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She is known to most Australians as a character actress appearing in such TV shows as Number 96 and Skyways .
From October 1988 to September 1994, she was the second actress to play Iris Cory Wheeler on the American soap opera Another World. She succeeded Beverlee McKinsey in the role after a long absence.
Many of Duncan's critics noted that she looked much younger than her stepmother on the show, Rachel Cory (played by Victoria WyndhamVictoria Wyndham (born Victoria Camargo in Chicago, Illinois on May 22, 1945) is an American actress, Italian in descent. She is the daughter of stage and screen actor Ralph Camargo. Wyndham first made a name for herself when she played Charlotte Waring F). When Rachel married Iris's father Mac in the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends, the main drama stemmed from the fact that Iris was a couple of years older than Rachel. With the age dynamic ostensibly changed, television critics and fans alike found Duncan to be jarring in the role. In real life, however, the actress was three years older than Victoria Wyndham.
Another criticism was that, even though she took elocutionElocution is proper speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone. An elocutionist, one who studies elocution, may determine a person's geographic or cultural origin by his or her speaking manner. The play Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw and its m lessons to fight it, she spoke in a distinct Australian accentAustralian English is the form of the English language used in Australia. Differences from other variants of English Australian English is similar in many respects to British English but it also borrows from American English. For example, it uses truck in, thus she looked out of place in an American family.
Despite that, however, she is still somewhat sought after for American soap jobs. Soap Opera DigestSoap Opera Digest is a very popular magazine, chronicling the stories airing on American soap operas and the off-screen lives of the actors appearing on them. The magazine first debuted in 1975 (the first cover story was John Aniston, who was on Love of L and Soaps In DepthRebecca Budig, Cameron Mathison, and Alicia Minshew of All My Children''. Soaps In Depth is a series of magazines created in 1997 to give American soap opera viewers more variety in their soap-related magazine purchases. Instead of buying a magazine like have reported that Duncan will serve as a temporary replacement for Eileen FultonEileen Fulton (born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty on September 13, 1933) is an American actress. She was born in Asheville, North Carolina. Among other roles (including the Broadway productions of The Fantasticks and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf , she is m's character, Lisa Grimaldi, on As the World TurnsNovember 2003. As the World Turns (ATWT is the second longest-running American television soap opera, airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30 in the afternoon. Before this show (and The Edge of Night which premiered on the starting in late October 2004.
Carmen's younger sister is actress Paula Duncan .