Q. I know Liza Huber is Susan Lucci’s daughter, but that seems to be the only thing I know about her. Can you give me the lowdown on this actress? — Tracy, Boston

A. Liza Victoria Huber has been portraying Gwen Hotchkiss since Passions debuted early this summer. She was born to Susan Lucci and Helmut Huber on Feb. 22, 1975, in Long Island, N.Y. Standing 5 feet 8, she is taller than her famous mother, who stands 5-3.

Huber majored in film and communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

At one point in her acting career, she and her mother did a national TV commercial for Ford Motors. Today, she lives in California and loves working on Passions.

Q. Prince Edmund Winslow is the most gorgeous man in the world. Can you tell me more about this wonderful creature? Ever since Guiding Light traveled to San Cristobel, the show has been non-stop excitement. — Paulette, Westchester, N.Y.

A. David Andrew MacDonald has been portraying the suave Prince Edmund since June 1999.

Before becoming the prince of San Cristobel, MacDonald portrayed the double characters of David Halliday and Jordan Stark on Another World from October 1998 until the show’s demise earlier this year. Outside of the daytime television realm, MacDonald has been seen on Sex in the City and Law & Order.

Other daytime accomplishments include Loving and One Life to Live.

Even though MacDonald loves daytime television, his first love was for theater. He attended Julliard.

Soap notes

Kirsten Storms (Belle, Days of Our Lives) is sweet 16, but she has been kissed — at least, on TV.

The blue-eyed blonde had her first one on 7th Heaven.

“I was nervous, but not as much as the guy I was kissing, which I think is funny. The kiss came during a scene in which we were playing a party game. Before the kiss, everyone came up and offered breath mints just in case.”

The kiss was caught in one take.

Storms’ next love scene was a bit different. “It was for the ABC special Love Letters,” she says. “We had to do this make-out scene, and we did over and over again.”

Storms admits she cannot remember the name of the guy she did the scene with, but she does have a very special memory of Love Letters.

“I had read the play in class, so I knew what to expect,” she says. “I did not know that Stanley Donen was going to be the director. I saw him win the special award on the Oscar show last year. In the movie, I have a dance scene. Mr. Donen came right over to me, takes me in his arms and danced with me. My mother could not believe I danced with Stanley Donen.”

Storms was not only taken by Donen’s dancing, but by the air of professionalism he garnered from the cast and crew. “It was: ‘No, Mr. Donen. Yes, Mr. Donen.’ I had been on other sets where the atmosphere was a lot more casual. I really appreciated the Love Letters set.”

It did not get past Storms that Donen often directed her favorite actress, Audrey Hepburn. Storms says when she first watched Hepburn’s romantic film Roman Holiday, she was stunned that it was not a happily-ever-after ending.

She likes the idea that things on DOOL are not happily ever after, too. “I love that the show is outrageous. Belle is so blunt. She says whatever she thinks.”

As for romance on the soap, Storms thinks that will take awhile. “Belle has a crush on a guy who is 25. I think this is going to be very one-sided for now.”

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