Tad Martin and Dixie Cooney
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Tad Martin and Dixie Cooney Martin are fictional characters and a supercouple on the American soap opera All My Children. Tad is played by Michael E. Knight and Dixie is played by Cady McClain.
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[edit] History
Soon after her arrival in Pine Valley, Dixie fell under the influence of Adam Chandler (David Canary), the arch enemy of her Uncle Palmer (James Mitchell). Although Adam and Brooke (Julia Barr) were happily married at the time, Adam realized that Brooke could not give him the one thing that he wanted most in the world -- a son. Adam had a brief affair with Dixie, and she became pregnant. Adam suggested to Brooke that they adopt Dixie's baby and she agreed, but she had one small problem -- just who was the father? Brooke hired Tad to find out who fathered Dixie's baby, and Tad and Dixie became friends. They talked, laughed, ate chicken fingers and became very close. However, their bond was shattered when Dixie realized that Tad was only interested in her to find out information for Brooke. She decided to try and make it work with Adam, but deep down she knew that Tad had found his way into her heart.
Dixie married Adam, not knowing that he was only interested in gaining full custody of their child. Tad persisted in warning Dixie about Adam's true intentions, but she simply wouldn't listen. "I'm his wife Tad, of course he loves me!", was what Dixie usually replied whenever Tad would suggest that Adam was only after the baby. Despite Dixie's stubbornness and refusal to face the truth, Tad persisted in warning his beloved and his insistence got him beaten up by Adam's thugs. Dixie nursed her best friend back to health, and the two once again felt the closeness they had shared at the beginning of their friendship. On the day Adam Jr. (now played by Jacob Young) was born, Tad revealed he wanted more than friendship. He had fallen in love with the girl from Pigeon Hollow and finally admitted his true feelings. Although it was obvious to the audience that Dixie loved Tad too, she decided to stay with Adam and told Tad that they could not be friends or see each other anymore.
Staying away from each other proved to be very painful and difficult for Tad and Dixie, especially considering that Pine Valley is a small town. Try as she may, Dixie was unable to stay away from Tad and when Adam Jr. was kidnapped, Dixie immediately called him. While everyone thought Skye (Robin Christopher) was the kidnapper, Tad managed to prove that the baby snatcher was really Karen (Ellen Wheeler).
Determined to get sole custody of Junior, Adam came up with a very elaborate and sadistic plot to make Dixie think that she was losing her mind. In time, Adam's plan worked and he sent Dixie to a sanitarium. Adam looked forward to raising his son and winning back Brooke, but had not counted on the fact that Tad would stop at nothing to get Dixie out of that mental institution. With Cecily (Rosa Nevin) and Nico (Maurice Benard)'s help, Tad managed to free his beloved from the clutches of Adam and his accomplice, Dr. Snow. While on the run from Adam, Dixie finally admitted her true feelings to Tad -- she did not love Adam.
Even though they had managed to prove that Dixie was sane, she still lost custody of Adam Jr., and Adam offered her generous visiting privileges if she agreed to a quick divorce, which she did. Finally freed from Adam, Dixie fell into Tad's arms and he proposed to his true love wearing a bright yellow chicken suit. Dixie happily accepted Tad's proposal, and the two made plans to wed. Their happiness was further cemented when Dixie regained custody of her son, and Palmer got the best of Adam in a business deal. Tad and Dixie finally tied the knot in late December 1989.
The couple divorced, however, just months later in May of 1990 after Tad's mother, Opal, and Palmer interfered. They soon grew close again but their plans to remarry were spoiled after Tad was presumed dead following an explosion. Three years later in 1993 it was revealed that Tad had survived the explosion and had been living in California under a different name. He and Dixie reconciled and in 1995 they remarried. With Tad's help she finally regained custody of Adam Jr.
