Rae Cummings

Rae Cummings
Commercial bumper of Linda Dano as Rae Cummings
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by	Linda Dano
Duration	1978–80, 1999–2004
First appearance	1978
Last appearance	March 12, 2004
Created by	Gordon Russell
Crossover appearances	All My Children General Hospital Port Charles
Profile
Occupation	Psychologist Former newspaper columnist and radio talk show host Former advisor at Llanview University Former profiler for Llanview Police Department Former Psychologist at St. Ann's and Llanview Hospital Marriage counselor/relationship expert
Residence	London
Parents Marcello Angelini Myrtle Fargate Adoptive mother Sarah Washburn Spouse Karl Schweikart(1972–77) Daniel Faulkner (1981–2000) Asa Buchanan (2002–03) Daughters Skye Chandler Granddaughters Lila Rae Alcazar Aunts and uncles Claudia Conner Clive Cummings (adoptive) Clarisse Cummings (adoptive) First cousins Ceara Conner

Rae Cummings is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Dano played the role from 1978 to 1980, June 28, 1999 to November 1999, and May 2000 to March 12, 2004.

Gretel was originated by Linda Dano from 1978 to 1980. Dano went on to appear on CBS's As the World Turns and on NBC's Another World until that series' cancellation on June 25, 1999, On June 28, 1999, Dano returned to One Life to Live as Gretel.Anna Stuart filled in for Dano in the role on April 25, 2002. Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actress in 2003 for her portrayal of Gretel, and left One Life to Live on March 13, 2004.

In a move of network synergy designed to "entice viewers to tune into soap operas that they might not have usually watched," in 2000 then-President of ABC Daytime Angela Shapiro orchestrated Dano's concurrent appearance as Gretel on the three other ABC daytime dramas at the time — All My Children, General Hospital, and Port Charles — in an extended crossover storyline which was the first time a daytime character had ever appeared on four series.