Minor Passions characters
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The following are minor but notable fictional characters on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions whose connections to the four major families are either weak or non-existent.
[edit] Dr. Ackland
Michael Woods (December 23, 2003 — December 26, 2003)
Roark Critchlow (December 26, 2003 — March 17, 2004)
Dr. Ackland was a psychologist enlisted by Alistair Crane to give his daughter Sheridan Lopez-Fintzgerald electroshock therapy in order to eradicate the memories of her lover Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald and son Marty Lopez-Fitzgerald. Ackland assumed Alistair blamed his daughter for the supposed death of her mother, but in reality Alistair was trying to harm his daughter out of extreme hatred of her. Alistair threatened Ackland into becoming his lackey. Luis, however rescued Sheridan from Ackland's clutches.
[edit] Stuart Allen
Stuart Allen was a disgruntled former computer programmer employee of Crane Industries. He claimed that Crane stole his intellectual property and threatened to take revenge; however nothing has been done to this date, and it appears the storyline has been dropped.
Emmanuel Xuereb played the role of Stuart in late 2006.
[edit] Tina Alvarez
Tina Alvarez was a Boston police officer enlisted to watch over attempted kidnapper Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald in a Boston jail. She encouraged Luis's feelings for Sheridan Crane despite her attraction toward him.
Tina was portrayed by Marita De Leon in May 2000.
[edit] Antoine
Antoine was an assassin recruited by the French drug cartel in order to murder Sheridan Crane. His attempts failed, and he instead murdered singer Crystal Harris in May 2000, believing her to be Sheridan. When Antoine tried to rape and kill Sheridan in June while she was staying at the Crane Cabin, he was arrested by Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald.
Antoine was portrayed by Jean-Michel Richaud from March to July 2000.
[edit] Basil
Basil is a magical disembodied head who lives in Tabitha's attic.
Adrian Zmed portrayed Basil on a recurring capacity from September 2002 to August 2007.
[edit] Norma Bates
Norma Bates was introduced as the owner of a motel in 2001 that Tabitha Lenox and her companion, Timmy, fled to in order to escape the backlash from the release of Hidden Passions, a collection of Tabitha's memoirs that Timmy had comprised into a novel. Norma told Tabitha and Timmy that no one ever stopped at their hotel anymore, the reason for which the witch and doll later discovered — Norma was insane. She attempted to kill Tabitha with an axe while she showered, and the two later discovered that Norma's father, with whom she had been conversing earlier, was dead — Norma had left his skeleton, dressed in his clothes, in a rocking chair. Timmy accidentally destroyed the skeleton, with only the skull surviving, and Norma swore to kill Timmy for hurting "Daddy". Tabitha and Timmy fled the motel.
Norma resurfaced five months later during the Harmony High School Class of 2001's senior trip to Warlock Island. Norma befriended the teens and stayed in their camp, all the while plotting to murder Tabitha and Timmy. After Hank Bennett and TC Russell rescued the stranded people, Norma was locked away in a psychiatric ward.
After that, Norma made a tradition of breaking out of the hospital each Christmas and attempting to murder Tabitha. Around Thanksgiving in 2005, Norma received a room mate — Edna Wallace, who had been locked up after claiming that Tabitha was a witch and had caused the tsunami the previous summer. Norma and Edna became partners-in-crime and again attempted to murder Tabitha, though they were ultimately unsuccessful. They were next seen in Rome during the summer of 2006 operating a pizza parlor as "Luigi" and "Sophia" and announced to Edna's disturbed daughter that they had become lovers. Norma and Edna became involved in Alistair's omega plot when Edna tried to bilk her daughter's father for money. When Alistair attempted to murder all of the citizens of Harmony in Rome, the two helped to battle his thugs. After the battle was won, Norma and Edna went on to become famous performers in lesbian bars.
Norma and Edna returned to Harmony for the Christmas holidays again in 2006. They pretended to make peace with Tabitha, secretly plotting to catch Tabitha off-guard. Tabitha eventually realized what was going on, though, and the two were sent to Hell. They emerged from Tabitha's basement in July 2007, announcing that the "Boys in the Basement" wanted Spike Lester to kill Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald. The two made a truce with Tabitha and began living in her house. They left in the autumn to visit Norma's hotel, and later traveled to Las Vegas, but returned to Harmony for Christmas once more in 2007; this time, however, instead of trying to kill Tabitha, they worked as Santa Claus and one of his elves on the pier. In late March 2008, Norma and Edna sent word via letter to Tabitha that they were on a tour of Europe, and residing in Berlin, Germany.
Norma and Edna returned to Harmony in April in order to visit Tabitha. During this time they befriended Esme Vanderheusen, who enlisted their help in helping "sustain" Julian Crane from straining himself.
Norma has been portrayed by Marianne Muellerleile on a recurring basis since January 22, 2001.
[edit] Boys in the Basement
Evil supernatural entities that resided in Tabitha's basement for much of the show's run.
