Lord family
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The Lord family is the core legacy family on the American
soap opera
One Life to Live
, having appeared since the series debut in summer 1968. Initially introduced as the affluent WASP
foil
to the working class Wolek family
, early storylines explored the ways these families interacted and contrasted. The lives and relationships of Victor Lord, Sr. and his children Victoria
, Tina
, Todd
, and Victor, Jr. serve as the primary plot narrative throughout the series.
(called "Viki" by all but her father) and Meredith
; their mother Eugenia Randolph Lord had died while giving birth to Meredith. With no son to succeed him, Victor concentrated his efforts on Viki, grooming her under the strictest conditions. As a result of this lifelong pressure, Viki allowed herself little time for romantic entanglements, focusing her energy on her career and her father's approval. Conversely, frail, and emotional Meredith, all but overlooked by Victor, sought escape from his oppression and the future he had laid out for her.
, but soon they started falling in love. Victor disapproved of his daughter becoming involved with the working-class Riley and did all he could to keep them apart. Torn between pleasing her father and following her heart, Viki began getting headaches — and mysterious, threatening notes telling her to end her relationship with Joe.
Joe's best friend, Vincent "Vinny" Wolek, soon fell in love with fun-loving party girl Niki Smith; little did he know that Niki was an alternate personality of heiress Viki Lord. Eventually Vinny learned the truth and, though heartbroken, told Viki about her alter ego. Viki sought medical treatment for her multiple personality disorder
and, as her mental illness seemed under control, she went ahead with her plans to marry Joe. But during the wedding in June 1969, Niki reemerged and fled the ceremony with an ecstatic Vinny. When he urged Niki to marry him, however, Niki's own panic resulted in Viki regaining control. She returned to Joe.
During more intensive therapy, Viki remembered writing the notes (as Niki), and finally recalled the childhood memory that had apparently caused her personality to splinter. A five-year-old Viki had witnessed a heated argument between Victor and Eugenia at the top of the staircase at Llanfair. A furious Victor had accused his wife of being pregnant with another man's child, and Eugenia lost her balance and toppled down the stairs. She gave birth to Meredith and then died. To young Viki, it had appeared that her father had pushed her mother to her death, and her subconscious had blocked the memory and created an alternate personality to protect her from this and future traumas. Now freed by the truth, Viki married Joe.
In 1970, Joe began investigating Llanview's increasing drug trade for The Banner. While making inquiries in California
, Joe's car went over a cliff; his body was never found, but he was presumed dead. Viki was devastated. Also, in 1970, Victor hired Steve Burke as Executive Editor of The Banner, and soon hoped that Steve and Viki would get together. Victor's scheming was at first unsuccessful, but eventually Viki returned Steve's feelings and accepted his marriage proposal. Viki signed papers declaring Joe dead, which shocked Vinny Wolek and Joe's sister Eileen, both of whom had refused to give up the hope that Joe was alive.
Joe Riley reappeared in time to watch Viki marry another man. As she and Steve returned from their honeymoon, she got the news that Joe was alive, and fainted. In love with (and married to) two different men, Viki eventually chose to remain loyal to Steve in 1973. Heartbroken and still in love with Viki, Joe took up with Cathy Craig.
) was suspended from Llanview hospital in 1973 for her involvement in the death of a patient, and she blamed hospital board member Viki (who had actually voted in Dorian's favor) for the decision. She and Viki sparred further when Dorian became Victor's private physician, but their rivalry was cemented when Victor announced that he had married Dorian. Viki also gained an enemy in Cathy Craig. After Meredith's death, Viki had divorced Steve and remarried true love Joe; however, in the interim he had conceived a child with Cathy. Tragically, Viki was in a car accident that killed Joe and Cathy's infant daughter, Megan, and Cathy swore revenge.
In 1970, it had been revealed that Victor had conceived a secret son with Dorothy Randolph (Eugenia's sister). Victor had never met the child, and had searched for him for years. Now, with his health failing, Victor was desperate to find his long-lost son. A man named Tony Harris came to town in 1975, and Dorian was the first to realize that he was, in fact, Victor's long-lost son, Tony Lord. He and Victor were eventually reunited, but Dorian, hoping to maintain her hold on Victor's fortune, soon manipulated events to make father and son bitter enemies. By 1976, the feud between Victor and Tony worsened, and Dorian persuaded Victor to make her a main beneficiary of his will. Soon however, sensing his mortality, Victor began to soften towards Tony, and father and son made efforts to reconcile.
In 1976, Tony Lord began a romance with fragile Cathy Craig who, still overwrought over the death of her child, began to lose touch with reality and raged over the news that Viki was pregnant. Meanwhile, Tony shared a past with new Banner editor Pat Ashley she was still in love with him, but kept her distance. Pat had long kept a secret from Tony, which she confided in Viki: Pat's son Brian Kendall was Tony's son. Soon Pat had decided to fight for Tony, but he and Cathy had eloped.
Desperate to guarantee that she would inherit the Lord fortune, Dorian continued to alienate Victor from his son. But Tony discovered Dorian's machinations and told his father; when Victor confronted his wife, he was shocked to hear Dorian admit that she'd known Tony's true identity from the beginning. Luckily for Dorian, a sudden stroke left Victor unable to speak. As she schemed to keep him from recovering, Victor had a second stroke — he struggled to tell Viki what Dorian was up to, but before he was able, the Lord of The Banner was dead.
To everyone's surprise, Dorian was named executor of Victor's will, and Tony was excluded altogether. Viki gave birth to Joe's son Kevin Lord Riley
, but soon sister-in-law Cathy kidnapped the child. When delusional Cathy was found, she had no memory of taking the infant or where she had left him. Tony and Pat could no longer ignore their feelings for each other and made love. By 1977, the loss of their son had taken its toll on Joe and Viki's marriage, and Dorian did all she could to keep the couple separated. But when Cathy finally remembered enough for Kevin to be found, Joe and Viki reconciled.
Tony stayed with Cathy until he felt she was well enough to handle a separation; in the meantime, Pat had told Tony that Brian was his son. When Tony and Cathy split, he and Pat were engaged, but Brian hated Tony and took the news badly. When Pat's dead husband Paul Kendall appeared very much alive, she sadly told Tony she was welcoming Paul back into her life for Brian's sake. But soon Pat and Tony had resumed their affair. Pat finally told Brian that Tony was his father in 1978, and an upset Brian ran out into the street, where he was hit and killed by a car.
Tony and Pat's relationship fell apart in the aftermath of Brian's death, and Tony left Llanview in 1979. He later returned in 1981, and befriended Bo Buchanan
; Tony and Pat reunited and were married that year. In 1983, Pat got the news that Tony had been killed on assignment in Lebanon
while doing a story on a terrorist group; she soon left town to accept a job in Chicago. However to this day, Tony's body has never actually been found.
returned to Llanview with shocking news for Viki. The daughter of Viki's deceased childhood friend Irene Manning Clayton
, Tina had read her mother's diary and discovered that Ted Clayton had not been her father after all. Dorian's fortune was frozen when Tina found out that Victor had once married Irene; with no record of a divorce, Dorian's marriage to Victor was invalid (it was later revealed that Victor had indeed divorced Irene several years before his marriage to Dorian, making that marriage legal). Soon Tina discovered a secret room under Llanfair, in which she found Nazi
-plundered paintings from World War II
and a letter written to Viki in which Victor admitted that Tina was his daughter.
