Tricia Pursley

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Tricia Pursley is a retired American actress.

The Saint Petersburg, Florida-born actress is best known as Devon Shepherd McFadden, daughter of Ellen Shepherd (Kathleen Noone), on All My Children . [1] Pursley played the role from 1977 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1984. [2] After being written off All My Children , she taped a primetime pilot "Love Long Distance" for Procter and Gamble productions. [3]

She has since retired from acting and is operating a nursery business started by her father in Florida. She is a 1970 graduate of Northeast High School in St. Petersburg. She is also a graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky (1974). She went on to study at the Juilliard School in New York. [ citation needed ]

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