Darla Forrester
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| The Bold and the Beautiful character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Schae Harrison | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1989–2007, 2014–15 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | January 18, 1989 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | July 21, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former, recurring | ||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Darla Einstein Darla Dinkle |
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| Occupation | Assistant to Sally Spectra | ||||||||||||||
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| Adoptive mother | Sally Spectra |
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| Half-brothers | CJ Garrison |
| Half-sisters | Macy Alexander |
| Husband | Thorne Forrester (2004–06) |
| Daughters | Alexandria Forrester |
| Aunts | Shirley Spectra |
| Other relatives |
Sally Spectra Coco Spectra |
Darla Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, played by actress Schae Harrison from 1989 to July 18, 2006. Darla has made brief appearances as a ghost, from July 25–26, 2007; in March, April, and November, 2014; and in June and July, 2015.
On January 29, 2014, Michael Logan from TV Guide reported that Harrison had reprised her role and would be returning to The Bold and the Beautiful, despite Darla's on-screen death in 2006. A representative for the show said Harrison would feature in three episodes airing from March 18. The episodes saw Darla appear to her daughter Aly (Ashlyn Pearce) as a ghost.
In May 2015, Harrison confirmed via Twitter that she would be returning as ghost Darla again. Harrison said that she had an "awesome story line".
Darla was born and raised in foster homes, and the amount of time she spent shuffling from one place to another had a permanent impact on how she viewed herself. Regardless of how hard she tried, she couldn't stop herself from worrying that she would always be found lacking in some way.
From the beginning of the show, she was always Sally Spectra's (Darlene Conley) faithful assistant, who she looked up to as her mother. Although she had a soft spot for fashion designer Clarke Garrison (Daniel McVicar), in the end, her loyalty was always to Sally. After a brief failed relationship with Bill Spencer (James Storm), Darla had little airtime for many years, until winding up in bed with Thorne Forrester (Winsor Harmon) one night in 2003 and getting pregnant.
A drunken Thorne didn't even realize what he was doing at the time, and Darla originally planned to have an abortion, but Thorne convinced her to give the child to him and his wife, Macy (Bobbie Eakes), who was also Darla's best friend. After Macy chose Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) over Thorne, Darla decided to keep the baby and raise it herself. Thorne, knowing he'd lost Macy, decided to lend a hand in raising his child. When the little girl was born, she was named Alexandria in honor of Macy, who had recently died as a result of an accident. Darla and Thorne had formed a romantic attachment, each realizing that they had found the person they had searched their whole life for, and Darla happily accepted when Thorne proposed. The two were soon married.
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