Cathy Craig

Cathy Craig
Jennifer Harmon as Cathy Craig
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by	Catherine Burns (1969) Amy Levitt (1969–71) Jane Alice Brandon (1971–72) Dorrie Kavanaugh (1972–76) Jennifer Harmon (1976–78)
Duration	1969–78
First appearance	January 1969 (1969-01)
Last appearance	November 1978 (1978-11)
Created by	Agnes Nixon
Introduced by	Doris Quinlan
Classification	Former, regular
Profile
Other names	Catherine Craig Lord
Occupation	Writer Journalist
Residence	The West
Dorrie Kavanaugh as Cathy Craig
Family Wolek (adoptive) Father Jim Craig Adoptive mother Anna Wolek Spouse Tony Lord (1976) Daughters Megan Craig Riley Grandmothers Kate Nolan Aunts and uncles Fran Gordon Vince Wolek (adoptive) Larry Wolek (adoptive) First cousins Mick Gordon

Cathy Craig is a fictional character on the American soap opera One Life to Live. Introduced onscreen in January 1969, the character role is the first ongoing antagonist to lead heroine Victoria Lord and last appears in November 1978.

Actress Catherine Burns briefly originated the role of Cathy Craig from January through August 1969, when the hugely successful film in which she starred, Last Summer, was released in theatres (later earning Burns an Academy Award nomination). The role was then assumed by actress Amy Levitt, who played Cathy onward through May 1971, when she was replaced by actress Jane Alice Brandon. Brandon appeared on One Life to Live from May 1971 through October 1972, when series creator Agnes Nixon recast the role again to Dorrie Kavanaugh.

Dorrie Kavanaugh played Cathy longer than any other actress in the role, from October 1972 until January 1976, until she was fired by executive producer Doris Quinlan. In late 1975, actress Robin Strasser was offered a long-term contract with the series to take up the role, but declined upon knowledge that Kavanaugh would be fired to accommodate the recast. Strasser would later go on to be the permanent replacement of Claire Mallis following a brief recast in the role of Dr. Dorian Lord. Jennifer Harmon was the final actress to play Cathy, from January 1976 until the character's onscreen departure in November 1978.

Cathy is initially introduced as the unseen child daughter of Llanview Hospital chief-of-staff Dr. Jim Craig (originally, Robert Milli) in 1968. When the character debuts on-screen in January 1969, she is aged to a seventeen-year-old teenager. Harboring an Electra complex toward her father, Cathy (Burns) grew increasingly jealous of the time her prospective stepmother Anna Wolek (Doris Belack) was spending with her father. Cathy (Levitt) rebelled against Jim (now, Nat Polen onward) and Anna by using drugs, eventually becoming an addict and killing her dealer Artie Duncan (John Cullum) in an LSD-fueled maniacal episode. Cathy seeks treatment for her addiction at the culturally relevant Odyssey House in New York City (a real treatment center) in 1970.