| This is really long. It's a partial history on OLTL"S cast of characters.
The first part is the characters name and who played them. The second
part is The character and a brief description of their storyline. There
are two more parts I will try to retrieve.
Barbara
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From: Jennifer Allyson Turner <[email protected]>
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Subject: OLTL: List of Characters/Character Descriptions, Part 1 (A - Carpenter)
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 17:01:46 -0400
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Acknowledgments:
Cindy Bale, Christian Barrett, Terry Chambers, Cheryl
([email protected]), Cheryl Ann Dougherty, Michelle "Micki"
Duncan, Vicki Farmer, Dorothy Fulton, Lynn-Anne Friese, Deborah
Graham, Rick Kitchen, Kate the Short, Betsy Mandrus, Linda
Martindale, Debbie Minett, Pamela Oliver, Kim Ponte, Carolyn
Robinson, Sharon Scinicariello, Dorothy Theriot, Larry Winner, Tina
Wood, David Wyatt
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Hello, OLTL fans. Just a few things to tell you this time around.
I've changed things a little (which is why this is so late in getting
out). In the beginning, I've listed all of the characters profiled in
all four (yes, four) posts that I'm sending out. After that, I have the
full character descriptions. Hopefully, this will jog some of your
memories when it comes to the names of the actors who've portrayed the
characters.
With that out of the way, I'd like you to know that I'm presenting
you all with a *once-in-a-lifetime* opportunity. This time around, I've
added as many characters as I could think of. If anyone can think of a
character they don't see here, I'll try to add them next month.
Unfortunately, next month will be the last time I send out the
entire list. After next month, I'm only going to include characters
currently on the show and characters *directly* related to them. If you
want the entire list, you'll have to e-mail me. So start thinking. And
enjoy!
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One Life to Live -- List of Characters
Mortimer Bern (Thom Christopher)
Wilma Bern (Eileen Heckart, Elaine Stritch)
Ursula Blackwell (Jill Larson)
Asa Buchanan (Phil Carey)
Austin Buchanan (David Gautreaux)
Beauregard Buchanan (Robert S. Woods)
Clinton Buchanan (Clint Ritchie)
*Demerest Buchanan
Didi O'Neill Buchanan (Barbara Treutelaar)
Drew Buchanan (?)
Jessica Buchanan (Erin Torpey)
Joseph Buchanan (John Paul Learn, "Chris McKenna")
Kevin Buchanan (Ryan Jannis, Joey Thrower, "Kirk Geiger")
Olympia Buchanan (++Tania Elg)
Pamela Stuart Buchanan (?)
Renee Devine Buchanan (Phyllis Newman, "Patricia Elliot")
Sarah Gordon Buchanan (Jensen Buchanan, Grace Phillips)
Victoria Lord Buchanan (Gillian Spencer, "Erika Slezak")
Lindsay Butler (Anna Holbrooke)
Herb Callison (Anthony Call)
Andrew Carpenter (Wortham Krimmer)
Cassie Callison Carpenter (Cruzi Cram, Ava Haddad, Holly Gagnier,
"Laura Bonarrigo")
Sloan Carpenter (Roy Thinnes)
**William Carpenter
Wade Coleman (Doug Wert)
Rob Coronale (Mark Arnold)
Christine Cromwell (Susan Floyd)
Leo Cromwell (Alan Scarfe)
Blair Daimler (Mia Korf, "Kassie Wesley")
Marco Dane (Gerald Anthony)
Johnny Dee (Anthony Crivello)
DuAnn Demerest (?)
LeeAnn Demerest (Yasmine Bleeth)
Mari Lynn Dennison (?)
Tom Dennison (Lee Patterson)
Virginia Douglas (?)
Walter Douglas (?)
William Douglas (Ryan Philippe)
Hank Gannon (Nathan Purdee)
Nora Gannon (Hillary Bailey Smith)
Rachel Gannon (Ellen Bethea)
Delila Garretson (Shelly Burch)
Rafe Garretson (Ken Meeker)
Samantha Vernon Garretson (?)
Beth Garvey (?)
Roger Gordon (Robert Pine)
Michael Grande (Dennis Parlato)
Hunter Guthrie (Leonard Stabb)
Lee Halpern (?)
Andrea Harrison (Bronwen Booth)
Jake Harrison (Joe Lando)
Megan Gordon Harrison (Jessica Tuck)
Emily Haynes (Kelly Waymire)
Alexandra Olanov Hesser (Tonja Walker)
Carlo Hesser (Thom Christopher)
Charlotte Hesser (Audrey Landers)
Stephanie Hobart (Robyn Griggs)
Al Holden (Evan Bonifant, Michael Roman, "Eddie Carr")
Darlene Moody Holden (Susan Batten)
Gabrielle Medina Holden (Fiona Hutchison)
Max Holden ("James DePaiva," Nicholas Walker)
Steven Holden (Russ Anderson)
*Steven McGillis Holden
Angela Holliday (Susan Diol)
Ivan Kipling (?)
Agatha Kramer (Pamela Payton-Wright)
Melinda Kramer (Sharon Gabet)
Laura Jean (Neith Hunter)
Mitch Lawrence (Roscoe Borne)
Rebecca Lewis (Reiko Aylesworth)
Patrick London (Stephen Meadows, Robert S. Woods)
Dorian Kramer Lord (Nancy Pinkerton, Clair Malis, "Robin Strasser,"
Elaine Princi)
Powell Lord, III (Sean Moynihan)
Victor Lord (Ernest Graves, Walter Slezak)
Lucky (Brian Tarantino)
Peter Manning (Nicholas Wyman)
Todd Manning (Roger Howarth)
Brenda McGillis (Brenda Brock)
Tyler McGillis (Jeff Bankert)
Dante Medina (?)
Debra Medina (Lucinda Fisher)
Julia Medina (Linda Thorson)
Tyrone Moody (Casper Van Dien)
Kerry Nichols (?)
Troy Nichols (?)
Harry O'Neill (?)
Joy O'Neill (?)
Peter O'Neill (?)
Fred Porter (David Purdham)
Ben Price (?)
