Tonja Walker

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Tonja Annette Walker (born September 19, 1956) in Huntington, West Virginia is a former beauty pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss USA pageant and an actress, and singer.

Walker held the Miss All-American title in 1979 and won the Miss Maryland USA title in 1980. That year she represented Maryland in the Miss USA 1980 pageant broadcast live from Biloxi, Mississippi, and placed in the top twelve. She placed sixth after the preliminary round of competition, and went on to place eighth in the final swimsuit competition, seventh in interview and sixth in evening gown, and finished seventh overall.

Walker's first acting role was in "Liar's Moon" with Matt Dillon. She came into fame as Lizbeth Bachman on the television serial Capitol when it premiered in 1982. After a successful four year run, Walker left the series in 1986 to pursue other projects. Walker returned back to daytime as Olivia St. John Jerome on the serial General Hospital from 1988 to 1990. After leaving General Hospital, she played Mayor Alex Olanov Hesser Buchanan Buchanan on One Life to Live from 1990 to 1997 and returned for some visits in 2001 and 2002. Walker also had a recurring role as Marie Green on Guiding Light from 2003 to 2004. She made a brief return to One Life to Live in August 2007 for the show's 9,999th and 10,000th episodes, and her character later returned again on November 2, 2007 for a brief run.^[1]

Walker is also a singer and has released one album collection of her songs. She has been married to Edward J. Davidson since December 20, 1997. She has produced a Family Film starring Zac Efron, Bill Cobbs, William R. Moses and herself that will come out on Video on Demand March 8, 2007. The DVD came out June 2007.