One Life to Live children
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The following are characters from the American soap opera One Life to Live who are notable for being the children of important characters, but as minors do not warrant their own articles.
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[edit] Bree Brennan
- Samantha and Jessica Schaffhauser (May 2006-September 2006)
- Carly and Sam Wolfe (October 2006-April 2008)
- Brooke and Kiley Liddell (May 2008-present)
Bree Brennan is the daughter of Jessica Buchanan and the late Nash Brennan. Jessica meets Nash in 2005 while she is struggling with dissociative identity disorder and under the influence of an alternate personality named Tess. Romantically involved with Antonio Vega for years, Jessica becomes pregnant and at first is not sure if Nash or Antonio is the father. The baby, born May 1, 2006,[1] is Nash's daughter and is named Brennan Buchanan. Jessica later nicknames her Bree. Jessica marries Nash on 12 July 2007. [2]
[edit] Kevin Buchanan, Jr.
Kevin Buchanan, Jr. is the son of Kevin Buchanan and Kelly Cramer. Stillborn on March 23, 2004, Kevin Jr. is the half-brother of the late Duke Buchanan. He would have also been the uncle and half-brother of Zane Buchanan, Kelly's son with Duke (whom she is raising with Kevin).
[edit] Megan Buchanan
Megan Victoria Buchanan is the daughter of Will Rappaport and Jessica Buchanan. Conceived during a brief fling between Will and Jessica, Megan is stillborn in 1999 after Dorian Cramer Lord accidentally hits a pregnant Jessica with her car. A devastated Jessica ultimately forgives a repentant Dorian.
On 21 July and 22 July 2008, the spirit of Megan visits Jessica's mother Victoria Lord Davidson, who is critically injured in a car crash.[3]
[edit] Zane Buchanan
- Unnamed infant actors (October 31, 2006 - December 14, 2006)
Zane Buchanan is the son of Kelly Cramer and the late Duke Buchanan. He is conceived during a tornado that strikes Llanview in May 2006. Duke sleeps with his father Kevin's ex-wife Kelly just that one time; Duke is subsequently injured in the tornado and ultimately dies. Zane is born severely premature by emergency Caesarean section on October 31, 2006. Kevin and Kelly soon leave town together headed for London, taking baby Zane with them.
[edit] Megan Craig Riley
- Unnamed infant actors (1974-1975)
Megan Craig Riley is the daughter of Joe Riley and Cathy Craig. While Joe is presumed dead, wife Victoria Lord Riley marries Steve Burke in 1972; Viki is overjoyed when Joe returns, but chooses to stay loyal to Steve in 1973. Joe begins a relationship with Cathy, but he and Viki soon reunite.
Viki's divorce from Steve is finalized, but Cathy is pregnant with Joe's child. He offers to marry her, but she refuses. Joe and Viki remarry in a simple ceremony. Cathy gives birth to Megan in 1974, but the child has a congenital heart defect that assures she will not live past adolescence. In 1975, Viki is in a car accident which leaves her in a coma and kills baby Megan. Viki recovers, but Cathy swears revenge.
A fragile Cathy begins a romance with Viki's brother Tony Lord in 1976, and they soon elope. Still overwrought over Megan's death, she begins to lose touch with reality and rages over the news that Viki is pregnant. Viki gives birth to Joe's son Kevin Lord Riley, but soon sister-in-law Cathy kidnaps the child. When delusional Cathy is found, she has no memory of taking the infant or where she had left him. Cathy finally remembers enough for Kevin to be found in 1977.
[edit] Jack Manning
- Ryan and Riley Cramer (2001-2003 [recurring/alternating role])
- Christian Thomas Ashdale (2003-2004)
- Jack Boscoe (January 5, 2005-October 2006)
- Thomas Christian Justusson (December 4, 2006-August 31, 2007)
- Carmen LoPorto (September 28, 2007-present)
Jack Manning is the second child of Blair Cramer and Todd Manning. Jack's older sister is Starr Manning; his younger half-brother (Todd's son by Margaret Cochran) is Sam Manning.[4]
In 2001, a pregnant Blair goes to Mexico to have her child, followed by Todd; thinking the baby is Max Holden’s, Todd lies to Blair and tells her the little boy died soon after birth. He goes to the airport, and gives the baby to a pair of nuns. Witnessing this, David Vickers gets the child back and brings him to where Todd and Blair are staying; Todd pays David a hefty sum to get rid of the baby.