Rika Price (Vanita Harbour)
Sheila Price (Valarie Pettiford)
Charles Pruitt (David Ledingham)
David Rinaldi (Michael Zaslow)
Jenny Rinaldi (?, Brynn Thayer)
Joseph Riley (Lee Patterson)
Al Roberts (Jesse Vint)
Clinton James Roberts (Tyler Noyes)
Cordero Roberts (John Loprieno)
Maria Vasquez Roberts (Barbara Luna)
Sarah Victoria Roberts (Courtney Chase)
Tina Lord Roberts (Andrea Evans, Karen Witter)
Cain Rogan (Christopher Cousins)
Zackary Rosen (Josh Philip Weinstein)
Jonathan Russell (John Martin)
Charles Sanders (Peter Brown)
Elizabeth Sanders (Lois Kibbee)
Jamie Sanders (Mark Philpot)
Judith Sanders (Louise Sorel)
Kate Sanders (Marcia Cross)
Margaret Saybrooke (Susan Haskell)
Nigel Smythe (Peter Bartlett)
Father Tony Vallone (John Viscardi)
Brad Vernon (Jameson Parker, ?)
Connie O'Neill Vernon (?)
Jason Webb (Mark Brettschneider)
Dan Wolek (?)
Karen Wolek (Judith Light)
Larry Wolek (Paul Tulley, Jim Storm, "Michael Storm")
Laurel Wolek (Janice Lynde)
Meredith Lord Wolek (Lynn Benesch)
Wanda Wolek (Marilyn Chris)
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One Life to Live -- Character Descriptions -- Part 1 (A - Carpenter)
Mortimer 'Mort' Bern (Thom Christopher)
- archaeologist/Egyptologist who came to town with an exhibit of
Cleopatra's jewels; he originally was a Mama's boy
- the jewels were stolen by Cain and Tina and planted in Alex's
penthouse where they were recovered
- hired by Alex Hesser to "become" her dead husband, Carlo, because
of his striking resemblance to the dead mob boss
- played Carlo to a T at a mob Halloween party and later had an
affair with Alex
- fell in love with Renee Buchanan and tried to get out of his deal
with Alex
- as an act of revenge, Alex made it look like Mortimer was really
Carlo Hesser
- he was abducted by a rival mob boss and nearly killed, but DA
Hank Gannon saved the day (along with Mortimer's mother,
Wilma)
- was discovered to be the identical twin of Carlo Hesser, separated
from his brother a few months after birth
- left town when Renee refused his marriage proposal
Wilma Bern (Eileen Heckart, Elaine Stritch)
- mother of Mortimer and Carlo
- gave Carlo up for adoption when he showed tendencies toward
evil at a very young age
- came to town in search of Mort when he didn't show up back home
in Oklahoma
- made a deal with Alex Hesser to try and form Mort into Carlo
- received Alex's diamond "A" as a payment
- saved Mort's life when he was kidnapped by the evil Gert Mulligan
Ursula Blackwell (Jill Larson)
- villainness extraordinaire
- was in love with Patrick and kidnapped Tina when she found out
that Tina was carrying his child
- later pushed Tina out of the lighthouse causing Tina to lose the
baby
- blamed Tina for her father's death and later stalked her
unsuccessfully
- planted a bomb in Tina's second wedding cake, but the bomb
exploded after the wedding was over, killing Steve Holden
- kidnapped Tina and Cord during a prison break; tried to
electrocute Tina but was unsuccessful
- currently serving out the remainder of her sentence in Statesville
Prison (or Mountain View Sanitarium; don't remember which)
Asa 'Jeb Stuart' Buchanan (Phil Carey)
[Assa]
- head clan, father of Clint and Bo
- oil magnate and filthy rich, former owner of the Buchanan Palace
hotel, now owned by his ex-wife Renee
- married seven times (and trying his hardest not to make that
eight), wife Olympia the mother of his two sons
- stood by and watched Wingate Holden (Max and Steve Holden's
father) die in order to get the mineral rights to his land
- believes in family first and last; can be insulting at times, but very
shrewd; not a good man to cross, evil temper
- has a weak heart
- had Maria Vasquez and her mother deported when he learned
Maria was pregnant with Clint's child (Cord)
- married to Samantha when his wife Olympia showed up
- later married Becky Lee when he learned that she was pregnant
with Bo's child: wanted to make sure his grandson carried the
Buchanan name
- then married Delilah and divorced her
- was married to Pamela on the island of Malakeva, but she thought
his name was Jeb Stuart
- married Renee, but she left him when she thought he was having
an affair with Blair Daimler
- while married to Renee was led to believe that Max was his son
- Gabrielle produced (forged) letters from Max's mother proving
that Max was Asa's son
- learned that Max wasn't his son after DuAnn Demerest was
murdered
- married Blair and paraded her around as his "trophy" wife; wanted
her to reproduce quickly so that he could have heirs (he had
disinherited both of his sons when they objected to his marriage to
Blair)
- dumped Blair when he discovered that she had faked her
pregnancy and the subsequent miscarriage; also didn't take too
kindly to the fact that she tried to kill him by withholding his
medication; took her company away
- was hit on the head and nearly killed by Alex Olanov when she
tried to frame Tina for attempted murder
- is currently backing Alex Olanov's new nightclub; has mended
fences with both of his sons
- tries to outdo Alex in everything
- bet her that he could drink her under the table; won when his
butler, Nigel, gave him water instead of vodka
- gave Alex a red porsche for Christmas
- bet Alex that she couldn~t get him to propose by March 1; he ex-
tended the bet to March 2; the stakes: whoever won would get
100% interest in Olanov~s
- won the bet despite Alex~s best efforts
- opened a casino with Alex
++- bet with Alex again, same bet, this time with the casino up as
stakes; this bet was until April 1
++- won the bet again: as an April Fools' joke, asked Alex to marry
him
Austin Buchanan (David Gautreaux)
- Asa's nephew
- fell in love with Sarah, then tried to frame Bo by tampering with
the brakes on Michael Grande's car; Michael's wife, Alicia, was killed
instead and Bo was charged with murder
- raped Sarah when she tried to get evidence that he was framing
Bo
- shot and killed by Sarah, body disposed of by Cord and Asa ++in the
woods on Llantano mountain
++- somehow managed to survive; is he dead or not?
