Sharon Wyatt (born February 13, 1953) is an American

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actress.

Career

Wyatt portrayed Tiffany Hill on the daytime soap '' General Hospital'' from July 14, 1981 to July 10, 1984 and again from July 30, 1986 to February 24, 1995. From 2005 to 2006 Wyatt played the role of

Rachel Barrett Rachel Barrett (12 November 1874 – 26 August 1953) was a Welsh suffragette and newspaper editor born in Carmarthen. Educated at the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth she became a science teacher, but quit her job in 1906 on hearin ...

on ''

Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...

''. In 2008, Wyatt reprised her role of Tiffany on the two-part season two finale of '' General Hospital: Night Shift''. Sept 1998 Just Shoot Me Season 3 Episode 2 Steamed as Greta

Personal life

Wyatt cared for her elderly mother in Tennessee until her mother's death on April 9, 2012. In 2011 Wyatt announced that she was suffering from

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in her jaw, which she believed was the result of her use of the Merck & Co. drug

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* 1953 births Living people People from Lebanon, Tennessee American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses 21st-century American women {{US-tv-actor-1950s-stub