Tricia Pursley Explained

Tricia Pursley is a retired American actress.

The Saint Petersburg, Florida-born actress is best known as Devon Shepherd McFadden, daughter of Ellen Shepherd (Kathleen Noone), on All My Children.[1] Pursley played the role from 1977 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1984.[2] After being written off All My Children, she taped a primetime pilot "Love Long Distance" for Procter and Gamble productions.[3]

She has since retired from acting and is operating a nursery business started by her father in Florida. She is a 1970 graduate of Northeast High School in St. Petersburg. She is also a graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky (1974). She went on to study at the Juilliard School in New York.

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Cortese, Anthony Joseph Paul. Opposing hate speech. 18 February 2011. 2006. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-275-98427-4. 167.
  3. Web site: 'LOVE, LONG DISTANCE,' CBS COMEDY. Goodman. Walter. 30 July 1985. The New York Times. 16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140318144915/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/30/arts/love-long-distance-cbs-comedy.html. 18 March 2014. dead.