Harmon was the final actress to play Cathy Craig Lord on “One Life to Live” and lead the short-lived NBC soap “How to Survive a Marriage.”
Jennifer Harmon, the Broadway actress and soap opera star known for roles on “One Life to Live” and “How to Survive a Marriage,” has died. She was 82.
Harmon died Saturday, May 9, in New York City, according to an online death notice. No representative for Harmon could be reached for comment.
Harmon was the fifth and final actress to play Cathy Craig Lord, Victoria “Viki” Lord Riley’s villainous rival and one of the main antagonists on ABC’s “One Life to Live,” in over 100 episodes from 1976 to 1978. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series in 1978 for her performance.
The role came after her time starring as Chris Kirby, the lead in NBC’s “How to Survive a Marriage.” She starred in all 335 episodes as a divorcee locked in a custody battle with her ex-husband before the couple remarried, and she later fell into addiction. The series was canceled in 1975.
She also made appearances on “Guiding Light” in 1991 – as Jean Wetherill, who came to town after the mysterious death of her sister Carol St. John – as well as “Dallas,” “Oz” and “Law & Order.” Her last on-screen credit was “The Good Wife” in 2010.
The Pasadena, California-born actress also starred in theater as early as 1965, in the comedy revival “You Can’t Take It With You.” Other productions include “Other Desert Cities,” “Dividing the Estate,” “The Glass Menagerie” and “The School for Scandal,” in which she is listed as a performer and/or understudy.
She starred as Fonsia Dorsey in The Robert Shackleton Playhouse’s production of “The Gin Game” in 2017, in one of her last on-stage appearances.