[edit] Nick Bozman
Nick Bozman was a con artist for whom Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald had once worked. In 2002, while living on the island of St. Lisa, Antonio and Sheridan, going by the names of Brian and Diana, both came to owe Nick money. In exchange for not taking their lives, Antonio agreed to race cars for Nick. Nick recognized the amnesiac Diana as Sheridan Crane, however, and rigged Antonio's car to explode, hoping to seduce Sheridan after Antonio died and spend all of her trust fund. Nick's plan failed, though, and he disappeared off canvas shortly thereafter.
Nick was portrayed by former Baywatch actor Michael Bergin from May 15, 2002 to July 25, 2002.
[edit] Pierre Carbonneau
Pierre Carbonneau was an associate of Jean-Luc Moulin, and one of the leaders of the French drug cartel. Pierre ordered the assassinations of Moulin, and Sheridan Crane, but by mistake Jean Luc's adulterous lover Mimi was mistaken for Sheridan and killed. Pierre later hired a sharpshooter, Antoine, to murder the heiress but he too failed murdering Crystal Harris. Pierre later forced Hank Bennett into murdering Sheridan. Unfortunately for the drug lord, Sheridan's murder was elaborately staged in order to capture him and his associates. He and his cronies were taken into custody.
Pierre was played by Alain Benatar on a recurring capacity from July 16, 1999 until December 18, 2000.
[edit] Carmelita
Carmelita was a friend of Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald who owned a book store and helped keep Pilar hidden from Juanita Vasquez. She was supposedly killed by Juanita on May 27, 2008 during Juanita's quest to find Pilar and seek revenge; however it was revealed on June 4, 2008 that she survived Juanita's attack and is planning to flee the United States to avoid Juanita's wrath.
[edit] Cecil
Cecil was a magical doll who came to life, created by Cracked Connie to be her boyfriend. Tabitha Lenox, the town witch, disliked the two dolls, however, in part because she was mourning the loss of her doll-turned-real boy, Timmy. Connie and Cecil quickly became a nuisance and told Charity Standish that her boyfriend, Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, had slept with her cousin, Kay Bennett, before stealing money from Tabitha and skipping town.
Cecil was portrayed by Arturo Gil for three months in 2002.
[edit] Mort Chandler
Mort Chandler was a tabloid reporter whom Gwen and Rebecca Hotchkiss and JT Cornell enlisted to frame Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald for revealing Ethan Winthrop's paternity. Ivy Crane also used Mort to expose Theresa's pregnancy.
Mort Chandler was played by Martin Grey on occasion from January 2001 to December 2002.
[edit] Maya Chinn
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Maya Chinn (died June 14, 2006) was the daughter of local Chinese restaurant owner Sally Chinn and the college girlfriend of Noah Bennett. Noah and Maya witnessed a murder in college and broke up shortly thereafter; years later, in early 2006, Alistair Crane blackmailed Maya into breaking up Noah's relationship with his granddaughter, Fancy Crane. Maya told Noah that the people involved in the murder were after them, and Noah was forced to make Fancy believe that he didn't love her and was cheating on her with Maya. Maya and Noah were caught up in Alistair's omega plot in Rome, where it was revealed that Spike Lester had murdered the man in the attic on Alistair's orders. Noah also discovered that Maya had been working with the terrorist organization threatening them, and was furious with her. Maya begged for Noah's forgiveness and swore to help him win back Fancy, but before she could make good on her word, a storm hit Rome, causing Maya to lose her balance and fall from the roof of their hotel to her death on June 14, 2006.[1]
Maya was portrayed on a contract basis by Kyrie Maezumi from January 19, 2006 through June 14, 2006. In 2008 the Demon Elf briefly considered reviving Maya's spirit to drive a wedge between Noah and his new lover Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald, but later abandoned the idea.
[edit] JT Cornell
Joseph Talbot "JT" Cornell (born on or between June 7, 1959 and June 6, 1960- died December 2006)[2] was the editor of a tabloid known as Daily Private Lives; in 2001, he published the shocking revelation that Crane heir Ethan Crane had been fathered, not by Julian Crane, but by Police Chief Sam Bennett, a fact kept secret by his mother, Ivy Crane. Sometime after, JT was forced to flee the United States when the IRS discovered that he had been evading taxes for many years.
In May 2006, JT was hiding in Rome when he was tracked down by Theresa Crane, who wanted JT to tell Ethan that his wife and mother-in-law, Gwen Winthrop and Rebecca Crane, had been the ones to send JT the information about Ethan's paternity and not Theresa herself. JT only admitted the truth to Ethan after Theresa promised him $10 million; Ethan refused to believe JT, however, claiming that JT had only said what he had for the money.
JT was later roped into Alistair Crane's omega plot, but ended up stealing the chalice and fleeing. Chad Harris caught JT, however, and, in exchange for his freedom, JT gave Chad his birth certificate, which he had found in Alistair's office in the catacombs — Chad's birth certificate showed that his parents were Alistair and Liz Sanbourne and not Julian Crane and Eve Russell as he had previously been told. JT further explained that Eve's half-sister, Liz, had been adopted, meaning that Chad and Whitney's three-year relationship had not been incestuous.
Despite escaping Chad, Theresa eventually caught up with JT. Hoping to catch Theresa off-guard, he revealed to her that, according to his research, Ethan, and not Julian, had fathered Theresa's ten-year-old son, Little Ethan. Theresa was floored, and JT was able again to escape. With money provided by Gwen Winthrop, JT fled Italy.
