Robin Strasser is an American actress, best known for her role as Dorian Lord on the American Broadcasting Company daytime soap opera One Life to Live.
Background
Strasser"s birth name is Robin Victory in Europe Strasser, as she was born the day Germany surrendered in World World War World War II She was born in the New York City borough of the Bronx and raised in Manhattan by Martin and Anne Strasser.
Education
After graduating from the High School of Performing Arts, on full scholarship, she attended the Yale University School of Drama.
Career
She began acting in the early 1960s. Strasser sharpened her acting abilities in theatre, acting on Broadway, where she appeared in The Shadow Box and Chapter Two. They have two sons, Nicholas (born 1971) and Ben (born 1975).
Strasser was also married to Richard Hogan from August 27, 1983, until 1985.
Her first was as Iris on The Secret Storm. She later originated the role of Rachel Davis Matthews on the National Broadcasting Company on Another World.
She was playing the role of Doctor Christina Karras Martin on All My Children when she was offered the role of Cathy Craig on One Life to Live. Instead, Strasser joined the cast of that show when actress Claire Mallis left the role of Dorian Lord.
Strasser reprised the role again from 2003 to August 25, 2011, and then again in the online revival of the series in 2013.
From 2001 to 2002, she appeared as 300-year-old witch Hecuba on the National Broadcasting Company serial Passions. Strasser has been nominated for Soap Opera Digest Awards for Dorian in various categories in 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995 and 2005, winning in 1996 ("Outstanding Lead Actress" for Dorian) and 2001 ("Outstanding Female Scene Stealer" for Hecuba). Strasser was an Honorary Chair of the Imperial Court of New York"s Annual Charity Coronation Ball, "Night of A Thousand Gowns," on March 21, 2009.
She was previously made a Dame of the Imperial Court of New York in March 2007, and attended the 2008 "Night of A Thousand Gowns.".
Membership
She is a founding member of the American Conservatory Theatre, and began her extensive daytime career in 1967.