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Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer
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Duration | 1991–2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | October 19, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | August 19, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Michael Malone | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Book appearances | Patrick's Notebook | ||||||||||||||||||||
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General Hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Final, regular | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Other names | Blair Daimler Blair Manning Blair McBain |
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La Boulaie, 56 Lincoln Street Llanview, Pennsylvania |
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Mia Korf as Blair Daimler Cramer
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Family | Cramer |
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Mother | Addie Cramer |
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Adoptive children | Sam Manning |
Stepchildren | Danielle Manning |
Grandchildren | Hope Manning-Thornhart |
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Blair Cramer is a fictional character from the American daytime drama series, One Life to Live.
The niece of leading antagonist Dr. Dorian Cramer Lord of the Cramer family, the role was originally played by actress Mia Korf from 1991 through 1993. Blair has since become most associated with actress Kassie DePaiva, who played the role for nearly 20 years on ABC Daytime, from December 17, 1993 until the original OLTL finale episode January 13, 2012, and in several guest appearances on the last original ABC daytime serial General Hospital from March 2, 2012 through December 3, 2012.
DePaiva reprised the role when new regular episodes of OLTL debuted on Hulu, iTunes, and FX Canada via The Online Network April 29, 2013.
The role was originated by actress Mia Korf on October 19, 1991, who portrayed the character through January 29, 1993. Notably, Korf is a biracial actress of Japanese and Caucasian descent, while her successor DePaiva is Caucasian. References to the character's Asian cultural heritage disappeared once DePaiva assumed the role.
On January 11, 2012 it was announced DePaiva would bring her character, Blair Cramer, over to ABC's sole remaining soap opera, General Hospital. DePaiva and her alter-ego will be joined by long-time on-screen flame, Todd Manning, played by Roger Howarth, their daughter Starr Manning, played by Kristen Alderson and John McBain played by Michael Easton. All characters debuted in Port Charles in early 2012. On her official website, DePaiva confirmed her stint on GH would only be for a few select appearances and she is not planning to relocate to Los Angeles for a full-time gig. On June 1, 2012, Frank Valentini confirmed that DePaiva would return for several episodes during the summer. On October 1, 2012, Kassie revealed in her blog that she would be returning to GH for few episodes, and later appeared for episodes from November 27 through December 3, 2012.