Beauregard 'Bo' Buchanan (Robert S. Woods)
- Asa's younger son, has been married to Delilah, Didi O'Neill, Cassie
Callison, and Sarah Gordon; Didi and Sarah both died
- good-natured, fair, has a touch of the Buchanan temper but only
when extremely provoked, loyal to family and friends
- has a son, Drew, by Becky Lee
- now owns a chain of radio stations; former owner of a TV station
and former producer of the soap opera "Fraternity Row"; also
former record producer and race car driver; Vietnam vet
- after his wedding to Didi, they went on a tour of Europe and were
kidnapped by Elizabeth and Jamie Sanders; Patrick London
underwent plastic surgery and returned to Llanview in Bo's place
- eventually foiled Patrick and the Sanders' but Didi was killed in
the process
- married Sarah Gordon, then searched for her when she and Megan
were kidnapped; Megan was found in the Amish country, but Sarah
was still missing
- mourned when her plane lost contact then crashed
- had a short relationship with Alex Olanov, then married Cassie, but
Sarah returned on his wedding day
- agonized over it but finally chose Sarah
- grieved when Sarah was killed in a car crash
- tried to commit suicide by jumping from the ledge of his office at
The Banner
- Nora Gannon discovered him on the ledge and went to Viki and
Sloan for help
- Sloan talked him down from the ledge
- tried to find the driver of the car that killed Sarah
- Marty was the first person accused, but she proved that she was
trying to score drugs, not hitting-and-running that night
- next, Suede was accused, but he was proven innocent as well
- finally decided to end the search in order to preserve his
relationship with Nora
- currently engaged to Nora Gannon
- proved that Nora wasn't the driver of the car that killed Sarah
- learned that Nora was hiding her brain tumor from him
- saved Nora from a revenge-seeking Todd
- "killed" Todd in a struggle over Todd's gun; Todd fell into the water
and Bo jumped after him; Bo never found the body
-was offered the job of Police Commish of Llanview; his first duty
was to arrest Dorian for the murder of Victor Lord
Clinton 'Clint' Buchanan (Clint Ritchie)
- Asa's older son, has only been married to Viki Lord, but had an
affair with Echo di Savoy (around '83)
- has three sons and a daughter: Cord, Kevin, Joey, and Jessica
- son Cord is the result of a teenage affair with Maria Vasquez;
++Kevin and Joey are his sons by adoption
- very loyal, very family-oriented; bad temper that sometimes gets
the better of him
- had an affair with Maria at the age of sixteen
- while he was away for the summer on a class trip, Asa found out
that Maria was pregnant and had her and her mother deported
- was brought in to be the managing editor of The Banner by a dying
Joe Riley; Viki hated him at first sight, then grew to love him after
Joe's death
- now Editor-in-Chief of The Banner
- was blinded when he was shot by Jamie Sanders; the doctors were
unable to remove the bullet fragment and thereby cure his
blindness because it was in such a vulnerable position that he
would probably die on the operating table
- hired a therapist for the blind (Sarah) to help him deal with his
blindness
- on the ranch in Arizona, George Vasquez put a burr under the
saddle of Clint's horse and Clint was thrown; when he woke up, he
could see and was back in the year 1888
- eventually came back to the present still able to see; the fall had
moved the bullet fragment so that it no longer pressed on his
optical nerve
- when he learned that his son's best friend was gay, he forbade Joey
to have any further contact with Billy Douglas
- he eventually came around and allowed Joey to remain friends
with Billy
- went on the rampage when Viki began making goo-goo eyes at
Sloan Carpenter, the new guy in town
- went to Arizona to deal with the anger and pain of rejection when
Viki told him she wanted a divorce
- was in a horrible plane crash on his way there (In real life, Clint
Ritchie was involved in a near-fatal tractor accident.)
- recently returned to Llanview
- at the last minute, he refused to sign the divorce papers; he told
Viki that he still loved her and couldn't give her up that easily; if
she wants a divorce, she'll have to sue
- saved Sloan from a couple of thugs who were beating him up as
revenge for "sexual harassment"
++- allowed Jessica to live with him when she wanted to get away
from her mother
++- received his final divorce papers
*Demerest 'Duke' Buchanan
- son of Kevin Buchanan and LeeAnn Demerest; born August, 1992
- involved in bitter custody battle at a few weeks of age
- resided in Sweetwater, Texas for nearly a year with his mother
- came to Llanview for a Christmas visit
- good friends with Jason Webb
Didi O'Neill Buchanan (Barbara Treutelaar)
- O'Neill's were introduced during a labor dispute at The Banner
- Llanview's working class, Irish family
- daughter of Harry O'Neill, had two sisters
- fell in love with and married Bo Buchanan
later and told everyone that he had split with Didi; it was later
learned that Bo and Didi were being held in a dungeon in a
mansion not far from Llanview and that the Bo in question was in
actuality, Patrick London
- escaped with Bo and helped bring down Patrick and the Sanders'
- died when Bo pushed Patrick into an electric fence and Patrick
pulled her in
#Drew Buchanan (?)
- son of Bo and Becky Lee
- lived in Llanview with Bo for a while, but moved to live with his
mother
Jessica Buchanan (Erin Torpey)
- Clint and Viki's youngest child; born 1985
- was kidnapped by Maria shortly after her birth
- Maria tried to make it look like Niki Smith was the culprit, and no
one ever discovered her part in the plan
- accidentally burned Llanfair down one Halloween; was trapped in
the fire with CJ and Al but was saved by LeeAnn; LeeAnn was
overcome by the smoke and was in turn, saved by Matt Kingston
(Max Holden)
- became friends with Marty Saybrooke while skipping school one
day
- Marty helped her through some of the worst parts of her parents'
separation
- took piano lessons from Marty
- was caught smoking by Clint
- shoplifted some cosmetics at a department store, but was caught
by Marty; Marty promised not to tell Viki and Clint
- is very resentful of Viki; can~t stand Sloan
++- ran away from Llanfair to live with Clint
++- went to Rome with Viki to visit Joey
++- wants to continue to live with Clint after Sloan and Viki get
married
Joseph 'Joey' Buchanan (John Paul Learn, "Chris McKenna")
- very loyal, honest, dependable; stands by his friends
- his real father is Joe Riley but Clint adopted him and his older
brother Kevin, when they were toddlers; born 1978
- has suffered from asthma most of his life
- helped Kevin and Stephanie Hobart commandeer a boat to help
them run away from Stephanie's evil uncle Carlo
- the boat was caught in a storm
- they were forced to go back when Joey had an asthma attack and
nearly died
- when Stephanie and Kevin broke up, tried to bring them back
together, but failed; also played matchmaker with Kevin and Rachel
and Cain and Tina
- has had one relationship with Alana; tried to have a relationship
with Rebecca Lewis
- is currently in Rome on exchange
Kevin Buchanan (Ryan Jannis, Joey Thrower, "Kirk Geiger")
- oldest son of Viki and Joe Riley; born 1974?