; during surgery, she had an out-of-body experience
which took her to Heaven
. There she was reunited with former husband Joe Riley, mother Eugenia, sister Meredith, brother Tony and friends Irene Manning and Samantha Vernon. She also had a conversation with one of her alters, Niki Smith, who explains what her reason for being was, and the two forge an amicable existence.
Larry tries to talk Viki out of attending her high school reunion in 1988; it is soon revealed that Viki had left school and had a baby — delivered by Larry. Viki's father Victor had sent her to a hypnotist, who had wiped away all memories of the experience. Viki is determined to find her daughter; meeting Roger Gordon ultimately brings Viki's memories flooding back in 1989. Roger and Viki had fallen in love, but his apparent death had shocked Viki into reverting into Niki Smith; Niki had been in control during the pregnancy, with Viki reemerging briefly during childbirth. One of Roger's daughters is Viki's child; unfortunately, it is not sweet family friend Sarah, but her self-absorbed sister Megan Gordon — despised by Viki since Megan's appearance in Llanview in 1988. Megan, a soap opera
star and major diva, has a passionate romance with Max Holden
and feuds with rival actress Summer Skye while working on Bo Buchanan's
soap Fraternity Row. Later, Megan softens towards Viki and develops a close relationship with her mother, then settles down with dashing international man of mystery Jake Harrison, her true love. But love can't save Megan from the ravages of lupus
, which takes her life in early 1992. Surrounded by friends and family, Megan dies in Jake's arms, and later appears as a blithe spirit to help Jake and her loved ones through troubled times. Megan's most recent spiritual visitation was in 2004, when she helped Viki cope with the loss of her husband Ben Davidson
.
In either late 2011 or Januray 2012, Megan will repear.
. Viki's son Kevin was also implicated but ultimately exonerated; the rape had been led by Todd Manning
, and a guilty Powell had participated due to peer pressure
. Powell received a lesser sentence and later fell in love with Rebecca Lewis, who herself had seen a softer side in the imprisoned Todd and was in love with him. A subsequent series of rapes is initially blamed on Todd, but it is revealed that Powell is the culprit, believing that he could win Rebecca's love if he became a rapist like Todd.
In 1994, new evidence surfaced that put Dorian on trial for Victor Lord's death in 1976. Sentenced to be executed, Dorian was later freed when a man named David Vickers
came forward, claiming to be Victor's son by Irene Clayton. David wanted to secure the $27.8 million trust fund Victor had secretly left for Irene's son, whom the millionaire had hidden away. David produced Irene's diary, in which Irene admitted to killing Victor herself. Dorian knew, however, that the diary was a forgery, and paid David for his assistance.
David and his new "sister" Tina Lord couldn't fight their sexual attraction. To ease her revulsion over their incestuous affair, David admitted that he was not, in fact, her brother. He also revealed the shocking news that Victor and Irene's son was actually the reviled Todd Manning
. Tina agreed to keep this secret so that they could get their hands on the inheritance due the Lord heir. With a new plan for Tina to claim the fortune, the couple married in Las Vegas
; meanwhile, Dorian had discovered the truth about Todd and told Viki, who confronted Tina and David. Todd was soon revealed as the true heir. In 2011, avery much alive Irene Manning reveals that she bore Victor two sons, twins: Todd and Victor Jr. When Irene told Victor she was pregnant for a second time, Victor disgarded her and his heirs. Irene gave Todd to her cousin, Peter and his wife to raise while she kept Victor Jr.
A final alternative personality emerged — Victor Lord — and Viki resisted his urges for her to kill herself. During therapy, Viki remembers the horrible truth that she, as Tori, had been the one who smothered Victor with a pillow all those years before. She was eventually absolved of wrongdoing due to her mental illness. Because of the revelations and the pain she had to deal with, Viki, who had once idolized and idealized her father, now has nothing but rage, hatred and contempt for him and his depraved actions. Her relationship with Dorian, while still acrimonious at times, had now softened to where the two women are mainly frenemies, getting on one another's nerves one minute, teaming up against the common enemy, the next. All the while, there has been respect from both sides, and while neither Dorian or Viki would ever admit it, especially to themselves or one another, the two women are more alike than they realize.
abducted Viki's long-lost daughter Natalie
, Viki and Jessica
followed him to a mysterious piece of farmland, "the Champion Noble Clinic," only to discover Mitch prepping Natalie for an amateur heart transplant in an old barn. The recipient: A wizened old husk of a man lolling in a wheelchair - Victor Lord himself!
As Viki stalled for time, Victor explained his bargain with Mitch to his daughter: He lived still (with no explanation as to how he had survived being suffocated by Tori), but needed a young, healthy heart to sustain his life, and the amoral monarch was determined that that heart must come from one of his own grandchildren. In return for delivering Natalie to him, Mitch would get the Lord fortune signed over to him by Victor. Victor pushed Viki to choose which of her daughters would be sacrificed: Natalie or Jessica? Before Viki could be forced to make the horrible decision, the authorities arrived. Mitch was arrested, and Victor was taken to Llanview Hospital for treatment. Viki and Todd grappled with the knowledge that the darkest demon from their past was alive after all, and visited with Victor, struggling for closure from a man they found disgusting yet desperately wanted to understand. As Todd demanded answers from Victor about his affair with Todd's mother Irene, Victor proudly said that though he tried to deny it, Todd had "the heart of a Lord," and had he raised him, he would have named him "Victor Jr.", an idea which repulsed Todd. When Viki confronted him about her abuse, an incoherent Victor remained unresponsive and delirious. In his final moments, Victor seemed willing to comply with Viki and Todd's request that he film a videotaped new last will and testament in order to keep Mitch from acquiring the Lord millions. Unfortunately, Victor expired before he could do so. In a death rattle, he strained to say something to "Victoria", but never finished.
With Victor's death, Mitch Laurence gained control of the entire Lord estate and fortune, driving Viki and her family from their ancestral home of Llanfair and taking it as his own. It was only after Dorian Lord returned, gained his confidence, and then betrayed him that Mitch was able to be ousted and finally killed by his own daughter, born of his rape of Viki - Jessica Buchanan. With Mitch gone, Viki and her children reclaimed Llanfair and what was rightfully theirs.
. Following Asa Buchanan
's funeral in mid August, they once again found themselves locked away and trapped together, this time in the Buchanan wine cellar. Dorian and Viki raged at each other, with Dorian challenging Viki to face the emptiness in her own life. Dorian also made a startling claim: That she had killed Victor Lord after all! Viki reminded Dorian that Tori had "killed" Victor and that Victor had in fact never been dead after all, but Dorian dismissed the Victor that appeared in 2003 with "if that was him."
