Nancy Pollock
Encyclopedia
Nancy Karr is a fictional character
on the long-running daytime
soap opera
, The Edge of Night
. For 22 years, the role was played by actress Ann Flood
.
Nancy was the daughter of Joe and Rose Pollock, and was a newspaper reporter for the periodical in the fictional midwestern town of Monticello. She also had two siblings, Lee, who was married to Gerry McGrath; and Elaine, called Cookie.
She had met and fell in love with widower Mike Karr
, a lawyer who had lost his first wife, Sara Lane, to a terrible accident. Nancy proved herself to be a wonderful stepmother to his daughter, Laurie Ann, and in 1963, married Mike.
The two were very much in love, and were married through the series end in 1984.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
on the long-running daytime
Daytime television
Daytime television is the general term for television shows produced that are intended to air during the daytime hours on weekdays. This article is about American daytime television, for information about international daytime television see Daytime television....
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...
. For 22 years, the role was played by actress Ann Flood
Ann Flood
Ann Flood is an American actress.She is most known for her work as journalist/author Nancy Pollock Karr on the soap opera The Edge of Night, a role she played from 1962 to 1984...
.
Nancy was the daughter of Joe and Rose Pollock, and was a newspaper reporter for the periodical in the fictional midwestern town of Monticello. She also had two siblings, Lee, who was married to Gerry McGrath; and Elaine, called Cookie.
She had met and fell in love with widower Mike Karr
Mike Karr
Mike Karr is a fictional character on the long-running daytime soap opera, The Edge of Night.A tireless crime-fighter, Karr was introduced as a cop finishing law school. This character evolved from the earlier Perry Mason character on radio...
, a lawyer who had lost his first wife, Sara Lane, to a terrible accident. Nancy proved herself to be a wonderful stepmother to his daughter, Laurie Ann, and in 1963, married Mike.
The two were very much in love, and were married through the series end in 1984.