Their second marriage, like the first, only lasted a few months when Tad had an affair. Dixie divorced Tad and took Adam Jr. and moved to Pigeon Hollow, West Virginia. But she returned to Pine Valley in 1998 when Adam Chandler demanded to see his son. She and Tad began dating again and in 1999 they married a third time. By late in 2001 their marriage had collapsed again. In January of 2002 she left Tad and Adam Jr. and went to the Caribbean were she got a divorce from Tad. But Dixie regretted doing this and returned to Pine Valley to try and reconcile with Tad. She and Tad made up but then Dixie learned she was pregnant with a baby girl and fled to Switzerland to have her in secret. Four months later, on May 10, 2002 while driving back from Geneva to Bern she was in involved in a horrible car crash and was presumed dead. Tad and Adam Jr. wept but went on with their lives.
The character of Dixie is still mentioned often on All My Children. There was a storyline where a woman named Di Kirby (played by Kelli Giddish) claimed to be the “back from the dead” Dixie. But she was later revealed to be Dixie's half sister.
As of December 23rd, 2005, it was revealed that Dixie did indeed survive the automobile accident that was thought to have claimed her life while she was in Europe. Di went to visit Dixie, and urged her to return to Pine Valley and let her family know she was alive. Dixie returned to Pine Valley in February, 2006 and attended the Mardi Gras ball thrown by Erica Kane. Because her face was hidden by a mask, no one from her family recognized her. She did, however, witness a tender moment between Tad and Di. Janet Dillon rigged the hot water heater at the mansion where the ball was being held so that it would explode. When it did, Dixie was trapped by some rubble. She managed to escape without being discovered by anyone. She went to Wildwind, where Di was staying. In the middle of confronting her sister, Tad arrived and Dixie ran off. Later, she ran into Zach Slater, and he promised not to reveal the fact she is still alive. Most recently, she watched in horror as her son held a gun to Krystal, demanding to know where his ex-wife Babe took their son. Tad tried to wrestle the gun away from J.R., but the gun went off and hit Dixie in the arm. It was soon revealed that Tad and Dixie's baby Kate was in fact alive, but was taken by Dr. Greg Madden, a famous surgeon who is hated by virtually everybody in Pine Valley. A few months earlier Tad had informed Erica that Greg stole her baby in 1973, the one she had an abortion on, and Erica's son is in fact her former producer Josh, who drugged her into stabbing Zach Slater.
On April 14, 2006, Tad and Dixie were finally face to face for the first time since Dixie's presumed death. This resulted in the infamous Friday cliffhanger and fans heavenly awaited for Monday to roll aound. On April 17, Tad looked at Dixie with an astonished face and left with her, resulting in Tad punching David Hayward. Tad first thought David's obsession with Dixie led him to get plastic surgery on someone, but once Dixie said the words "Ozzie & Harriet", he knew this was the true Dixie.
[edit] Tad's Life History
Actor History
- Matthew Anton (1973 to 1977)
- John E Dunn (1978 to 1981)
- Terrell Anthony (1990)
- Michael E. Knight (1982 to 1986, 1988 to 1990, 1992 to Present)
Other Names
- Tad Gardner (until his 1978 adoption)
- Thadeus Martin (full name)
Lifeline
- Born September 1st, 1963
Occupation
- Former partner in Martin and Devane Private Investigators
- Former private investigator (License revoked Mar 2005)Former Co-CEO of Chandler Enterprises (Fired Apr 22nd, 2003)
- Former Producer and Host of Nothing But the Truth
- Former Producer and Host of The Cutting Edge
- Former head of Orsini Vineyards
- Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
Resides At
- 646 Holland Avenue
Marital Status
