shelly burch played delilah on one life to live.
shelly burch played delilah on one life to live.
who played delilah on one life to live?
shelly burch
delilah ralston garretson (formerly buchanan) is a fictional character on the abc daytime soap opera "one life to live". the role was portrayed by actress shelly burch from january 1982 until 1989. burch briefly reprised the role in november 2001. she first came to llanview, believing that bo buchannan was her cousin and married the wealthy asa whose late wife olympia had lied about bo not being asa's son. delilah's scheming mother, euphemia, knew the truth, and having vowed revenge on asa for destroying her family, kept the secret. asa and delilah eventually divorced and she married bo, but her constant lying caused him to leave her shortly into their marriage and fall in love with didi o'neill. delilah showed she had a heart when the pregnant samantha garretson suddenly became brain dead and delilah agreed to have samantha's embryo transplanted into her. she eventually married her widower rafe garretson (asa's nephew!) but was kidnapped by elizabeth sanders and her cohort lord henry leighton as part of revenge against asa. delilah was eventually discovered (along with bo) and reunited with rafe. however, she left town to pursue a modeling career, only returning for one of asa's several "fake" funerals.
list of one life to live characters (1980s)
euphemia ralston is a fictional character on the abc daytime serial "one life to live". the role was played by actress grayson hall from july 1982-april 1983. she was introduced as euphemia ralston massey (although daughter delilah used euphemia's maiden name), the once wealthy owner of a southern estate and now down on her luck because of a vendetta against her family by asa buchanan. in july 1982, bo buchanan, believing that euphemia's late brother yancy was his father, visited her, and euphemia immediately began to put into motion a plot of revenge against asa. she sent her nephew drew to llanview to ingratiate himself with bo, and when she learned that her daughter delilah had shown up to meet bo, immediately went there for an extended visit. asa, referring to euphemia as "that witch in a turban", made a play for delilah who had fallen in love with her own supposed cousin, bo. to set her plans into motion, euphemia encouraged delilah to accept asa's marriage proposal. shortly afterwards, asa was believed to have been killed in a boat explosion, but had survived, and hid out at his own funeral. euphemia's somewhat eccentric cousin twyla arrived and threatened euphemia's plans with the knowledge that yancy was sterile, and this was confirmed when yancy's widow blanche showed up. cousin twyla spilt the beans that euphemia had known the truth all along, and delilah ordered her mother to leave town.
list of one life to live characters (1980s)