One Life to Live: 'one Life to Live' About to Lose Another Actress

Dedicated fans of the long-running soap opera One Life to Live will apparently have to continue saying goodbye to several of the show's cast members. In previous reports, it was stated that actress Christina Chambers would be departing from the role of Marty Saybrooke, and now another one of the soap's actresses is planning to focus on other projects. Kathy Brier, who has breathed life into the character of Marcie Walsh since October 2002, is possibly set to bid the series goodbye with the imminent expiration of her contract by this fall season. If Brier goes, it's likely that her character Walsh will bow out as well.

The ABC network has remained mum on this speculation, though it seems to be backed up by a statement from the actress herself. Brier has said that she strongly desired to return to the stage and continue performing there instead, being a veteran of theater productions throughout her career. Brier elicited some buzz back when she joined the cast of the soap opera, since she bucked conventional soap stereotypes of drop-dead gorgeous physical attractiveness, in favor of a more realistic and bulky figure. At the time, Brian Frons was employed as the president of ABC Daytime, and he was very vocal in his support for both the actress and the character.

Frons described Brier as a marvelous actress who also had a powerful singing voice. This was in spite of being overweight and homely, though Frons further stated that the audience loved her anyway for her acting talent. Brier's career speaks for itself in accordance with the assessment made by Frons, as the actress has performed on Broadway while doing One Life to Live at the same time. During the period of August 12, 2003 up to May 2, 2004, she pulled double duties as both Walsh on the TV show and as Tracy Turnblad in the musical Hairspray during its featured Broadway run.

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