Joanne Dorian is an American

United States

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 actress.

Dorian is most notable for her brief portrayal of Victoria Lord

Victoria Lord

Victoria "Viki" Lord is the principal fictional character and matriarch of the Lord family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...

 on the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 One Life to Live

One Life to Live

One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

from late 1970 to 1971. Dorian's successor, Erika Slezak

Erika Slezak

Erika Alma Hermina Slezak is an American actress, best known for her role as Victoria Lord on the American daytime soap opera One Life to Live...

, continues in the role today.

Dorian married actor Michael Zaslow

Michael Zaslow

Michael Joel Zaslow was an American actor. He was best known for his role as villain Roger Thorpe on CBS's Guiding Light, a role he played from 1971 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1997.-Life and career:...

 in 1965, and they divorced in 1972. Zaslow would later appear on One Life to Live as David Renaldi from 1983 to 1986, and again in 1998.

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