- Slezak confirmed her daughter’s death on Monday via her website
- The cause of death has not yet been announced
- Davies played the teenage version of her mother’s character, Victoria ‘Viki’ Lord, on the hit ABC soap
One Life to Live star Amanda Davies has died aged 42.
Davies played the teenage version of her real-life mother Erika Slezak’s character, Victoria ‘Viki’ Lord, on the hit ABC soap opera.
The Daytime Emmy-winning actress, 77, confirmed her daughter’s death via her website on Monday, sharing that the star had passed away ‘very suddenly’.
“It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of Erika’s daughter Amanda Elizabeth Davies, who died very suddenly,” the post read. “The family is heartbroken and would appreciate privacy at this time.”
The cause of death has not yet been announced.
One Life to Live star Amanda Davies (R) has died aged 42; Pictured with her mother, soap legend Erika Slezak, 77, in 2011
Davies is survived by her mother, actor father Brian Davies, 85, and brother Michael, 43.
Slezak welcomed Amanda with Brian in 1981. He is known for roles in American Gigolo, Convoy and The Age of Innocence.
Slezak played Viki in One Life To Live from 1971 until the television final in 2012.
She won a record six Daytime Emmy Awards during her time on the show.
Slezak is the daughter of Walter Slezak, a Tony-winning actor famous for his starring role in Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifeboat.
Later, her daughter Amanda played the character in a number of flashbacks in 2002 and in 2013, when the show was revived as a web series.
This is the second death to hit the cast of One Life To Live in less than two months.
Actor Kamar de los Reyes, who played police officer Antonio Vega, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 56 after a battle with cancer.
The Daytime Emmy-winning actress confirmed her daughter’s death on Monday, saying the star passed away “very suddenly”; They are seen at the annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 1995