JT arrived in Harmony in October 2006, hoping to extort many of its residents for money in exchange for not revealing their secrets. Along with the fact that Gwen and Rebecca had outed Ethan as a Bennett and that Theresa was hiding Little Ethan's paternity from Ethan, JT also knew that Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald had been involved in the massacre of the Vasquez family in Mexico numerous years earlier and that Chad was having an affair with JT's colleague, Vincent Clarkson; JT also apparently knew certain secrets about Vincent, perhaps that he was really Julian and Eve's son or that he was planning to begin a reign of terror in Harmony at Alistair's behest.
JT demanded that Gwen and Theresa each bring him money; whomever brought him more would get to decide whether or not he told Ethan the truth about how he received the information of his paternity. Theresa brought JT a scant $100 more than Gwen, and it appeared that Theresa would be the victor; Julian Crane, however, convinced JT to side with Gwen with the hope that he could leverage Theresa's desire to be with Ethan as a means to gain more custody of Little Ethan, whom he believed to be his son.
JT soon realized that someone was out to get him; he began dressing in drag to disguise himself and placed all of his secrets on a USB stick, sending it to the Daily Private Lives headquarters. On December 26, 2006, Vincent, dressed in a Santa suit, murdered JT and placed his body inside of Chad and Whitney's wedding cake. JT's USB stick never made it to the office, however; Rebecca and Gwen eventually found it hidden in Theresa's office at Crane Industries.
JT was portrayed by Kenneth Tigar in 2001 and Michael Sabatino from May 18 to July 18, 2006, and again from October 5 to December 28, 2006.
[edit] Cracked Connie
Cracked Connie was the second doll come to life created by the witch Tabitha Lenox, who created Cracked Connie after the death of her first doll, Timmy, at the urging of Zombie Charity. Connie turned out to be much more sinister than Timmy had been, and deeply aggravated Tabitha. Connie created herself a boyfriend named Cecil, and they attempted to release the witch Hecuba. Connie and Cecil stole some of Tabitha's money and left town in late 2002.
Cracked Connie was portrayed by Kacie Borrowman for three months on a contract basis from September 9 to December 25, 2002.
[edit] Demon Elf
The Demon Elf is a mischief-maker from the dark side that has appeared on several occasions as a side-effect of Kay's attempts at doing magic. He is portrayed by Danny Woodburn.
Demon Elf was played by Danny Woodburn on a recurring basis from June 20, 2007 to July 18, 2007 and returned on February 11, 2008.
[edit] Doc
Doc was a local doctor in Bermuda, and a long-time friend of both Liz and Brian. It was he who treated Diana when she was washed up on the beach. He strongly believed in aliens and the powers of the Bermuda triangle. When Liz decided she wanted to stay in Harmony, Doc purchased her hotel from her.
Doc was played by Victor McCay on a contract basis from October 4, 2001 to March 22, 2002 and remained on recurring status through June 4, 2002.
[edit] Dort
Dort was a pestering co-worker of Kay Bennett Crane at the Crane Cannery. Dort's attitude infuriated Kay, and she made fun of Kay's attempts to romance Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald.
The role of Dort was portrayed by daytime drama star Louise Sorel for three appearances in March 2004.
[edit] Reese Durkee
Reese Durkee, the son of an accountant, was a good friend of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald and a stereotypical nerd whose reliance on the Internet was also a source of on-screen humor. Reese was notable in the early years of the soap for his crush on Kay Bennett, who had eyes only for Miguel and found Reese to be loathsome. Reese eventually ended up dating Kay's younger sister, Jessica, who had had a crush on Reese for some time, in 2002. Thanks to Kay and Tabitha's machinations, Reese nearly wound up sleeping with Kay and Jessica's cousin, Charity Standish, in early 2004. Jessica was furious with Reese and broke up with him, and Reese dropped off canvas shortly thereafter. In March 2008, Ivy Winthrop mentioned that Jessica Bennett and her infant son, Samuel Bennett visited Reese and his new girlfriend.
Reese was originally played by Bruce Michael Hall from July 21, 1999 — January 10, 2003; after Hall left the role, his identical twin brother, Seth Hall, took over the role from April 11, 2003 — March 19, 2004.
[edit] Elena
Elena is a single mother who formerly lived in Mexico. Elena crossed the border illegally befriending Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane after unknowingly rescuing her from Juanita Vasquez.
Elena is currently being portrayed by Vivian Gray, who debuted March 17, 2008.
[edit] Esmeralda
Esmeralda is a good witch who went to school with Tabitha Lenox many years ago. She now runs a good witch school that Endora Lenox attended for a brief time.
Esmeralda was portrayed by Georgia Engel. In a flashback to her younger days, she was portrayed by Melissa Fahn.
[edit] Faux Martin Fitzgerald
The Martin Fitzgerald Impostor (died January 1, 2000) was hired by Alistair Crane in 1999 to impersonate Fitzgerald in order for Crane to institute an insurance scam, and play with the vulnerable emotions of the Lopez-Fitzgerald family. Apparently Julian Crane believed that the impostor was the real Martn. The impostor in raged for being used by the Crane's decided to finish them off one by one and targeted Sheridan Crane during a New Years Eve party, but accidentally died while struggling with Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald. Later DNA tests proved he was a fraud.
