United Kingdom, July 10 -- Morgan Fairchild has recalled a horrifying moment she was abducted on the streets of New York - but her "wise cracks" saved her.

The soap opera icon - who has appeared in the likes of Search for Tomorrow, Dallas, Paper Dolls, Flamingo Road and General Hospital - was taken off the street in the Big Apple by two burly men and thrown into a cab during her early career.

Speaking about the terrifying ordeal on her and her sister Cathryn Hartt's 2 B*****s from Texas podcast, she said: "I'm like a kid from Texas, but I knew you weren't supposed to talk to people in New York on the street, so I just keep walking.

"Then this other big guy comes up on the other side of me and he's talking. Then they kind of pick me up ...