Jane Elliot Biography

Jane Elliot (born January 17, 1947) is an American actress, best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine in the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital.

Life and career

Elliot was born in New York City. She was married to Luis Rojas and has two children. Elliot made her daytime debut in the short-lived ABC soap A Flame in the Wind in 1965. She later guest-starred in a number of television series, like The Mod Squad, Kojak, Barnaby Jones and Police Woman. Elliot also co-starred in films Change of Habit (1969) opposite Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore, and One Is a Lonely Number (1972). She had a lead role in the short-lived NBC series Rosetti and Ryan in 1977.

Elliot is best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. Elliot debuted in 1978 and became a fan favorite. Her first stint was highlighted by an episode in which Tracy withholds her father's heart medication when he appears to be suffering a heart attack. Elliot left in 1980 and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the role in 1981. The same year, she landed the recurring role of Judy Trent on the prime time CBS series Knots Landing.

From 1981 to 1982, Elliot appeared on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light as Carrie Todd, a character who turns about to be a murderer suffering from a split personality. From 1984 to 1986 she played All My Children Cynthia Chandler Preston Cortlandt, who marries a wealthy older man for his money while having an affair with his son. Elliot portrayed Anjelica Deveraux on Days of Our Lives from 1987 to 1989; her character has an affair with the much younger Justin Kiriakis (played by Wally Kurth) but marries someone else despite being pregnant with Justin's child. In 1987, Elliot appeared in the films Some Kind of Wonderful and Baby Boom. After two years on Days of Our Lives, she returned to General Hospital in 1989, and in 1991 was reunited with Kurth, who was cast as Tracy's son, Ned Ashton. Elliot left again in mid-1993, later becoming a producer on the 1995 ABC soap opera The City. From 1996 to 1997 she reprised the role of Tracy Quartermaine on The City after briefly appearing as Tracy again on General Hospital. In 2003, Elliot returned to General Hospital as a regular cast member. In 2014, she was nominated for another Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, 33 years after her win and 21 years since her last nomination. Elliot announced her retirement in March 2017.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	A Flame in the Wind	Linda Skerba	Series regular
1965	The Nurses	Miss Marks	Episode: "Night of the Witch"
1967	N.Y.P.D.	Jilly	Episode: "The Pink Gumdrop"
1968	Judd for the Defense	Jo Ann Storm	Episode: "Kingdom of the Blind"
1968	The Guns of Will Sonnett	Netta	Episode: "Where There's Hope"
1968	The Mod Squad	Daphne	Episode: "The Guru"
1969	Change of Habit	Sister Barbara
1970	Dan August	Pleasance	Episode: "The King Is Dead"
1970	The Bold Ones: The Lawyers	Grave Young	Episode: "Trial of a Pfc"
1970	The Interns	Louella	Episode: "Act of God"
1972	Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol	Sister Theresa	Television film
1972	One Is a Lonely Number	Madge Frazier
1973	The Fabulous Doctor Fable	June Fable	TV pilot
1974	Kojak	Carla Elliot	Episode: "Therapy in Dynamite"
1975	Barnaby Jones	Ann Danvers	Episode: "Fantasy of Fear"
1975	Police Woman	Trudy Franklin / Jana Hummel	Episode: "Ice"
1976	Widow	Judy	Television film
1976	Once an Eagle	Cheryl Logan	TV miniseries
1976	Electra Woman and Dyna Girl	Princess Cleopatra	Recurring role, 4 episodes
1977	Panic in Echo Park	Ebony	TV pilot
1977	In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan	Maria Armstrong	Television film
1977	Rosetti and Ryan	Jessica Hornesby	Series regular, 7 episodes
1978-80, 1989-93, 1996, 2003-present	General Hospital	Tracy Quartermaine	Series regular Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1981) Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress: Daytime (1992) Nominated "? Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1993, 2014) Nominated "? Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress (1993) Nominated "? Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess (2005)
1980	Dan August: The Jealousy Factor	Plesance	Television film
1980-1981	Knots Landing	Judy Trent	Recurring role, 3 episodes
1981-1982	Guiding Light	Carrie Todd Marler	Series regular
1982	The Zertigo Diamond Caper	Maggie Brenner	Television film
1984-1986	All My Children	Cynthia Chandler Preston Courtlandt	Series regular Nominated "? Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Daytime Serial (1986)
1987-1989	Days of Our Lives	Anjelica Deveraux	Series regular Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess: Daytime (1990) Nominated "? Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1989) Nominated "? Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess: Daytime (1991)
1987	Some Kind of Wonderful	Carol Nelson
1987	Baby Boom	Julie
1988	Baby Boom	Julie	Recurring role
1996-1997	The City	Tracy Quartermaine	Series regular
1998	Law & Order	Randi Smolin	Episode: "Castoff"
2001	Law & Order	State Attorney General Isabel Shore	Episode: "Ego"