The impostor was played by William Bumiller from November 26, 1999 until the character's death in January 2000. Bumiller also played the real Martin in flashbacks in that year until July 31.
[edit] Fluffy
Fluffy Lenox is the offscreen pet cat of Tabitha Lenox. Fluffy, based on her growl alone seems to be a gigantic cat who loved to pester Timmy Lenox. Fluffy was seen only once when Endora Lenox transformed her into a kitten. Fluffy, apparently does not bother the other main characters with the exception of Spike Lester.
[edit] Palmer Harper
Palmer Harper was the lawyer of Julian Crane who filed his divorce from Ivy Winthrop. Julian, later sought his help when he accidentally wed Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald in Bermuda, and failed to grant Crane an annullment.
The late Harrison Young guest starred as Mr. Harper for thirty six episodes from March 1 until December 7, 2001.
[edit] Crystal Harris
Crystal Harris was a jazz singer who had been one of Eve Russell's closest friends when Eve was in the same profession. Crystal had been Eve's confidante during Eve's relationship with Julian Crane and subsequent pregnancy. When Crystal came to Harmony to perform at the Blue Note, she met Chad Harris. She told Chad that she had information about his parents. Unfortunately, the French drug cartel's assassin, Antoine, mistook Crystal for Sheridan Crane, and fatally shot her on the docks before she could give Chad a folder of information about his mother. Eve dropped the folder into the water, destroying its contents. It is unknown if Crystal's information was accurate.
Brenda Epperson Doumani portrayed Crystal in May of 2000.
[edit] Hecuba
Hecuba, a witch, was an old friend of Tabitha Lenox until Tabitha imprisoned Hecuba over three hundred years ago. Kay Bennett, Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, and the evil incarnation of Charity Standish freed Hecuba, and Kay sold her soul to Hecuba in order to break up Miguel and Charity. Kay's scheme failed, though, and Timmy released Kay's soul after hearing Charity praying. Hecuba was eventually vanquished when Tabitha and Timmy trapped her in a bottle, though she did attempt to have Cracked Connie free her in 2002.
Hecuba was portrayed by veteran soap actress Robin Strasser on a recurring basis from October 23, 2000 to October 16, 2002.
The character also won the 2001 Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Scene Stealer[3]
[edit] Henchman
Juanita Vasquez's hired mercenary once tried to murder Theresa Crane, as well as Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald in Mexico. Though defeated by the magic of Kay Crane, the henchman resurfaced again, leaving a body count after letting Juanita escape in May 2008.
The Henchman has been played by Hector Luis Bustamante on a recurring basis since January 2008.
[edit] Nurse Kravitz
Nurse Kravitz was a maternity ward nurse who worked at Harmony Hospital the summer that Endora Lenox and Maria Lopez-Fitzgerald were born. Nurse Kravitz was a niece of Abner Kravitz, and his wife Gladys whose eccentric eavesdropping on witch Samantha Stephens was famous on Bewitched. Like her unfortunate aunt Nurse Kravitz was driven mad by the magical shinanigens of Endora and her mother Tabitha Lenox. So much so, that she was institutionalized unwilingly along with Norma Bates.
Nurse Kravitz was played by Ruth Buzzi on a recurring basis from August to December of 2003.
[edit] Lena
Lena, also known as the Dragon Lady (died June 14, 2006) , was a criminal who worked for Alistair Crane; she was classified as a terrorist by the FBI. Lena and Spike Lester were responsible for a murder that then-couple Noah Bennett and Maya Chinn witnessed when they were in college. Alistair, who hated the fact that his beloved granddaughter, Fancy, was dating the blue-collar Noah, used this to orchestrate an elaborate hoax designed to break the two up. Noah and Maya were forced to pretend to be a couple so that Lena would not harm Fancy, leading Fancy to believe that Noah was cheating on her. Lena eventually revealed that she and Maya had been working for Alistair right before she prepared to shoot Noah; Noah and Maya escaped, however, and fled to the roof. Lena grabbed a metal bar and prepared to spear Noah and Maya with it, but she was struck by lightning and killed on June 14, 2006,[1] before she could do so.
Lena was portrayed by Meredyth Hunt on a recurring basis from January 26 to June 14, 2006.
[edit] Little Angel Girl
The Little Angel Girl is the embodiment of the statue that appears in St. Margaret Mary's Church in Harmony. The angel girl would often appear to the women in the Standish family warning them of danger or giving them advice. She has also been known to appear to Father Lonigan from time to time. The Little Angel Girl would also appear to the witch Tabitha Lenox to taunt her. She was the one who changed Timmy from a doll to a real boy.
The role was played by Chea Courtney on a recurring basis from July 5, 1999 to December 26, 2002 and later by Diandra Newlin in October 13 to December 9, 2003.
