurring role on the Dutch soap opera ''[[Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden]]'' (''Good Times, Bad Times''), and played the role of Sair Poindexter, an American sexologist and mother of character Irene Huygens, played by Anita Donk. 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. ''As the World Turns'' also aired in the [[Netherlands]] and Hubbard was already well-known there as a result.


In 2015, Hubbard appeared as Eva Montgomery on the soap opera [[web series]] ''[[Anacostia (web series)|Anacostia]]''. She was nominated in 2016 for a Daytime Emmy for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series|Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series]] for the role.<ref name="NATAS 43rd Nom">{{cite web |url=http://emmyonline.com/day_43rd_nominations |title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy® Award Nominations |publisher=[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] |date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211193508/http://emmyonline.com/day_43rd_nominations |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Variety 43rd Nom">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/daytime-emmy-nominations-young-and-the-restless-tv-pop-1201738398/ |title=''Young & Restless'' Leads Daytime Emmy Noms But Ceremony Won't Be on TV |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>
In 2015, Hubbard appeared as Eva Montgomery on the soap opera [[web series]] ''[[Anacostia (web series)|Anacostia]]''. She was nominated in 2016 for a Daytime Emmy for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series|Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series]] for the role.<ref name="NATAS 43rd Nom">{{cite web |url=http://emmyonline.com/day_43rd_nominations |title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy® Award Nominations |publisher=[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] |date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211193508/http://emmyonline.com/day_43rd_nominations |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Variety 43rd Nom">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/daytime-emmy-nominations-young-and-the-restless-tv-pop-1201738398/ |title=''Young & Restless'' Leads Daytime Emmy Noms But Ceremony Won't Be on TV |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>

==Marriage and child==
Hubbard was married to furrier David Bennett from 1968 to 1973. They had one child, a son, Jeremy Bennett (born September 20, 1971).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0399169/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm IMDb, Elizabeth Hubbard, biography]</ref>

==Death==
Hubbard died of cancer at her home in [[Roxbury, Connecticut]], on April 8, 2023, at the age of 89.<ref name=THR/>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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|''[[As the World Turns]]''
|''[[As the World Turns]]''
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Latest revision as of 08:36, 1 August 2024

For her mother, the physician and homeopath, see Elizabeth Wright Hubbard. For the complainant during the Salem witch trials, see Elizabeth Hubbard (Salem witch trials).
Elizabeth Hubbard
Hubbard circa 1964
Hubbard in 1963
Born(1933-12-22)December 22, 1933
New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 8, 2023(2023-04-08) (aged 89)
Roxbury, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1955–2018
Spouse
David Bennett
​
(m. 1968⁠–⁠1973)​
Children1
MotherElizabeth Wright Hubbard

Elizabeth Hubbard (December 22, 1933 – April 8, 2023) was an American actress, recognized for her role as Althea Davis on the NBC daytime soap opera, The Doctors (1964–1969, 1970-77, 1981–1982), 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 (1984–2010) for which she received eight Daytime Emmy Award nominations.[1] Hubbard also starred in films such as I Never Sang for My Father (1970), The Bell Jar (1979), and Ordinary People (1980), and received another Emmy Award for playing former First Lady Edith Wilson in the television film First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson (1976).

Early life and education

[edit]

Hubbard was born on December 22, 1933, in New York City,[2] to Elizabeth Wright Hubbard and Benjamin Alldritt Hubbard. Her mother, a physician, was a pioneer in homeopathy and one of the first women to earn a medical degree from Columbia University. She had two brothers, Theodore and Merle, an opera talent manager.[3][4]

Hubbard attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated summa cum laude in 1955. She pursued her theatrical education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, where she was the first American to receive the school's silver medal.[citation needed] She graduated from RADA in 1957.

