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Susan Lucci has been honored by the City of New York by being presented with a "Key to the City" by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. She ... received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and joined the 1,000 Broadway legends as her caricature became immortalized on the walls of New York's famous Sardi's Restaurant. She has been named one of E! Entertainment's "The Top Entertainers of the Year" as well as one of Barbara Walters' "Ten Most Fascinating People." Her "Lifetime Intimate Portrait" aired on the Lifetime cable network in May 2003 and she recently hosted the "White House Christmas Special" for A&E. Susan's accomplishments and contributions to the world of television and the performing arts have truly made her an icon to millions.
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Susan Lucci was born to Jeanette and Victor Lucci. She attended Garden City High School in Garden City, New York, graduating in 1964. She then attended Marymount College at Fordham University, and graduated from Marymount in 1968.
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During the 1999 holiday season, Ms, Lucci made her Broadway debut as Annie Oakley in "Annie Get Your Gun," receiving standing ovations at every performance. On May 18, 2001, she graced the stage in her first nightclub performance, opening for Regis Philbin in Atlantic City. In October she worked with musical director John McDaniel and Shawn Gough and opened the season at Feinstein's at the Regency, as she debuted her cabaret act. Rex Reed said of her: "This is a gal that sends you home smiling." This past June Susan opened at Theaterfest, at Montclair State University in New Jersey, for a three-day concert series.
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Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with New York Times and Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. Her salary is reportedly over $1 million a year.[1][2]
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Edith Jones, a judge for the Fifth U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans, is to the Supreme Court as Susan Lucci is to the daytime Emmys and Philip Roth is to the Nobel Prize. Well, not precisely. Lucci finally won an Emmy in 1999, after 18 previous nominations. And Roth's chances of finally winning the Nobel are currently thought to be on an upswing. Jones, on the other hand, is starting to look like damaged goods.
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Further, Susan always makes sure to find time for what she believes to be most important: children. She supports Little Flower Children & Family Services of New York, the largest child care agency in the state of New York providing foster care and adoption services to all five boroughs as well as Long Island. She has ... served as the March of Dimes’ National Ambassador in 2000 and as a celebrity spokesperson for AMDeC (Academic Medicine Development Company) and The New York Cancer Project. She was the recipient of the prestigious New York City Gracie Award and the Muse Award for Women in Film & Television and in 2004 accepted an award from Albert Einstein Medical Center.
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