[edit] Frank Lomax
Frank Lomax was a private detective and sketch artist hired by Ethan Crane to find the woman who was stalking him. While investigating, Frank began dating Whitney Russell, who was incidentally the best friend of Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, Ethan's stalker. Frank and Whitney's relationship eventually fell apart when Whitney was forced to lie to him to protect Theresa. Eventually Ethan discovered Theresa was his stalker and, feeling badly for her, chose to give Frank another job outside of Harmony to keep him from contacting the police.
Frank was played on a contract basis by Jason Olive from August 9 to September 23, 1999.
[edit] Father Lonigan
Father Lonigan is the main Roman Catholic priest at St. Margaret Mary's Church in Harmony; over the program's nine years, he has heard the confessions of many of the people of Harmony, but, as a priest, he is unable to reveal any of these secrets. Father Lonigan lost his sight in a fire many years ago when he tried to save the statue of the angel at St. Margaret Mary's; in 2004, it was revealed that Alistair Crane had deliberately set the fire, attempting to murder the priest after he had made a confession and began to fear that Father Lonigan would reveal his crimes.
Since the move to DirecTV in September 2007, Father Lonigan has been referenced several times, but has yet to be seen. The character was portrayed by Bruce French on a recurring basis from August 5, 1999 to August 9, 2007.
[edit] Matilda Matthews
Matilda Matthews was a friend of Tabitha Lenox. Matilda died early in the 20th century. Her spirit was summoned twice by Tabitha and Timmy Lenox for guidance.
Matilda was played by Alice Ghostley for several episodes from January 6th to the 27th of 2000.
[edit] Mimi
Mimi (died August 1999) was Jean-Luc Moulin's jilted lover. She was mistaken for Sheridan Crane and died along with Jean-Luc in a car bomb aimed to assassinate her.
Mimi was played by Eva Frajko for eleven episodes in July and August of 1999.
[edit] Jean-Luc Moulin
Jean-Luc Moulin (died August 1999) was the fiancé of Sheridan Crane. When Sheridan discovered that Jean-Luc was a member of the French drug cartel and planning to marry her only for her money, she left him and Paris and returned to her home town of Harmony in New England. Jean-Luc was killed in a car bomb meant for Sheridan along with his adulterous lover, Mimi.
Jean-Luc was played for thirteen episodes by Eric Bizot in the July and August of 1999.
[edit] Grace Nancier
Grace Nancier is a ruthless prosecutor modeled after the real-life attorney Nancy Grace. She has been a driving force behind several sham trials in Harmony, and in 2007 was promoted to district attorney. She supervised as a prosecutor in the trials of Eve Russell, Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, and Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald.
Tonja Walker-Davidson portrayed Grace Nancier for two guest stints: one in March and April of 2005, and the other in June 2007.
[edit] Orville Perkins
Orville Perkins (died c. 2001) was a minor character on the NBC soap opera Passions. The character was played by Owen Bush from November 15, 1999 until March 31, 2000.
Orville was a mysterious but senile old man who seemed to know the secrets of Chad Harris and Eve Russell. Orville warned that Chad was dangerous to Eve's daughters. Orvile also seemed to know about a birth mark Chad had, and about the circumstances around his birth parents and his adoption. Eve was so scared of Orville that she burned his house down. Orville was forced to live in a retirement home until his death.
[edit] Phyllis
Phyllis (died October 24, 2006) was one of the more prominent maids who worked for the Crane family. A young, widowed mother, Phyllis worked the low-pay job to support her young daughter, Lonnie. She was first seen in 2002 and was promoted to the position of Theresa Crane's maid after Theresa won her court battle to be declared Mrs. Julian Crane. Theresa's benevolent personality, so unlike most of the other Cranes, touched Phyllis, and she became her staunch supporter. Once Theresa gave birth to her son, Little Ethan, Phyllis doubled as both Theresa's maid and Little Ethan's nanny. After Julian and Theresa's wedding was revealed to be invalid, Julian married Rebecca Hotchkiss, and they seized custody of Little Ethan; Phyllis felt sorry for Theresa and helped her sneak into the mansion to see her son, despite the fact that Rebecca had put a restraining order on Theresa. Rebecca discovered what Phyllis had done and fired her as Little Ethan's nanny, though she was allowed to remain a part of the mansion's staff. Phyllis eventually became Sheridan Crane's personal maid at her cottage. While cleaning the cottage, Phyllis discovered a document bearing the omega symbol and revealing Sheridan's husband Chris's connection to the plot. Before Phyllis could tell anyone, Spike Lester, also a part of the scheme, broke into the cottage and strangled Phyllis to death, stealing the document. Phyllis's murder remains unsolved.
JT Cornell later lied to Ethan and told him that Phyllis had been the one to send him the information about his paternity; Ethan believed JT as Phyllis was unable to defend herself.
Phyllis was portrayed by Cynthia Mann Jamin for nine episodes between April 10, 2002 and May 13, 2002 and Renee Raudman from July 17, 2002 to March 2003. Raudman returned to the role in early 2004 and continued to make small guest appearances until the character was murdered in October 2006.
