Myrtle Fargate
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 Eileen Herlie as Myrtle Fargate |
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| Portrayed by | Eileen Herlie | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Created by | Agnes Nixon | ||||||||||||
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| Aliases | Myrtle Lum | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Owner of the Boutique in Pine Valley Owner of a boarding house in Pine Valley |
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| Residence | Pine Valley, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
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Myrtle Fargate (nee Lum) is a fictional character on the American daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Eileen Herlie since 1976.
[edit] Character history
Myrtle Lum comes to Pine Valley, Pennsylvania as a former carny and a somewhat partner-in-crime to Phoebe Tyler Wallingford, as she is trying to break up her son, Lincoln's marriage to Kitty Shea. She is to pose as her mother, Mrs. Lucy Carpenter. However, a real bond of affection blooms between Kitty and Myrtle. Naturally, the scheme fails, and Phoebe is defeated again. Kitty is dying of a brain disease, and Myrtle and Lincoln vow to make her last month's happy ones. They do, and Kitty dies at peace. Myrtle meets a man named Nigel Fargate and eventually marries him, away from Pine Valley. When Nigel dies, Myrtle returns to Pine Valley.
She owns the Boutique, a clothing store that is owned by Lincoln's late sister, Ann Tyler; and also owns a boarding house in Pine Valley. She is best friends with Phoebe's former rival, Mona Kane Tyler, and when Mona dies, she becomes the surrogate mother to Erica Kane (to Myrtle's mind and heart, Erica is her girl). She is also the surrogate grandmother to Erica's children, Kendall Hart, Josh Madden and Bianca Montgomery (Bianca once stayed at Myrtle's boarding house, where she was raped by Michael Cambias). She functions in a great grandmotherly capacity to Miranda Montgomery, Spike Lavery and Ian Slater as well, Kendall and Bianca's children. As such, she is often considered a member of the Kane-Montgomery family. She also functions as a mother figure to Zach Slater, Kendall's husband, when he needs some clarity in his life.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Stated on-air on All My Children on February 23, 2000.
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