Victoria Lord - wikipedia Victoria Lord Victoria Lord Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord One Life to Live character Portrayed by Gillian Spencer ( 1968 -- 70 ) Joanne Dorian ( 1970 -- 71 ) Erika Slezak ( 1971 -- 2013 ) Duration 1968 -- 2013 First appearance July 15, 1968 ( 1968 - 07 - 15 ) Last appearance August 19, 2013 ( 2013 - 08 - 19 ) Created by Agnes Nixon Introduced by Doris Quinlan Jennifer Pepperman ( 2013 ) Book appearances Patrick 's Notebook Classification Final, regular Profile Other names Niki Smith, Tommy, Jean Randolph, Princess, Tori Lord, Victor Lord ( alternate personalities ) Occupation Publishing magnate Socialite Businesswoman Hospital board member Waitress ( 2008 ) University president ( 2003 -- 04 ) Mayor ( 1990 ) Residence Llanfair 1177 Regency Drive Llanview, Pennsylvania 19100 Family Family Lord Parents Victor Lord Eugenia Randolph Lord Stepmother Dorian Lord ( 1975 -- 83 ) Sisters Meredith Lord Half - brothers Tony Lord Todd Manning Victor Lord, Jr. Half - sisters Tina Lord Spouse Roger Gordon ( annulled ) Joe Riley ( 1969 -- 70, 1974 -- 79 ) Steve Burke ( 1972 -- 74 ) Clint Buchanan ( 1982 -- 85, 1986 -- 94, 2013 -- ) Sloan Carpenter ( 1994 -- 95 ) Ben Davidson ( 2000 -- 04 ) Charlie Banks ( 2009 -- 11 ) Sons Kevin Buchanan Joey Buchanan Daughters Megan Gordon Jessica Buchanan Natalie Buchanan Stepdaughters Megan Craig Riley Grandsons Duke Buchanan Ryder Ford Liam McBain Granddaughters Bree Brennan Aunts and uncles Powell Lord Gwendolyn Lord Abbott Dorothy Randolph Nieces and nephews Brian Kendall Daniel Wolek C.J. Roberts Sarah Roberts Starr Manning Danielle Manning Jack Manning Sam Manning Victor Lord III First cousins Richard Abbott Clayton - Powell Lord II Other relatives Zane Buchanan Powell Lord III Hope Manning - Thornhart Victoria Lord is a fictional character and matriarch of the Lord family on the American soap opera One Life to Live. The character was created as one of the main protagonists by series creator Agnes Nixon, and first cast to Gillian Spencer on the pilot aired July 15, 1968. Nixon later recast her with Erika Slezak, who became synonymous with the character role following a continual portrayal spanning her debut March 17, 1971 through the ABC Daytime finale January 13, 2012. Slezak reprised the role in The Online Network continuance of One Life to Live aired on Hulu, iTunes, FX Canada, and the Oprah Winfrey Network from April 29, 2013 through the final episode released August 19, 2013. The role of Victoria is the mainstay original lead character of the serial, and her storylines focus on drudgery, love, and family troubles. One of the longest - running characters on American daytime television, Victoria weathers widowhood ( three times ), divorce ( four times ), a brain aneurysm, a near - death out - of - body experience ( three times ), being shot ( two times ), sent to jail, suffering a stroke, breast cancer, rape, a heart attack, heart disease, a heart transplant, the abduction of three of her five children as infants, the deaths of two siblings, and the death of her daughter from lupus. Most notably, she suffers recurring bouts with dissociative identity disorder throughout the show narrative. Slezak 's tenure as Victoria earned the actress a reputation as a leading actor in American serials, with her portrayal becoming one of the most lauded and longest - running in American soap operas. Contents 1 Character background 1.1 Conception 1.2 Casting 1.3 Characterization 2 Character development 2.1 1960s and 1970s 2.2 1980s 2.3 1990s 2.4 2000s 2.5 2010 -- 12 2.6 2013 2.7 Alternate personalities 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links Character background `` It is a very, very good job, but it takes a lot of work, and it takes responsibility. You are responsible to the audience for who you 're playing. You 're responsible to your writers and your producer for the character, and you are extremely responsible to your fellow actors. There are people who do n't realize that. '' -- Erika Slezak on playing Victoria Lord, Archive of American Television Conception One Life to Live series creator Agnes Nixon conceived the central role of Victoria `` Viki '' Lord inspired by her relationship with her domineering father, Harry Eckhardt, and her own married family life along the Philadelphia Main Line in Bryn Mawr. Nixon took further inspiration from lead protagonist Tracy Lord of the 1939 play The Philadelphia Story, portrayed on stage and film by actress Katharine Hepburn. Casting The role of Victoria was originally cast to Gillian Spencer, who appeared from the July 1968 debut until 1970. Joanne Dorian replaced Spencer from October 1970 until March 16, 1971, when established theater actress Erika Slezak stepped into the role in the following day 's episode. Slezak became synonymous with the character role since her first appearance in the role March 17, 1971, playing Victoria continually for 41 years until the original One Life television finale in 2012. Slezak reprised the role onscreen upon Prospect Park resumption of the serial from April 29, 2013 through the final episode released August 19, 2013. Two other actresses portrayed Victoria while Slezak was on maternity and personal leave : Christine Jones in 1980 and 1981, and Judith Barcroft in 1987. In the summer of 2003, Slezak 's real - life daughter, Amanda Davies, portrayed a teenaged Victoria in flashbacks. Leah Marie Hays played the role of a young Victoria Lord in a series of flashbacks as well. At the death of show and character creator Agnes Nixon in 2016, Slezak eulogized that, `` When she hired me to play Viki on One Life To Live, she changed my life and my career and I will forever be grateful to her. '' Characterization At the debut episode of One Life to Live July 15, 1968, twentysomething recent college graduate and heiress Victoria `` Viki '' Lord is described by author Martha Nochimson as `` blonde ( and ) ivory - complexioned... the clichéd American princess, '' personifying the `` woman on a pedestal '' archetype. The show 's heroine from the outset, ingenue Victoria initially harbors a strong Electra complex and suffers a bout with multiple personalities prompted by her mother Eugenia 's absence from childhood and father Victor 's incessant grooming of her to eventually helm the family 's communication business, Lord Enterprises. As Erika Slezak stepped into the role in 1971, head writer Nixon matured Victoria to a self - assured working woman managing fictional Llanview 's predominant newspaper, The Banner. An increasingly headstrong Victoria, relinquishing her primal desires to pander to Victor, marries working - class Banner editor Joe Riley, much to the patriarch 's chagrin. By the mid-1980s, Victoria largely adopts a matronly role along with her capacities as well - connected town businesswoman and socialite, though she is still plagued with intermittent bouts of mental illness. The character comes to mother five of her own children onscreen ( three from infancy ), while providing surrogate nurture to younger siblings Tina and Todd. Since 2000s, the role has evolved to be regarded as the `` grande dame of Llanview. '' In a 2006 Boston magazine article, Slezak remarked of Victoria representing `` the very classy, very old - world money, '' with writer Michael Callahan calling the character `` the stiff - upper - lipped matriarch '' of the prominent Lord family. American journalist and soap opera critic Connie Passalacqua Hayman ( pen name `` Marlena De Lacroix '' ) briefly summed up the character role : ``... Slezak 's ' Viki ' is the consummate soap opera heroine, because she has so harrowingly and humanistically triumphed over all her life 's tragedies. '' Character development 1960s and 1970s The eldest child of domineering millionaire publisher Victor Lord ( Ernest Graves ), Victoria Lord, often nicknamed `` Viki, '' ( originally Spencer ) has little time for romance when One Life to Live begins in 1968. She clashes with reporter Joe Riley ( Lee Patterson ), but they soon fall in love ; Victor disapproves and tries to keep them apart. Torn between pleasing her father and following her heart, Viki develops a wild alternate personality named `` Niki Smith '', who falls in love with Vinny Wolek ( Antony Ponzini ). Viki 's illness -- apparently caused by seeing her pregnant mother fall