[edit] Precious
Precious was the live-in orangutan nurse and caregiver for the elderly Edna Wallace. She was on from March 14, 2003 to April 25, 2005. Unable to afford a human nurse for her disabled mother's care, Beth Wallace employed Precious instead. During her stay in Harmony, Precious developed an unrequited love for Beth's love interest, Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, which was depicted in elaborate fantasy sequences. Precious left Harmony to take care of her sick aunt, Divinity. While leaving Harmony on a train, Precious took a picture of Luis and let it out the window, symbolizing that she gave up Luis.
The character, identified as female, was portrayed by a trained male orangutan named BamBam. Though the character was portrayed as a competent caregiver with implied medical credentials, she was intended for comic effect. The use of an orangutan as a nurse drew intense criticism from both animal rights activists including famed scientist and ape researcher Dr. Jane Goodall[4] and a nursing advocacy group.[5]
In 2003, Passions submitted BamBam for a Daytime Emmy Award. In early 2004, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which administers the awards, disallowed the entry, with the following statement:
Our ruling is based on the belief that the Academy must draw a line of distinction between animal characters that aren't capable of speaking parts and human actors whose personal interpretation in character portrayal creates nuance and audience engagement that uniquely qualifies those performers for consideration of television's highest honor.
[edit] Maureen Preston
Maureen Preston (died July 2005) was the biological mother of James Boothe. Sheridan Crane met Maureen in the park in July 2005 and was drawn to her young son, then known as Mark Preston, due to his resemblance to her own missing son. Maureen and Mark were with Sheridan when a tsunami hit, killing Maureen; with her last breath, she begged Sheridan to care for her son.
Upon his arrival to Harmony in August 2005, Chris Boothe claimed that he and Maureen had been married, and that Maureen had left him when he had become involved with the mob, taking their son and changing his name from James to Mark; Chris was later revealed to have been hired by Alistair to make Sheridan forget about Luis, and he was never married to Maureen, nor is he James's biological father. Maureen's true backstory is thus unknown.
Muareen was portrayed by Cynthia Halloway in July of 2005.
[edit] Judge Reilly
Judge James E. Reilly[6] is a corrupt judge in Harmony who has been on the Crane family's payroll for many years. At Julian Crane's request, Reilly separated Julian's son, Little Ethan, from his mother. Later, in 2007, at the Blackmailer's threats, Reilly essentially forced guilty verdicts upon Luis and Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald and sentenced Luis to death without any appeals.
In an ironic bit of humor, Reilly's shares his name with Passions head writer James E. Reilly. Reilly has been portrayed by Bruce Gray in a recurring capacity since 2004. The character was occasionally referenced before his initial appearance.
[edit] Roberto
Roberto was the long-time boyfriend of Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald; they began dating at least by May 2004. Roberto and Paloma met in Puerto Arena, Mexico; Roberto is a Mexican citizen, while Paloma is American and was sent to live with her aunt Maria for financial reasons. Paloma moved to Harmony in mid-2004, and Roberto joined her there about a year later. During their relationship, Roberto enlisted Paloma's help in smuggling prescription drugs to senior citizens in the United States, and Paloma had Roberto pretend to be a john once in order to bring Paloma's troubled friend Jessica Bennett home to her family for Christmas.
Roberto proposed to Paloma in the summer of 2006, but she rejected his proposal, not quite ready to settle down. Roberto was heartbroken and went back to Mexico, as his green card was set to expire.
Roberto was played by Jorge Alberti on a recurring basis from June 29, 2004 to September 14, 2006. The role was recast with Jean Paul San Pedro, who started appearing on a recurring basis on April 1, 2008.
[edit] Roger
The right hand man of Pierre, Roger planted the bomb that killed Jean-Luc Moulin, and his lover Mimi. He blackmailed Hank Bennett into assisting the french drug cartal. He was arressted along with Pierre after Hank assisted the FBI in staging Sheridan's murder.
Roger appeared in forty two episodes, portrayed by Francois Guetary on a recurring capacity from July 16, 1999 until December 18, 2000.
[edit] Natasha Simms
Natasha "Tina" Simms is the predominant secretary and adulterous lover of Alistair Crane. Though there are many other women, Natasha is the longest to serve under Alistair and the only of his henchwomen to be referenced by name.[7] Alistair sometimes keeps her in the dark about his disastrous plan's such as his hidden identity of Charlie, and uses her sometimes for his own purpose. It was Natasha who invited everyone to Alistair's murderous New Year's Eve party.
Natasha has been played by LeAnna Campbell for several appearances since 2002. Katy Durham portrayed the role for four episodes in 2004.[8] In early 2005 Cristi Harris assumed the role before Campbell returned to it later that year. The character was last seen in 2006.
[edit] Siren
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Siren was a mermaid conjured by Endora Lenox in April 2006 to woo Miguel away from Kay Bennett, who was engaged to Endora's half-brother, Fox Crane. Siren rescued Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald from drowning in the ocean and instantly fell in love with him. As a result, Siren and Kay, who thought that there was something "fishy" about Siren, developed an adversarial relationship with one another. Siren was determined to sleep with Miguel, knowing that doing so would put him under the mermaid's curse and prevent him from ever having sex with another woman other than Siren again. Kay found out and, horrified, tried to stop her, so Siren slept with Fox in retaliation. Kay eventually rid Fox of the curse, however, and Fox complained to Endora about how Siren had complicated his relationship with Kay. As a result, Endora turned Siren into a mermaid doll, put her in a fishtank, and made the fish tank disappear.