David gives the child to a rich Texas couple, but Todd discovers that the boy is indeed his son and forces David to reveal his location. Todd gets him back and he and Blair name their son Jack; David blackmails Todd, threating to tell Blair everything. Todd turns the tables on him, but Blair eventually finds out.
Margaret Cochran, obsessed with Todd, kidnaps young Jack in 2004, but he is later returned.
[edit] Sam Manning
- Zachary and Daniel Frisch (2006-2007)
- Jacob and Luke Clodfelter (2007-present)
The biological child of Todd Manning and Margaret Cochran, Sam is first called Todd Manning Jr. by his mother at birth, but ultimately adopted illegally and named Thomas John "Tommy" McBain. After discovering his son is alive, Todd renames him Sam Manning.
Long obsessed with Todd Manning and causing trouble for him and his family, mentally unstable Margaret Cochran appears on his wedding day to ex-wife Blair Cramer. When he refuses to leave with her willingly, she shoots both his knees, kidnaps him and holds him hostage. Wanting a child by Todd, Margaret ultimately rapes him; he allows it to happen to keep Margaret from murdering Blair. Margaret disappears and Todd and Blair are later reunited; a pregnant Margaret returns to Llanview but is murdered. Todd is tried, convicted and sentenced to death for the crime; he is administered the lethal injection but revived at the very last second by his enemy Dr. Spencer Truman as proof surfaces that Margaret is alive. With no memory of her time in Llanview, Margaret is first unable to recall even having a child; soon the memories come flooding back.
It is revealed that Spencer had taken Margaret in, orchestrated her "murder" and framed Todd. Spencer had delivered Margaret's baby — whom she unofficially named Todd Manning Jr. — on February 3, 2006, and had then disposed of it in a black market adoption. Margaret dies following a van wreck before she can reveal all the details.
Todd hires young private investigator Rex Balsom to find his son in late 2006. Rex soon discovers that the child is actually his own godson: Tommy, the adopted son of close friend Marcie and her new husband, Dr. Michael McBain. Familiar with the McBains' devotion to Tommy and knowing that they would be devastated if he were taken away, Rex is unsure what to do; he is also aware of Todd's volatile behavior, above-the-law history and selfishness. Perceiving Todd's consideration of his missing son as nothing more than a lost possession, Rex decides to keep the secret.
Rex's girlfriend Adriana Cramer and later Michael himself become part of the conspiracy to keep Tommy with the McBains. Rex goes as far as faking a death certificate for Todd's missing child to get Todd to give up the search. An unhinged Spencer is murdered; in the wake of his death, hints to the whereabouts of Todd's son begin to surface, prompting Todd to resume his search. Spencer's killer is finally revealed to be Lindsay Rappaport, who loves Marcie like a daughter. Lindsay had discovered Tommy's true identity and had stabbed Spencer to bury the secret forever. But at the same time Lindsay is arrested, the rest of Spencer's final plan plays out as his heir Miles Laurence gives Todd proof that Spencer orchestrated the adoption of Todd's son by the McBains.
Todd takes the McBains to court to win custody of his son, and both sides malign each other in a bitter battle. On 9 October 2007, Todd is awarded custody. As he arrives at the McBains' to pick up his son, Marcie escapes out a window with Tommy and flees town. Pursued by Todd, FBI agent Lee Ramsey and her brother-in-law Detective John McBain, Marcie and Tommy travel under assumed names to Decatur, Georgia, then New Orleans and finally Paris, Texas. A disguised Marcie walks into the Bonjour Café, not realizing that Llanview matriarch (and Todd's sister) Viki Lord Davidson has been working there incognito to temporarily escape her life. Marcie befriends waitress Gigi Morasco, who soon discovers Marcie's identity but promises not to turn Marcie in.
With Marcie and his son still at large, Todd announces on December 20, 2007 that "Tommy" will be renamed "Sam Manning," in honor of his deceased mentor and friend, Sam Rappaport. Having unknowingly avoided Viki for weeks, Marcie soon comes face to face with her; when Todd and John appear at the Bonjour, a desperate Marcie holds Viki at gunpoint. The FBI and police soon surround the diner; Marcie's doctor husband Michael is sent in to help an ailing Viki, becoming Marcie's willing prisoner as Viki is released to get medical attention. Michael is temporarily reunited with his former adopted son "Tommy." Michael manages to convince Marcie to surrender; they will lose their child but will still have each other for support. On January 14, 2008, Todd's son Sam is finally returned to him.
