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Laura Avery Sumner (née Murphy) is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera Knots Landing a long-running serial about middle class life on the fictional cul-de-sac known as Seaview Circle in Los Angeles California. She was played by actress Constance McCashin between 1979 and 1987. She debuted in the pilot episode and remained a principal actor in the series until the ninth season episode The Gift of Life.