Amanda Elizabeth Davies, Daughter of One Life to Live Star Erika Slezak, Dead at 42

Amanda Elizabeth Davies, daughter One life to live Actress Erika Slezak has died, PEOPLE has confirmed. She was 42 years old.

“It is with great sadness that I share the news of the sudden death of Erika’s daughter, Amanda Elizabeth Davies. The family is heartbroken and would appreciate privacy at this time,” said a message on Slezak’s official website.

A representative for Slezak also confirmed Davies’ death to PEOPLE. Other details were not immediately available.

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Davies played the teenage version of her real-life mother’s character, Victoria “Viki” Lord, on ABC One life to live. She appeared in the long-running program in 2003 during flashback scenes.

Davies’ father, Brian Davies, is also an actor, having starred in American Gigolo, Convoy, The Age of Innocence and other films. He and Slezak are also parents to a son, Michael Davies (44).

Amanda Davies and mother Erika Slezak.

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The soap opera ran from 1968 until it was canceled in 2012, although there was a brief revival in 2013.

Slezak earned six Daytime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Viki during her decade-long portrayal of the character. Slezak’s father is the late Walter Slezak, a Tony Award-winning actor who also appeared on One life to live.

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“This just broke my heart. My thoughts are with dear Erika at this time. I know how much she loved her children,” wrote television journalist Michael Fairman post on X following the news of Davies’ death on Monday. His tweet included a photo of Slezak and Davies smiling together.

Andrea Evans and Erika Slezak.

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Slezak shared his condolences after her last summer One life to live actress Andrea Evans, who played the teenage Tina Lord in the series, died of cancer in July 2023 at the age of 66. The characters Slezak and Evans were half-sisters in the soap opera.

“Andrea and I have worked together for so long,” Slezak wrote on her website at the time. “On my first day on the job, she lived a block away from me and I walked her to work. She was just a kid – she’d never been to New York – so sweet and kind and loving. It was amazing that she played such a complicated, confused and selfish character so good.”

Shifting her focus to Evans’ husband Stephen Rodriguez, whom she married in 1998, and their then-19-year-old daughter Kylie, the actress continued her heartfelt post.

Slezak also sent her “love and deepest sympathy” to Evans’ husband, Stephen Rodriguez, and Evans’ daughter, Kylie, who “were her whole life.”

“When she and Steve got married and then had Kylie, it seemed like her life was finally over,” Slezak wrote. “She was so happy. So very very sad.”

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