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He told Dixie and she packed her things, took Adam Jr. Tad and Dixie were quite happy at first, but Tad had an affair with his old girlfriend, Liza Colby, and Adam Jr., now 8 years old, saw Tad kissing Liza. Tad had an affair with Dixie again and in 1994, he divorced Brooke and remarried Dixie. But they were not an ideal couple and soon separated. He soon married Brooke English, his former lover and mother of his son Jamie. Tad regained his memory, but as usual he and Dixie crossed wires and ruined their chances at a happy reunion. Later that same year, Brian was arrested for murdering Dixie's brother, Will, and this led to the couple's divorce in 1993.ĭixie got the shock of her life when she learned Tad was still alive and had been living in California as Ted Orsini. Later in 1992, Dixie married the much younger Brian Bodine, but this was not a happy union either. By the spring of 1992, they had divorced. Dixie remarried in 1991 to Craig Lawson, a Pine Valley businessman, but this union quickly collapsed. Early in 1991, she gave birth to her son, Jamie Martin. Soon after, Brooke learned as a result of her liaison with Tad, that she was pregnant. Both were presumed dead, although Tuggle was the only body to be pulled from the river. On the day of the wedding, Tad was lured into the woods by Billy Clyde Tuggle, and Tuggle tried to kill him, but both characters fell from the bridge fighting and into the raging river. Tad proposed again and they planned to remarry.

But even the divorce did not keep them apart, and they reconciled. At first they realized their break up was a mistake, but Tad had a one-night stand with Brooke English and Dixie found out. Dixie then married Tad Martin in December 1989, but after repeated misunderstandings brought on by Palmer, as well as Tad's biological mother Opal Gardner (at the time Palmer and Opal were dating, they later married and divorced), Tad and Dixie separated. She was first married to villainous billionaire and Cortlandt's arch-enemy Adam Chandler ( David Canary) in 1989 after giving birth to their son, Adam Chandler Jr., but the marriage was not happy and they divorced in late 1989. Palmer welcomed them all into this house.ĭixie was the niece of industrialist Palmer Cortlandt ( James Mitchell). They did not realize the identity of their new employer until both saw a face they had not seen in years, their sister: Della Cooney. Dixie and Will found work at Cortlandt manor as a maid and stable-hand. They were unaware that this man was Palmer Cortlandt, one of the Valley’s richest men. On February 7, 2013, McClain announced on her website that she would be reprising her role as Dixie on Prospect Park's online continuation of the show.ĭixie Cooney came to Pine Valley in a truck with her brother, Will Cooney, in search of their Uncle Pete Cooney who had made a name for himself after leaving Pigeon Hollow, West Virginia, years earlier. Her first airdate was and she played the role until the final televised episode on September 23, 2011.

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On April 25, 2011, it was announced that McClain would reprise her role of Dixie full-time on a contract basis as a series regular beginning in the spring of 2011.

McClain again returned briefly to All My Children from Mathrough April 20, 2010.

McClain returned to the series May 2, 2008, playing the character as a ghost.

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The decision to kill the character in 2007 attracted much criticism and controversy, with TV Guide being dismayed by the choice and calling her the heart and soul of the show. The character's initial run lasted from July 1988 to she appeared again from Jto February 26, 2002, and from Decemto January 31, 2007, when the character was killed. The character was initially portrayed by actress Kari Gibson from her debut in July 1988 until October of that year when she was replaced by actress Cady McClain who portrayed the role for the rest of the character's existence. Julie Rand Chandler (once removed adoptive)ĭixie Cooney is a fictional character from All My Children, an American soap opera on the ABC network.

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