[edit] Shane Morasco
- Austin Williams (October 29, 2007-present)
Shane Morasco is the young son of waitress and single parent Gigi Morasco, and is a constant presence at her place of employment, the Bon Jour Café in Paris, Texas. Shane is close with all of the Bon Jour's staff, including Viki Davidson; despite being energetic and curious, Shane is asthmatic, and has frequent attacks which can send him to the emergency room. Gigi asserts that his father is a deceased war hero, a story Shane thrills to hear again and again, but there are indications that this may be not be true. She is especially troubled when her old high school boyfriend Rex Balsom later appears at the Bon Jour.
When Gigi becomes friends with fugitive Marcie McBain, Shane comes to know her in her disguise as Bon Jour waitress "Sally Ann". "Sally Ann" recommends fantasy books for Shane to read so he can improve his reading comprehension in school. When Todd Manning and Lee Ramsey come to Paris to apprehend Marcie, Shane is taken hostage along with Gigi in order to force her to lure Marcie into a trap. Todd sees to it that Shane is kept comfortable with video games and snacks, and kept unaware of the nature of the situation, and Shane and Gigi are freed when Todd and Ramsey pursue Marcie. After the hostage standoff at the Bon Jour involving Marcie and Viki, Gigi is arrested for aiding and abetting at a fugitive. A tearful Shane watches his mother be taken away, and later pleads with Viki to help her. Viki pays Gigi's bail and Gigi and Shane are reunited, and say goodbye to Viki as she returns to Llanview.
Gigi and Shane later go to Llanview to testify in the case against Marcie. Rex's fiancée Adriana Cramer discovers Shane's existence, and suspects that he is Rex's son. Rex refuses to believe it, and Gigi confirms that Shane's father is a deceased Navy SEAL. Gigi is troubled as Rex begins getting closer to Shane. On 17 March 2008, she admits aloud that Rex is Shane's father. [5] Gigi and Shane celebrate Shane's 10th birthday on March 25, 2008.
[edit] Brendan Thornhart
Brendan Patrick Thornhart is the son of Patrick Thornhart and Blair Cramer. In 1996, Blair gives birth to a stillborn baby boy she names Brendan Patrick. Brendan would have been the half brother of Patrick's future son Cole Thornhart as well as the half brother of Blair's subsequent children Starr and Jack Manning. Brendan's half-siblings Starr and Cole start dating each other in 2006, and conceive a child together in early 2008.
[edit] Jamie Vega
- Darryn and Leah Thompson (February 10, 2003 - March 8, 2005)
- Saoirse Scott (April 8, 2005 - present) [6]
Jamie Vega is the daughter of Antonio Vega and Keri Reynolds; following the death of her mother, Jamie is the subject of a fierce custody battle between her father and maternal grandfather, R.J. Gannon. Jessica Buchanan acts as a mother to Jamie during Jessica's long relationship with (and short marriage to) Antonio, and nearly adopts Jamie before she and Antonio split up. In April 2007, Jamie runs out of Antonio and Jessica's loft as they are arguing. Outside, Jamie runs through Angel Square, directly past Nash and her uncle Cristian, who witness Jamie being hit by a car. Jamie is rushed to the hospital, where she is treated by Dr. Michael McBain and Dr. Paige Miller. Jamie makes a full recovery. After Antonio and Jessica's break up, Antonio briefly leaves town, taking Jamie with him. They soon return.
[edit] Notes
- ^ One Life to Live recap (5/1/06) - ABC.com
- ^ One Life to Live recap (7/12/07) - ABC.com
- ^ Logan, Michael. "Nipped Tuck: Tweaked OLTL Tale Adds 'Original' Jess." TVGuide.com Retrieved June 12, 2008. It may also be noted that actress Torpey portrayed Jessica when the character Megan died in 1999.
- ^ Blair's son Brendan by Patrick Thornhart is stillborn in 1996.
- ^ Gigi confirms that Rex is Shane's father in the 17 March 2008 episode.
- ^ IMDb.com - Saoirse Scott
