Susan Lucci is used to playing a mom on camera, but she’s also a mother to two kids in real life.
The soap opera star played the notorious Erica Kane on All My Children from 1970 to 2011 and went on to star in Hot in Cleveland, Devious Maids and Army Wives.
Before all of her success, though, Lucci married TV producer Helmut Huber in 1969. They met working at a hotel and dated for three weeks before getting engaged. On Sept. 13, 1969, they got married.
Lucci and Helmut welcomed their first child, daughter Liza, in 1975 and their son Andreas followed over a decade later in 1988. The pair raised their children in Garden City, New York, which Lucci has said provided a sense of calm to their otherwise hectic lives.
Over the years, the actress has taken her kids to Hollywood events, supported their charity projects and celebrated them on their respective wedding days. The family was …