Maeve delivered great lines, from Vanessa to Billy, about the unfairness still existing in many businessplaces about the "good ol' boy" network that excluded many otherwise hardworking, well-educated, and capable womenespecially those with children or older family members who needed their care. Amused by this attractive young woman, a flirtatious Alan-Michael gently kissed her and then went on his way. Blake started carrying on a relationship with Ross' half brother, Ben Warren. Now knowing that Maryanne died in 1977, the girls proceeded to get their fathers/grandfather to open up about what they were doing in the 1970's. During the investigation, Marina learned that Michelle was staying at the Beacon--in Edmund Winslow's suite. Angry and hurt, Marina tried to commandeer Alan-Michael's sports car for a quick, kamikaze drive to clear her head. Soon, she and he would make love for the first time. The Zachary Smith the Angel storyline was never resolved and Zach Disappeared soon after. In the meantime, Marina and Alan-Michael continued to bond and she comforted him when Alan was declared dead. Marina kept Griggs from murdering Ashlee by pointing out that the girl hadn't seen him and it could easily be made to look like a random mugging. Holly's ex-Fletcher Reade also appeared back on the show briefly in 1999 after Holly was found to be the Nursery Rhyme Stalker. Meanwhile, Phillip, who had recently returned to town, offered to return the deed to Company to the Cooper's. Photo Gallery: Browse photos of various GL stars. Weeks later, Marina and Mallet finally decided to start dating officially and went to Frank and Buzz with their intention. With this adventure over, Marina slowly began to settle back into a normal life. Realizing his past might be problematic if discovered , Mallet confessed to Marina that he worked for Griggs years earlier and had killed a man. Humiliated and degraded, Ben tore Marina apart, calling her a brat and telling her he had actually begun caring for her until this mean-spirited stunt of hers. Wanting to make good money very quickly, Ben went to Alexandra Spaulding who offered him a job. Then one day, Marina became intrigued to learn that Sandy was hacking into Alan Spaulding's own personal computer. In Frank's absence, Mallet was promoted in his place. Marina comforted Harley and assured her that she was not aloneshe had her family. Although Meta was referred to occasionally, the character had not been seen since 1974. Lucy befriended a dowdy woman named Marian. During the course of this storyline Drew searching for her real parents adopted a kid named Max Nickerson and eventually become engaged to Jesse Blue Drew, Jesse and Max were written out in July 2000.Selena Davis left for parts unknown in November 2000 after relaying the news that Drew (who had moved from New York with Max) and Jesse were no longer together and confessing to Blake Marler about her past involvements with Carmen's late Husband Miguel and she giving birth to his illegitimate son Miguel Santos Jr who was given up for adoption and though never mentioned it was strongly hinted at that Danny and Pilar were not Miguels children and that Mick Santos was Selena and Miguel's long lost son. Roger's father Adam Thorpe passed away in 1998 after having reconciled with his estranged son Roger who was now living in California with his new wife Amanda Spaulding. After a while, Marina finally realized that she could never compete with Michelle for Danny's affections and broke it off with him; at about this time, she decided to follow in her father's footsteps and became a copwith her father's best friend, AC Mallet, becoming her mentor. Port Charles daily recaps. Reva Shayne is a fictional character from Guiding Light, played by four-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Kim Zimmer from November 28, 1983, to July 23, 1990, and August 14, 1995, until the show's final episode on September 18, 2009. Zimmer has become such a celebrated performer that she is often considered to be an "icon" in the daytime drama industry. He left again with Meg for Toronto Canada. And a little later, in November 1993, Roger threatened Jenna not to leave him while she was pregnant with his child (a child she'd later miscarry). Cyrus promised he would and Marina made plans to leave town. Soap legend Mary Stuart was cast in the role. Then came a startling turn of events: Dazed and confused the girls, wandered the hall and became aware that the men were there also. Tragically, Tony wasn't able to let it go and after angrily confronting Michelle and Danny, Tony accidentally