- father of Duke
- loyal, honest, but holds a grudge
- was first involved with Lisa Porter
- the relationship ended when Alex (Lisa's legal guardian) sent her
to boarding school
- then became involved with Stephanie
- commandeered a boat with his younger brother's help to help
Stephanie run away from her uncle
- was forced to go back when Joey suffered an asthma attack
- broke up with Stephanie when she slept with Jason
- married LeeAnn Demerest when he learned that she was pregnant;
he didn't know that LeeAnn thought Max was the father of her
baby
- when LeeAnn left him, he sued for custody and won; LeeAnn's
lover, Jason, kidnapped Duke and they went on the run; Kevin
eventually got Duke back, and pressed charges against Jason
- later, he told Jason that if he weren't with LeeAnn, she would
probably get partial custody of her son
- gave LeeAnn partial custody when Jason dumped her
- dated Rachel Gannon
- was falsely accused of rape by Marty Saybrooke and hired Nora to
defend him
- Marty eventually remembered what had really happened and
withdrew her accusations against him
- Kevin helped Marty find the evidence that proved that Todd
Manning, Zack Rosen, and Powell Lord had raped her
++- plans to move in with Rachel hit a snag when he confronted her
about her feelings for Ben
++- came to a mutual decision with Rachel to take some time away
from each other
Olympia Buchanan (++Tania Elg)
- mother of Clint and Bo
- Asa's first wife
- was institutionalized by Asa and he pretended that she was dead
for years
- she showed up in town when Asa was (bigamously) married to
Samantha
Pamela Stuart Buchanan (?)
- painter on the island of Malakeva
- fell in love with and married Asa, thinking that he was a ship's
captain and that his name was Jeb Stuart
- divorced Asa when she learned the awful truth
- was involved with Pete O'Neill for a while until she left town
Renee Devine Buchanan (Phyllis Newman, "Patricia Elliot")
- former call girl turned madam
- was in love with Carlo Hesser in her earlier days, but fell out of
love when he became a gangster
- married Asa
- blackmailed by DuAnn Demerest when the midwife hit town
- DuAnn had helped Gabrielle fabricate the "evidence" of Max's
parentage; when DuAnn showed this evidence to Renee, Renee
became frightened that Asa's heart wouldn't be able to take it if
he found out that Max wasn't really his son
- was tried for (and convicted of?) DuAnn's murder but was
vindicated when the police discovered that Julia Medina was the
actual murderess
- was hit by Tina in a hit-and-run when Tina tried to run down Carlo
- helped Tina cover it up: only the family knows who the hit-and-
run driver was
- divorced Asa when she thought he was having an affair with
Blair; took the Buchanan Palace Hotel as a marriage settlement
- became friends with Mortimer, but refused his marriage proposal
++- helped Rebecca and Powell get together; is a confidante for
Rebecca
Sarah Gordon Buchanan (Jensen Buchanan, Grace Phillips)
- a therapist for the blind and later a patient advocate
- fell for Cord, but he went back to Tina
- then fell for Bo and cheered him up after his wife Didi died
- involved in a triangle with Megan and Bo
- Bo chose Sarah and agreed to remain friends with Megan
- helped Megan get the Crown Prince of Mendora his crown back
- was supposed to marry the Crown Prince's brother Roland, but
married Bo in an elaborate (if fake) ceremony; the two escaped on
skis immediately afterwards
- was raped by Austin when she tried to get evidence that Austin
had killed Alicia Grande and set Bo up for it; shot and killed Austin
- married Bo and was later kidnapped; her plane went down and she
was presumed dead
- on the day of Bo's wedding to Cassie, Alex found Sarah and brought
her back
- having lost Bo and most of her life, she turned to drugs and
became a pill-popper; fired from her job as patient advocate as a
result
- Bo agonized over the decision, but eventually chose Sarah over
Cassie
- was tried for and convicted of the murder of Carlo Hesser
- conviction was overturned when it was learned that Carlo's niece,
Stephanie, was the actual murderess
++- after getting engaged to Bo, she went off on a trip with her father;
returned to Llanview on Thanksgiving
- died when a truck forced Bo off the road ++as they were on their
way home from the airport
Victoria Lord 'Viki' Buchanan (Gillian Spencer, "Erika Slezak")
[Icki, anything beginning with Ick, St. Viki]
- has two daughters and two sons: Megan, Kevin, Joey, and Jessica
- older sister of Meredith and Tina ++(and apparently Tony and
Victor, Jr.)
- owner and publisher of The Banner newspaper
- daughter Megan is the result of an illegal teenage marriage to Roger
Gordon
- Roger was an inhabitant of the city of Eterna, founded by her
father to protect an enormous stash of gold beneath Llantano
Mountain; Viki met Roger accidentally and fell in love with him;
when she saw an explosion that sealed Eterna with all of its
residents inside, she thought Roger dead and an alternate
personality, Niki Smith, emerged
- Niki went to New York where she found out that she was
pregnant
- Victor searched for Viki and found her; he took her back to
Llanview; on the way back, Niki simultaneously gave birth and
turned back into Viki; Victor had Viki's memory removed via
hypnosis and Viki forgot all about her child
- later fell in love with and married Joe Riley despite her father's
disapproval
- when Joe was in a car accident and presumed dead, Viki married
Steve (?)
