Marnie Schulenburg, recognized for her roles in cleaning soap operas “As the World Turns” and “One Life to Live,” died Tuesday in New York as a result of a complication from breast most cancers, a consultant confirmed to Variety. She was 37.
Schulenburg’s husband Zack Robidas, an actor recognized for his roles in “Sorry for Your Loss” and “Succession,” additionally confirmed the news by way of a Facebook submit, during which he thanked her followers for his or her help after Schulenburg’s prognosis.
“Please don’t say Marnie lost her battle to cancer. It’s simply not true. I watched her kick cancer’s ass everyday since diagnosis,” the submit reads. “She is incredible. We chose to attack her diagnosis with blind optimism. We only talked about the future and continued moving forward. I don’t know if this was right but it’s all we knew how to do.”
Schulenburg was born in Cape Cod, Mass., and studied theater at DeSales University. After school, she started her profession in theater, performing at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and for the Dramatists Guild of America in New York City.
Schulenburg’s first tv credit score was as Alison Stewart, her character in “As the World Turns.” She was the second actor to painting the character, after Jessica Dunphy left the present in 2005.
She made her first look as Alison in 2007, throughout a crossover between “As the World Turns” and “The Young and the Restless.” Schulenburg then joined the primary solid of “As the World Turns” and appeared for over 300 episodes till the present was cancelled in 2010.
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During her tenure on the present, Schulenburg’s most frequent scene accomplice was Billy Magnussen, who performed her love curiosity Casey Hughes. Their character’s romance was a central a part of the present’s latter years, and the present ended with them getting engaged and planning to maneuver away. Schulenburg obtained a Daytime Emmy Nomination for her efficiency in the last yr of the present.
Three years later, Schulenburg starred in a short-lived revival of the ABC cleaning soap opera “One Life to Live,” portraying the character of Jo Sullivan. From 2014 to 2017, she starred in the meta cleaning soap opera “Tainted Dreams,” which adopted the backstage drama of a cleaning soap opera solid.
Aside from her cleaning soap roles, she additionally had recurring and visitor appearances in reveals similar to “Fringe,” “Army Wives,” “Blue Bloods,” “Manhattan Love Story,” “Elementary,” (*37*) and “Divorce.” In addition, she had a recurring function in the upcoming third season of Showtime drama “City on the Hill,” starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge. The season will premiere this July.
Schulenburg is survived by Robidas and their daughter.