fell to his death. Although he wanted her to go with him, Marina opted to stay at home with her family, which was going through a trying time. Alex didn't deny it and snidely called Marina nave for not realizing that Cyrus never had any intention of returning the stolen money. About The Actor: Learn more about Mandy Bruno. In the meantime, Frank continued to distress over Marina's feelings for Cyrus despite her assurances that she never all for a guy like that. Sasha Martin (1996 to 1999) Aubrey Dollar (January 15, 2002 to March 1, 2004) Kit Paquin (March 5, 2004 to April 28, 2004) Mandy Bruno (May 12, 2004 to present) Days later, in 2006, he attempted to make amends with a bouquet of flowers and a vow to make her see that he was truly sorry for hurting her. Days later, Marina spotted Frank talking to Sheila, the woman who lodged the complaint against Frank and threatened to take Sheila to the police station for questioning since she and Frank both thought this was a set up. Later, upon being released from the hospital, Marina wanted to resume the search for Cyrus but Frank refused. Throughout the next few weeks, Marina became more and more intrigued with Cyrus. This was a great loss to the show, as McKinsey was part of a triangle of sorts, as the interfering party between her newly found son, originally named Nick McHenry who ended up being the twin of Lujack; and also was a newspaper reporter who was later ensnared to be involved with the corporate intrigue at Spaulding, Enterprises) and his new girlfriend Mindy Lewis. The storylines themselves were often stagnant and silly, such as Alan's (by then played by Ron Raines) return from prison involving his hiding his face at all times and affecting a fake Japanese accent (he was pretending to be a foreign businessman so he could regain his company), Nick becoming more and more distracted by the power of Spaulding Enterprises, Alan shooting and wounding Alan-Michael (and Tangie acting as Alan-Michael's nurse, but caught in a romantic triangle between the father and son). Seeing what was about to happen, Cyrus gave himself up but quickly escaped. Reluctantly, Danny informed her that her baby died in the car crash. Amanda later turned out not to Alans daughter after all but to be Brandon Spauldings daughter and that Alexandra had known the truth all these years. Fletcher who was presumably contacted off-screen did not return for his adopted son Ben Reade's funeral in 2003. Though he admitted that the adoption was illegal, Mallet assured Marina that the baby was theirs. In the meantime, Marina was convinced that Cyrus had plans to rob Alex and met him at the Beacon where she handcuffed him and dragged him to Harley's to get him to confess his plans. Finally he became so rattled and Michelle's insistent questions that he slapped Michelle! Afterwards, there pair was shocked to discover that Alan was alive after all! Later that year, Marina left with her mother when Eleni decided to open a catering business in California. From early-April through May 1995, A storyline involving Reva's ghost tormenting Josh and his new love Annie Dutton was panned by fans and critics as one of the worst in Guiding Light history. Shortly after this, Chelsea and Johnny were written out, when Johnny left to go to be with Roxie Shayne in Switzerland, and Chelsea left to go on tour as a singer. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came . Harley became closer to Gus than ever, asking him to move in with her. Later, Dinah planted gossip about Mallet and Marina going to Chicago together on "business," on www.SpringfieldBurns.com. The actress' career in the entertainment industry began in 1978 when she portrayed Bonnie Harmon on "One Life to Live.". Meanwhile, after Valentine's Day Alan-Michael informed Marina that Harley, perhaps due to her grief, made a costly error at Spaulding but he was doing damage control. Finally Shayne burst in to save Marina, only to be attacked by Ben. Sasha Martin (1996-2000) Aubrey Dollar (2001-2004) Kit Paquin (2004) . Unfortunately, the wedding ceremony was interrupted by Shayne's surprise arrival. Soon after, Marina got a call that someone had broken into Company and she and Mallet rushed to the scene. Harley demanded that Marina tell Cyrus the truth and Marina confessed to Cyrus that she may have been mistaken about how actively immigration was going after him. One other actress who later became famous that was on during this time, was one of the Spaulding's maids (originally started out as Jenna's), who played comic relief on the show, Ginger (played by Allison Janneylater, C.J. Dinah