One Life To Live star Amanda Davies dies at 42: daughter of Daytime Emmy-winning actress Erika Slezak 'died very suddenly'
- Slezak confirmed her daughter's death on Monday via her website
- The cause of death has not yet been announced
- Davies played the teenage version of her mother's character, Victoria 'Viki' Lord, on the hit ABC soap
One Life to Live star Amanda Davies has died aged 42.
Davies played the teenage version of her real-life mother Erika Slezak's character, Victoria 'Viki' Lord, on the hit ABC soap opera.
The Daytime Emmy-winning actress, 77, confirmed her daughter's death via her website on Monday, sharing that the star had passed away 'very suddenly'.
“It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of Erika's daughter Amanda Elizabeth Davies, who died very suddenly,” the post read. “The family is heartbroken and would appreciate privacy at this time.”
The cause of death has not yet been announced.
One Life to Live star Amanda Davies (R) has died aged 42; Pictured with her mother, soap legend Erika Slezak, 77, in 2011
The Daytime Emmy-winning actress confirmed her daughter's death on Monday, saying the star passed away “very suddenly”; They are seen at the annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 1995
Davies is survived by her mother, actor father Brian Davies, 85, and brother Michael, 43.
Slezak welcomed Amanda with Brian in 1981. He is known for roles in American Gigolo, Convoy and The Age of Innocence.
Slezak played Viki in One Life To Live from 1971 until the television final in 2012.
She won a record six Daytime Emmy Awards during her time on the show.
Slezak is the daughter of Walter Slezak, a Tony-winning actor famous for his starring role in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat.
Later, her daughter Amanda played the character in a number of flashbacks in 2002 and in 2013, when the show was revived as a web series.
This is the second death to hit the cast of One Life To Live in less than two months.
Actor Kamar de los Reyes, who played police officer Antonio Vega, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 56 after a battle with cancer.
The cause of death has not yet been revealed; Erika in the photo with Amanda
Davies is survived by her mother, actor father Brian Davies, 85, and brother Michael, 43; Seen at the annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 1992
Davies played the teenage version of her real-life mother Erika Slezak's character, Victoria 'Viki' Lord, on the hit ABC soap opera; Slezak seen in a still from 2006
Slezak played Viki from 1971 to 2012. She won six record-breaking Daytime Emmy Awards. Amanda played the character in a number of flashbacks in 2002 and 2013; Slezak seen in 2013
This is the second death to hit the cast of One Life To Live in less than two months. Actor Kamar de los Reyes, who played police officer Antonio Vega, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 56 after a battle with cancer; Pictured in March 2022
It remains unclear what type of cancer Kamar was battling and even when he was diagnosed, as it appears those details were kept very close to the vest.
He first originated his signature role as Antonio Vega in One Life To Live in 1995.
His character was a former gang member who had been wrongly imprisoned for a murder committed in self-defense.
Kamar would leave the daytime drama series in 1998, but would return two years later in 2000.
He would eventually remain on the program – with his character evolving into a lawyer and then a cop – until 2013, when it went under.