Acting career

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Hubbard with James Pritchett celebrates The Doctors 10th anniversary in 1973

Hubbard made her Broadway debut as a replacement actress in a revival of The Threepenny Opera in 1955. She later performed in 14 Broadway productions, including The Passion of Josef D., The Physicists (for which she received the 1965 Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Female), A Time for Singing, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, I Remember Mama and Dance a Little Closer.[5] Hubbard began her screen career in 1962, starring as Anne Fletcher on the soap opera Guiding Light. The following year, she joined the cast of The Edge of Night as Carol Kramer. In 1964, she inaugurated the role of Dr. Althea Davis on NBC's year-old soap opera The Doctors. Hubbard played the role until October 1969, when she left to pursue a career in Hollywood.[6] She returned to the role as of October 1, 1970[7][8] and continued the role until 1977. 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.[9] Hubbard's pairing with the character of Dr. Nick Bellini (Gerald Gordon) 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, 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.[10][11] In 1976, Hubbard won an additional Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Edith Wilson in the television film First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson.[9] She also appeared in films The Bell Jar (1979), Ordinary People (1980), Cold River (1982), Center Stage (2000), and The Treatment (2006).

After The Doctors was cancelled, Hubbard joined the cast of One Life to Live in the recurring role of society matron Estelle Chadwick. In 1984, she joined As the World Turns as businesswoman Lucinda Walsh. She was nominated nine times for a Daytime Emmy for the role.[9] 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. 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 remained with the show until its final episode in September 2010.

In July 2009, she began a recurring role on the Dutch soap opera Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden (Good Times, Bad Times), and played the role of Sair Poindexter, an American sexologist and mother of character Irene Huygens, played by Anita Donk. 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. As the World Turns also aired in the Netherlands and Hubbard was already well-known there as a result.

In 2015, Hubbard appeared as Eva Montgomery on the soap opera web series Anacostia. She was nominated in 2016 for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for the role.[12][13]

Marriage and child

[edit]

Hubbard was married to furrier David Bennett from 1968 to 1973. They had one child, a son, Jeremy Bennett (born September 20, 1971).[14]

Death

[edit]

Hubbard died of cancer at her home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on April 8, 2023, at the age of 89.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1962 Guiding Light Anne Fletcher May 1962 to October 31, 1962
1963 The Edge of Night Carol Kramer Series regular
1964–1969,1970-77, 1981–1982 The Doctors Dr. Althea Davis Series regular
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1974)
1970 The Virginian Mary Marshall Episode: "You Can Lead a Horse to Water"
1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. Dr. Gardner Episode: "The Other Side of the Chart"
1970 The Ceremony of Innocence Queen Emma Television film
1970 I Never Sang for My Father Peggy
1976 First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson Edith Wilson Television film
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Special
1979 The Bell Jar Vikki St. John
1980 Ordinary People Ruth
1982 Cold River Pauline Hood Allison
1983–1984 One Life to Live Estelle Chadwick Series regular
1984–2010 As the World Turns Lucinda Walsh Series regular
Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1986-1992, 1999)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime (1986, 1988)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama (1986, 1989-1994)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Comic Actress: Daytime (1990)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Showstopper (1997)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Favorite Return (2000)
1992 Law & Order Mrs. Cleary Episode: "The Corporate Veil"
2000 Center Stage Joan Miller
2002 The Job Mike's mother-in-law Episode: "Vacation"
2005 Hope & Faith Arlene Episode: "Catering-a-ding-ding"
2006 The Treatment Claire Marshall
2008 Life on Mars Sam's mother Episode: "Tuesday's Dead"
2009 Goede tijden, slechte tijden Sair Poindexter 19 episodes
2015-2018 Anacostia Eva Montgomery 9 episodes
Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series (2016)
Nominated — Indie Series Award for Best Guest Actress - Drama (2016-2017)

References

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  1. ^ "Fame follows a soap opera star to Bosnia". The New York Times. September 27, 1996. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Barnes, Mike (10 April 2023). "Elizabeth Hubbard, Soap Star on 'As the World Turns' and 'The Doctors,' Dies at 89". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Elizabeth Hubbard, Physician Since 1921". The New York Times. May 23, 1967. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
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