also tried to seduce Matt, but it backfired royally. . Outside the warehouse, Cyrus cuffed Marina to the steering wheel, before he left to get the money. What started out as a marriage of convenience turned to love and Michelle and Danny renewed their wedding vows at Laurel Falls. In the process, Danny and Marina started to grow closer and their friendship turned into a mutual attraction. Gilly Grant found out that the man she thought was her biological father, wasn't and then ended up having a brief (and nearly sexual) relationship (although this was stopped by her mother) with the man who was her biological father. When Marina hacked into the website, the pair found photos of Dinah drunk and dancing. My Life as a Daytime Diva." Almost ten years after Guiding Light ended, and even though she considers herself retired, she has played the role of Tori in the sixth season of the show "Venice the Series." Image Credits: Getty Images Curlee, Reilly and others also introduced to Springfield several other new African-American characters that interacted with several characters including already established by Long characters, Gilly Grant and Hampton Speakes, amongst those was Gilly's brother, David Grant, who started out as a criminal but later "reformed" into a private investigator, and Hampton's daughter, Katherine "Kat" Speakes who had a relationship with David, until she went to school in Europe. When Marina suggested that he divorce Alex and marry her, Cyrus refused because he thought Marina was too good to be part of a lie. Later, Marina had an unpleasant conversation with a surly Remy who told her she better watch her back or Harley would steal away her boyfriend. Luckily, the demolition was stopped when it was learned that a rare bird lived in the trees surrounding Company. But later when Roger had decided to fire Holly at WSPR television station, and hooked up with an English woman, and former jewel thief, Jenna Bradshaw, who at first claimed she was another daughter of Henry Chamberlain's and later Jenna got involved with and had a child with the re-married to Nadine, Buzz Cooper), it was Holly who became the sympathetic character as she helped Michelle through her first period, and later found out from Ed that he had a one-night stand with another woman (which totally shocked Holly and isolated the two of them, from each other, for a great while; Holly later found herself falling for and marrying Fletcher Reade and they had a daughter with Down syndrome named Meg). Chelsea nearly lost her life twice, once when she was attacked by someone wielding a pair of gardening shears in a park gazebo, and once when her coffee was poisoned. Finally, he couldn't stand it and pulled her into a hot kiss. One of the mayor goofs in this storyline was JaneMarie's alias and married name Jennifer Richards appearing on Amanda's birth certificate. Marina's worst fears were confirmed when she picked up the phone when Cyrus was on the other line and overheard Harley mention that they were sleeping together. 19891990 Season (HH Ratings) (1 HH rating = 921,000 Homes), 19931994 Season (HH Ratings) (1 HH rating = 942,000 Homes), Last edited on 5 September 2022, at 21:48, Reva Shayne Lewis Lewis Spaulding Lewis Cooper Lewis Lewis, Mindy Lewis Spaulding Corday Jeffries Spaulding, Christina "Blake" Thorpe Spaulding Spaulding Marler Marler, Olivia Spencer Lewis Spaulding Spaulding Lewis, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guiding_Light_(19901999)&oldid=1108712238, Amanda Spaulding Thorpe (Toby Poser, 19951998), Vanessa Chamberlain Lewis Lewis Reardon (, Harley Davidson Cooper Spaulding Mallet Spaulding Aitoro (, This page was last edited on 5 September 2022, at 21:48. In the meantime, Marina was surprised that Shayne was pitching again and looking into going to the Majors. Janet Mason Norris's mother Ellen Mason died off screen before Barbara Norris returned to Springfield in early 1995. Eleni suggested that Marina might only be in police work to make Frank happy and reminded Marina of her dreams of going to college and becoming an actress. Alan-Michael admitted all and stated he did it to protect Spaulding. Later, Mallet surprised Marina by suggesting that they buy the house. Holed up in bed, Marina was convinced that something was going on between Cyrus and Harley, especially when she caught Cyrus in a lie regarding his whereabouts. After these two strong stories were either derailed or stopped in their tracks, the show lost its momentum, although into the first few months of 1994 things seemed to be okay, although not great, as such