Siren was portrayed on a contract basis by Brandi Burkhardt from April 21 to September 25, 2006.
[edit] Nurse Stevens
Nurse Stevens is a nurse at Harmony hospital with a history of gambling problems. She was bribed by Julian Crane in spring 2007 to administer a placebo to Fox instead of a chemotherapy drug cocktail.
The role of Nurse Stevens was played by Ann Wyndham from March to May of 2007.
[edit] Woody Stumper
Woody Stumper was the official lawyer of Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane during the time she, Ivy Crane, and Rebecca Hotchkiss Crane argued over who held the rightful title of Mrs. Julian Crane in 2002. Theresa also consulted Woody when Rebecca and Gwen Winthrop took away her son Ethan Crane during 2003-2004.
Robert Gossett guest starred as Woody Stumper in the spring of 2002, and the winter of 2003, and 2004.
[edit] Suzanne
Suzanne was a maid for the Crane family. She was having an ongoing affair with her boss, Julian Crane; the two enjoyed dressing up in costumes and role playing as part of their sex games. When Julian's wife, Ivy, discovered Suzanne's lipstick on Julian she confronted Suzanne and threatened to shoot her if she didn't leave the mansion.
Suzanne was portrayed by Dana Waters for eleven episodes in 1999 to early 2000.
[edit] Rae Thomas
Rae Thomas (died February 2007) was Simone Russell's first girlfriend. Simone had just realized that she was a lesbian and declared her love to Rae; Rae, however, claimed that she was not interested in a steady relationship, and Simone, heart-broken, left. After months of absence, Rae resurfaced in December 2005 when Alistair Crane claimed that he had paid Rae to seduce a sexually confused Simone. Simone's father was enraged and tried to convince Simone that she wasn't really gay, but Simone told him that, paid or not, she was a lesbian. Rae later set the record straight — she had borrowed money from Alistair to start her lesbian club, but had not been hired to "turn" her gay.
Rae and Simone eventually reunited, but things were cut tragically short when Rae suddenly realized that she knew the identity of the person framing Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald for his girlfriend Fancy Crane's murder. Luis and Rae were to meet at the Blue Note, but the Blackmailer found her first and stabbed her to death on February 12, 2007.
Rae was portrayed by Jossara Jinaro on a recurring basis from August 31, 2005 to February 20, 2007.
[edit] Toto
Toto was the pet dog of Timmy Lenox during the summer of 2002. Timmy named him after Toto the dog of Dorothy Gale in the children's book The Wizard of Oz. Toto helped Timmy and Julian Crane in the search of the demons horn in order to destroy the Zombie version of Charity Standish that was plaguing Harmony that summer. Though Timmy successfully defeated the Zombie he was fatally wounded during the attack, and died with Tabitha by his side. Toto's fate remains unknown. Toto, it was later revealed, was actually the Little Angel Girl in disguise all along![citation needed]
[edit] Syd Valentine
Sydney "Syd" Valentine was a singer in Los Angeles who had a crush on Chad Harris, her record producer. Fox Crane hired Syd to help him break up Chad's relationship with Whitney Russell. In a deal between Fox and Puff Dog, Chad's estranged wife's cousin, Syd was traded to Puff Dog's recording company.
Syd was portrayed on a contract basis by Alisa Reyes from July 22 to September 24, 2003.
[edit] Juanita Vasquez
Juanita Vasquez (Spanish: Juanita Vásquez) was Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald's childhood best friend. Though both Juanita and Pilar dreamt of love, Juanita also wanted wealth, too. As a young woman, Juanita became engaged to Carlos Alejandro Vasquez, a member of and the heir to the Vasquez drug cartel. Pilar worried for her friend, but Juanita insisted that Carlos wanted nothing to do with the family business and instead planned to become a lawyer. Juanita and Carlos were married and had a son and at least two daughters[9], while Pilar immigrated to the United States, married Martin Fitzgerald, and had two sons, Antonio and Luis.
Juanita and Pilar kept in touch, though Juanita never knew where in the United States Pilar was living, and Pilar visited Juanita in Mexico one January. While there, Pilar overheard Carlos on the phone on January 28,[10] and discovered that he had, indeed, become the head of the cartel and had been lying to his wife. When Carlos realized that Pilar had overheard him, he raped her, and Pilar struck him in the head with a candlestick, killing him. Pilar called the police, hoping that they could stop the hit that Carlos had ordered; Juanita then returned home and found her husband's body. Pilar tried to tell Juanita what had happened, but Juanita wouldn't listen. The police then arrived and opened fire on the estate, killing the entire Vasquez family, including Juanita's young children. Juanita was the only Vasquez to survive and was sent to prison; before she was taken away, she swore her revenge on Pilar.
