Robin Strasser

Robin Victory in Europe Strasser (born May 7, 1945) is an American actress best known for her roles in several soap operas, especially as Rachel Davis on Another World and Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live.

Life and career Strasser's middle name is a tribute to her being born the day Germany surrendered in World War II. She was born in the New York City borough of the Bronx and raised in Manhattan by Martin and Anne Strasser, both Jewish. After graduating from the High School of Performing Arts, on full scholarship, she attended the Yale University School of Drama.

Strasser was offered the role of Cathy Craig on One Life to Live, but ended up joining the show as Dorian Lord in 1979, when Claire Malis left the role. Strasser had four stints as Dorian, leaving the show in 1987 and returning to play Dorian again from 1993 to 2000, 2003 to August 25, 2011, and then again in the online revival of the series in 2013. From 2001 to 2002, she appeared as 300-year-old witch Hecuba on the NBC serial Passions. In 2019 she played Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives for 15 episodes.

Strasser won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series in 1982 for her portrayal of Dorian, and was also nominated for the award in 1981, 1983, and 1985. Strasser has been nominated for Soap Opera Digest Awards for Dorian in various categories in 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995 and 2005, winning in 1996 ("Outstanding Lead Actress" for Dorian) and 2001 ("Outstanding Female Scene Stealer" for Hecuba). She was previously made a Dame of the Imperial Court of New York in March 2007, and attended the 2008 "Night of A Thousand Gowns."

Filmography Year Film RoleNotes 1964–1966 The Secret Storm Iris Ocasek Series regular 1967–1972 Another World Rachel Cory Hutchins Series regular 1970 Somerset Rachel Cory Hutchins Recurring role 1972 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Shelley Carr Episode: "This Child Is Mine" 1973 The Delphi Bureau Jane Episode: "The Face That Never Was Project" 1973 And the Bones Came Together Joyce TV movie 1973 The Bride Barbara 1974 The Wide World of Mystery Gina Episode: "Murder Impossible" 1974 The Rookies Laura Page Episode: "Legacy of Death" 1974 Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers Ellen Episode: "The Groupie" 1976–1979 All My Children Christina Karras Series regular 1993–2000,2003–2011,2013 One Life to Live Dorian Lord Series regularDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1982)Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama (1996)Nominated - Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1981, 1983, 1985)Nominated - Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama (1988, 1995)Nominated - Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama (1986, 1994) 1988 Highway to Heaven Kathleen Reynolds Episode: "Time in a Bottle" 1988 Baby M Betsy Stern TV movie 1988 Glitz Nancy Donovan TV movie 1988 Annie McGuire Terry Episode: "Annie and the Brooklyn Bridge" 1988 Murder, She Wrote Sylvia Gagliano Episode: "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel" 1989 China Beach Joan Friedman Episode: "Women in White" 1989 Murphy Brown Vladia Episode: "Moscow on the Potomac" 1990 The Young Riders Grace Rollins Episode: "Fall from Grace" 1990 Blind Faith Felice Richmond TV movie 1990 Knots Landing Dianne Kirkwood Recurring role, 14 episodes 1990 Coach Elaine Tewksbury Recurring role, 4 episodes 1990 Dear John Brooke Collins Episode: "Matter of Trust: Part 1" 1991White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd Jewel Carmen TV movie 1991 MacGyver Queen Morgana 2 episodes 1992 2000 Malibu Road Episode: "Pilot" 1992 Lady Boss Abigaile Stolli TV movie 1992 Civil Wars Episode: "Devil's Advocate" 1993 Jack's Place Lucinda Tremayne Episode: "An Affair to Vaguely Remember" 1993 Bloodlines: Murder in the Family TV movie 1996 ABC Afterschool Special Julia Episode: "Me and My Hormones" 1997 Loose Women Mrs. Hayes 1999 Picture This 2000 Grosse Pointe Lila Van Guilden Episode: "Mommy Dearest" 2001–2002 Dharma & Greg Teensy Manhart 2 episodes 2002 Shoot or Be Shot Mrs. Steinman 2000–2003 Passions Hecuba Recurring roleSoap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Scene Stealer (2001) 2003, 2005 All My Children Dorian Lord Guest appearances 2019 Days of Our Lives Vivian Alamain 15 episodes