events as Nick's former girlfriend from the fictional war torn country of Cambrai, Dr. Eve Guthrie went insane and tried to kill Mindy, until Eve went to a mental institution and when she got out started a relationship with the lonely Ed (Eve and Ed later married, but Eve was killed off from a chemical warfare induced leukemia in May 1995). However, the person she met at the docks to make their getaway wasn't Cyrus; it was his partner in the crimethe man who shot DinahGriggs. Taken to Company, Marina was elated to see her father again, but when she learned that Eleni was in town, she started to rebel. Soon after, the moment of truth finally arrived when Marina learned that Michelle was back in town. It is widely believed that Phelps didn't read McKinsey's contract and thus allowed the show to lose the legendary actress. Is there realistically any chance of a Brooke/Taylor kiss? Also In 1995, Lillian Told Ross she was going to Visit her sister Calla Matthews (Ross's ex-lover) who just became a grandmother. Daniel let Blake discover Jean's body that was floating face down in the Country Club pool, and later Daniel shot Roger in the shoulder (but Roger shot Daniel dead), at the Bauer cabin. She rushed off and left Marina in charge of the younger kids. In the meantime, Clayton Boudreau decided to buy Harley's house for his children. Marina had known of his true intentions for her and made a bet with her friends on the type of underwear he wore. Cregg of The West Wing fame) with one of the other Spaulding maids, Donna. Unfortunately, Marina got knocked out by the perpetrator and ended up with an injured knee. After flirting with her Good Samaritan, Marina returned to the station where she saw a report from Interpol. Marina Cooper to Shayne Lewis at his surprise of her knowledge of motorcycles: "Hello! Marina then began spending time with Phillip and Beth's daughter, Lizzie Spaulding. [January 24, 2002], Kissed another criminal to distract the arresting officers so she can escape jail time [January 24, 2002], Broke into the Bauer home [January 29, 2002], Attempted to steal money from the cash register at Company (got caught by Ben Reade who stopped her) [January 30, 2002], Used a fake ID to sneak into Infierno [February 5, 2002], Attempted to order alcohol while underage [February 5, 2002], Inpersonated an Infierno waitress to warn Carmen Santos, Tony Santos and Romeo Jones that the police were coming to arrest them for being involved in an illegal card game [March 4, 2002], Stole a lock box to hide the money used in the illegal card game from her father, Detective Frank Cooper [March 4, 2002], Begged for money at Infierno [May 7, 2002], Rummaged through Romeo Jones's desk at Infierno [May 10, 2002], Stole money out of the Infierno cash register [May 13, 2002], Broke into Gus Aitoro's room at the Reardon Boarding House and put herself in bed next to him [May 21, 2002], Falsely accused Gus Aitoro of seducing her [May 2002], Stole Ben Reade's clothes and left him on the beach with nothing but his underwear [August 29, 2002], Got into Millennium with a fake I.D [October 11, 2002], Got alcohol with a fake I.D [October 11, 2002], Stole birth control pills from Cedars's pharmacy [January 8, 2003], Arrested for Grand theft auto (charges dropped) [May 15, 2003], Unintentionally contributed to Shayne Lewis's car crash by keeping him up late the night before his baseball game [September 10, 2003], Secretly looked at police records [December 2003], Snooped around Carrie Caruther's secret room to look for clues as to why exactly Carrie wanted to dredge the Maryanne Caruthers story up [January 2004], Obstruction of a police investigation by lying about the night of Carrie Caruther's murder [February 24, 2004 to March 2004], Conspired with Sandy Foster to hack into Alan Spaulding's computer account [July 5, 2004], Accomplice in the kidnapping of Zach Spaulding (by Zach's mom, Harley) [October 6, 2004], Neglected to warn Alexandra about Cyrus's plan to steal from her [September 2007], Kept silent about the fact that the mayoral election may have been rigged [December 12, 2007 to January 2, 2008], Faked correspondence from immigration in an effort to scare Cyrus Foley [January 2008], Persuaded a woman to blackmail Cyrus for $ 100,000 [March 12, 2008], Lifted a pack of marijuana from an evidence locker at the Springfield PD [April 2009], Blackmailed a Child Services worker by threatening to plant drugs in her desk [April 23, 2009] , Phillip, who had recently returned to Springfield in early 1995 own computer... 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