Alexandra Spaulding (formerly von Halkein , Thorpe and Foley ) is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama Guiding Light . Marj Dusay portrayed the character from December 26, 2002 until the series' 2009 canellation, as well as from September 23, 1993 to March 11, 1997 and November 20, 1998 to January 21, 1999. Other actresses to have played the role include Beverlee McKinsey (February 10, 1984 to August 1992) and Joan Collins (September 23, 2002 to December 23, 2002).
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Young Alexandra Spaulding, daughter of wealthy Brandon Spaulding, fell in love with Eric Luvonaczek, a struggling Parisian musician and had a son, Brandon. Unfortunately, her father did not approve of this union and paid off Eric to leave town with their son. After her disastrous affair with Eric, Alex still refused to come home and wandered over Europe. Soon, she'd meet a struggling rock musician named Locke Walls and had a fleeting affair with him. However, she became conflicted when she learned that Locke came from a wealthy family (since she had thought she was rebelling against her father by being in a relationship with a poor man, and Locke also was into drugs. It was at this point that the Spaulding maid, and Alex's friend, Vera found Alex and persuaded her to return home. Though she agreed to stay with the family, secretly, Alexandra never forgave Brandon, or her brother Alan Spaulding, who refused to help Alexandra locate her son. Later Alexandra married the self-proclaimed Baron Leo Von Halkein hoping he'd finance her plan to locate her son.
After divorcing Leo, Alexandra came to Springfield in February 1984 to attend a masquerade ball. Although Alexandra appeared to dote on Alan, she still despised him and was bent on getting revenge. Alex got her revenge by revealing Alan's plot to sabotage his son's romance with Beth Raines. From that moment on, Alex became Phillip Spaulding and Beth's strongest supporter and when she learned that Beth's stepfather, Bradley Raines, raped Beth, she had him arrested. Along the way, Alex began a relationship with attorney Mike Bauer, who actually was able to make the formidable Alexandra laugh during a flying lesson. However, that relationship ended after a mere five months because of Alex's actions toward Alan. Not content though merely to have Alan's son turn against him, she wanted power at Spaulding and when she discovered Alan's part in the "Dreaming Death" conspiracy, she got his confession on tape and turned him in to the FBI. Seeing this as a contemptuous act, Mike broke things off with Alex who then turned to Ross Marler for friendship. Ross became her closest confidant and always encouraged her never to give up on locating her son. With Alan now presumed dead in San Rios, Alex made Ross president of Spaulding in gratitude of his efforts. Soon after, Ross located her son but their friendship soured when he learned of her plot to force Henry and Vanessa Chamberlain out of Spaulding in order to get more power. Though hurt by Ross's judgmental attitude, Alex was thrilled to be reunited with her son, now a young man and a street kid, calling himself Lujack. Unfortunately Lujack wasn't thrilled to learn that his mother was part of the elite and was very wary of her. Not to be discouraged, Alex eventually won him over and the two became close. About this time Alex also got involved with Warren Andrews and they made plans to marry. Then Alex's former stepdaughter, India, came to town bent on getting revenge because Alex left her father heartbroken. So India seduced Warren and when Alex found out about the affair, she left Warren. Later, Alex was stunned to learn from journalist Fletcher Reade that her father, Brandon, was still alive and living in Barbados with the love of his life, Sharina. Brandon once married Alex's mother Penelope instead of Sharina because of the color and social barriers of the time. They continued their relationship in secret for years and after his "death," moved to Barbados where they raised a daughter of their own, Victoria. Alex met Victoria and offered her share of the Spaulding fortune. Victoria declined the wealth, but welcomed her sister.
