Jane Elliot
Elliot onRosetti and Ryan in 1977
Born	(1947-01-17)January 17, 1947 (age 78)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1960–present

Jane Elliot (born January 17, 1947^[1]) is an American actress, best known for her role asTracy Quartermaine in theABC daytimesoap operaGeneral Hospital.

Elliot appeared in a number of episodic prime time television series, such asThe Mod Squad,Kojak,Barnaby Jones andPolice Woman. She had a lead role in the short-livedNBC seriesRosetti and Ryan in 1977.

Elliot also made film appearances, includingChange of Habit (1969); oppositeElvis Presley,Mary Tyler Moore, andBarbara McNair; andOne Is a Lonely Number (1972). In 1987, Elliot appeared in the filmsSome Kind of Wonderful andBaby Boom.

Elliot made her daytime debut in the short-lived ABC soapA Flame in the Wind in 1965. She is best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine on the ABC daytime soap operaGeneral Hospital. Elliot debuted as Tracy in 1978 and became a fan favorite.^[2] Her first stint included a scene which underscored Tracy's ruthlessness, where Tracy withholds her father's heart medication when he appears to be suffering a heart attack. Elliot left in 1980 and won aDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the role in 1981.^[3] The same year, she landed the recurring role of Judy Trent on the prime timeCBS seriesKnots Landing.

From 1981 to 1982, Elliot appeared on the CBS soap operaGuiding Light as Carrie Todd, a character who was involved with Ross Marler; Ross learns that Carrie is a murderer and has asplit personality. Elliot considers her time as Carrie as one of her favorite roles, saying "the most was asked of me when I was doing that role."^[4]

From 1984 to 1986 she played Cynthia Chandler Preston Cortlandt onAll My Children. Cynthia seduced wealthy, older Palmer Cortlandt, broke up Palmer and Daisy's marriage and married Palmer, while sleeping with Ross Chandler.

In 1986 producer Gail Kobe contacted Elliot, to offer her the role of Stephanie Douglas Forrester on the newly created CBS soap operaThe Bold and the Beautiful. Elliot accepted the role, but on Christmas Eve 1986, Kobe called Elliot to tell her that Susan Flannery was returning to daytime as Stephanie, and creator Bill Bell had given Flannery the part instead.^[5]

Elliot next appeared on daytime as Anjelica Deveraux onDays of Our Lives from 1987 to 1989. Although married toHarper Deveraux (played byJoseph Campanella), Anjelica has an affair with the much youngerJustin Kiriakis (played byWally Kurth), and becomes pregnant with his child. Complications ensue when Anjelica discovers that Harper is sterile, and has always known about it. Elliot played the part of Anjelica for two years, with the character being involved in many additional complications and intrigues.

After leavingDays of Our Lives, she returned toGeneral 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 operaThe City. From 1996 to 1997 she reprised the role of Tracy Quartermaine onThe City after briefly appearing as Tracy again onGeneral Hospital. In 2003, Elliot returned toGeneral Hospital as a regular cast member.^[6] 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.^[7][8] Elliot announced her retirement in March 2017.^[9][10]

In November 2019, it was announced that she would be returning toGeneral Hospital in December 2019.^[11]She has made several short-term appearances since; the character of Tracy's appearances have primarily been written as holiday visits.

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