High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lucinda Walsh (born Mary Ellen Walters, formerly Guest, Esteban, Dixon, Stenbeck and Wheatley) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. Elizabeth Hubbard played the role from April 1984 until the show`s final episode on September 17, 2010. The character is described as a no-nonsense businesswoman and mega-mogul who transformed into one of daytime`s most memorable and prolific characters. Hubbard left the show briefly in March 1999, but returned in August of that year. A loving mother and grandmother, while still retaining her edge fiery nature, she has been front and center in some of the show`s biggest stories.