Blair Cramer Manning
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 Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer Manning in the One Life to Live opening sequence |
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| Portrayed by | Mia Korf (1991-1993) Kassie DePaiva (1993-present) |
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| First appearance | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Michael Malone | ||||||||||||||||
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| Aliases | Blair Daimler | ||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Publisher of Craze magazine | ||||||||||||||||
| Residence | La Boulaie | ||||||||||||||||
 Mia Korf as Blair |
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Blair Cramer Manning (née Daimler; formerly Buchanan and Holden) is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live. The role was originated by actress Mia Korf in 1991, and has been portrayed by Kassie DePaiva since 1993.[3]
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[edit] Character biography
In 1991, Blair Daimler comes to fictional Llanview with a secret — she is the daughter of Dorian Cramer Lord's as-yet-unmentioned older sister Agatha "Addie" Cramer. Blair keeps Addie, mentally ill and institutionalized for years, hidden in her loft, and blames her Aunt Dorian for her mother's illness. Seeking revenge, Blair tries to ruin Dorian by getting her aunt's signature on a document confessing to the murder of Victor Lord in 1976.
Blair seeks to marry Asa Buchanan to gain the financial security and power she needs to care for her mother and destroy Dorian. As it turns out, Dorian had been told Addie had died by their parents, who had institutionalized her. Blair marries Asa despite the fact that she is in love with Max Holden; by the time her marriage falls apart and Asa throws her out on the street, Max has moved on to the love of his life, Luna Moody. In 1994, Blair tries to use Max's ever-increasing gambling habit to split him up from Luna. Blair and Max spend a wild weekend in Atlantic City, but later Blair accidentally hits Luna with her car and paralyzes her. A sobered Max faces his addiction, realizes he loves Luna and ends his relationship with Blair for good. Cord Roberts consoles a devastated Blair, and they fall into a romance.
[edit] Todd Manning
In late 1994, Blair bonds with town pariah Todd Manning, and after several drinks they fall into bed. When she discovers in 1995 that Todd is the "secret Lord heir" — son of deceased millionaire Victor Lord and half-brother to heiress Viki Carpenter — she scrambles to marry him to secure the money she needs to pay for Addie's care. She pretends to be pregnant with his child, and they wed.
Todd buys a tabloid, The Intruder, and renaming it The Sun, he immediately sets himself as the rival to Viki's newspaper, The Banner. Blair falls for Todd and really becomes pregnant with his baby, but she is mugged and miscarries. Max reveals to Todd that Blair wasn't pregnant when they married; a furious Todd nearly rapes her. Their marriage in shambles, Blair discovers that she is pregnant again; ultimately, Todd has their union annulled.
By November 1995, Todd and Blair reunite and marry again. Todd travels to the Irish island of Inishcrag to make amends with Marty Saybrooke, the woman he had raped years before. Todd helps Marty's love, Patrick Thornhart, evade a terrorist group, but is mistaken for Patrick, shot and presumed dead.
In 1996, a vengeful Blair vows to destroy Marty for her part in Todd's death. Blair gives birth to Todd's daughter Starr, and then decides to seduce Patrick to punish Marty. By now, Marty is engaged to Luna's brother Dylan Moody, but still in love with Patrick. He resists his attraction to Blair, even as Marty marries Dylan. When Marty insists on staying with a paralyzed Dylan despite her feeling, Patrick finally falls into Blair's arms. As they make love on the floor of her penthouse, a man watches from the shadows: Todd.
Todd laters reveals himself, delighted with daughter Starr but vowing to punish an "unfaithful" Blair. She is overjoyed that Todd is alive, but he soon engages her in a fierce custody battle for Starr. Though considering reuniting with Blair, Todd's anger is fueled by the revelation that she is pregnant with Patrick's child. Baby Starr is diagnosed with aplastic anemia and needs a bone marrow transplant. Blair's unborn child is a match, but she is soon in a car accident; her child with Patrick is stillborn, and she names him Brendan. Unbeknownst to Blair, the other driver had been her young cousin Kelly Cramer; after Kelly's role in the accident is revealed, she and Blair are at odds for some time. Alex Olanov turns out to be a suitable donor for Starr, but by now Todd and Blair are at war, and divorce in 1997.
Todd pays lawyer Téa Delgado $5 million to marry him in a bid to defeat Blair in the custody battle over Starr. Téa and Blair are soon at each other's throats; when Téa falls through a window during an argument with Blair, Todd is temporarily awarded full custody of Starr. By 1998, Blair wins back visitation rights to her daughter; she renews her relationship with Max, but breaks it off when she discovers that Asa has paid Max to get information on her. Blair falls into the arms of Sam Rappaport; in love with Blair, Max proposes, but she turns him down.
Blair and Todd marry a third time in 2001 but divorce in 2002; they remarry in 2003 but that union is annulled in 2004.
In 2007, Blair remarries Todd for the fifth time (in exchange for a Téa-inspired $5 million) to help his bid to win custody of his biological son Sam Manning (then known as "Tommy McBain"). Todd's child with Margaret Cochran, Sam had been kidnapped by Todd's nemesis Dr. Spencer Truman shortly after birth and had been presumed dead. His son's existence revealed, Todd is desperate to take him back from his adopted parents, Dr. Michael and Marcie McBain. Todd is awarded custody, but Marcie flees Llanview with the child.
In May 2008, Todd is in a car crash with Sam, who is not in a carseat; Blair is awarded custody of Sam.
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