down the stairs as a child -- is eventually treated, and she and Joe marry December 11, 1969. Joe is presumed dead in a car accident in 1970, and a heartbroken Viki ( Slezak onward ) finds comfort with fellow reporter Steve Burke ( Bernie Grant ) in 1971. After Steve is put on trial and exonerated for the murder of Banner secretary Marcy Wade ( Francesca James ), he and Viki marry in 1972. When a very - much alive Joe returns in - time for the nuptials, having survived his supposedly deadly car accident, Viki is forced to choose between two husbands. Viki initially stays married to Steve out of obligation, but ultimately divorces him in January 1974. That summer, Dr. Dorian Cramer ( then Nancy Pinkerton ) blames board member Viki for her suspension from Llanview Hospital, and a rivalry is born that will last decades. Viki and Joe remarry in a simple, New York City ceremony in September. In 1975, Dorian becomes the private physician to Viki 's father Victor, soon eloping with him. Viki learns she has a half - brother, Tony Lord ( George Reinholt ), and Dorian plots to keep Victor 's fortune for herself. In 1976, Victor suffers a heart attack and dies after wife Dorian denies him medication, and in his wake Dorian wreaks havoc on the Lord family. Viki and Joe have a son, Kevin Lord Riley, who is soon kidnapped by jealous Cathy Craig Lord ( then Jennifer Harmon ), but is later returned. In 1978, Viki takes in Tina Clayton ( Andrea Evans ), the sixteen - year - old daughter of college roommate and best friend Irene Manning Clayton ( Kate McKeown ), who is apparently dying of cancer. Shortly after Irene dies, Viki goes on trial for the murder of her nemesis Marco Dane ( Gerald Anthony ), but she is later exonerated following confessional testimony by Karen Wolek ( Judith Light ). Joe dies from a brain tumor in October 1979, and Viki gives birth to their second son, Joe Riley, Jr., in January 1980. 1980s After a disastrous relationship with con man Ted Clayton, who brainwashes and drugs her in an attempt to get his hands on her fortune, Viki marries newspaper editor Clint Buchanan ( Clint Ritchie ) in 1982 ; he adopts both of her sons. Echo DiSavoy ( Kim Zimmer ), seeking revenge on Clint for her mother 's murder, seduces him in 1983 to ruin his marriage, then fakes her own death and frames him for it. Clint is later exonerated after Echo is found alive, and he and Viki reunite. Viki is shocked to discover in 1985 that her former ward Tina Clayton ( Evans ) is in fact her half - sister, daughter of Viki 's father Victor and not Ted. Thanks to the machinations of Tina 's boyfriend Mitch Laurence ( Roscoe Born ), Viki succumbs to the pressure and Niki Smith returns. Posing as Viki, Niki divorces Clint ; Viki later overcomes her illness with the realization that it had actually been triggered by her witnessing Victor and Irene in bed many years before. Clint and Viki remarry in 1986, and Viki gives birth to their daughter Jessica Buchanan in September 1986. Jessica is kidnapped shortly after birth by Allison Perkins ( Barbara Garrick ), a disciple of Mitch Laurence ; Jessica is soon returned unharmed in December, and Allison institutionalized. In 1988, Viki learns that she married and gave birth to a child in high school with high school sweetheart Roger Gordon ( Larry Pine ), but father Victor had her hypnotized to forget the occurrences. With Viki 's memory restored in 1989, she annuls her 1960s off - screen marriage to Roger and initiates a relationship with daughter Megan Gordon ( Jessica Tuck ), an actress on the soap opera ( within a soap opera ), Fraternity Row. Megan and Viki initially spar, but ultimately get past their initial conflicts and become close. 