Livia Frye

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Livia Frye
All My Children
Portrayed by Tonya Pinkins
First appearance 1991
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Gender Female
Occupation Attorney
Former Judge
Residence Pine Valley, Pennsylvania

Olivia "Livia" Frye Cudahy is a fictional character on ABC's daytime drama All My Children. She has been played by Tonya Pinkins from 1991 to 1995 and since December 18, 2003.

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Olivia Frye came to town as a single mother in 1991 with her teenaged son, Terrence Frye. She was Brian Bodine's defense attorney while accused of murdering Will Cordtland. Terrance's father, Lucas Barnes, came to town soon after. Livia was livid when she found out in the procress of abandoning her and her son, he married a wealthy socialite and adopted her daughter.

Livia fell in love and married with former football star, Tom Cudahy. Not long after they married, a young street kid who was orphaned came into their lives. Jamal Woods was being raised by his aunt. His mother had been in a similar predictament as Livia. She fell in love with a man who abandoned her. Despondant, she turned to drugs, contracted HIV and died from AIDS.

It turned out Jamal's father, Alec McIntyre, was living in Pine Valley! Once he discoved what happened to Janine, he wanted custody of Jamal. Alec was granted custody but relinquished his parental rights once he saw that remaining with Tom and Livia was best for Jamal.

Soon after the Cudahy's left town but Livia returned to Pine Valley to defend Kendall Hart in the Michael Cambias murder trial. Her brother, Derek Frye was having problems with his daughter Danielle, who had run away from her mother. Livia was often the peacemaker between the three.

Most recently she handled Jackson Montgomery and Erica Kane's divorce.

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  • Terrence Frye (son, with Lucas Barnes)
  • Jamal Cudahy (son, with Tom Cudahy via adoption; biological son of Alec McIntyre and Janine Wilson)

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