Susan Lucci, Kelli Williams sign up for 'Army Wives' role (original) (raw)

Susan Lucci and Kelli Williams have signed up for roles in Army Wives.

Lucci will appear in at least two episodes of the Lifetime show, TV Line reports.

She is expected to play the wife of a retired general who ends up giving Claudia (Kim Delaney) advice when she discovers that she has a potential rival.

Meanwhile, TV Line says that Williams will play the rival - Jackie Clarke - and appear in at least seven episodes.

This is the first role for Lucci after All My Children came to an end earlier this year, though for a while she was linked to a part in Desperate Housewives.

Similarly, Williams's part in Army Wives will be her first big television role since the cancellation of Lie To Me earlier this year, although she had a recent guest spot in The Mentalist.