1990s In 1990, Viki is elected mayor of Llanview, but a shooting and subsequent stroke leaves her paralyzed and in a wheelchair ; Niki Smith emerges to aid a paralyzed Viki stand up and shoot Johnny Dee Hesser ( Anthony Crivello ) when he attacks Tina. Viki recovers and later donates a kidney to daughter Megan suffering terminal lupus, but Megan dies, leaving Viki devastated. Growing ever - distant from Clint, Viki engages an extramarital affair with Sloan Carpenter ( Roy Thinnes ) ; she and Clint divorce in 1994, and she marries Sloan. Sloan dies soon after from Hodgkin 's lymphoma, just as the existence of a second child of Victor and Irene 's is revealed. Viki 's stress reaches a critical point when Dorian ( Robin Strasser onward ) tells Viki a secret of which she thought Viki had been aware : the fact that Victor had sexually abused his daughter as a child. With this trauma being what had actually initiated Viki 's dissociative identity disorder, she subsequently splinters into several personalities, one of which imprisons Dorian in a secret room below Llanfair. Dorian is eventually freed from her confinement, and Viki recovers after realizing she herself ( more specifically, one of her alternate personalities ) was the one who had smothered Victor to death in 1976. In 1995, reviled town outcast Todd Manning ( Roger Howarth ) is proven to be Victor and Irene 's illegitimate son ; Viki and Todd eventually become close. After a failed reconciliation attempt with Clint, Viki meets and falls in love with Ben Davidson ( Mark Derwin ), who is eventually revealed to be the long - lost son of Asa Buchanan ( Philip Carey ) and Renée Divine Buchanan ( Patricia Elliott ). Ben 's first wife, Skye Chandler ( Robin Christopher ), comes to town and tries in vain to keep Ben and Viki apart. 2000s Viki is diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, but survives after a mastectomy and chemotherapy. She and Ben marry in November. In 2001, a girl named Natalie Balsom ( Melissa Archer ) makes the startling claim that she is Viki and Clint 's biological daughter, which is confirmed by a DNA test. Mitch Laurence returns from the dead, divulging to Viki he drugged and raped her around the same time she and Clint conceived Jessica and had unknowingly become pregnant with fraternal twins, one fathered by Clint, Natalie, and the other fathered by Mitch, Jessica ( Erin Torpey ). Unable to reconcile the revelation, Niki Smith emerges during the ordeal and plots to kill Ben in order to have her freedom, but when Ben is accidentally shot by Antonio Vega ( Kamar de los Reyes ), Viki returns. Ben is left comatose after the shooting. In 2003, Victor ( William Stone Mahoney ) is ostensibly revealed to be alive, claiming to have faked his death in 1976 ; however, shortly after he returns, Victor dies -- but not before Viki and Todd confront him on ills inflicted to them in his wake. In 2004, Viki is diagnosed with heart disease and eventually needs a heart transplant. Coincidentally, a comatose Ben dies just as Viki takes a turn for the worse, and his heart is transplanted into Viki, who recovers but must face widowhood once again. In 2007, Viki and Clint ( Jerry verDorn ) start dating again, but Dorian decides she wants Clint for herself and plots to break up the couple. Dorian 's schemes succeed, and Clint ends things with Viki to start a new relationship with Dorian. Feeling humiliated and defeated, Viki leaves Llanview for a much - needed vacation and finds herself in Paris, Texas, where she tries to reinvent herself by waiting tables at a local diner. It is there that she meets patron Charlie Banks ( Brian Kerwin ), a recovering alcoholic, and the two begin seeing one another. Viki ultimately returns to Llanview once her family discovers her secret life, and Charlie 's search for his estranged son Jared ( John Brotherton ) leads him there as well. Viki and Charlie resume their relationship, but break up when Viki discovers that Charlie had lied about the identity of his son in extenuating circumstances. In July 2008, Viki is involved in a car accident with Dorian ; Viki 's heart stops as a result of the crash, but Dorian manages to revive her. Reexamining her life, Viki reunites with Charlie, and they marry on August 4, 2009. Viki runs for mayor against Dorian and wins ; she steps down, however, to help her family deal with the unexpected return of Mitch Laurence, who wreaks havoc on her daughters and murders Jared in the process. 