A flashy, aggressive villainess and eternally hopeless meddler on a number of soaps, Louise Sorel has given her opulent, show-stopping characters major doses of humor and grit that have allowed her to become one of daytime's more popular figures for over two decades. She joined Days of Our Lives (1965) as the manipulative Vivian Alamain in March ...
Airplane II: The Sequel, Plaza Suite, Mazes and Monsters, B.S. I Love You, Get Christie Love!, Every Little Crook and Nanny, Where the Boys Are '84, The Party's Over, The Mark of Zorro, The Return of Charlie Chan, When Every Day Was the Fourth of July, Sunset Limousine, The President's Plane Is Miss...
TV Shows
Ladies' Man, The Don Rickles Show (1972), Curse of Dracula, Beacon Hill, Harold Robbins' The Survivors, The Don Rickles Show, Ladies Man
Had formal training in mime, once working with Jonathan Winters at the Hungry I in San Francisco in the early 1960s.
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Among her favorite charities have been the Friends of the Sea Lions, which happened during an El Nino winter season, and the Celebrity Action Council, which is not truly a charity, but helps to rehabilitate women who have either been abused or had drug problems.
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Studied acting at New York City's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse under legendary acting teacher Sanford Meisner.
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Studied French at the Institut de Francais in Ville Franche-Sur-Mer
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Bold Ones: The Protectors
1970
TV Series
Nina Bruno
The Survivors
1969
TV Series
Jean Vale
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1969
TV Series
Star Trek
1969
TV Series
Rayna Kapec
The Name of the Game
1968
TV Series
Marie Fazio
One Life to Live
1968
TV Series
Judith Russell Sanders (1986-1987)
Mannix
1968
TV Series
Danielle Michaels
The Rat Patrol
1968
TV Series
Gabrielle
I Spy
1967
TV Series
Stephanie
Daniel Boone
1967
TV Series
Susanna
The Flying Nun
1967
TV Series
Binkie Worsley
Occasional Wife
1967
TV Series
Ellen Hanley
The Big Valley
1966
TV Series
Pilon
Iron Horse
1966
TV Series
Jez Santeen
Hawk
1966
TV Series
Melissa Grant
Run for Your Life
1966
TV Series
Elizabeth
The Trials of O'Brien
1966
TV Series
Sally Cutler
The Virginian
1965
TV Series
Eleni Niarcos
Bonanza
1965
TV Series
Marie
The Party's Over
1965
Melina
The Doctors and the Nurses
1965
TV Series
Janet Hazen
The Fugitive
1965
TV Series
Terry Waverly
Dr. Kildare
1965
TV Series
Eloisa Ruiz
Espionage
1964
TV Series
Annie Layton
The Defenders
1963
TV Series
Margie Spencer
Route 66
1963
TV Series
Ella
The Laughmakers
1962
TV Short
Naked City
1962
TV Series
Girl #1
Eighteen and Anxious
1957
as Jacqueline Sorel
Beacon Hill
2014
TV Series
Emily Tanner
Days of Our Lives
1992-2012
TV Series
Vivian Alamain
Vivian Kiriakis
Passions
2004
TV Series
Dort
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1998
TV Series
Mrs. Saberhagen
Port Charles
1997
TV Series
Donatella Stewart (2000)
Law & Order
1996
TV Series
Marcy Fletcher Wrightman
Winter Heat
1994
TV Movie
Vivian Alamain
Santa Barbara
1984-1991
TV Series
Augusta Lockridge
A Masterpiece of Murder
1986
TV Movie
Louise
Crimes of Passion
1984
Claudia
Matt Houston
1984
TV Series
Barbara Daniels
Where the Boys Are
1984
Barbara Roxbury
Simon & Simon
1982-1984
TV Series
Carla Morgan / Mrs. Sylvia Ross
Oh Madeline
1983
TV Series
Sandy
Sunset Limousine
1983
TV Movie
Dolores Chase
Diff'rent Strokes
1983
TV Series
Robin Saunders
Mazes and Monsters
1982
TV Movie
Julia
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Nurse
Knots Landing
1982
TV Series
Bess Riker
Insight
1969-1982
TV Series
Anna / Janet
Trapper John, M.D.