- married Joe again, but he died in 1978 of a brain tumor
ith and married cowboy Clint Buchanan
- ran for mayor of Llanview and won despite a mudslinging
campaign orchestrated by Herb Callison
- a hit was ordered by Carlo Hesser then canceled, but Johnny Dee
re-instated it when Carlo was in jail
- Viki was shot and later suffered a stroke; when she saw Johnny
Dee climbing the stairs to Tina's bedroom, Niki Smith emerged
and climbed up the stairs; she shot and killed Johnny when he
knocked Tina out and attempted to kidnap her
- is currently hell-bent on proving that Dorian murdered her father
- flew down to Miami to ask Blair about Dorian, learned that Dorian
had signed a fake confession to Victor's murder; also learned that
Dorian has been paying Ethel Crawford (Victor's nurse) off for years
- allowed Sloan to install a bug in Dorian's phone
- flew down to Charlottesville to see Ethel and found her on the floor,
passed out from an insulin overdose; was convinced that Dorian
tried to kill her
- browbeat a bed-ridden Ethel into admitting that she had seen
Dorian murder Victor
- is concerned about all the recent trouble Jess has been in
++- took Jess on a trip to Rome to visit Joey
++- gave her permission for the exhumation of her father's body
#Lindsay Butler (Anna Holbrooke)
- a reporter for The Banner
- was marginally involved with Clint during the worst of his break-
up with Viki
- beat out Viki for a coveted journalism award with her series on the
homeless in Llanview
Herb Callison (Anthony Call)
- step-father of Cassie Callison
- once married to Dorian
- former DA of Llanview, he ran for mayor against Viki in a vicious
campaign, but lost
- became mayor when Viki resigned
- was ruined when he refused to marry Alex Olanov and she
revealed to the press that his campaign had mob connections
- moved to Chicago; returned at Christmas time to visit Cassie and
Dorian
Andrew Carpenter (Wortham Krimmer)
- son of Sloan Carpenter
- pastor of St. James Episcopal Church in Llanview
- fell in love with Megan
- went to Jaba City to find Jake when Megan began to lose her
battle with lupus
- rescued Jake and brought him back just in time
- in the midst of the rescue, he killed General Gazi and had to
deal with residual feelings of guilt
- was involved in a homophobia/right to privacy storyline in the
summer of '92
- accused of molesting a young parishioner, Billy Douglas; the charge
was proven false, but Andrew's sexual orientation came into
question; he refused to reveal it, citing a right to privacy; he
nearly lost his parish, but was saved when Cassie told the Bishop
that they were engaged
- married Cassie Callison
- always wants to do the right thing, very loyal
- just recently suffered the loss of his child, William
- at first, he refused to let Cassie adopt baby "William"; he thought
she needed to take time to grieve the loss of the first William;
changed his mind when it became clear that Cassie would leave him
for Baby William
- helped Cassie finally come to terms with the fact that William
was dead
++- learned that Cassie would never be able to carry a child to term
and is looking into alternatives
Cassie Callison Carpenter (Cruzi Cram, Ava Haddad, Holly Gagnier, "Laura
Bonarrigo")
- daughter of Dorian Lord and David Rinaldi, but thinks of Herb as
her father
- married Rob Coronale, later divorced
- ++became a reporter and joined Mitch Lawrence's cult to prove that
it was a fraud, but became his love slave when he drugged her
- saved when Dorian killed him
++- left town for a while and when she returned, began to work as a
reporter for The Banner
- met Bo and fell in love with him
++- was nearly drowned by Alex because Alex didn't want the
competition for Bo's affections
- married Bo, later divorced him
- finally fell in love with and married her minister
- was pregnant but lost the baby after an argument with Dorian
- found a baby in the creche on Christmas Eve when she went out to
retrieve Luna's quilt
- saw the baby as a miracle and a gift from God and was intent on
adopting him; named him William (after her dead child)
- had a nervous breakdown when Beth (the baby~s birth mother)
decided she wanted William back; was convinced that Andrew and
about 3/4 of Llanview had plotted to keep William away from her
and tell her that he was dead
- was admitted to St. Anne~s, where she finally came to terms with
her son~s death with Marty and Andrew~s help
- when she learned of Dorian~s arrest, she went to the prison to see
her; we~re unsure of whether she believed Dorian or not
++- in a devastating blow, learned that she could never carry a child
to term; not only does she have Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
but she will have problems with her blood pressure if she tries to
get pregnant
++- went to another doctor for alternative treatment
++- signed on with him for vitamin and hormone treatment despite
Marty's warnings and without Andrew's knowledge
Sloan Carpenter (Roy Thinnes)
[Moan, Groan, Drone, General Sleaze, Slime, you get the picture]
- an army general, very cold to his sons Andrew and William while
they were growing up; has grown closer to Andrew now
- refused to accept that William was gay and refused to go to his
funeral when he died of AIDS; lately has come to accept William
and regards Jonathan Michaelson (William's companion) as his
son-in-law
- wrote a biography of Victor Lord entitled "Lord of the Banner" and
accused Dorian of murdering Victor
- teaches at Llanview University and was asked to be president of
the university
- was accused of sexual harassment by Emily Haynes, one of his
students
- was cleared of the charges
- tried to help Viki prove that Dorian killed Victor
- broke into Dorian's penthouse and installed a tap in her phone
- with the evidence from the tap, he went to Hank Gannon and
demanded that Hank investigate; Hank said no and threatened to
have him arrested if he didn't remove the tap from Dorian's
phone immediately
- flew down to Charlottesville with Viki and found Ethel Crawford
collapsed on her floor of an insulin overdose; suspected Dorian
++- annoys Jessica
**William Carpenter
- the dead elder son of Sloan Carpenter
- architect
- lover was Jonathan Michaelson (Bruce McCarty)
- he was gay and died of AIDS
- all through his illness, Sloan ignored him; Sloan also refused to go
to his funeral
++ denotes changes since last posting
# - new character listing
* last actor was a baby, name unknown
** role was never cast
? name of actor is unknown
names in double quotations denote the actor currently playing the role
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[email protected] | Dorian: YES! I have nothing *but* contempt for
this kangaroo court!
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From: Jennifer Allyson Turner <[email protected]>
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Subject: OLTL: Character Descriptions, Part 2 (Coleman - Hobart)
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 17:02:21 -0400
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One Life to Live -- Character Descriptions -- Part 2 (Coleman - Hobart)
#Wade Coleman (Doug Wert)
- son of "Tiny" Coleman, the convict that freed Tina with her
testimony and later became a prison friend of Dorian's
- fell in love with Mari Lynn Dennison but she was in love with a ski
pro
- Mari Lynn turned to him for comfort when the ski pro dumped her
and went to the Olympics
- married Mari Lynn, but they split when she wanted to move to
California to pursue a movie career
#Rob Coronale (Mark Arnold)
- son of a big-time gangster (a la Carlo Hesser)
- tried to stay out of the business but was sucked into it anyway
- married Cassie, but they were later divorced
#Christine Cromwell (Susan Floyd)
- daughter of Leo Cromwell
- worked as a photographer for The Banner and became good friends
with Cord
- was used by her father when he claimed that she was Viki's long-
lost daughter
- when she learned that she wasn't really Viki's daughter, she left
town with her father
#Leo Cromwell (Alan Scarfe)
- was involved in a scheme with Michael Grande to find the entrance
to Eterna
- pretended to be the long-lost lover of Viki and claimed that his
daughter, Christine, was Viki's daughter
Blair Daimler (Mia Korf, "Kassie Wesley")
- daughter of Addie Kramer, niece of Dorian Lord
- was shuttled from foster home to foster home from her moment of
birth because she was of mixed parentage (White mother, Asian
father)
- when she first hit town, she stole a tip at Wanda's, then pretended
to faint when Tina saw her
- got in good with the Buchanans and started working with Viki at
The Banner
- was sent to Jaba City with Cord to act as his interpreter in their
quest to find Jake; when Cord was shot and fell into the river, she
tried to save him, but his body was washed away
- was fired from The Banner when she used off-the-record quotes
in an article about a councilman
- tried to destroy Dorian because she mistakenly thought that Dorian
had had her mother institutionalized
- when Dorian unwittingly signed a confession to Victor's murder,
Blair blackmailed her with the document and took the Intruder
away from her
- during the end of the investigation for Carlo's murder, Blair
learned that it hadn't been Dorian's fault that Addie was
committed; that, in fact, Addie had stabbed Dorian in the back
(literally) with a pair of scissors
- Dorian took The Intruder back
- made love to Max on top of her wedding dress, then married Asa
the same day
- got Asa to back a company for her called "Blair Daimler Designs"
- faked a pregnancy and a miscarriage
- Asa divorced her and left her without a cent; he also took her
company as a divorce settlement
- over Luna's Love Line, announced to everyone on New Year's Eve
'92 that she had slept with Max Holden on the morning of her
wedding, on *top* of the wedding dress
- skipped town with everything in Dorian's safe and left the fake
confession as payment
- provided Viki and Sloan with the ammo they needed to try and
get the goods on Dorian re: Victor's death
- returned to Llanview and is now trying to help Auntie Dorian
in exchange for money and a place to live
++- bribed a court clerk to put Nora's name on a list of available
pro bono attorneys
++- is trying to snag Max by keeping him gambling; also tries to make
him believe that Cord and Luna are evil for thinking he has a
gambling problem
#Marco Dane (Gerald Anthony)
[Ed. note: I~ve pieced this history together as best I could from the
stories everyone related. If I~m wrong in any way (chronology or
otherwise), *please* tell me so that I can correct it. Thank you!]