2010 -- 12 Charlie, devastated over his son 's death, quits his sobriety and began drinking, distancing himself from Viki, choosing instead to conspire with Dorian to kill Mitch. Though Dorian tries to stop him at the last minute, Charlie ends up accidentally shooting Jessica ( Bree Williamson onward ), who survives. Devastated by Charlie 's actions, Viki asks him for a divorce, but they eventually reconcile. Viki and Charlie 's marriage is further complicated by the return of Echo DiSavoy, a woman who almost destroyed her marriage to Clint in 1983. Echo begins insinuating herself into Charlie and Viki 's marriage, much to Viki 's dismay. When a paternity revealed Charlie not to be the father of Rex Balsom ( John - Paul Lavoisier ), a devastated Charlie turns to Echo for comfort. Dorian, who had suspicions about Echo and Charlie 's dealings, forged a truce with Viki to uncover Charlie 's misgivings. A devastated Viki finds out about Charlie 's affair and definitively asks him for a divorce. After confronting Charlie and Echo, Viki goes to court to fight for custody of grandson Ryder Ford while his mother Jessica was ill with her multiple personality. A stressed Viki suffers a bout with multiple personalities on the stand, leading the judge against giving the child to Viki but instead to her son and daughter - in - law, Joey ( Tom Degnan ) and Aubrey Buchanan ( Terri Conn ). In summer 2011 a man with the `` original '' face of her only known living brother, Todd ( Howarth ), returned to Llanview claiming to be the victim of eight years of imprisonment and torture at the hands of his mother and Viki 's childhood friend, a back - from - the - dead Irene Manning ( Barbara Rhoades ). After medical tests revealed the `` newer '' Todd ( Trevor St. John ) and the `` old '' Todd ( Howarth ) to have identical DNA, Irene appeared to reveal the `` two Todds '' to be twins. The man who resembled Walker Laurence ( St. John ) and who has been living as Todd since 2003 was revealed actually have been born Victor Lord, Jr., brainwashed into believing that he is Todd by Irene. Meanwhile, Viki agrees in court to put up Clint in Llanfair for house arrest after he was convicted of various crimes in Llanview. Dorian and Viki ostensibly put an end to their feud of nearly four decades when Dorian leaves town to become an acting U.S. senator. Viki continues work at The Banner when Tina returns to town for the reading of the will of recently murdered Victor, Jr. After months of rehashing old feelings and living under the same roof, Clint and Viki too admit to their unresolved feelings and agreed to give a romantic relationship one more try. At the original finale, a prison breakout leads Allison Perkins to shoot both Clint and Viki, but only after telling the two that Jessica was in fact Clint 's daughter and not the daughter of Mitch Laurence. Clint sanctioned another paternity test and, in the presence of Jessica, Viki, and Natalie, revealed Allison 's claim to be true. Following all the emotional revelations and tears, Clint again declares his undying love for Viki and asks her to marry him for a third time. 2013 Upon the series resumption in April 2013, Viki accepts Clint 's marriage proposal, and concurrently hires freelance journalist Jeffrey King ( Corbin Bleu ) to investigate the alleged congressional malfeasance of junior U.S. senator Dorian. Upon visiting niece Danielle Manning ( Kelley Missal ) in the hospital after overdosing on drugs and alcohol, she uncovers her brother Victor, Jr. to be alive. With her family newspaper in financial straits, The Banner focuses on growing the publication 's online presence. Alternate personalities Slezak as Victoria 's main alter - ego Niki Smith in 1985, a performance for which she earned the 1986 Daytime Emmy Award for Lead Actress in a Drama Series As of the final ABC episode, all of Victoria 's six alternate personalities are integrated with her baseline psyche. At times during the series, Viki has been forced to impersonate one of them, particularly Niki and Jean. In order of their first appearance on One Life to Live, they are : Nicole `` Niki '' Smith -- a devil - may - care, sexually promiscuous party girl, approximately 22 years old. First appearing on the episode first - run November 15, 1968, Niki appears more times than all of the other alters combined, and is very