Victoria Wyndham
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Victoria Wyndham
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| Born |
Victoria Camargo May 22, 1945 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1967–present |
Victoria Wyndham (born May 22, 1945) is an American actress best known for her role as Rachel Cory on the soap opera Another World.
Born as Victoria Camargo, she is the daughter of Florence Skeets and Mexican-American stage and screen actor Ralph Camargo. Her sister is stage actress Felice Camargo. Wyndham's sons are actor Christian Camargo (né Christian Minnick) and photographer Darian Minnick.
Wyndham first started her acting career as understudy in the role of Hodel in the Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof. She went on to perform cabaret with Lily Tomlin for two years at Upstairs at the Downstairs.
Wyndham first made a name for herself when she played Charlotte Waring Fletcher Bauer (Tracy Delmar) on the soap opera Guiding Light from 1967 to 1971. When she left The Guiding Light, she became a hot commodity in casting circles, with many soap operas offering contracts to her. She admitted in a TIME magazine interview that she almost did not follow through with a career in soap operas. Wyndham said, "When I first went into soaps, I didn't tell my serious acting friends. I thought they'd laugh. But now I'm proud of my work; some of the best acting, best moments are in this medium." [1]
She was subsequently cast on the soap opera Another World in the role for which she is best known: Rachel Davis #3. Wyndham succeeded actress Robin Strasser in the role and portrayed Rachel from 1972 to 1999.
When Wyndham took over the role from Strasser, the character was a bad girl. The head writer at the time, Harding Lemay, was impressed by Wyndham's range and decided to take the character in different directions. Rachel was reformed after being paired with a much-older book publisher, Mackenzie Cory (Douglass Watson).
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