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Wolek family
One Life to Live family
From left: Vince Wolek (Antony Ponzini), Jenny Wolek (Katherine Glass), Larry Wolek (Michael Storm), and Anna Wolek (Doris Belack) in 1975
First appearance
July 15, 1968 (1968-07-15)
Last appearance
May 28, 2004 (2004-05-28)
Created by
Agnes Nixon
Introduced by
Doris Quinlan
Duration
1968–2004
The Wolek family are fictional characters from the American soap opera One Life to Live present at its debut in 1968. The Woleks were created as a working-class reflection of the affluent Lord family, and storylines focused on the shared relations of the two families.
The Polish American family[1] is formed around the relationships of Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Wolek, a leading protagonist character that appears from the debut episode July 15, 1968[2][3] through May 28, 2004.[4][5][6][7]
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^"One Life to Live recap (1968)". ABC. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
^"Clip-Out Directory: One Life to Live, ABC-TV". Daytime TV. Popular Library. 1971. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
^One Life to Live. Season 36. Episode 9, 174. American Broadcasting Company. May 28, 2004.
^"One Life to Live recap (May 2004)". ABC. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
^"Daytime Emmys: Stars Who Never Won". Goldderby. PMC. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
^"Episode #9174". TV.com. CBS Interactive. 28 May 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
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