Education
Born in New York City, she studied under the tutelage of Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
Born in New York City, she studied under the tutelage of Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
She left the show in early 1988 but returned for its final episodes in 1989. She got her first soap opera role on Guiding Light in 1969 as the character Kit Vestid, a troubled young lady who had an affair with Joe Werner. Addison appeared on the show until 1974 when the character committed suicide after she was discovered to be the murderer of Charlotte Waring Bauer.
Then she went on to her most remembered role in 1975 on the new American Broadcasting Company soap opera "Ryan"s Hope" as the show"s central heroine, Jillian Coleridge.
lieutenant was there that she remained until electing to leave the series in late 1987 in order to pursue new projects. She made her final appearance on contract in January 1988 before returning to the show in time for that Christmas, briefly reprising the role of Jill for the show"s final weeks.
Later in 1989, she moved into the role of Marissa Rampal on All My Children, Jeremy Hunter"s former lover who tried to kill Natalie but died herself. Addison portrayed the gold-digging Deborah Brewster who blackmailed Clay Alden into marriage on Loving from 1993 to 1995, and in 1995 played the same role for a few episodes on The City.
Among her other work was co-starring with James Coburn in the three-part television mini-series film The Dain Curse (1978).
She also appeared in Somewhere, Tomorrow (1983), Baby Maine (1988) and the long-running television series Law & Order in different roles on various episodes. In 1999, she was diagnosed with cancer of her adrenal gland and bronchial tubes, which claimed her life in 2002 in New York City, aged 56.