During an interview with TV Guide Canada in February 2009, Dorian's portrayer, Robin Strasser
, offered a belated explanation for the recent reversal about Victor's murderer:
The notion that Dorian is Victor's true murderer is bolstered in the August 16, 2011 episode of One Life to Live. When David Vickers Buchanan mentions that the (albeit forged) entry from Irene Manning's diary cleared Dorian of a murder she did not commit, Dorian comments to herself, "... or so Viki chooses to believe."
m. Virginia "Ginny" Fletcher
c. Unknown man
m. Unknown woman
c. Powell Lord Sr. (deceased)
m. Margaret Maiden name Unknown
c. Powell Lord II (deceased)
m. Trish Maiden name Unknown
c. Powell Lord III (died 2009)
c. Victor Lord, Sr. (born 1916; died 2003)
a. Dorothy Randolph (deceased)
c. Tony Lord (born 1944; died 1983)
a. Pat Ashley
c. Brian Kendall (born 1967; died 1978)
m. Cathy Craig [1976-1977; divorced]
m. Pat Ashley [1982-1983; dissolved]
m. Eugenia Randolph [1940s-1950; dissolved]
c. Victoria Lord
(born 1946)
m. Roger Gordon
[early 1960s; annulled]
c. Megan Gordon (born 1963; died 1992)
m. Jake Harrison [1991-1992; dissolved]
m. Joe Riley
[1969-1971; annulled]
m. Steve Burke [1972-1974; divorced]
m. Joe Riley [1974-1979; dissolved]
c. Kevin Buchanan
(born 1976; adopted by Clint)
m. LeeAnn Demerest [1992-1993; divorced]
c. Duke Buchanan (born 1992; died 2006)
a. Kelly Cramer
c. Zane Buchanan (born 2006)
m. Cassie Callison [1998-1999; annulled]
m. Kelly Cramer
[2003-2004; divorced]
c. Kevin Buchanan, Jr. (stillborn; 2004)
c. Joey Buchanan
(born 1980; adopted by Clint)
m. Kelly Cramer [2000-2001; divorced]
m. Jennifer Rappaport
[2003-2004; divorced]
m. Aubrey Wentworth
[2011; divorced]
m. Clint Buchanan
[1982-1985; divorced]
r. Mitch Laurence
c. Jessica Buchanan
(born 1986; adopted by Clint)
a. Will Rappaport
c. Megan Buchanan (stillborn; 1999)
m. Tico Santi [2004; annulled]
a. Nash Brennan
c. Bree Brennan (born 2006)
m. Antonio Vega
[2006-2007; divorced]
m. Nash Brennan [2007-2008; divorced]
c. Chloe Brennan (stillborn; 2008)
a. Robert Ford
c. Ryder Ford (born 2011)
m. Robert Ford [2011; annulled]
m. Cutter Wentworth
[2011; divorced]
m. Clint Buchanan [1986-1994; divorced]
c. Natalie Buchanan
(born 1986; stolen at birth)
m. Mitch Laurence
[2002-2003; annulled]
m. Cristian Vega
[2003-2005; divorced]
m. Jared Banks
[2009; dissolved]
a. John McBain
c. Liam McBain (born 2011)
m. Sloan Carpenter [1994-1995; dissolved]
m. Ben Davidson
[2000-2004; dissolved]
m. Charlie Banks
[2009-2011; divorced]
c. Meredith Lord
(born 1950; died 1973)
m. Larry Wolek
[1970-1973; dissolved]
c. Daniel Wolek (born 1971; twin)
c. Unnamed daughter (stillborn 1971; twin)
m. Irene Manning
[1960s; divorced]
c. Tina Lord
(born 1962)
m. Cord Roberts
[1986-1987; divorced]
c. C. J. Roberts (born 1987)
m. Cord Roberts [1988-1990; divorced]
m. Cord Roberts [1991-1993; divorced]
c. Sarah Roberts
(born 1991)
m. Cain Rogan [1994; invalid]
m. David Vickers
[1995; divorced]
a. Irene Manning
c. Todd Manning
(born 1970; twin) {put up for adoption}
m. Blair Cramer
[1995; annulled]
c. Unnamed child (miscarriage)
m. Blair Cramer [1995-1997; divorced]
c. Starr Manning
(born 1996)
a. Cole Thornhart
c. Hope Manning-Thornhart (born 2008)
m. Téa Delgado
[1997-1998; divorced]
m. Téa Delgado [1998-1999; annulled]
m. Blair Cramer [2001-2002; divorced]
c. Jack Manning
(born 2001)
a. Téa Delgado
c. Danielle Manning (born 2003)
c. Victor Lord, Jr. (born 1970; died 2011; twin)
m. Blair Cramer [2003-2004; annulled]
m. Blair Cramer [2007-2008; divorced]
r. Margaret Cochran
{she raped Victor}
c. Sam Manning (born 2004; adopted by Blair)
m. Téa Delgado [2009; invalid]
m. Téa Delgado [2010-2011; dissolved]
c. Gwendolyn Lord (deceased)
m. Jonathan Abbott [dissolved by his death]
c. Richard Abbott
m. Becky Lee Abbott [1978-1981; divorced]
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Soap opera
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One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
, having appeared since the series debut in summer 1968. Initially introduced as the affluent WASP
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant or WASP is an informal term, often derogatory or disparaging, for a closed group of high-status Americans mostly of British Protestant ancestry. The group supposedly wields disproportionate financial and social power. When it appears in writing, it is usually used to...
foil
Foil (literature)
In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of another character....
to the working class Wolek family
Wolek family
The Wolek family were one of the fictional core families on the American soap opera One Life to Live when it debuted in 1968. They were the working class reflection of the affluent Lords, with early storylines exploring the ways these families interacted and contrasted. The family was created...
, early storylines explored the ways these families interacted and contrasted. The lives and relationships of Victor Lord, Sr. and his children Victoria
Victoria Lord
Victoria "Viki" Lord is the principal fictional character and matriarch of the Lord family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...
, Tina
Tina Lord
Tina Lord Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, originated and most notably portrayed by Andrea Evans...
, Todd
Todd Manning
Thomas Todd Manning is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Michael Malone, the role was originated in 1992 by actor Roger Howarth. In 2003, Howarth departed from the series and the role was recast with actor Trevor St. John as Todd, initially written...
, and Victor, Jr. serve as the primary plot narrative throughout the series.
Generations
- Only current spouses are listed or those who were married when they died.
- Characters who currently appear on the show appear in bold.
First generation
- Victor Lord (born June 17, 1916; died March 4, 2003)
- Eugenia Lord [widowed] (died December 1, 1950)
- Dorian Lord [dissolved by his death]
- Powell Lord, Sr. (deceased)
- Margaret Lord (deceased)
- Gwendolyn Lord Abbott (deceased)
- Jonathan Abbott (Deceased)
Second generation
- Powell Lord, II (deceased)
- Trish Lord
- Richard Abbott
- Tony Lord (born 1945; died September 18, 1983)
- Pat Ashley [dissolved by his death]
- Victoria LordVictoria LordVictoria "Viki" Lord is the principal fictional character and matriarch of the Lord family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...
(born August 14, 1946)- Joe RileyJoe Riley (One Life to Live)Joseph Francis "Joe" Riley, Sr. is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was portrayed by Lee Patterson from the inception of the serial in 1968 through 1970, returning from 1972 through 1979, and reappearing briefly in 1987.-Storylines:In 1968, reporter Joe Riley...
[widowed] - Sloan Carpenter [widowed]
- Ben DavidsonBen Davidson (One Life to Live)Dr. Ben Davidson is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by actor Mark Derwin from February 1999 to August 2002, and briefly in February 2004 and July 2008...
[widowed]
- Joe Riley
- Meredith LordMeredith LordMeredith "Merrie" Lord Wolek is an original character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was originated by Trish Van Devere from the debut episode through 1969...
(born December 1, 1950; died August 8, 1973)- Larry WolekLarry WolekDr. Lawrence "Larry" Wolek is a fictional character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was originated on the debut episode July 15, 1968, and most notably portrayed by actor Michael Storm who played the role nearly continuously from January 4, 1969 through 2004.-Enter Larry:The...