skilled at masquerading as Viki when necessary to hide her re-emergence. Niki has had two serious relationships with Vince Wolek ( 1968 -- 69 ) and Harry O'Neill ( 1985 ) ; neither Vinny or Harry realized at the time that Niki was an alter of Viki. Tommy -- a 14 - year - old male alter emerged in 1995, who embodied Viki 's anger and rage at her abuse. Tommy usually emerged to protect Princess ( another alternate personality ), and once threw Dorian Lord down the La Boulaie staircase. Jean Randolph -- Jean Randolph is the calm, cool, collected and calculating caretaker of all the other alters, who took over when Viki 's abusive childhood was revealed. Her name is derived from that of Viki 's mother, Eugenia Randolph Lord. Jean blackmailed con man David Vickers into divorcing Viki 's sister, Tina, and also freed Viki 's son, Joey, from Dorian Lord 's clutches by imprisoning Dorian in a secret room in the basement of Llanfair, which led Joey to believe that Dorian left him. Jean then forced Dorian to marry David to keep them both occupied and away from Viki 's loved ones. Princess -- a manifestation of Viki as a seven - year - old girl. She is a traumatized child who is constantly reliving the molestation by Viki 's father. Protected by Tommy, the 14 - year - old alternate personality, who is most angry about the abuse. Tori Lord -- Tori emerged in 1995, approximately 19 years old, after Dorian revealed the truth of Victor 's abuse to Viki. It was established that Tori was the alter who murdered Victor Lord in 1976. ( It would later be revealed that Victor survived and did not die until 2003. However Dorian has planted a seed of doubt regarding that notion, suggesting that the man who re-emerged as Victor in 2003 was a fraud. ) Although her declared mission was to force Viki to face the truth, she wreaked much destruction before getting around to that. Tori started undermining The Banner by feeding stories and information to rival newspaper editor Todd Manning, and she torched Llanfair, nearly killing Jessica in the blaze. Victor Lord -- this personality is the reflective image of Viki 's abusive father, Victor. The Victor Lord personality only emerged two or three times, but one of the instances that he took over led Viki to attempt suicide by cutting her own wrists to `` expel '' Victor from her body. Reception Series fansite Llanview Labyrinth remarks that although Gillian Spencer 's Victoria is featured at the show 's outset, `` the obviousness of Viki being the show ( ' ) s unquestioned ' lead ' did not smack the viewer quite as hard as it later would ( with Erika Slezak 's portrayal ), '' with Spencer 's Victoria melding into the ensemble cast. Joanne Dorian briefly stepped into the role beginning in October 1970, with a markedly less dynamic presence on the series than her predecessor. In March 1971, One Life to Live executive producer Doris Quinlan remarked to After Noon TV magazine of Erika Slezak and her audition before herself, series creator and head writer Agnes Nixon, and director David Pressman, `` You 've got to meet this girl -- she 's going to be a star. '' Since the introduction of Slezak as Victoria, her portrayal has become regarded as definitive to the role. Slezak 's work has garnered her the acclaim of media critics and viewers alike, earning the actress comparisons between herself and contemporary film star Meryl Streep for perceived similarities in acting range, versatility, and numerous award nominations. Slezak has received nine Daytime Emmy Award nominations in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress for her portrayal of Victoria, winning in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, and 2005. She currently holds the record for most Emmy wins by an actress. She also garnered the Soap Opera Digest Award for Favorite Couple with co-star Mark Derwin ( Ben Davidson ) in 2000. 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National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences : New York. 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Erika Slezak Awards and Emmys ''. ErikaSlezak.com. 