HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES — In the realm of daytime television, Jane Elliot stands as a true icon.

Spanning an impressive career of six decades, Elliot has graced nine different soap operas, yet she’s most celebrated for her Emmy-winning portrayal of Tracy Quartermaine on “General Hospital.”

“When I daydreamed about my future, I imagined being an ice skater or a nurse. But deep down, I always knew I was destined to be an actor,” Elliot revealed.

Determined to pursue her passion against all odds, Elliot’s early career included roles in primetime series such as “Kojak.” She also starred as a nun alongside Mary Tyler Moore and Elvis Presley in “Change of Habit.” At the time, she admitted to not being an Elvis fan.

“He turned out to be everything I never expected,” Elliot shared. “He was intelligent, kind, honorable, funny, and professional.”

Elliot started on soaps four years earlier. In 1965, she was in “A Flame in the Wind”… which was live! She was later guided to “Guiding Light,” where she played a less-than-honorable character.

On “All My Children,” she would seduce, then marry an older man. But, Elliot’s time on “General Hospital” began in 1978.

“It’s the easiest kind of role to play, though. There’s no crying. There’s no heartbreak,” said Elliot. “There’s no — you come in, you’re snarky and mean, you take your wardrobe off, and you go home, and you don’t take it home with you.”

The character of Tracy Quartermaine would come and go over the years, but Jane always returned, even playing the same role for a while on “The City.”

“I prefer to do what I do because it demands the ability to be comfortable not being liked, and a lot of people are not comfortable with that. I don’t care. I don’t care what you think of me!” laughed Elliot.

Wally Kurth plays her son on “General Hospital.” On “Days of Our Lives,” they were lovers.

“So he comes here, and my first scenes were in a restaurant, and I find myself rolling my shoulders and batting my eyes at him, and I’m going, ‘No! No! No! I’m your mother this time! I’m your mother,’” she said.

Now, she is the matriarch on “General Hospital,” with the other members of her TV family having passed.

“I’m the last person standing,” said Elliot. “I represent what is left of the arch family that started. And I have to fill all those slots now.”