After being released from prison, Juanita rose to the head of the cartel and became known for her incredibly ruthless persona. For years, Juanita sought for information on Pilar's whereabouts; finally, in the autumn of 2007, Juanita received a phone call from Rebecca Hotchkiss, but, due to the bad connection, Juanita only heard that Pilar was in New England. Juanita kicked up her search, eventually finding and murdering Pilar's sister and two nephews. Pilar's daughter, Theresa, traveled to Mexico in January 2008 to beg Juanita to end the vendetta, but Juanita captured Theresa and used her as bait to lure Pilar to Mexico. The two women escaped, however, and Juanita, who had no names to go on other than "Pilar Lopez" and "Theresa", hit another dead end. Later on, Juanita finally finds out where Pilar lives. She and her henchman arrive in Harmony and Juanita goes to Tabitha's house in a disguise and asks Tabitha for details about the Lopez-Fitzgerald family.
Juanita has been portrayed in a recurring basis by Jill Remez since November 12, 2007.
[edit] Edna Wallace
Edna Wallace is the mother of the late Beth Wallace through her adulterous liaison with Alistair Crane. Originally called simply "Mrs. Wallace," the character was named Edna after a vote by fans.
Edna was a terrible mother to Beth — she was a prostitute, and her boyfriends and johns would often molest Beth — and she constantly degraded and emotionally abused her daughter. By the time Edna was introduced in 2002, her days of lust had long ended and she was incontinent and relied on a walker to move around. Charged with caring for her mother, Beth was equally awful towards her mother, frequently threatening to kill her if she did not keep quiet about Beth's numerous schemes, including Beth's infamous plot to kidnap Sheridan Crane, steal her son once he was born, and raise him as her own.
After Beth fled with Marty in 2005, Edna discovered that Tabitha Lenox was a witch and forced her to make her sexy again; when Edna demanded more magic to prolong the spell, the women and Tabitha's daughter were involved in a magical accident that unleashed a tsunami. Edna was washed out of town and thrown into a psychiatric ward for claiming that Tabitha was a witch; there, she met Norma Bates, and the two teamed up to kill Tabitha. When their Christmas 2005 plan failed, the two women left Harmony, became lovers, and moved to Rome, where they ran a pizzeria. In Rome, they briefly became involved in Beth's father Alistair Crane's omega plot before discovering their talent as lesbian bar singers. They traveled the world before returning to Harmony around Christmas 2006 and claiming to want a truce with Tabitha; really, the women hoped to lure her into complacency and murder her. Tabitha discovered their plot and forced them into her basement, which leads to Hell.
Norma and Edna escaped Tabitha's basement in July 2007 and began living in the Lenox home peacefully. After reconciling with the Lopez-Fitzgerald family Edna joined Norma in September to visit Norma's old hotel but both returned briefly in December to work as Santa Claus and one of his elves. In late March 2008, Norma and Edna sent word via letter to Tabitha that they were on a tour of Europe, and residing in Berlin, Germany.
Norma and Edna returned to Harmony in April in order to visit Tabitha. During this time they befriended Esme Vanderheusen, who enlisted their help in helping "sustain" Julian Crane from straining himself.
Edna was portrayed by Kathleen Noone on a contract basis from February 24, 2003 to May 12, 2004 and a recurring basis from June 28, 2002 to February 23, 2003 and from May 13, 2004 to the present.
[edit] Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson was a friend of Whitney Russell Harris-Crane whom she unsuccessfully tried to set up with Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane to keep her mind off of Ethan Winthrop. The son of socialites Jim and Barbra Wilson, it was his parents references that Theresa used during her guise as Nanny Gertrude in 2008.
Christopher DeLisle guest starred as Chuck for three episodes between January 27th and 30th of 2000.
[edit] Dr. Tonia Wilson
Dr. Tonia Wilson is a psychiatrist at Harmony Hospital. First seen in 2002, Dr. Wilson was not a featured character in many story lines until 2007 when she was hired by Eve Russell to help treat her son Vincent Clarkson. It was Dr. Wilson who realized Vincent was under the control of his grandfather Alistair Crane. Dr. Wilson also treated Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald for a time that he thought he was going mad from his magical experiences at the Lenox household. After experiencing a similar experience thanks to Tabitha Lenox, Endora Lenox, Norma Bates, and Edna Wallace, Dr. Wilson chose to take an early retirement.
She was portrayed by Tonia Kalouria in a recurring role from April 2002 to August of 2007.
[edit] References and footnotes
- ^ a b Transcript from Maya's and Lena's deaths on June 14, 2006
- ^ JT claimed to be 46 years old on June 6, 2006; he also revealed at that time his full name.
- ^ Awards for Passions. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
- ^ Soapdom.com Article from July 31, 2003
- ^ The Center for Nursing Advocacy press release from December 16, 2003
- ^ Screencap of Reilly's name plate
- ^ Alistair first mentioned Natasha's name in a 2002 episode. In a 2004 episode, Luis referred to her as "Miss Simms". The nameplate on her desk confirmed this. In 2005 the credits list her as "Tina" a nickname Alistair gave her.
- ^ Katy Durham is credited in the March 29 throuh April 1, 2004 episodes.
- ^ In the January 21, 2008 episode, Juanita tells Pilar that "My daughters... my son... died."
- ^ In the January 28, 2008, episode, Juanita and Pilar remember that it is the anniversary of Juanita's family's deaths.
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