Echo DiSavoy
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| One Life to Live character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Kim Zimmer | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1983, 2010–11 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | March 15, 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | October 14, 2011 | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | Henry Slesar | ||||||||||||||
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| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Susan Turner | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Photographer Countess |
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| Residence | Mendorra | ||||||||||||||
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| Family | French Stanford |
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| Brothers | Giles Morgan |
| Spouse | Maxim DiSavoy (pre–1983) |
| Sons | Rex Balsom |
| Grandsons | Shane Balsom |
| Aunts | Leda French |
Echo DiSavoy is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. She was portrayed by Kim Zimmer from March to October 1983. After a twenty-seven-year absence, during which Zimmer went on to play the long-running character Reva Shayne on the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light, Zimmer reprised the role on October 1, 2010.
In March 1983, Countess Echo DiSavoy arrives in Llanview seeking revenge on newspaper editor Clint Buchanan. She schemes to get close to him, and secures a job as a photographer at The Banner. Echo seduces Clint in June 1983, and he is reminded of a woman from his past named Giselle; though he does not make the connection, Giselle was Echo's mother, and Echo blames him for her death. After telling Clint's wife Viki about the affair, Echo lures Clint into an argument on a bridge. Though she has fallen in love with him, Echo goes through with her plan and jumps into the water in an apparent suicide. Witnessing the argument, Echo's friend Dorian Lord tells the police that Clint had pushed Echo. Clint is indicted for Echo's murder while Viki and Marco Dane search for evidence to clear him. They discover that Echo is alive, and during Clint's trial she confesses the details of her plan to frame him for murder. It is revealed that Echo's father Arthur had actually murdered Giselle. Clint is freed and soon reunited with Viki, who forgives him for his affair. Echo leaves town.
Echo returns to town, and starts to pay attention to Charlie Banks, Viki's current husband and Echo's old flame. It's revealed that she's the biological mother of Rex Balsom, born as the result of her affair with Clint. Clint, however, wants nothing to do with Rex, and threatens to have him sent to prison if Echo reveals the truth. To protect Rex, Echo claims Charlie is Rex's biological father when confronted by Viki and Rex. A paternity test later confirms this, though Echo realizes that it was changed by Clint. The truth about Rex's paternity is revealed at the double wedding of Clint and Viki's daughters, Jessica and Natalie, when Clint's assistant reveals he switched the paternity tests. Charlie falls apart after finding out Rex isn't his son, and Echo provides support. Eventually, they start having an affair behind Viki's back. Viki finds out, and demands a divorce from Charlie. Charlie and Echo start to fall in love.
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