Margaret Ladd (born November 8, 1945[1]) is an American actress, best known for her role as Emma Channing in the CBS primetime soap opera, Falcon Crest (1981–90).
She later starred in films include The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) and A Wedding (1978), and appeared on number of television shows.
like Taxi and Quincy, M.E.. Ladd also co-starred in a number of made-for-television movies, and had supporting roles in films I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, The Escape Artist, and The Whales of August.
[2] Ladd is best known for playing Emma Channing in the 1980s CBS primetime soap opera, Falcon Crest[3][4] throughout its nine-year run from 1981 to 1990.
In 2016, Ladd was cast in the Woody Allen miniseries Crisis in Six Scenes for Amazon Studios.