- Single/Divorced (Dixie Cooney; January 22nd, 2002)
Past Marriages
- Dottie Thornton
- Hillary Wilson
- Dixie Cooney (married December 1989; divorced)
- Brooke English (married 2003; divorced)
- Dixie Cooney (married May 1994; divorced)
- Dixie Cooney (married May 1999; divorced)
Relatives
- Ray Gardner (biological father)
- Joseph Martin Sr. (adoptive father)
- Opal (biological mother)
- Ruth Parker (adoptive mother)
- Jenny Gardner (biological sister)
- Adrian Sword (biological half-brother)
- Peter Cortlandt (biological half-brother)
- Jeff Martin (adoptive half-brother)
- Tara Martin (adoptive half-sister)
- Bobby Martin (adoptive half-brother)
- Philip Brent (adoptive half-brother / adoptive maternal cousin)
- Joseph "Jake" Martin Jr. (adoptive brother)
- Henry Martin (adoptive grandfather; deceased)
- Kate Martin (adoptive grandmother; deceased)
- Paul Martin (adoptive paternal uncle)
- Amy Parker (adoptive paternal aunt)
- Elizabeth Martin (adoptive paternal cousin; deceased)
- Charlie Brent (adoptive half-nephew / adoptive first cousin once removed)
- Kelsey Jefferson (adoptive half-niece)
- Joshua Madden (adoptive half-nephew)
- Samuel Carlos Grey (adoptive great-half-nephew)
Children
- James Edward Martin (with Brooke)
- Unnamed Child (with Brooke; ectopic pregnancy)
- Unnamed Child (daughter; with Dixie; miscarriage)
- Kate Martin(daughter; with Dixie)
- Dixie and Tad refer to their unnamed daughter as "Bess"
Flings & Affairs
- Pam Coulson (Dated in high school)
- Leslie Coulson's cousin (Name unknown; Dated in high school)
- Liza Colby
- Marian Colby (simultaneously with daughter Liza)
- Dottie Thornton
- Barbara Montgomery
- Skye Chandler Quartermaine
- Liza Colby
- Gloria Marsh
- Leslie Coulson
- Simone Torres (lovers)
- Krystal Carey (lovers)
- Diana Henry (broken engagement)
[edit] Dixie's Life History
Actor History
- Kari Gibson (1988 through 1989)
- Cady McClain (October 1988 to 1996; 3 July 1998 to 26 February 2002; 23 December 2005 to present)
Lifeline
- Presumed dead from May 10, 2002, to December 23, 2005.
Occupation
- Former administrative assistant for the Andrassy Foundation
- Former school teacher in Pigeon Hollow, West Virginia
- Former Maid at Cortlandt Manor
- Former Nanny for Brooke's daughter, Laura Cudahy
- Former servant for Adam Chandler
- Former salesperson for Enchantment Cosmetics at The Glamorama
- Former Patient Advocate at Pine Valley Hospital
- Former Assistant Teacher at Pine Valley High School
Resides At
- A health clinic somewhere in Switzerland
- Formerly at 646 Holland Avenue
Marital Status
- Single/Divorced
Past Marriages
- Adam Chandler Sr. (divorced)
- Tad Martin (married December 1989; divorced)
- Craig Lawson (divorced)
- Brian Bodine (divorced)
- Tad Martin (married May 1994; divorced)
- Tad Martin (married May 1999; divorced January 2002)
Relatives
- Paul Hunkle (father)
- Bess Cooney (mother; deceased)
- Will Cortlandt (brother; deceased)
- Melanie Cortlandt (sister)
- Del Henry (paternal half-brother)
- Diana Henry (paternal half-sister)
- Palmer Cortlandt (maternal uncle)
- Ross Chandler (maternal cousin)
- Nina Cortlandt (maternal cousin)
- Andrew Preston (maternal cousin; via adoption)
- Peter Cortlandt (maternal cousin)
- Julie Rand Chandler (maternal first cousin once removed; via adoption)
- Robert Warner (maternal first cousin once removed; via adoption)
- Michael Warner (maternal first cousin once removed)
- Samuel Carlos Grey (maternal first cousin twice removed; via adoption)
Children
- Adam Chandler Jr. (son; with Adam)
- Unnamed Child (daughter; with Tad; deceased/miscarriage)
- Kate Martin (daughter; with Tad)
- Adam Chandler III (grandson)
- Dixie and Tad refer to their unnamed daughter as "Bess"
Flings & Affairs
- Adam Chandler
- Tad Martin
- Ted Orsini
- Jonas (engaged; occurred off-screen while Dixie was living in Pigeon Hollow)
- David Hayward
