Jennifer Bassey (Marian Colby Chandler)

After portraying the irrepressible Marian Colby on and off for 12 years, Emmy Award-nominated Jennifer Bassey became a contract player on All My Children in the summer of 1998. While Marian has finally found true love with the shy and gentle artist Stuart Chandler, she will do everything in her power to keep her daughter Liza away from her devious brother-in-law, Adam Chandler.

Jennifer was born in Chicago. Her first job in entertainment was that of a singing bunny in the very first Playboy Club. Looking back at her two-year stint as a bunny, she recalls, "I was the meanest bunny in the hutch, darling, and I made an absolute fortune." After a two-year stint, she packed her bags and headed to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.

After graduating with honors from RADA, Jennifer went on to the Big Apple, where she appeared in several Broadway shows. Some of them included The Jockey Club Stakes, Not Now Darling, directed by George Abbott, whom she worshipped; The Homecoming, a Royal Shakespeare production; California Suite; and In Praise of Love, with Rex Harrison. Her off-Broadway credits include playing Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew at the Roundabout Theatre; Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, at the Stratford Theatre; and costarring with Ken Kercheval in Love Letters.

In 1983, her formidable theater career led her to win the role of Marian Colby on All My Children, signing for what was originally supposed to be a five-month stint. Due to the incredible popularity of the character, Marian is still going strong.

Beyond her successful career in daytime television, she has had a flourishing film career that includes such feature films as Singles, Bonfire of the Vanities, Waxworks; and Dunston Checks In, where, in a scene-stealing moment, she received an orgasmic massage from an orangutan. Jennifer has also had her share of primetime success, with roles on LA Law, Falcon Crest, Matlock, Murphy Brown, Silk Stalkings and Coach.

This has been a wonderful year for Ms. Bassey. In addition to her first Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress, she also received the Soap Opera Award, along with her co-star David Canary, for Favorite Couple. Ms. Bassey shares bicoastal homes with her long-time companion, Luther Davis, the famous playwright most known for Kismet, Grand Hotel and Timbuktu. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys cooking, hiking, yoga, Nordic-tracking, bowling, and many other sports.


	With Love To... The SOAPS! Laura Allen (Laura Kirk English) \| Julia Barr (Brooke English) \| Jennifer Bassey (Marian Colby Chandler) \| Rebecca Budig (Greenlee Smythe) \| John Callahan (Edmund Grey) \| David Canary (Adam and Stuart Chandler) \| Mark Consuelos (Mateo Santos) \| Eric Dearborn (Gabriel Devane) \| Alana De La Garza (Rosa Santos) \| Josh Duhamel (Leo De Pres) - ADDED PICTURES \| Marj Dusay (Vanessa Cortland) \| Eileen Herlie (Myrtle Fargate) \| Finola Huges (Alexandra Devane Marick) \| Vincent Irizarry (Dr. David Hayward) \| MIchael E. Knight (Tad Martin) \| Jill Larson (Opal) \| Susan Lucci (Erica Kane) - ADDED PICTURES \| Ray MacDonnell (Dr. Joe Martin) \| Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery) \| Cady McClain (Dixie Cooney Martin) - ADDED PICTURES \| James Mitchell (Palmer Cortland) \| J. Eddie Peck (Jake Martin) \| Mark Pinter (Roger Smythe) \| Eden Riegel (Bianca Montgomery) - ADDED PICTURES \| Kelly Ripa (Hayley) \| Jack Scalia (Chris Stamp) \| Esta TerBlanche (Gillian Andrassy Lavery) \| Marcy Walker (Liza Colby CHandler) \| Ruth Warrick (Phoebe Tyler Wallingford) \| Walt Willey (Jackson Montgomery) Jennifer Bassey (Marian Colby Chandler) After portraying the irrepressible Marian Colby on and off for 12 years, Emmy Award-nominated Jennifer Bassey became a contract player on All My Children in the summer of 1998. While Marian has finally found true love with the shy and gentle artist Stuart Chandler, she will do everything in her power to keep her daughter Liza away from her devious brother-in-law, Adam Chandler. Jennifer was born in Chicago. Her first job in entertainment was that of a singing bunny in the very first Playboy Club. Looking back at her two-year stint as a bunny, she recalls, "I was the meanest bunny in the hutch, darling, and I made an absolute fortune." After a two-year stint, she packed her bags and headed to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. After graduating with honors from RADA, Jennifer went on to the Big Apple, where she appeared in several Broadway shows. Some of them included The Jockey Club Stakes, Not Now Darling, directed by George Abbott, whom she worshipped; The Homecoming, a Royal Shakespeare production; California Suite; and In Praise of Love, with Rex Harrison. Her off-Broadway credits include playing Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew at the Roundabout Theatre; Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, at the Stratford Theatre; and costarring with Ken Kercheval in Love Letters. In 1983, her formidable theater career led her to win the role of Marian Colby on All My Children, signing for what was originally supposed to be a five-month stint. Due to the incredible popularity of the character, Marian is still going strong. Beyond her successful career in daytime television, she has had a flourishing film career that includes such feature films as Singles, Bonfire of the Vanities, Waxworks; and Dunston Checks In, where, in a scene-stealing moment, she received an orgasmic massage from an orangutan. Jennifer has also had her share of primetime success, with roles on LA Law, Falcon Crest, Matlock, Murphy Brown, Silk Stalkings and Coach. This has been a wonderful year for Ms. Bassey. In addition to her first Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress, she also received the Soap Opera Award, along with her co-star David Canary, for Favorite Couple. Ms. Bassey shares bicoastal homes with her long-time companion, Luther Davis, the famous playwright most known for Kismet, Grand Hotel and Timbuktu. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys cooking, hiking, yoga, Nordic-tracking, bowling, and many other sports.