[dissolved by her death]
- Larry Wolek
- Tina LordTina LordTina Lord Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, originated and most notably portrayed by Andrea Evans...
(born March 14, 1962) - Todd ManningTodd ManningThomas Todd Manning is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Michael Malone, the role was originated in 1992 by actor Roger Howarth. In 2003, Howarth departed from the series and the role was recast with actor Trevor St. John as Todd, initially written...
(born January 2, 1970) - Victor Lord, Jr. (born January 2, 1970; died August 31, 2011)
- Téa DelgadoTéa DelgadoTéa Delgado is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. The role was portrayed by Florencia Lozano from January 27, 1997 to March 2, 2000 and briefly in 2002; Lozano returned to the role once again on December 5, 2008.A stern but passionate personality, the character has...
[dissolved by his death]
- Téa Delgado
Third generation
- Megan Gordon (born December 25, 1963; died February 7, 1992)
- Jake Harrison [dissolved by her death]
- Daniel Wolek (born November 17, 1971; changed to 1966)
- Kevin Lord Riley BuchananKevin BuchananKevin Lord Riley Buchanan is a fictional character on the soap opera One Life to Live. The character is the first child born to original characters Victoria Lord and Joe Riley.-Casting:...
(born September 12, 1976; changed to 1970) - Joey Riley BuchananJoey BuchananJoseph "Joey" Riley Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC daytime serial One Life to Live. The character is the son of original characters Victoria Lord and Joe Riley, Sr.-Casting:...
(born January 8, 1980; changed to 1976) - Jessica BuchananJessica BuchananJessica Eugenia Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...
(born September 23, 1986; changed to 1978)- Nash BrennanNash BrennanNash Brennan is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, played by Forbes March from July 7, 2005 to June 5, 2008, and then briefly from June 6, 2008 to July 16, 2008.-Tess and Jessica:...
[widowed]
- Nash Brennan
- Natalie BuchananNatalie BuchananNatalie Buchanan Banks is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live and daughter of former supercouple Victoria Lord and Clint Buchanan...
(born September 23, 1986; changed to 1978)- Jared BanksJared BanksJared Banks is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live. Originally slated to debut on August 17, 2007, the character, as portrayed by John Brotherton, first appeared a week earlier on August 10, 2007. Chris Bones played a young Jared in flashbacks on January 17, 2008...
[widowed]
- Jared Banks
- Brian Kendall (born 1967; died April 27, 1978)
- C. J. Roberts (born April 3, 1987; changed to 1981)
- Sarah RobertsSarah RobertsSarah Victoria Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She is the daughter of Tina Lord and Cord Roberts.-Casting:...
(born February 6, 1991; changed to 1985) - Starr ManningStarr ManningStarr Irene Manning is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Portrayed by Kristen Alderson since 1998, Starr is the oldest child of Todd Manning and Blair Cramer, and was originally known for her mischievous behavior, exacerbated by her parents' volatile...
(born January 9, 1996; changed to January 5, 1992) - Danielle Manning (born 2003; changed to October 20, 1993)
- Jack ManningJack Manning (One Life to Live)John "Jack" Cramer Manning is a fictional character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. He is the first-born son and second child of Todd Manning and Blair Cramer.-Casting:...
(born October 11, 2001; changed to 1995) - Sam Manning (born February 5, 2006; changed to July 15, 2004)
Fourth generation
- Duke Buchanan (born June 29, 1992; changed to 1986; died May 12, 2006)
- Megan Buchanan (stillborn; June 1, 1999)
- Kevin Buchanan, Jr. (stillborn; March 23, 2004)
- Bree Brennan (born May 1, 2006)
- Chloe Brennan (stillborn; November 6, 2008)
- Hope Manning-Thornhart (born November 6, 2008)
- Ryder Ford (born January 11, 2011)
- Liam McBain (born January 11, 2011)
Lord of The Banner
Patriarch Victor Dalby Lord, Sr. was the wealthy publisher of the regional newspaper, The Banner, in the fictional Philadelphia Main Line town of Llanview, Pennsylvania. He lived at the ancestral 18th-century estate known as Llanfair, with his daughters VictoriaVictoria Lord
Victoria "Viki" Lord is the principal fictional character and matriarch of the Lord family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...
(called "Viki" by all but her father) and Meredith
Meredith Lord
Meredith "Merrie" Lord Wolek is an original character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was originated by Trish Van Devere from the debut episode through 1969...
; their mother Eugenia Randolph Lord had died while giving birth to Meredith. With no son to succeed him, Victor concentrated his efforts on Viki, grooming her under the strictest conditions. As a result of this lifelong pressure, Viki allowed herself little time for romantic entanglements, focusing her energy on her career and her father's approval. Conversely, frail, and emotional Meredith, all but overlooked by Victor, sought escape from his oppression and the future he had laid out for her.
Viki
Businesslike Viki clashed with The Banners star reporter, Joe RileyJoe Riley (One Life to Live)
Joseph Francis "Joe" Riley, Sr. is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was portrayed by Lee Patterson from the inception of the serial in 1968 through 1970, returning from 1972 through 1979, and reappearing briefly in 1987.-Storylines:In 1968, reporter Joe Riley...
, but soon they started falling in love. Victor disapproved of his daughter becoming involved with the working-class Riley and did all he could to keep them apart. Torn between pleasing her father and following her heart, Viki began getting headaches — and mysterious, threatening notes telling her to end her relationship with Joe.
Joe's best friend, Vincent "Vinny" Wolek, soon fell in love with fun-loving party girl Niki Smith; little did he know that Niki was an alternate personality of heiress Viki Lord. Eventually Vinny learned the truth and, though heartbroken, told Viki about her alter ego. Viki sought medical treatment for her multiple personality disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities , each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment....
and, as her mental illness seemed under control, she went ahead with her plans to marry Joe. But during the wedding in June 1969, Niki reemerged and fled the ceremony with an ecstatic Vinny. When he urged Niki to marry him, however, Niki's own panic resulted in Viki regaining control. She returned to Joe.
During more intensive therapy, Viki remembered writing the notes (as Niki), and finally recalled the childhood memory that had apparently caused her personality to splinter. A five-year-old Viki had witnessed a heated argument between Victor and Eugenia at the top of the staircase at Llanfair. A furious Victor had accused his wife of being pregnant with another man's child, and Eugenia lost her balance and toppled down the stairs. She gave birth to Meredith and then died. To young Viki, it had appeared that her father had pushed her mother to her death, and her subconscious had blocked the memory and created an alternate personality to protect her from this and future traumas. Now freed by the truth, Viki married Joe.
In 1970, Joe began investigating Llanview's increasing drug trade for The Banner. While making inquiries in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Joe's car went over a cliff; his body was never found, but he was presumed dead. Viki was devastated. Also, in 1970, Victor hired Steve Burke as Executive Editor of The Banner, and soon hoped that Steve and Viki would get together. Victor's scheming was at first unsuccessful, but eventually Viki returned Steve's feelings and accepted his marriage proposal. Viki signed papers declaring Joe dead, which shocked Vinny Wolek and Joe's sister Eileen, both of whom had refused to give up the hope that Joe was alive.