- after Karen~s sister~s (Jenny) baby died at birth, Marco helped
Karen switch the dead baby with Katrina Carr~s baby (Mary)
- he later used this info to blackmail Karen into becoming a
prostitute again; he was her pimp
- later, he was thought to have been murdered, but it was his twin
brother Mario who~d actually been murdered; Marco took on his
brother~s identity to avoid being blamed for the murder
- he went to jail for impersonating his brother
- years later, Marco returned to Llanview and tried unsuccessfully
to get a young Tina into pornography
- after this, Marco left town again?
- when he returned, he met *another* member of the Lord family,
Megan Gordon, but he only knew Megan as Ruby Bright
- the friendship hit the skids when Megan developed a dual
personality, and Marco once again left town
Johnny Dee (Anthony Crivello)
- son of Carlo Hesser
- put out a hit on Viki when she was mayor of Llanview
- met Tina while she was living in California after her second
divorce from Cord; found her "interesting"
- invited Tina to Badderly Island with him where he coerced her
into sleeping with him
- believed that Tina's baby (Sarah) was his; enlisted Gabrielle's help
in proving that Tina's baby was his; interrupted Tina's wedding and
shot Cord
- was assumed dead when his car went off Llantano Bridge; later
showed up at Llanfair
- killed by Niki Smith when he tried to kidnap Tina
DuAnn Demerest (?)
- LeeAnn's dead mother
- was a mid-wife in Sweetwater, Texas; almost delivered Sarah
Roberts
- originally, Gabrielle paid her to tell Asa that Max was his son; later
she went to Llanview and blackmailed Renee with this info
- killed in self-defense by Julia Medina acting on Carlo Hesser's
behalf
- she pulled a gun on Julia, they struggled over it, DuAnn was killed;
Renee was accused of the murder but was eventually acquitted
LeeAnn Demerest (Yasmine Bleeth)
- came to town to be with her mother and got a job working as a
groom (groomess?) for the Buchanan stables
- was very acrimonious to the Buchanan clan when her mother was
murdered, believing that Renee had done it
- rescued Jessica from a burning Llanfair, then was overcome with
the smoke; was saved by Matt Kingston (Max)
- fell in love with Max after Gabrielle was sentenced to fifteen
years in the slammer
- they had a short-lived relationship, then he went back to Texas
- slept with Kevin and learned she was pregnant
- when Max came back to town, she tried to rekindle things with
him, but he told her in no uncertain terms that it was over; not
wanting to trap Max into marriage, she didn't tell Max about the
baby and married Kevin, believing that the child she was carrying
was Max's
- fell in love with Jason while teaching him how to read and decided
to divorce Kevin; told Max that he was Duke's father and patiently
awaited the results of the blood tests; was shocked when the
results came back and Kevin was found to be the father; lost the
custody battle for her son and fled with him
- returned to Llanview when Jason was arrested; she agreed to
give Kevin the baby back as long as he didn't press charges
- she returned the child and was arrested on her way out the door;
Kevin later dropped the charges against her
- after Jason dumped her, she got partial custody of Duke
- took Duke with her to Sweetwater
Mari Lynn Dennison (?)
- daughter of Tom Dennison and Lee Halpern; niece of Viki
- when she first hit Llanview, she thought her mother was dead
- quit school when her Olympic skier boyfriend dumped her (I
wonder if he ever met Bobby Martin?)
- found out that her mother was alive and well and living in
Llanview with a new name
- fell in love with and married Wade Coleman
- was hired as an ingenue on the soap "Fraternity Row"
- won a coveted Daisy award
rsue an acting
career in the movies
Tom Dennison (Lee Patterson)
- when he first came to Llanview, everyone was struck by his
amazing resemblance to dead journalist, Joe Riley
- it turned out that he was Joe's long-lost identical twin brother
- Viki fell in love with him when she developed amnesia and thought
he was his brother
- he played along with her until her memory returned
- later left town
Virginia Douglas (?)
- high society wife of Walter Douglas; mother of Billy
- when she and her husband first hit Llanview, they used the
Buchanans to gain entry into the country club
- agonized over her son's seeming sexual abuse by Rev. Carpenter
- accepted her son when she learned he was gay
Walter Douglas (?)
- husband of Virginia; father of Billy
- uptight social climber
- was appalled and disgusted when his son revealed to the entire
town that he (Billy) was gay
- began to eventually accept his son's lifestyle
William 'Billy' Douglas (Ryan Philippe)
- best friend of Joey Buchanan and Alana
- son of Virginia and Walter Douglas
- announced he was gay to the horror and astonishment of his
parents
- had a short-lived romance with Rick Mitchell (Joe Fiske), a waiter
at the Buchanan Palace hotel
- is now at Yale; plans to become a minister like his idol, Rev.
