Jesse and Angela "Angie" Hubbard are fictional characters and a
supercouple from the ABC and The Online Network daytime drama All My
Children. Jesse is portrayed by Darnell Williams and Angie is
portrayed by Debbi Morgan.[note 1] Jesse first appeared in Pine Valley
in 1981 as the nephew of Dr. Frank Grant, who assumed custody after
the death of his sister (Jesse's mother). Angie first appeared in
1982, as the daughter of a well-to-do Pine Valley couple. Shortly
after Angie's first appearance on the show, they were paired with one
another. Jesse and Angie were best friends to fellow supercouple Greg
Nelson and Jenny Gardner. They are daytime television's first African
American supercouple, and arguably the two most popular African
American characters in soap opera history.Angie also appeared on
Loving and The City.[note 2] Along with her son Frankie Hubbard and
former heiress Skye Chandler, she is one of only three individuals who
have been regular characters on three ABC soap operas.[note 3]Actress
Debbi Morgan was working in Los Angeles, California on an episode of
Trapper John, M.D. when she saw that a new storyline was being
introduced on All My Children, which involved actor Darnell Williams
in the role of Jesse Hubbard. Morgan's feeling that Jesse might need a
love interest, as she expressed as much to her agent in New York,
matched that of the show's producers, who were searching for a young
woman to fill the role of Angie Baxter. When Morgan read for the part,
she acquired the role within the same day.Williams was a regular
dancer on Soul Train in the mid-1970s. Later that decade, he was a
cast member of the Broadway musical Your Arms Too Short to Box with
God. This, before acquiring the role of Jesse.
supercouple from the ABC and The Online Network daytime drama All My
Children. Jesse is portrayed by Darnell Williams and Angie is
portrayed by Debbi Morgan.[note 1] Jesse first appeared in Pine Valley
in 1981 as the nephew of Dr. Frank Grant, who assumed custody after
the death of his sister (Jesse's mother). Angie first appeared in
1982, as the daughter of a well-to-do Pine Valley couple. Shortly
after Angie's first appearance on the show, they were paired with one
another. Jesse and Angie were best friends to fellow supercouple Greg
Nelson and Jenny Gardner. They are daytime television's first African
American supercouple, and arguably the two most popular African
American characters in soap opera history.Angie also appeared on
Loving and The City.[note 2] Along with her son Frankie Hubbard and
former heiress Skye Chandler, she is one of only three individuals who
have been regular characters on three ABC soap operas.[note 3]Actress
Debbi Morgan was working in Los Angeles, California on an episode of
Trapper John, M.D. when she saw that a new storyline was being
introduced on All My Children, which involved actor Darnell Williams
in the role of Jesse Hubbard. Morgan's feeling that Jesse might need a
love interest, as she expressed as much to her agent in New York,
matched that of the show's producers, who were searching for a young
woman to fill the role of Angie Baxter. When Morgan read for the part,
she acquired the role within the same day.Williams was a regular
dancer on Soul Train in the mid-1970s. Later that decade, he was a
cast member of the Broadway musical Your Arms Too Short to Box with
God. This, before acquiring the role of Jesse.
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