Joe Riley reappeared in time to watch Viki marry another man. As she and Steve returned from their honeymoon, she got the news that Joe was alive, and fainted. In love with (and married to) two different men, Viki eventually chose to remain loyal to Steve in 1973. Heartbroken and still in love with Viki, Joe took up with Cathy Craig.
Meredith
Meredith "Merrie" Lord Wolek is a fictional character who is the daughter of Eugenia Randolph Lord and (presumably) Victor Lord. She is present from the series inception through 1973, reappearing on-screen 1987.Enter Dorian
Dr. Dorian Cramer (orginated by Nancy PinkertonNancy Pinkerton
Nancy Pinkerton Peabody was an American actress.Pinkerton is perhaps best known as the original actress to play Dr...
) was suspended from Llanview hospital in 1973 for her involvement in the death of a patient, and she blamed hospital board member Viki (who had actually voted in Dorian's favor) for the decision. She and Viki sparred further when Dorian became Victor's private physician, but their rivalry was cemented when Victor announced that he had married Dorian. Viki also gained an enemy in Cathy Craig. After Meredith's death, Viki had divorced Steve and remarried true love Joe; however, in the interim he had conceived a child with Cathy. Tragically, Viki was in a car accident that killed Joe and Cathy's infant daughter, Megan, and Cathy swore revenge.
In 1970, it had been revealed that Victor had conceived a secret son with Dorothy Randolph (Eugenia's sister). Victor had never met the child, and had searched for him for years. Now, with his health failing, Victor was desperate to find his long-lost son. A man named Tony Harris came to town in 1975, and Dorian was the first to realize that he was, in fact, Victor's long-lost son, Tony Lord. He and Victor were eventually reunited, but Dorian, hoping to maintain her hold on Victor's fortune, soon manipulated events to make father and son bitter enemies. By 1976, the feud between Victor and Tony worsened, and Dorian persuaded Victor to make her a main beneficiary of his will. Soon however, sensing his mortality, Victor began to soften towards Tony, and father and son made efforts to reconcile.
Prodigal son
Desperate to guarantee that she would inherit the Lord fortune, Dorian continued to alienate Victor from his son. But Tony discovered Dorian's machinations and told his father; when Victor confronted his wife, he was shocked to hear Dorian admit that she'd known Tony's true identity from the beginning. Luckily for Dorian, a sudden stroke left Victor unable to speak. As she schemed to keep him from recovering, Victor had a second stroke — he struggled to tell Viki what Dorian was up to, but before he was able, the Lord of The Banner was dead.
To everyone's surprise, Dorian was named executor of Victor's will, and Tony was excluded altogether. Viki gave birth to Joe's son Kevin Lord Riley
Kevin Buchanan
Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan is a fictional character on the soap opera One Life to Live. The character is the first child born to original characters Victoria Lord and Joe Riley.-Casting:...
, but soon sister-in-law Cathy kidnapped the child. When delusional Cathy was found, she had no memory of taking the infant or where she had left him. Tony and Pat could no longer ignore their feelings for each other and made love. By 1977, the loss of their son had taken its toll on Joe and Viki's marriage, and Dorian did all she could to keep the couple separated. But when Cathy finally remembered enough for Kevin to be found, Joe and Viki reconciled.
Tony stayed with Cathy until he felt she was well enough to handle a separation; in the meantime, Pat had told Tony that Brian was his son. When Tony and Cathy split, he and Pat were engaged, but Brian hated Tony and took the news badly. When Pat's dead husband Paul Kendall appeared very much alive, she sadly told Tony she was welcoming Paul back into her life for Brian's sake. But soon Pat and Tony had resumed their affair. Pat finally told Brian that Tony was his father in 1978, and an upset Brian ran out into the street, where he was hit and killed by a car.
Tony and Pat's relationship fell apart in the aftermath of Brian's death, and Tony left Llanview in 1979. He later returned in 1981, and befriended Bo Buchanan
Bo Buchanan
Beaufort Oglethorpe "Bo" Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.-Casting and awards:The role was originated in 1979 by Robert S. Woods, who briefly left the series in 1986 but returned in 1988, and currently portrays the role...
; Tony and Pat reunited and were married that year. In 1983, Pat got the news that Tony had been killed on assignment in Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
while doing a story on a terrorist group; she soon left town to accept a job in Chicago. However to this day, Tony's body has never actually been found.
The truth about Tina
In 1984, Viki's former ward Tina ClaytonTina Lord
Tina Lord Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, originated and most notably portrayed by Andrea Evans...
returned to Llanview with shocking news for Viki. The daughter of Viki's deceased childhood friend Irene Manning Clayton
Irene Manning (One Life to Live)
Irene Manning is a fictional character from the original daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. The character first appears on-screen May 27, 1978 originated by the actress Kate McKeown. In 1985, Andrea Evans portrayed her in flashbacks...
, Tina had read her mother's diary and discovered that Ted Clayton had not been her father after all. Dorian's fortune was frozen when Tina found out that Victor had once married Irene; with no record of a divorce, Dorian's marriage to Victor was invalid (it was later revealed that Victor had indeed divorced Irene several years before his marriage to Dorian, making that marriage legal). Soon Tina discovered a secret room under Llanfair, in which she found Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
-plundered paintings from World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and a letter written to Viki in which Victor admitted that Tina was his daughter.
Reunion
In 1987, Viki was diagnosed with a brain aneurysmAneurysm
An aneurysm or aneurism is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart...
; during surgery, she had an out-of-body experience
Out-of-body experience
An out-of-body experience is an experience that typically involves a sensation of floating outside of one's body and, in some cases, perceiving one's physical body from a place outside one's body ....
which took her to Heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
. There she was reunited with former husband Joe Riley, mother Eugenia, sister Meredith, brother Tony and friends Irene Manning and Samantha Vernon. She also had a conversation with one of her alters, Niki Smith, who explains what her reason for being was, and the two forge an amicable existence.
Megan
Larry tries to talk Viki out of attending her high school reunion in 1988; it is soon revealed that Viki had left school and had a baby — delivered by Larry. Viki's father Victor had sent her to a hypnotist, who had wiped away all memories of the experience. Viki is determined to find her daughter; meeting Roger Gordon ultimately brings Viki's memories flooding back in 1989. Roger and Viki had fallen in love, but his apparent death had shocked Viki into reverting into Niki Smith; Niki had been in control during the pregnancy, with Viki reemerging briefly during childbirth. One of Roger's daughters is Viki's child; unfortunately, it is not sweet family friend Sarah, but her self-absorbed sister Megan Gordon — despised by Viki since Megan's appearance in Llanview in 1988. Megan, a soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
star and major diva, has a passionate romance with Max Holden
Max Holden (One Life to Live)
Max Holden is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He was most popularly portrayed by James DePaiva.-Storylines:Max Holden came to Llanview in 1987 and as soon as he got there, he became involved in a love triangle with two women, Tina Lord Roberts and Gabrielle Medina....
and feuds with rival actress Summer Skye while working on Bo Buchanan's
Bo Buchanan
Beaufort Oglethorpe "Bo" Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.-Casting and awards:The role was originated in 1979 by Robert S. Woods, who briefly left the series in 1986 but returned in 1988, and currently portrays the role...
soap Fraternity Row. Later, Megan softens towards Viki and develops a close relationship with her mother, then settles down with dashing international man of mystery Jake Harrison, her true love. But love can't save Megan from the ravages of lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus , often abbreviated to SLE or lupus, is a systemic autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body. As occurs in other autoimmune diseases, the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage...
