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Birth Name: Erika Alma Hermina Slezak
Birth Place: Hollywood, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/05/1946, Leo
Profession: Actor

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One Life Celebrates No. 40 with Blasts from the Past | Soaps News | 6/11/2008
Long before Passions came along, One Life to Live was daytime's wildest soap — especially back in the Reagan era, when Viki (Erika Slezak) had an out-of-body experience during brain surgery and wound up on a space ship to heaven. To celebrate the ABC soap's 40th anniversary next month, OLTL head writer Ron Carlivati will revisit that celestial 1987 plot by having Viki die — just momentarily, of course! — in a car crash. "This time, heaven will be a very modern high-rise — Viki will go up the elevator floor by floor, encountering all sorts of dead characters along the way," said Carlivati. Among the former stars making angelic returns are Phil Carey (Asa), Mark Derwin (Ben), Stephen Markle (Mel) and Jessica Tuck (Megan). OLTL's legendary creator, Agnes Nixon, will also appear in heaven.That's not all. Carlivati will redo the famous '80s plot where Tina (Andrea Evans) survived a plunge over the Iguazú Falls in Argentina, only this time, creepy Carlo (Thom Chri... read more
Grande Dame Viki Has Found Another Life to Live | Soaps News | 10/23/2007
Everyone in Llanview thinks Viki Davidson is in Paris. And she is. Just not the one in France. The wealthy One Life to Live doyenne — played by six-time Emmy champ Erika Slezak — was last seen Aug. 17 emotionally frazzled and asking for a ticket on the first flight out of town. Since then, she's been sending e-mails back home, intimating she's in Gay Paree. But in the Oct. 19 cliff-hanger, it's revealed that Viki is working as a waitress at the Bonjour Diner — in Paris, Texas. "And she's loving every minute of it," Slezak says. "Her new family at the diner has no idea who she is, what she's running from or that she has money. She has none of the problems and responsibilities of home. I think the fans will enjoy this — doesn't everybody have that wish to get away from it all?" Slezak, who has a stellar track record when it comes to romantic chemistry on OLTL, is getting a new love interest — the always terrific Brian Kerwin. He joins the cast Oct. 25 as Charl... read more

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One Life to Live, Erika Slezak courtesy Andrew Eccles/ABC

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Erika Slezak: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Daytime Emmy Awards (Appearing)	2006	TV Show Series
One Life to Live (Actor - Victoria Lord Davidson)	1968	TV Show Series
Intimate Portrait: Erika Slezak (Subject (person only))		Episode
Rosie O'Donnell: Episode (Guest)		Episode
Rosie O'Donnell: Episode (Guest)		Episode