Marnie Schulenburg, 'As the World Turns' and 'City on a Hill' Actress, Dies at 37

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on Wednesday. The Massachusetts native suffered from stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, which was discovered five months after her 2-year-old daughter, Coda, was born.

Schulenburg is survived by her husband,  and  actor Zack Robidas — whom she wed in 2013 — and their toddler.Schulenburg made her daytime soap opera debut as Alison Stewart on CBS’ in 2007.

She later portrayed Jo Sullivan on, and guest-starred on shows such as,,, and She alsohad a recurring role as Maggie Caysen on Showtime's and will appear in the upcoming third season.The actress penned an emotional Instagram post just one week ago, revealing she was released from the hospital with an oxygen machine just in time to spend Mother's Day with her daughter.«It’s not my ideal to be a 38-year-old mom who needs an oxygen tank to survive right now,» she wrote. «I want to be strong and beautiful for her.

I want to show her how to move throughout this world with compassion, strength, vivacity, humor and joy like my Mother showed me.»A post shared by Marnie Schulenburg (@marnschupip4)«I know that me being here for her is the best gift I can give her but right now it feels like settling since she’s getting a half-life version of myself,» Schulenburg continued. «My mother showed up 100% all day everyday for me growing up or at least it seemed that way.