, which takes her life in early 1992. Surrounded by friends and family, Megan dies in Jake's arms, and later appears as a blithe spirit to help Jake and her loved ones through troubled times. Megan's most recent spiritual visitation was in 2004, when she helped Viki cope with the loss of her husband Ben Davidson
Ben Davidson
Benjamin Earl Davidson is a former collegiate and professional American football player between 1961 and 1972, most notably in the American Football League with the Oakland Raiders from 1964 through 1969, and for the NFL Raiders from 1970 through 1972. He had also played in the NFL for the league...
.
In either late 2011 or Januray 2012, Megan will repear.
The secret Lord heir
Powell Lord III, the grandson of Victor Lord's brother Powell (and Viki's first cousin once removed), was one of several Llanview University students who participated in the 1993 gang rape of Marty SaybrookeMarty Saybrooke
Dr. Margaret "Marty" Saybrooke is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live. The role was originated by Susan Haskell, who portrayed Marty from January 24, 1992 through September 16, 1997 and made brief appearances on February 16, 2004 and February 2005...
. Viki's son Kevin was also implicated but ultimately exonerated; the rape had been led by Todd Manning
Todd Manning
Thomas Todd Manning is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Michael Malone, the role was originated in 1992 by actor Roger Howarth. In 2003, Howarth departed from the series and the role was recast with actor Trevor St. John as Todd, initially written...
, and a guilty Powell had participated due to peer pressure
Peer pressure
Peer pressure refers to the influence exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change his or her attitudes, values, or behavior in order to conform to group norms. Social groups affected include membership groups, when the individual is "formally" a member , or a social clique...
. Powell received a lesser sentence and later fell in love with Rebecca Lewis, who herself had seen a softer side in the imprisoned Todd and was in love with him. A subsequent series of rapes is initially blamed on Todd, but it is revealed that Powell is the culprit, believing that he could win Rebecca's love if he became a rapist like Todd.
In 1994, new evidence surfaced that put Dorian on trial for Victor Lord's death in 1976. Sentenced to be executed, Dorian was later freed when a man named David Vickers
David Vickers
David Vickers Buchanan is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by Tuc Watkins.-Appearances:...
came forward, claiming to be Victor's son by Irene Clayton. David wanted to secure the $27.8 million trust fund Victor had secretly left for Irene's son, whom the millionaire had hidden away. David produced Irene's diary, in which Irene admitted to killing Victor herself. Dorian knew, however, that the diary was a forgery, and paid David for his assistance.
David and his new "sister" Tina Lord couldn't fight their sexual attraction. To ease her revulsion over their incestuous affair, David admitted that he was not, in fact, her brother. He also revealed the shocking news that Victor and Irene's son was actually the reviled Todd Manning
Todd Manning
Thomas Todd Manning is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Michael Malone, the role was originated in 1992 by actor Roger Howarth. In 2003, Howarth departed from the series and the role was recast with actor Trevor St. John as Todd, initially written...
. Tina agreed to keep this secret so that they could get their hands on the inheritance due the Lord heir. With a new plan for Tina to claim the fortune, the couple married in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
; meanwhile, Dorian had discovered the truth about Todd and told Viki, who confronted Tina and David. Todd was soon revealed as the true heir. In 2011, avery much alive Irene Manning reveals that she bore Victor two sons, twins: Todd and Victor Jr. When Irene told Victor she was pregnant for a second time, Victor disgarded her and his heirs. Irene gave Todd to her cousin, Peter and his wife to raise while she kept Victor Jr.
Victor's darkest secret
Around the same time, Dorian revealed to Viki a secret she thought Viki knew: that Victor was sexually abusive to Viki starting when she was just seven years old. It is said that she is repeatedly raped by her father for years, and it is implied by both Dorian and Viki that the abuse went on until Viki went to college. Dorian asks Viki how many years the abuse went on and comes to the conclusion that it didn't stop until Victor found a "suitable replacement". The so-called suitable replacement was apparently Irene Manning, Viki's childhood friend. Dorian goes on to say that she found out about the abuse through Victor himself after listening to him talk in his sleep about being in bed with his own daughter. Dorian tells Viki that she confronted Victor about what she'd heard and was horrified to realize that her suspicions were correct. Dorian goes on to mention that Viki's mother Eugenia suspected that Victor had an unhealthy attachment to Viki. Viki repeatedly tries to deny the truth and insists that she loves her father, and that he never made her do anything that she didn't want to do. In this same conversation, Dorian goes so far as to claim that the real reason Viki first began to hate her was because Dorian came between Viki and her close relationship with her "precious daddy". Dorian says that Victor both "raped" and "seduced" Viki. Viki furiously denies everything and continues to insist that Dorian murdered Victor, but Dorian won't let up. She insists on making Viki face the truth and after listening to Dorian go into awful details, a traumatized Viki again succumbs to her DID, only this time more personalities emerged besides fun-loving Niki Smith: the icy Jean Randolph, vengeful Tori, violent Tommy, and Princess, the little girl who was molested by her father. "Gatekeeper" Jean kept Dorian a prisoner in Victor's reconstructed secret room under Llanfair. She blackmailed Dorian into ending her romantic relationship with Viki's son Joey (without telling him why) as a condition of her release, and compelled an imprisoned David to divorce Tina to avoid criminal charges (keeping Tina in the dark as well). Tori set out to destroy everything that Victor Lord had built in his lifetime — including Llanfair and The Banner. She set Llanfair on fire, only to discover that Viki and Clint's daughter Jessica was still inside. Momentarily turning back into Viki, she saved Jessica, but Llanfair was destroyed.A final alternative personality emerged — Victor Lord — and Viki resisted his urges for her to kill herself. During therapy, Viki remembers the horrible truth that she, as Tori, had been the one who smothered Victor with a pillow all those years before. She was eventually absolved of wrongdoing due to her mental illness. Because of the revelations and the pain she had to deal with, Viki, who had once idolized and idealized her father, now has nothing but rage, hatred and contempt for him and his depraved actions. Her relationship with Dorian, while still acrimonious at times, had now softened to where the two women are mainly frenemies, getting on one another's nerves one minute, teaming up against the common enemy, the next. All the while, there has been respect from both sides, and while neither Dorian or Viki would ever admit it, especially to themselves or one another, the two women are more alike than they realize.
The Heart of a Lord
In early 2003, Viki's world turned upside down as everything she knew about the death of her father was revealed to be wrong. When Mitch LaurenceMitch Laurence
Mitchell "Mitch" Laurence is a fictional character, portrayed by Roscoe Born, on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, from 1985 to 1987 and again from 2002 to 2003...
abducted Viki's long-lost daughter Natalie
Natalie Buchanan
Natalie Buchanan Banks is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live and daughter of former supercouple Victoria Lord and Clint Buchanan...
, Viki and Jessica
Jessica Buchanan
Jessica Eugenia Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...
followed him to a mysterious piece of farmland, "the Champion Noble Clinic," only to discover Mitch prepping Natalie for an amateur heart transplant in an old barn. The recipient: A wizened old husk of a man lolling in a wheelchair - Victor Lord himself!
