Lois Kibbee was an American

United States

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 actress.

Kibbee was born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Rhinelander is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 7,735 at the 2000 census.-Claim to fame:...

. The daughter of actor Milton Kibbee

Milton Kibbee

Milton Kibbee was an American film actor. He appeared in over 360 films between 1933 and 1953.He was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and died in Simi Valley, California...

 and the niece of actor Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

Guy Bridges Kibbee was an American stage and film actor.Born in El Paso, Texas, Kibbee began his entertainment career on Mississippi riverboats and eventually became a successful Broadway actor...

, Lois is best remembered for portrayal of Geraldine Weldon Whitney Saxon on the CBS

CBS

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/ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 daytime 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,...

 The Edge of Night

The Edge of Night

The Edge of Night is an American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984...

, where she appeared from 1970–71 and 1973-84. In the interim, she portrayed Emily Moore Matson on NBC

NBC

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's Somerset

Somerset (TV series)

Somerset is an American television soap opera which ran on NBC from March 30, 1970 until December 31, 1976. The show was a spinoff of another NBC serial, Another World.-Overview :...

from 1972-73. Later in her career she played Elizabeth Sanders on ABC's 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 1986–88 and again in 1989). She also had a role in the film Caddyshack

Caddyshack

Caddyshack is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis, and Douglas Kenney. It stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, and Bill Murray...

as Mrs. Smails. Kibbee died of a brain tumor

Brain tumor

A brain tumor is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a tumor within the brain or the central spinal canal.Brain tumors include all tumors inside the cranium or in the central spinal canal...

 on October 18, 1993, in New York City

New York City

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Writing career

Kibbee was also a writer on The Edge of Night and wrote the book "The Bennett Playbill"
about the life of the Bennett acting family, particularly film, stage and television star,
Joan Bennett.

Awards and nominations

Kibbee was nominated for a Daytime Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a Daytime Drama Series in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1984 and Outstanding Writing Team in 1982 with Henry Slesar

Henry Slesar

Henry Slesar was an American author, playwright, and copywriter. He was also known as O.H. Leslie and Jay Street.-Early life:...

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