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012. External links Victoria Lord profile -- ABC.com Victoria Lord profile -- SoapCentral.com `` One Life to Live Timeline : Cult of Personalities ''. SoapOperaDigest.com. Retrieved February 19, 2009. One Life to Live Characters In order of generation and first appearance Key : ( Name ) = character 's spouse ( s ), ( a. ) = adopted family member Lord family 1st gen. Victor Lord Eugenia Randolph Irene Manning Dorian Cramer Gwendolyn Lord Jonathan Abbott 2nd gen. Victoria Lord Roger Gordon Joe Riley Steve Burke Clint Buchanan Sloan Carpenter Ben Davidson Charlie Banks Meredith Lord Larry Wolek Tony Lord Cathy Craig Pat Ashley Richard Abbott Becky Lee Hunt Tina Lord Cord Roberts Cain Rogan David Vickers Todd Manning Blair Cramer Téa Delgado Powell Lord III Victor Lord Jr. Blair Cramer Téa Delgado 3rd gen. Daniel Wolek Brian Kendall Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan LeeAnn Demerest Cassie Callison Kelly Cramer Joey Riley Buchanan Kelly Cramer Jennifer Rappaport Aubrey Wentworth Jessica Buchanan Tico Santi Antonio Vega Nash Brennan Robert Ford Cutter Wentworth C.J. Roberts Megan Gordon Jake Harrison Sarah Roberts Starr Manning Natalie Buchanan Mitch Laurence Cristian Vega Jared Banks Jack Manning Sam Manning Danielle Manning 4th gen. Duke Buchanan Bree Brennan Hope Manning - Thornhart Ryder Ford Liam McBain 5th gen. Zane Buchanan Riley family 1st gen. Joe Riley Victoria Lord Eileen Riley Dave Siegel Tom Dennison Carol Harper 2nd gen. Tim Siegel Jenny Wolek Julie Siegel Mark Toland Megan Craig Riley Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan LeeAnn Demerest Cassie Callison Kelly Cramer Joey Riley Buchanan Kelly Cramer Jennifer Rappaport Aubrey Wentworth Mari Lynn Dennison 3rd gen. Duke Buchanan 4th gen. Zane Buchanan Wolek family 1st gen. Larry Wolek Karen Martin Meredith Lord Karen Wolek Laurel Chapin Anna Wolek Jim Craig Vince Wolek Wanda Webb Jenny Wolek Tim Siegel Brad Vernon Peter Janssen David Renaldi Karen Wolek Larry Wolek 2nd gen. Cathy Craig ( a. ) Tony Lord Daniel Wolek 3rd gen. Megan Craig Riley Cramer family 1st gen. Lou Cramer Sonya Roskova Betsy Cramer 2nd gen. Dorian Cramer Victor Lord Herb Callison Manuel Santi David Vickers Buchanan Mel Hayes Mitch Laurence Melinda Cramer Peter Janssen Addie Cramer David Vickers 3rd gen. Cassie Reynolds Rob Coronal Bo Buchanan Andrew Carpenter Kevin Buchanan Blair Cramer Asa Buchanan Todd Manning Max Holden Victor Lord Jr. John McBain Elijah Clarke Kelly Cramer Joey Buchanan Kevin Buchanan Paul Cramer Babe Carey Adriana Cramer Rex Balsom Langston Wilde ( a. ) 4th gen. River Carpenter ( a. ) Starr Manning Jack Manning Zane Buchanan 5th gen. Hope Manning - Thornhart Buchanan family 1st gen. Wanda Webb Vince Wolek Paul Webb Donna Webb Asa Buchanan Olympia Bonard Delilah Ralston Becky Lee Hunt Pamela Stuart Renée Divine Blair Cramer Alex Olanov Gabrielle Medina Rae Cummings Pike Buchanan Rebecca Buchanan 2nd gen. Clint Buchanan Victoria Lord Lindsay Farrell Nora Hanen Kimberly Andrews Bo Buchanan Delilah Ralston Didi O'Neill Sarah Gordon Cassie Callison Nora Hanen Rafe Garretson ( a. ) Samantha Vernon Delilah Ralston Austin Buchanan Jason Webb Ben Davidson Skye Chandler Victoria Lord 3rd gen. Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan ( a. ) LeeAnn Demerest Cassie Callison Kelly Cramer Joey Riley Buchanan ( a. ) Kelly Cramer Jennifer Rappaport Aubrey Wentworth Drew Buchanan Sammi Garretson Cord Roberts Tina Lord Kate Sanders Jessica Buchanan Tico Santi Antonio Vega Nash Brennan Robert Ford Cutter Wentworth David Vickers Buchanan Tina Lord Dorian Cramer Alex Olanov Addie Cramer Matthew Buchanan Natalie Buchanan Mitch Laurence Cristian Vega Jared Banks Rex Balsom Jennifer Rappaport Adriana Cramer Gigi Morasco 4th gen. C.J. Roberts Sarah Roberts Duke Buchanan Bree Brennan Shane Balsom Liam McBain Ryder Ford Drew Buchanan II 5th gen. Zane Buchanan Minor families Craigs Jim Craig Anna Wolek Cathy Craig Tony Lord Megan Craig Riley Grays Sadie Gray Carla Gray Ed Hall Jack Scott Josh Hall ( a. ) Hazel Scott Jared Hall Vernons Will Vernon Naomi Vernon Brad Vernon Jenny Wolek Connie O'Neill Samantha Vernon Asa Buchanan Rafe Garretson Kristine Karr Sammi Garretson