Rae Cummings

Dr. Gretel Rae Cummings, PhD (formerly Faulkner and Buchanan) is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Gretel was originated by Linda Dano from 1978 to 1980. Dano went on to play Felicia Gallant on NBC's Another World from 1982 until that series' cancellation on June 25, 1999, during which time she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Lead Actress in 1993 and was nominated three other times. On June 28, 1999, Dano returned... more

Dr. Gretel Rae Cummings, PhD (formerly Faulkner and Buchanan) is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Gretel was originated by Linda Dano from 1978 to 1980. Dano went on to play Felicia Gallant on NBC's Another World from 1982 until that series' cancellation on June 25, 1999, during which time she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Lead Actress in 1993 and was nominated three other times. On June 28, 1999, Dano returned to One Life to Live as Gretel, who now preferred to use her middle name "Rae." Anna Stuart filled in for Dano in the role on April 25, 2002. Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actress in 2003 for her portrayal of Rae, and left One Life to Live on March 13, 2004. In a move of network synergy designed to "entice viewers to tune into soap operas that they might not have usually watched," in 2000 then-President of ABC Daytime Angela Shapiro orchestrated Dano's concurrent appearance as Rae on the three other ABC soap operas at... less