Carpenter
Hank 'The Cannon' Gannon (Nathan Purdee)
- DA of Llanview
- has one daughter, Rachel; calls her Rikki
- was married to Nora
- very stubborn and bull-headed, but admits when he is wrong
- has never lost a case as DA
- is engaged to Sheila; proposed to her on Valentine~s Day
++- is currently prosecuting Dorian for the murder of Victor Lord
Nora Hannon Gannon (soon-to-be Buchanan) (Hillary Bailey Smith)
- Hank's ex-wife
- one daughter, Rachel
- is a brilliant attorney, but very ethical; believes strongly in the
criminal justice system; is fair and has a strong sense of justice
- tried to help Bo find the driver of the car that forced Bo off the
road and killed Sarah
- found evidence that *she* was the actual driver of the car that
forced Bo off of Llantano Bridge; she thought that she'd had a
blackout and had run him off the road
- Bo proved that she had hit a sign before crossing the bridge and
couldn't have caused the crash
- was asked to represent Kevin and Todd/Zack/Powell when Marty
accused the four boys of rape; the charges against Kevin were
eventually dropped
- near the end of the trial, Nora learned that T, Z, and P were guilty;
she asked the judge that she be removed from the case but her
request was denied; caused a mistrial so the three boys wouldn't
go free
++- was censured by the Bar Association for this action
- presently seeing Bo; they're engaged
- had a brain tumor, but didn't tell Bo about it
- went blind from the tumor, but regained her sight
-underwent surgery to have the tumor removed
- part of the tumor was left in because the doctor felt it was too
risky to try to remove it
- went up to New England (?) on vacation after surgery
- went blind on the night Todd arrived to terrorize her
- sent Bo away when Todd told her that he would shoot Bo if she
didn't
- stabbed Todd with a pair of scissors (seems to be a recurrent
theme here), but he got away
- underwent surgery to remove the rest of the tumor and can now
see
- went to Statesville with Powell to see if Zack could give them any
helpful information abut where Todd might have gone
- kept mum when Bo and Powell went to Mount Joy, New York to
find Todd
- was approached by Dorian as a potential defense lawyer; gave
Dorian a resounding, unequivocal, "NO!" as answer
++- was drafted to be Dorian's lawyer by Judge Fitzwater (the same
judge who presided over the rape trial) despite her vehement
objections
++- at first tried to convince Dorian to plead guilty, but Dorian nixed
that idea with alacrity
++- next proposed that Dorian plead justifiable homicide, that she was
in fear for her life from Victor; Dorian trashed this idea, too
++- is at her wits end trying to come up with ideas for Dorian's
defense
Rachel 'Rikki' Gannon (Ellen Bethea)
- daughter of Nora and Hank
- was dating Kevin
- has a strong sense of what's right and what's fair
- helped Ben Price find an apartment; ++kissed Ben on VD just when
Kevin walked in
++- planned to move in with Kevin, but these plans were over when
she and Kevin decided to spend some time apart from each other
Delila Garretson (Shelly Burch)
- was married first to Bo, then to Asa
- when Samantha Garretson was killed at the health club, she
volunteered to carry her child to term
- fell in love with Rafe Garretson, then married him and gave birth to
Sammi
- became a fashion designer
- disappeared one Thanksgiving walking into a snowstorm near the
airport; later turned up with Bo and Didi as prisoners of Patrick
- later left town with Rafe and Sammi
Rafe Garretson (Ken Meeker)
- Buchanan cousin
- originally brought to Llanview to guard Olympia
- fell in love with Asa's young wife, Samantha
- joined the Llanview PD
- married Samantha, and when she died, fell in love with Delila
when she consented to carry his and Sam's baby
- married Delila and later moved away with her and Sammi
#Samantha Vernon Garretson (?)
- sister of Brad Vernon
- fell in love with and married Asa; left him when she discovered
that Asa was still married to his first wife, Olympia
- then fell in love with Asa's nephew, Rafe
- was murdered at the country club but kept on life support when it
was discovered that she was pregnant; the embryo was implanted
in Delila
#Beth Garvey (?)
- tried to commit suicide on Christmas Eve but was stopped by
Jason
- told him that she had gotten pregnant, her boyfriend skipped out
on her, and her parents kicked her out
- abandoned her baby in the creche on Christmas Eve
- later decided she wanted her son back and refused to allow him to
be adopted by the Carpenters
- was helped by Jason; she told him the real truth: she'd been living
with her aunt and uncle but had run away when she found out she
was pregnant
- her aunt and uncle were given temporary custody of the baby (but
for all intents and purposes, it looks like Beth has her baby back)
Roger Gordon (Robert Pine)
- father of Megan and Sarah (and a third child whose name we never
learned)
- first married (illegally) to Viki, then Carrie Gordon
- was given Megan as a gift to silence him; Viki's memory had been
erased and Victor gave Roger Megan in exchange for his promise to
never try and contact Viki again
- was one of the inhabitants of the underground city of Eterna
- became an environmentalist and wrote a column for The Banner for
a while
- murdered Michael Grande
Michael Grande (Dennis Parlato)
- another of the original inhabitants of Eterna
++- escaped from Eterna as a child with a teddy bear full of gold
bricks
++- returned to Llanview to find the entrance to Eterna and harvest
the rest of the gold
++- in order to find the entrance, he tried to get Viki to turn into
Niki and reveal it
++- he recreated the explosion that first turned Viki into Niki
++- also paid Leo Cromwell to claim that he was Viki's lost lover
- married to Alicia Grande; she died in a car accident
- had a son, Garrick, who died soon after his birth
- had an affair with Gabrielle while married to Alicia, then became
engaged to her after Alicia's death; the engagement was broken off
when he learned that she had switched his dead son with Brenda's
live one
- wooed Brenda and married her, then drugged her and attempted to
take her son away from her
- was murdered by Roger Gordon
Hunter Guthrie (Leonard Stabb)
- former director of Fraternity Row
- when he first hit town, he was in love with Megan
- fell in love with Andie when he pretended to be engaged to her so
that his parents would disinherit him
- married Andie Harrison and left town
Lee Halpern (?)