As Viki stalled for time, Victor explained his bargain with Mitch to his daughter: He lived still (with no explanation as to how he had survived being suffocated by Tori), but needed a young, healthy heart to sustain his life, and the amoral monarch was determined that that heart must come from one of his own grandchildren. In return for delivering Natalie to him, Mitch would get the Lord fortune signed over to him by Victor. Victor pushed Viki to choose which of her daughters would be sacrificed: Natalie or Jessica? Before Viki could be forced to make the horrible decision, the authorities arrived. Mitch was arrested, and Victor was taken to Llanview Hospital for treatment. Viki and Todd grappled with the knowledge that the darkest demon from their past was alive after all, and visited with Victor, struggling for closure from a man they found disgusting yet desperately wanted to understand. As Todd demanded answers from Victor about his affair with Todd's mother Irene, Victor proudly said that though he tried to deny it, Todd had "the heart of a Lord," and had he raised him, he would have named him "Victor Jr.", an idea which repulsed Todd. When Viki confronted him about her abuse, an incoherent Victor remained unresponsive and delirious. In his final moments, Victor seemed willing to comply with Viki and Todd's request that he film a videotaped new last will and testament in order to keep Mitch from acquiring the Lord millions. Unfortunately, Victor expired before he could do so. In a death rattle, he strained to say something to "Victoria", but never finished.
With Victor's death, Mitch Laurence gained control of the entire Lord estate and fortune, driving Viki and her family from their ancestral home of Llanfair and taking it as his own. It was only after Dorian Lord returned, gained his confidence, and then betrayed him that Mitch was able to be ousted and finally killed by his own daughter, born of his rape of Viki - Jessica Buchanan. With Mitch gone, Viki and her children reclaimed Llanfair and what was rightfully theirs.
A seed of doubt
In the summer of 2007, Viki and Dorian were trading blows again over Dorian's renewed relationship with Clint BuchananClint Buchanan
Clinton "Clint" Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live.-Casting:The role was originated in September 10, 1979 by actor Clint Ritchie, portraying the role nearly continuously through December 30, 1999. Ritchie reappeared in the 2003 and 2004. Actor Jerry...
. Following Asa Buchanan
Asa Buchanan
Asa Buchanan is a fictional character and patriarch of the Buchanan family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. The Texan industrialist father of newly-arrived characters Clint and Bo Buchanan, Asa was originated in 1980 by Philip Carey. Carey portrays the nearly continuously for nearly three...
's funeral in mid August, they once again found themselves locked away and trapped together, this time in the Buchanan wine cellar. Dorian and Viki raged at each other, with Dorian challenging Viki to face the emptiness in her own life. Dorian also made a startling claim: That she had killed Victor Lord after all! Viki reminded Dorian that Tori had "killed" Victor and that Victor had in fact never been dead after all, but Dorian dismissed the Victor that appeared in 2003 with "if that was him."
During an interview with TV Guide Canada in February 2009, Dorian's portrayer, Robin Strasser
Robin Strasser
Robin Strasser is an American actress.Strasser is best known for her Daytime Emmy Award-winning portrayal of Dr. Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Strasser stepped into the role in March 1979, first appearing Friday, April 13, 1979 and left in 1987, returning from...
, offered a belated explanation for the recent reversal about Victor's murderer:
The notion that Dorian is Victor's true murderer is bolstered in the August 16, 2011 episode of One Life to Live. When David Vickers Buchanan mentions that the (albeit forged) entry from Irene Manning's diary cleared Dorian of a murder she did not commit, Dorian comments to herself, "... or so Viki chooses to believe."
Descendants
Randolph Lordm. Virginia "Ginny" Fletcher
c. Unknown man
m. Unknown woman
c. Powell Lord Sr. (deceased)
m. Margaret Maiden name Unknown
c. Powell Lord II (deceased)
m. Trish Maiden name Unknown
c. Powell Lord III (died 2009)
c. Victor Lord, Sr. (born 1916; died 2003)
a. Dorothy Randolph (deceased)
c. Tony Lord (born 1944; died 1983)
a. Pat Ashley
c. Brian Kendall (born 1967; died 1978)
m. Cathy Craig [1976-1977; divorced]
m. Pat Ashley [1982-1983; dissolved]
m. Eugenia Randolph [1940s-1950; dissolved]
c. Victoria Lord
Victoria Lord
Victoria "Viki" Lord is the principal fictional character and matriarch of the Lord family on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...
(born 1946)
m. Roger Gordon
Roger Gordon
Roger Gordon was a 16th century Scottish cleric. He was Dean of Dunblane Cathedral from at least 13 April 1554, a position he may have retained for the remainder of his life. He was elected to the bishopric of Galloway on the death of Alexander Gordon in 1575...
[early 1960s; annulled]
c. Megan Gordon (born 1963; died 1992)
m. Jake Harrison [1991-1992; dissolved]
m. Joe Riley
Joe Riley (One Life to Live)
Joseph Francis "Joe" Riley, Sr. is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was portrayed by Lee Patterson from the inception of the serial in 1968 through 1970, returning from 1972 through 1979, and reappearing briefly in 1987.-Storylines:In 1968, reporter Joe Riley...
[1969-1971; annulled]
m. Steve Burke [1972-1974; divorced]
m. Joe Riley [1974-1979; dissolved]
c. Kevin Buchanan
Kevin Buchanan
Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan is a fictional character on the soap opera One Life to Live. The character is the first child born to original characters Victoria Lord and Joe Riley.-Casting:...
(born 1976; adopted by Clint)
m. LeeAnn Demerest [1992-1993; divorced]
c. Duke Buchanan (born 1992; died 2006)
a. Kelly Cramer
Kelly Cramer
Kelly Cramer is a fictional character on the long-running daytime soap opera One Life to Live, most notably portrayed by Gina Tognoni, who first appeared in the role February 17, 1995 and left on August 24, 2011.-Casting:...
c. Zane Buchanan (born 2006)
m. Cassie Callison [1998-1999; annulled]
m. Kelly Cramer
Kelly Cramer
Kelly Cramer is a fictional character on the long-running daytime soap opera One Life to Live, most notably portrayed by Gina Tognoni, who first appeared in the role February 17, 1995 and left on August 24, 2011.-Casting:...
[2003-2004; divorced]
c. Kevin Buchanan, Jr. (stillborn; 2004)
c. Joey Buchanan
Joey Buchanan
Joseph "Joey" Riley Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC daytime serial One Life to Live. The character is the son of original characters Victoria Lord and Joe Riley, Sr.-Casting:...
(born 1980; adopted by Clint)
m. Kelly Cramer [2000-2001; divorced]
m. Jennifer Rappaport
Jennifer Rappaport
Jennifer Rappaport is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed by Jessica Morris from January 2001 to May 2005. Morris reappeared as Jennifer in a dream sequence on October 1, 2008.-Storylines:Jennifer arrives in Llanview in January 2001 as a student at...
[2003-2004; divorced]
m. Aubrey Wentworth
Aubrey Wentworth
Aubrey Wentworth is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. She has been portrayed by Terri Conn since her debut on November 29, 2010...
[2011; divorced]
m. Clint Buchanan
Clint Buchanan
Clinton "Clint" Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live.-Casting:The role was originated in September 10, 1979 by actor Clint Ritchie, portraying the role nearly continuously through December 30, 1999. Ritchie reappeared in the 2003 and 2004. Actor Jerry...
[1982-1985; divorced]
r. Mitch Laurence
Mitch Laurence
Mitchell "Mitch" Laurence is a fictional character, portrayed by Roscoe Born, on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, from 1985 to 1987 and again from 2002 to 2003...
c. Jessica Buchanan
Jessica Buchanan
Jessica Eugenia Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live...