Laurences Mitch Laurence Dorian Cramer Natalie Buchanan Walker Laurence Miles Laurence Sanders Elizabeth Sanders Charles Sanders Judith Russell Kate Sanders Cord Roberts Jamie Sanders Geoff McGrath Medinas Dante Medina Julia Wheaton Gabrielle Medina Al Holden Max Holden Asa Buchanan Debra Medina Al Holden Gordons Roger Gordon Victoria Lord Carrie Gordon Sarah Gordon Bo Buchanan Megan Gordon Jake Harrison Anna Gordon Thornharts Patrick Thornhart Marty Saybrooke Cole Thornhart Hope Manning - Thornhart Gannons Hank Gannon Nora Hanen Sheila Price Rachel Gannon R.J. Gannon Vegas Diego Vega Carlotta Espinoza Cristian Vega Roseanne Delgado Natalie Buchanan Vanessa Montez Antonio Vega Andy Harrison Jessica Buchanan Delgados Téa Delgado Todd Manning Ross Rayburn Victor Lord Jr. Roseanne Delgado Cristian Vega Tomás Delgado Yvette Moreau Baz Moreau Rappaports Sam Rappaport Lindsay Farrell Will Rappaport Jennifer Rappaport Balsoms Roxy Balsom Walter Balsom Max Holden Natalie Buchanan ( a. ) Mitch Laurence Cristian Vega Jared Banks Rex Balsom ( a. ) Jennifer Rappaport Adriana Cramer Gigi Morasco Shane Balsom Schuyler Joplin Liam McBain Williamsons Clarence Williamson Lisa Williamson Evangeline Williamson Layla Williamson McBains Thomas McBain Eve McBain Michael McBain Marcie Walsh John McBain Blair Cramer Shannon McBain Gabriel McBain Liam McBain Evanses Richard Evans Phylicia Wenton Shaun Evans Destiny Evans Greg Evans Drew Buchanan II Fords Eddie Ford Inez Salinger Robert Ford Jessica Buchanan Nate Salinger James Ford Ryder Ford O'Neills Harry O'Neill Didi O'Neill Connie O'Neill Joy O'Neill Pete O'Neill Miscellaneous characters Arturo Bandini Nigel Bartholomew - Smythe Babe Carey Skye Chandler Wade Coleman Rae Cummings Marco Dane Echo DiSavoy Billy Douglas Oliver Fish Steve Hardy Carlo Hesser Max Holden Vincent Jones Jeffrey King Kyle Lewis Hannah O'Connor Alex Olanov Allison Perkins Carl Peterson Rama Patel Vimal Patel Ross Rayburn Markko Rivera Talia Sahid Mark Toland Spencer Truman Cutter Wentworth Aubrey Wentworth Full character list 1960s -- 1970s characters 1980s characters 1990s characters 2000s characters 2010s characters Senior cast ( 20 or more years ) Erika Slezak Michael Storm Robert S. Woods Philip Carey Patricia Elliott Robin Strasser Peter Bartlett Hillary B. Smith Kassie DePaiva Executives Creator : Agnes Nixon Executive producers Doris Quinlan ( 1968 -- 77 ) Joseph Stuart ( 1977 -- 83 ) Jean Arley ( 1983 -- 84 ) Paul Rauch ( 1984 -- 91 ) Linda Gottlieb ( 1991 -- 94 ) Susan Bedsow Horgan ( 1994 -- 96 ) Maxine Levinson ( 1996 -- 97 ) Jill Farren Phelps ( 1997 -- 2001 ) Gary Tomlin ( 2001 -- 02 ) Frank Valentini ( 2003 -- 12 ) Jennifer Pepperman ( 2013 ) Head writers Agnes Nixon Gordon Russell Sam Hall Peggy O'Shea Henry Slesar John William Corrington Joyce Hooper Corrington S. Michael Schnessel Craig Carlson Leah Laiman Josh Griffith Michael Malone Jean Passanante Peggy Sloane Claire Labine Matthew Labine Pamela K. Long Megan McTavish Lorraine Broderick Christopher Whitesell Brian Frons Frank Valentini Dena Higley Ron Carlivati Gary Tomlin Thom Racina Susan Bedsow Horgan Storylines 1968 -- 79 1980 -- 89 1990 -- 99 2000 -- 13 Related topics and sites Llanview Mendorra Full character list Cast members Crew members ABC Daytime Prospect Park OLTL on ABC.com OLTL on Hulu Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Lord&oldid=801292041 '' Categories : Fictional American people of English descent Fictional characters from Pennsylvania Fictional characters introduced in 1968 Fictional characters with multiple personalities Fictional newspaper publishers Fictional American politicians Fictional reporters Fictional characters with cancer Fictional teenage parents Fictional socialites One Life to Live characters Fictional characters involved in incest Fictional child sexual abuse victims Fictional sexual assault victims Hidden categories : Pages with citations lacking titles Use mdy dates from December 2013 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 18 September 2017, at 20 : 42. 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Question: who played victoria lord on one life to live
Answer: Gillian Spencer