Louise Sorel
Soap veteran Louise Sorel has appeared on nearly half a dozen soap operas.
Some of Sorel's roles include Augusta Lockridge on Santa Barbara and Judith Sanders on One Life to Live. Her prime-time television credits include Knots Landing, Star Trek, Bonanza, Ladies' Man, Sunset Limousine, and Zorro. She appeared in the feature films Plaza Suite, Airplane II, Where the Boys Are, 1984, Every Little Crook and Nanny, B.S. I Love You, and Ken Russell's Crimes of Passion. She has starred in numerous Broadway productions, including Philadelphia, Here I Come, Man & Boy, Take Her, She's Mine, The Dragon, Lorenzo, and The Sign in Sydney Brustein's Window.
Born in Los Angeles, Sorel studied French at the Institut de Francais in Villefranche-sur-Mer. She often travels to Europe, but also enjoys spending time in New York City.
Passions
Dort
2004
All My Children
Judge Kaye Campobello
July 25, 2001; 2003
Port Charles
Donatella Stewart
2000
Days of our Lives
Vivian Alamain
March 2, 1992 to
February 22, 2000;
October 30, 2009 to
September 22, 2011
A Masterpiece of Murder
Louise
1986
One Life to Live
Judith Russell Sanders
1986 to 1987
Santa Barbara
Augusta Lockridge
1984 to 1986, 1988, 1990 to 1991
Ladies' Man
Elaine Holstein
1980
The Return of Charlie Chan
Ariane Hadrachi
1979
The Curse of Dracula
Amanda Gibbons
1979
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
Millie Cooper
1978
Perilous Voyage
Alicia Salazar
1976
Widow
Vivian
1976
One of Our Own
Carole Simon
1975
The Mark of Zorro
Inez Quintero
1974
The Healers
1974
The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped
Sylvia
1974
Get Christie Love!
Helena Varga
1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
Joanna Spencer
1973
The Virginian
December 1, 1965
Bonanza
Marie
November 14, 1965
The Nurses
April 20, 1965
The Fugitive
Terry Waverly
March 2, 1965
Dr. Kildare
Eloise Ruiz
February 11, 1965
The Defenders
October 26, 1963
Crimes of Passion
Claudia
1984
Where the Boys Are
Barbara Roxbury
1984
Airplane II: The Sequel
Nurse
1982
The Party's Over
Melina
1966
ON BROADWAY:
Philadelphia
Here I Come
Man & Boy
Take Her, She's Mine
The Dragon
Lorenzo
The Sign in Sydney Brustein's Window
Soap Opera Awards Winner, Outstanding Villainess (1994).
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
DATE OF BIRTH: August 6, 1940
EDUCATION: Studied French at the Institut de Français in Villefranche-sur-Mer