Meanwhile, India blackmailed Phillip into marrying her, so Alex used Warren in early 1985 to free Phillip from India's trap. While this was going on, she also supported Lujack during his trial for the murder of Andy Ferris. After he was released, Alex helped him to start a music career with help from her old lover Locke Walls and encouraged him in his marriage plans to Beth. Not long after, Lujack teamed up with Kyle Sampson and Kurt Corday to rescue Beth from the vicious criminal Largo Organization who wanted to destroy the Lewis family. Tragically, Lujack became injured in a boat explosion and died in Cedars in Beth and Alex's arms. Alex was devastated and blamed the Lewis family for her son's death. About this time in early 1986, a charming young magician named Simon Hall came to town, claiming to be Brandon Spaulding's illegitimate child. Having just lost her son, Alex first thought he was a liar but was touched when she saw him at Lujack's grave and welcomed Simon into the family. She even granted him a third of the company and told him to keep quiet if he was lying to her. However, soon Ross discovered that it was all a lie and when he demanded that Simon tell Alex the truth, Simon escaped during one of his magic shows in the Blue Orchid nightclub. Though Alex suspected Alan of engineering the deception, Simon later confessed the truth: he was actually Eric Luvonaczek's son and wanted revenge on Alex for leaving Eric all those years ago. However, he couldn't go through with it since he'd come to like her. However, Alex couldn’t forgive Simon. Later, during her mask ball, Alex was shocked to see Alan alive and fainted. When Alan teamed up with India to get control of Spaulding, Alex flew to San Rios to look into Alan's past there. After becoming feverish, she was cured by the same healer who helped Alan to survive. Then Alex was kidnapped by rebel Tito Montoya who wanted to get revenge on Alan. After Simon and Jessie Matthews rescued her, Alex finally forgave Simon and they remained friends. Before Simon left town in 1987, he helped Alex to stop Alan's scheming plans.
Later, Alex began a romance with HB Lewis whom she originally disliked. In 1988, Phillip and Alex joined forces and agreed to a merger with Lewis Oil to force Alan out of Spaulding. HB and Alex got engaged, but Alex threatened her happiness by keeping secret the fact that Alan forged Marah Lewis's paternity test in order to keep her parents apart. Though HB stood by Alex after she confessed, when he learned that Alan was not just ousted by the merger; he was bankrupted by his family, HB called it quits with her though Alex was innocent since this was Phillip's plan. Later, Alex discovered that Phillip's new assistant, Blake Lindsey, was in fact the daughter of presumed dead Roger Thorpe and that she was spying for Alan. So Alex forced her to conspire with her against Alan.
In 1989, when Alan was shot by Alex's friend and Josh's mentally disturbed ex-wife, Sonni, in Venezuela, Alex raced there with Fletcher Reade, Ed Bauer and Rusty Shayne to rescue him. Though they succeeded, Alex and Fletcher's plane crashed! Stranded on the Caribbean Island, their friendship turned to love, but the presence of a mystery man named Adam Malik after a storm changed all that. Adam charmed Alex after convincing her that Fletcher was dead and actually sent Fletcher back home believing the same about her. Finally when Alex was rescued by Phillip and Blake, Adam followed and she agreed to hide him away, only to learn that he was the infamous Roger. When Alex went on an extended vacation on a yacht, Roger found her and convinced her to come back with him. After making a big business deal with Sheik Al-Radi in Saudi-Arabia, Alex and Roger made love. Despite hearing about all of Roger's past crimes, Alex was convinced that he was a changed man and the two married in 1990. But Alex was no fool and demanded that Roger sign a prenuptial agreement stating that if he ever had an affair the marriage would be over and he'd get nothing. Soon Alex suspected that Roger cared more about the company than her and plotted with Roger's ex-wife, Holly, to trap him. Unfortunately, Holly backed out of the plan and when Roger learned of the plan he demanded to be let out of the marriage. Unfortunately, Alex was afraid of losing Spaulding and denied Roger his divorce. In 1991, Alex would learn of his affair with Mindy Lewis. She would also overhear Mindy state that the child she just miscarried was Roger's! At the same time, Alex learned that Roger was embezzling from Spaulding. She kept quiet and later she tried but failed to trap Roger with the help of Henry, Mallet, Fletcher and Alan-Michael, Alex finally publicly humiliated Roger at the Country club. She then divorced him and recouped her family's losses by blackmailing Roger with the fact that he partly caused the death of Peter Jessup, the grandfather of his newfound son, Hart, when he swindled the Jessup farm away. Alex also threatened Mindy that she’d make public her affair with Roger and the fact that the child she lost was Roger’s, if Mindy ever hurt her again.
Later, Alex received the shock of her life when she met journalist Nick McHenry, who was the splitting image of her dead son, Lujack. Demanding answers, she hired Frank Cooper to find her old lover, Eric Luvonaczek, in Paris and Eric finally confirmed what she suspected: Lujack wasn't their only child; she gave birth to twins! Apparently at the time, Alex was heavily drugged, and Eric, not knowing how they could possibly feed one baby let alone two
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