- as a teenager, worked as one of Renee's girls in a brothel
- gave up the life to marry Tom Dennison; mother of Mari Lynn
- faked her death (I don't remember why) and abandoned her
husb
- eventually showed up in Llanview around the time that Tom and
Mari Lynn did (of course)
- had a reconciliation with her daughter
- married Charles Sanders and watched in horror as he had a heart
attack and died on their honeymoon
- left town shortly afterwards
Andrea 'Andie' Harrison (Bronwen Booth)
- sister of Jake Harrison, Max Holden, and Steve Holden
- pretended to be Hunter's fiancee so that his parents would be
disgusted enough to disinherit him; later fell in love with Hunter
- married Hunter and left town
Jake Harrison (Joe Lando)
- brother of Andie Harrison
- private investigator
- married Charlotte Hesser
- met her when he was involved with the Buchanans on Badderly
- posed as a chef on the Island and Charlotte took a strong liking
to him
- later married her rather than risk the displeasure of her father
- stayed married to her when she was involved in a car accident
and was blinded; divorced her when he learned that she was
faking it
- married Megan Gordon
- almost immediately after his wedding, he was sent on assignment
as a bodyguard for a wealthy Japanese businessman
- was imprisoned in Jaba City; Cord and Blair were sent by the
family to rescue him, but they failed
- Andrew later rescued him
- returned to Llanview to find Megan in the hospital, dying
- he moved the tree that they planted on their wedding day to the
garden outside Megan's window at the hospital
- he carried her over to the window to see the tree and she died in
his arms
- rented his house to General Carpenter and left town to escape the
memories
- later returned to Llanview for a short while to see the Buchanans
- thought of committing suicide, but Megan returned as a ghost and
stopped him, reminding him of the importance of life
Megan Gordon Harrison (Jessica Tuck)
- daughter of Roger Gordon and Viki
- was born in the back of her grandfather's limo as it drove from
New York to Llanview; delivered by Larry Wolek
- first came to town as the star of the soap Fraternity Row and had a
major spat with sister Sarah in full view of half the town and the
press
- fell in love with Max, but it later ended
- won a coveted Daisy award for her portrayal of Roxanne on Frat
Row
- fell in love with Mendoran Crown Prince Raymond and went to
Mendora; foiled Roland's (Raymond's brother) plot to become king
- learned that a woman she detested, Viki, was her real mother
- met Marco Dane and became friends with him
- developed a split personality, Ruby Bright
++- with Sarah, was kidnapped and taken to the Amish countryside;
she later managed to escape, but Sarah did not
- fell in love with Jake and married him after he divorced Charlotte;
Jake then had to leave the country for his job
- bonded with Viki and started to call her "Mom"
- was kidnapped by a wife-beater and after she was rescued, learned
she had lupus
- denied that there was anything wrong with her and went on a wild
weekend in Atlantic City with Umberto Calderon (Cain Rogan)
- collapsed in the hotel room and was saved by Larry
- learned that she had an aplastic kidney and that she would likely
need a kidney transplant
- Viki donated a kidney but it wasn't enough
- Cord and Blair, then Andrew went to Jaba City to liberate Jake from
prison
- shared a week of memories with Viki while waiting for Andrew to
find Jake
- died in her husband's arms as they looked down on the tree they
planted on their wedding day
- returned as a ghost for a few days to tell her family that they
should get on with their lives without her
Emily Haynes (Kelly Waymire)
[Dimily, Dimly, Dimwit]
- first introduced at KAD Spring Fling, she later testified at Marty's
rape trial
- accused Sloan of sexual harassment on the advice of her friend
"Claudia Carson"
- learned that "Claudia" was really Dorian Lord and realized that
Sloan hadn't really been harassing her; dropped the charges
++- went to a spring dance with Powell after begging him to take her
++- tried to sabotage Rebecca and Powell's growing friendship by
telling Rebecca that she and Powell were doing the horizontal
mambo
++- as a final straw, when she learned that Powell was Cyrano, she
tried to convince Rebecca that Powell had written the poetry for
her (Emily); her plan was derailed when Powell told Rebecca the
truth
Alexandra 'Alex' 'Xan' Olanov Hesser (Tonja Walker)
- widow of Carlo Hesser
- first came to town as an FAB agent to help Bo find his missing wife,
Sarah; later fell in love with Bo, but the relationship fizzled when he
fell for Cassie Callison; tried to kill Cassie and was sent to Mountain
View
- got out of the mental hospital and pursued respectability; ruined
Herb Callison as mayor when he refused to marry her; later
blackmailed Carlo into marrying her
- when Stephanie was revealed to be Carlo's murderer, Alex shipped
her to Cuba to get her out of the reach of the law
- planned on stealing the Cleopatra jewels, hired Cain Rogan to help
her
- Cain double-crossed her, stole the jewels, and planted them in
Alex's penthouse; Alex got off on a technicality
- hired Mortimer Bern to impersonate Carlo when faced with losing
her mob empire to Moose Mulligan
- had an affair with and fell for Mortimer, but he rebuffed her; out
of revenge, she made it look like he was *really* Carlo Hesser with
the help of a friend at the FAB
- decided that Cain was the man for her and had a short fling with
him; when he decided to end the affair because he loved Tina, she
decided to frame Tina for murder
- conked Asa on the head and tried to frame Tina; Cain discovered
the scheme and uncovered it
- now running night club called "Olanov's" with the help of Asa
- told Ty Moody that she could never marry him
- bet Asa that she could get him to propose before March 1
- bought Asa a black porsche for Christmas
- tries her hardest to outdo Asa
- opened a casino with Asa as partner
- even with her best foot forward (so to speak), she couldn~t get
Asa to propose; lost the bet and her half of Olanov~s
++- made another bet with Asa: that she could get him to propose by
April 1; the stakes: her half of the casino; she lost again (or did she?
Asa *did* propose to her, even if it was a joke)
Carlo Hesser (Thom Christopher)
- mob boss in love with Renee Buchanan
- has a son and a daughter: Johnny Dee and Charlotte
- commissioned Gabrielle Holden's help in setting up Megan so that
he could kill her
- the plan failed
- tried to force Tina to hand over her child to him when he "learned"
that Tina was carrying Johnny's baby
- Tina tried to run him down in a fit of desperation but accidentally
hit Renee instead; Carlo used this info to blackmail Tina into
signing over custody of her unborn child to him
- was devastated to learn that Tina's baby was Cord's, not Johnny's
- commissioned Julia Medina to pay off DuAnn when he learned that
DuAnn was blackmailing Renee
- killed by his niece, Stephanie Hobart, when she learned that he had
killed her father
Charlotte Hesser (Audrey Landers)
- met Jake on Badderly Island when he rose from the waves on the
beach and took an instant liking to him
- married Jake, stayed married by pretending to be blind and
playing on his sympathy
- manipulative Daddy's girl who's always gotten what she wanted
Stephanie Hobart (Robyn Griggs)
- niece of Carlo
- was briefly involved with Kevin but the relationship ended when
she slept with Jason
- killed Carlo when she learned that he had killed her father
- sent to Cuba by Alex to avoid extradition and a jail sentence
++ denotes changes since last posting
# - new character listing
? name of actor is unknown
names in double quotations denote the actor currently playing the role
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Jennifer A. Turner | Nora: Would you like contempt added to the charges?
[email protected] | Dorian: YES! I have nothing *but* contempt for
this kangaroo court!
OLTL
- CAZ
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