Jane Elliot is best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine, on the soap opera, General Hospital. Elliot debuted in 1978 and became a fan favorite. Her first stint was highlighted by an episode where Tracy with-held the heart medication from her father, Edward, when he faked a heart attack. She left in 1980 and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1981. The same year, she landed the recurring role of Judy Trent on the soap opera Knots Landing.
Elliot starred as Carrie Todd in the soap opera Guiding Light. From 1984-86 she played the role of Cynthia Chandler Preston Courtlandt on All My Children. Later she starred as the snooty Anjelica Deveraux on Days of Our Lives.
After two years on "Days", she returned to General Hospital. Jane left again in mid 1993 after a disagreement over her storyline direction due to conflict over her character's reaction to her daughter-in-law Jenny Eckert's teenaged abortion. She was a producer on the 1995 ABC soap The City, and from 1996 to 1997 starred in the show as Tracy Quartermaine after briefly reprising that role again on "GH" where Tracy unsuccessfully tried to take over ELQ. On "The City", Tracy married into the mob, a storyline which would cross-over to "GH" years later. In 2003, Elliot returned to General Hospital as a regular cast member. In 2014, she was nominated for another Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, 33 years after her win and 21 years since her last nomination.