Felicia Gallant

Felicia Gallant
Another World character
Portrayed by	Linda Dano
Duration	1983-99
First appearance	January 6, 1983
Last appearance	June 25, 1999
Created by	Robert Soderberg and Dorothy Ann Purser
Profile
Other names	Fanny Grady (adoptive name. Edward Gerard changed her to Felicia Gallant)
Occupation	Romance novelist Host of Jam Session (formerly Breakfast with Felicia) Owner of Wallingford's (1995-1996) Owner of the North Woods Inn (April 1985-present) Owner of TOPS restaurant (sold in 1995) Owner of Gallant's Health Spas (1985-1986)
Residence	Bay City
Family Parents Noah Grady (stepfather) Unnamed mother (deceased) Siblings Robert Grady (brother) Unnamed sister Spouse Louis St. George Zane Lindquist Mitch Blake Lucas Castigliano Sergei Radzinsky Children Lorna Devon (daughter, with Lucas) Jenna Norris (adopted daughter, with Lucas) Other relatives Lisa Grady (niece) 3 nieces and nephews

Felicia Gallant (born Fanny Grady; formerly St. George, Lindquist, Blake, Castigliano and Radzinsky) is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Another World, played by Linda Dano. The character debuted on the episode broadcast January 6, 1983 and stayed until the show's final episode on June 25, 1999. Her character was brought on to bring an element of glamour to the ailing show. She was widely embraced by the fans immediately and became a beloved character on the soap until its end in 1999.

The character of Felicia is a professional romance novelist who lives in Bay City. The character was modeled after real-life romance novelist Jacqueline Susann. Head-writer Robert Soderbergh had been friends with Susann before her death in the 1970s and regularly spoke at length with Linda Dano about Susann's passion for living.

Dano won a Daytime Emmy award for her portrayal of Felicia in 1993.

History

While playing the role Dano wrote romance novels that were published under her character's name. Felicia had affairs with the characters Cass Winthrop and Carl Hutchins, and eventually married Louis St. George, Zane Lindquist, Mitch Blake, Lucas Castigliano, and Sergei Radzinsky. Lucas was, out of all the men she married, the true love of her life. When Lucas came to town, he came looking for the daughter he knew was alive, but she thought was stillborn (Felicia and Lucas had been lovers when they were teenagers). By extension, he revealed that she was born Fanny Grady and from a tempestuous family background. Since Felicia had taken a long time to build up this wealthy and glamorous reputation, it embarrassed her horribly to have other people know her business.

Over time, her marriage to Mitch hit a rough patch, and both cheated on the other. They asked for a mutual, amicable divorce. With Lucas back in her life, she fell for him all over again, and they were married. However, Lucas was shot by a jealous ex-lover and died in hospital weeks later, leaving Felicia heartbroken.

However, by this time, Felicia had found her daughter, the nasty vixen Lorna Devon (first played by Alicia Coppola). Felicia and Lorna were adversaries for a very long time, but eventually warmed to a mother-daughter relationship. Lorna also interacted well with Felicia's adopted daughter, Jenna, but not always; one memorable stunt involved Lorna replacing Jenna's boyfriend's music video with a never-before-seen porn tape with Jenna as the centerpiece, mere seconds before it was to air live on Felicia's talk show.

A later romantic interest for Felicia was John Hudson, as he was having troubles with his marriage to wife Sharlene. Her final marriage was to Sergei Radzinsky, whom she married to keep him in the country; he was receiving treatments for aplastic anemia as a result of exposure to Chernobyl.

Novels by Felicia Gallant

Felicia has published at least 53 books, all gothic romance, except as noted.

• Beyond Paradise
• The Bride of Bombay
• The Bride of Waverly
• The Cannons of Newcastle
• Castle of Desire
• Damned by Desire
• The Daring Heart
• Doctor's Desire
• Driven to Passion
• Ebony Heartbeat
• Embers in the Snow (1985)
• Endless Journey
• Every Heart Knows
• Fallen Females
• Flames in the Night
• Forbidden Flower (1994, rejected)
• Forbidden Passion
• For the Love of Poppy
• Gardenias for Gwendolyn
• Gone with the Dawn (1983, first for Cory Publishing)
• Handmaiden's Heart
• The Heart That Heals (1996, contemporary)
• The Heart's Own Music
• Into the Fire (1994, semi-autobiographical)
• The Lady and the Laborer (1989)
• Liza

• Lock Out the Night
• Love Beneath the Stars
• Love on the Moors
• Lust in the Kremlin (1980s)
• The Manly Heart
• The Mistress of Orleans
• Moonlight Desires (1983)
• My Finest Hour
• Paradise Delayed (1998)
• Passion's Progress (1983)
• The Pauper's Ransom
• The Rebel Princess
• Rive Gauche Serenade
• Rocky Mountain Miracle
• Sands of the Desert
• Sands of the Heart
• Savage Love (1983)
• Shimmering Love
• Sweet Captive
• Torrid Tundra Nights
• Untold Secrets
• Walking in the Light: The Story of Frankie Frame Winthrop (1997, biographical)
• White Snow in Hell
• Windblown Rose

Trivia

Actress Anna Stuart auditioned for this part but lost the role to Dano. Producers were so impressed by her audition that they created for her the role of Donna Love.

Linda Dano and Robin Christopher who played mother and daughter on Another World played a similar relationship on another soap opera. After AW was cancelled Dano played Gretel "Rae" Cummings and Christopher played Skye Chandler on One Life to Live where it turned out Skye was Rae's long lost daughter. When this was revealed Skye switched shows to General Hospital where Dano made several appearances. The characters had much the same relationship as their Another World characters had in the beginning but unlike Another World, this family tension never loosened.

External links

• Linda Dano (official)
• Felicia Gallant character profile at SoapCentral.com
• WorldCat search: author Felicia Gallant – the first three hits are Dreamweaver in English, Japanese, and Italian-language editions