1982
TV Series
Marty Katz
Hart to Hart
1982
TV Series
Pat Yankee
Magnum, P.I.
1982
TV Series
Eleanor Greeley
Ladies' Man
1980-1981
TV Series
Elaine Holstein
One in a Million
1980
TV Series
Grace
Hagen
1980
TV Series
Petra
The Incredible Hulk
1979
TV Series
Dr. Renee DuBois
Charlie's Angels
1979
TV Series
Lily Burton
Vega$
1979
TV Series
Jackie
The Curse of Dracula
1979
TV Series
Amanda Gibbons
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
1978
TV Movie
Millie Cooper
Rosetti and Ryan
1977
TV Series
Grace Pickering
Quincy M.E.
1977
TV Series
Harriet Crawford
Kojak
1974-1977
TV Series
Janice Maclay / Vicky Brewer
Perilous Voyage
1976
TV Movie
Alicia Salazar
Bronk
1976
TV Series
Widow
1976
TV Movie
Vivian
Barbary Coast
1975
TV Series
Abigail McKay
Medical Center
1971-1975
TV Series
Jessica / Ellen / Isabella / ...
Doctors' Hospital
1975
TV Series
Carole Simon
One of Our Own
1975
TV Movie
Carole Simon
The Mark of Zorro
1974
TV Movie
Inez Quintero
The Healers
1974
TV Movie
The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped
1974
TV Movie
Sylvia
Get Christie Love!
1974
TV Series
Helena Varga
Hawaii Five-O
1973
TV Series
Diane Foxton
Ironside
1973
TV Series
Patricia Moore
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
TV Movie
Joanna Spencer
The Return of Charlie Chan
1973
TV Movie
Ariane Hadrachi
The Wide World of Mystery
1973
TV Series
Claire
Circle of Fear
1973
TV Series
Nisa King
Every Man Needs One
1972
TV Movie
Louise Lathrop
The F.B.I.
1972
TV Series
Linda Gregson
Banacek
1972
TV Series
Alicia Danato
Search
1972
TV Series
Magda Reiner
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1972
TV Series
Every Little Crook and Nanny
1972
Marie
The Don Rickles Show
1972
TV Series
Barbara Robinson
The Last of the Powerseekers
1971
TV Movie
Jean Vale
Night Gallery
1970-1971
TV Series
Mavis Goldsmith (segment "Pickman's Model") / Velia Redford (segment "The Dead Man")
River of Mystery
1971
TV Movie
Elena
Plaza Suite
1971
Jean McCormack
B.S. I Love You
1971
Ruth
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1971
TV Series
Mary Deurivieres
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
AfterBuzz TV's Spotlight On
2016
TV Series
Herself
We Love Soaps TV
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
2010
TV Special
Herself
The 15th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards
1999
TV Special
Herself
Woof! Woof! Uncle Matty's Guide to Dog Training
1997
Video short documentary
Herself
Crook & Chase
1996
TV Series
Herself
50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration
1994
TV Movie
Herself
The DuPont Show of the Week
1963
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Days of Our Lives
2011
TV Series
Vivian Alamain
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1999
Soap Opera Digest Award
Soap Opera Digest Awards
Outstanding Female Scene Stealer
Days of Our Lives (1965)
1997
Soap Opera Digest Award
Soap Opera Digest Awards
Outstanding Female Showstopper
Days of Our Lives (1965)
1996
Soap Opera Digest Award
Soap Opera Digest Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Days of Our Lives (1965)
1995
Soap Opera Digest Award
Soap Opera Digest Awards
Outstanding Female Scene Stealer
Days of Our Lives (1965)
1994
Soap Opera Digest Award
Soap Opera Digest Awards
Outstanding Villain/Villainess
Days of Our Lives (1965)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1993
Soap Opera Digest Award
Soap Opera Digest Awards
Outstanding Villain/Villainess
Days of Our Lives (1965)
1986
Soap Opera Digest Award
Soap Opera Digest Awards
Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role on a Daytime Serial