(born 1986; adopted by Clint)
a. Will Rappaport
c. Megan Buchanan (stillborn; 1999)
m. Tico Santi [2004; annulled]
a. Nash Brennan
Nash Brennan
Nash Brennan is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, played by Forbes March from July 7, 2005 to June 5, 2008, and then briefly from June 6, 2008 to July 16, 2008.-Tess and Jessica:...
c. Bree Brennan (born 2006)
m. Antonio Vega
Antonio Vega
Antonio Vega is a fictional character on the long-running American soap opera One Life to Live. The role was originated on July 10, 1995 by Kamar de los Reyes, who left in August 1997 and made an appearance in 1998. De los Reyes returned in February 2000 and portrayed the character until March 25,...
[2006-2007; divorced]
m. Nash Brennan [2007-2008; divorced]
c. Chloe Brennan (stillborn; 2008)
a. Robert Ford
Robert Ford (One Life to Live)
Robert "Bobby" Ford is a fictional character from the ABC original soap opera One Life to Live. The role was originated by David A. Gregory on August 10, 2009 on a recurring basis. Gregory was upgraded to contract status in December 2009....
c. Ryder Ford (born 2011)
m. Robert Ford [2011; annulled]
m. Cutter Wentworth
Cutter Wentworth
Cutter Wentworth is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. He has been portrayed by Josh Kelly since his debut on December 29, 2010.-Casting:...
[2011; divorced]
m. Clint Buchanan [1986-1994; divorced]
c. Natalie Buchanan
Natalie Buchanan
Natalie Buchanan Banks is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live and daughter of former supercouple Victoria Lord and Clint Buchanan...
(born 1986; stolen at birth)
m. Mitch Laurence
Mitch Laurence
Mitchell "Mitch" Laurence is a fictional character, portrayed by Roscoe Born, on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, from 1985 to 1987 and again from 2002 to 2003...
[2002-2003; annulled]
m. Cristian Vega
Cristian Vega
Cristian Vega is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live. The character was most notably portrayed by David Fumero, who played Cristian from June 26, 1998 to September 8, 2011.-Casting:...
[2003-2005; divorced]
m. Jared Banks
Jared Banks
Jared Banks is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live. Originally slated to debut on August 17, 2007, the character, as portrayed by John Brotherton, first appeared a week earlier on August 10, 2007. Chris Bones played a young Jared in flashbacks on January 17, 2008...
[2009; dissolved]
a. John McBain
John McBain (One Life to Live)
John McBain is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed by Michael Easton since October 1, 2003.-Natalie and Evangeline:...
c. Liam McBain (born 2011)
m. Sloan Carpenter [1994-1995; dissolved]
m. Ben Davidson
Ben Davidson (One Life to Live)
Dr. Ben Davidson is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by actor Mark Derwin from February 1999 to August 2002, and briefly in February 2004 and July 2008...
[2000-2004; dissolved]
m. Charlie Banks
Charlie Banks (One Life to Live)
Charles "Charlie" Banks is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He was portrayed by Brian Kerwin from October 25, 2007 to May 11, 2011.-Character history:...
[2009-2011; divorced]
c. Meredith Lord
Meredith Lord
Meredith "Merrie" Lord Wolek is an original character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was originated by Trish Van Devere from the debut episode through 1969...
(born 1950; died 1973)
m. Larry Wolek
Larry Wolek
Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Wolek is a fictional character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was originated on the debut episode July 15, 1968, and most notably portrayed by actor Michael Storm who played the role nearly continuously from January 4, 1969 through 2004.-Enter Larry:The...
[1970-1973; dissolved]
c. Daniel Wolek (born 1971; twin)
c. Unnamed daughter (stillborn 1971; twin)
m. Irene Manning
Irene Manning (One Life to Live)
Irene Manning is a fictional character from the original daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. The character first appears on-screen May 27, 1978 originated by the actress Kate McKeown. In 1985, Andrea Evans portrayed her in flashbacks...
[1960s; divorced]
c. Tina Lord
Tina Lord
Tina Lord Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, originated and most notably portrayed by Andrea Evans...
(born 1962)
m. Cord Roberts
Cord Roberts
Cordero "Cord" Roberts is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. The role was originated in 1986 by John Loprieno, who left the series in 1992 and then returned from 1993 through 1997...
[1986-1987; divorced]
c. C. J. Roberts (born 1987)
m. Cord Roberts [1988-1990; divorced]
m. Cord Roberts [1991-1993; divorced]
c. Sarah Roberts
Sarah Roberts
Sarah Victoria Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She is the daughter of Tina Lord and Cord Roberts.-Casting:...
(born 1991)
m. Cain Rogan [1994; invalid]
m. David Vickers
David Vickers
David Vickers Buchanan is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera One Life to Live, portrayed by Tuc Watkins.-Appearances:...
[1995; divorced]
a. Irene Manning
c. Todd Manning
Todd Manning
Thomas Todd Manning is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Created by writer Michael Malone, the role was originated in 1992 by actor Roger Howarth. In 2003, Howarth departed from the series and the role was recast with actor Trevor St. John as Todd, initially written...
(born 1970; twin) {put up for adoption}
m. Blair Cramer
Blair Cramer
Blair Cramer is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live...
[1995; annulled]
c. Unnamed child (miscarriage)
m. Blair Cramer [1995-1997; divorced]
c. Starr Manning
Starr Manning
Starr Irene Manning is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Portrayed by Kristen Alderson since 1998, Starr is the oldest child of Todd Manning and Blair Cramer, and was originally known for her mischievous behavior, exacerbated by her parents' volatile...
(born 1996)
a. Cole Thornhart
Cole Thornhart
Cole Patrick Thornhart is a fictional character on ABC's daytime drama One Life to Live. He was played by Brandon Buddy from October 10, 2006 to November 10, 2010. He is also the nephew of Ian Thornhart, Patrick's identical twin brother from the now-defunct series Port Charles...
c. Hope Manning-Thornhart (born 2008)
m. Téa Delgado
Téa Delgado
Téa Delgado is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. The role was portrayed by Florencia Lozano from January 27, 1997 to March 2, 2000 and briefly in 2002; Lozano returned to the role once again on December 5, 2008.A stern but passionate personality, the character has...
[1997-1998; divorced]
m. Téa Delgado [1998-1999; annulled]
m. Blair Cramer [2001-2002; divorced]
c. Jack Manning
Jack Manning (One Life to Live)
John "Jack" Cramer Manning is a fictional character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. He is the first-born son and second child of Todd Manning and Blair Cramer.-Casting:...
(born 2001)
a. Téa Delgado
c. Danielle Manning (born 2003)
c. Victor Lord, Jr. (born 1970; died 2011; twin)
m. Blair Cramer [2003-2004; annulled]
m. Blair Cramer [2007-2008; divorced]
r. Margaret Cochran
Margaret Cochran
Margaret Cochran is a fictional character on the soap opera, One Life to Live. The character was played by Rebecca Mader from March 26 to June 8, 2004...
{she raped Victor}
c. Sam Manning (born 2004; adopted by Blair)
m. Téa Delgado [2009; invalid]
m. Téa Delgado [2010-2011; dissolved]
c. Gwendolyn Lord (deceased)
m. Jonathan Abbott [dissolved by his death]
c. Richard Abbott
m. Becky Lee Abbott [1978-1981; divorced]