{"id":1431,"date":"2026-05-13T01:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2026-05-13T01:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:04:20","slug":"jennifer-harmon-known-as-one-life-to-live-villainess-cathy-dies-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=1431","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Harmon, known as &#8216;One Life to Live&#8217; villainess Cathy, dies at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"gnt_ar_hl\"><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_shl\">Harmon was the final actress to play Cathy Craig Lord on &#8220;One Life to Live&#8221; and lead the short-lived NBC soap &#8220;How to Survive a Marriage.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_b\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-wrapper dd-widget-upside-down dd-framed-widget-gradient\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-input-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-input-field\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-input-placeholder\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-input-placeholder-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"dd-widget-input-send-button\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-questions-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-questions\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-question-container\" data-category=\"Entertainment\">\n<p>What role did Jennifer Harmon play in &#8216;One Life to Live&#8217;?<\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-arrow-tag\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-question-container\" data-category=\"Entertainment\">\n<p>How did Joy Harmon&#8217;s role in &#8216;Cool Hand Luke&#8217; impact her career?<\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-arrow-tag\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-question-container\" data-category=\"Entertainment\">\n<p>Which TV shows did Jennifer Harmon appear in besides &#8216;One Life to Live&#8217;?<\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-arrow-tag\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-article-summary-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-title\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-title-text\">AI Overview<\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-info-label hide-tooltip\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-article-summary-content-wrapper dd-widget-article-summary-collapsed\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-article-summary-button-shader\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-article-summary-button dd-widget-article-summary-button-link\">\n<p>Full Summary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Broadway and television actress Jennifer Harmon, famed for playing Cathy Craig Lord on \u201cOne Life to Live\u201d and starring in the NBC soap \u201cHow to Survive a Marriage,\u201d died at 82 on May 9 in New York City.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/12\/USAT\/90043410007-getty-images-1175533715.jpg?width=300&amp;height=413&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/12\/USAT\/90043410007-getty-images-1175533715.jpg?width=600&amp;height=826&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" alt=\"Actress Jennifer Harmon poses for a portrait in 1989 in Los Angeles, Calif.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_img_ccw gnt_em_img_ccw__cap gnt_em_img_ccw__crd\" data-c-caption=\"Actress Jennifer Harmon poses for a portrait in 1989 in Los Angeles, Calif.\" data-c-credit=\"Harry Langdon, Getty Images\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0363514\/?ref_=nmbio_ov_bk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">Jennifer Harmon<\/a>, the Broadway actress and soap opera star known for roles on &#8220;One Life to Live&#8221; and &#8220;How to Survive a Marriage,&#8221; has died. She was 82.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Harmon died Saturday, May 9, in New York City, according to an\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dignitymemorial.com\/obituaries\/new-york-ny\/jennifer-harmon-12876888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">online death notice<\/a>. No representative for Harmon could be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Harmon was the fifth and final actress to play Cathy Craig Lord, Victoria &#8220;Viki&#8221; Lord Riley&#8217;s villainous rival and one of the main antagonists on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;One Life to Live,&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-usatoday-native-article_link-entertainment-celebrity-3-ac1\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al up-show gnt_x__prmt\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"llx\" data-google-query-id=\"CLz-q8qItZQDFWMH7wIdc44IJA\">\n<div class=\"ahover\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/robots.txt?upapi=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"50\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/entertainment\/celebrity_0__container__\" class=\"gnt_x__prmt\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/entertainment\/celebrity_0\" class=\"gnt_x_sl_gpt_if gnt_x_sl_gpt_if__prmt\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/409a93c17e32f498edf20764366d4185.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The role came after her time starring as Chris Kirby, the lead in NBC&#8217;s &#8220;How to Survive a Marriage.&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/13\/celebrity-deaths-died-2026\/87991173007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Passages 2026 \u2013 Michael Pennington, Ted Turner, more stars we lost\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/11\/USAT\/90026880007-143582607-1.jpg?crop=2249,1265,x0,y300&amp;width=660&amp;height=372&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/11\/USAT\/90026880007-143582607-1.jpg?crop=2249,1265,x0,y300&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_gl_vg\" data-c-tc=\"55\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_t gnt_em_t__hb\" data-c-et=\"Passages 2026 \u2013 Michael Pennington, Ted Turner, more stars we lost\" aria-label=\"Dave Mason, Eric Dane, James Van Der Beek and Catherine O'Hara are among the stars who have died in 2026. 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Order.&#8221; Her last on-screen credit was &#8220;The Good Wife&#8221; in 2010.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-usatoday-native-article_link-entertainment-celebrity-4-ac2\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al up-show gnt_x__prmt\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"llx\" data-x-c=\"2\" data-google-query-id=\"CJrhxsqItZQDFZ0G7wIdjNoPZQ\">\n<div class=\"ahover\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/robots.txt?upapi=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"50\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/entertainment\/celebrity_1__container__\" class=\"gnt_x__prmt\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/entertainment\/celebrity_1\" class=\"gnt_x_sl_gpt_if gnt_x_sl_gpt_if__prmt\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/409a93c17e32f498edf20764366d4185.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"8\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp\">Annabel Schofield,\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/03\/04\/annabel-schofield-dallas-dies-dead\/88981119007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:10|\u2691u\">&#8216;Dallas&#8217; star and model, dead at 62<\/a><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Pasadena, California-born actress also starred in theater as early as 1965, in the comedy revival &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Take It With You.&#8221;\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibdb.com\/broadway-cast-staff\/jennifer-harmon-44170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">Other productions include<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Other Desert Cities,&#8221; &#8220;Dividing the Estate,&#8221; &#8220;The Glass Menagerie&#8221; and &#8220;The School for Scandal,&#8221; in which she is listed as a performer and\/or understudy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">She starred as Fonsia Dorsey in The Robert Shackleton Playhouse&#8217;s production of &#8220;The Gin Game&#8221; in 2017, in one of her last on-stage appearances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harmon was the final actress to play Cathy Craig Lord on &#8220;One Life to Live&#8221; and lead the short-lived NBC soap &#8220;How to Survive a Marriage.&#8221; 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