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Jessica Blake Fallon
Days of Our Lives character
Portrayed by Jean Bruce Scott
Duration
  • 1980–82
  • 2012
First appearance April 30, 1980
Last appearance September 6, 2012
Created by Nina Laemmle
Introduced by
Classification Former; regular
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Other names Angelique Horton (birth name)
Angel, Angelica (alternate personalities)
Occupation Nurse
Residence Ohio
Jake Kositchek
Days of Our Lives character
Portrayed by Jack Coleman
Duration 1981–82
First appearance June 10, 1981
Last appearance June 1, 1982
Created by Gary Tomlin and Michelle Poteet Lisanti
Introduced by Betty Corday and Al Rabin
Classification Former; regular
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Other names Salem Strangler (serial killer alias)
Eugene Bradford
Days of Our Lives character
Portrayed by John de Lancie
Duration
  • 1982–86
  • 1989–90
First appearance January 18, 1982
Last appearance January 10, 1990
Created by Pat Falken Smith
Introduced by
Classification Former; regular
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Other names Bettina Lovelcraft
Occupation Inventor
Columnist
Residence New York City
Diana Colville
Days of Our Lives character
Portrayed by Genie Francis
Duration 1987–89
First appearance April 13, 1987 (1987-04-13)
Last appearance July 21, 1989 (1989-07-21)
Created by Leah Laiman
Introduced by Betty Corday, Ken Corday and Al Rabin
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Occupation
Trista Evans Bradford
Days of Our Lives character
Portrayed by Barbara Crampton
Duration 1983–84
First appearance March 4, 1983
Last appearance March 9, 1984
Created by Margaret DePriest and Sheri Anderson
Introduced by Betty Corday and Al Rabin
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Occupation Nurse

A list of notable characters from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 1, 1980, and the end of 1989.

Jessica Blake Fallon was portrayed by Jean Bruce Scott from April 30, 1980. Scott departed from the series on November 9, 1982. In August 2012, it was announced that Scott would return to the show after nearly a thirty-year absence, airing on August 31 till September 6, 2012.

The character of Jessica is the daughter of Marie Horton and Alex Marshall, granddaughter of Tom and Alice Horton and mother of recent character, Nick Fallon. Jessica suffers from dissociative identity disorder, one of her alters, Angelica, terrorized her mother while the other one Angel became involved with Jake Kositchek, who would later be known as the Salem Strangler, a serial killer. Angel and Jake ran off to Las Vegas to elope, but Jessica came to and called Alex. Marie and Alex rushed to Vegas and stopped the wedding just in the nick of time. Jessica fell apart and was hospitalized.

In 1982 after recovering from her mental problems, Jessica broke off her relationship with Jake and became engaged to Joshua Fallon. Joshua and Jessica married, and eventually left Salem. Offscreen, they had a son named Nick who came to Salem without his parents in 2006.

In 2012, Jessica came to Salem to see Nick, who was in prison for murder and was getting paroled. Nick was put on probation and chose to serve out his probation in Salem, so Jessica left Salem alone. In 2014, Jessica received horrible news that Nick had been murdered, and Julie Olson Williams delivered Nick's body to her and Joshua, so they could bury him. Nick's murderer, Gabi Hernandez, accepted a plea deal and Jessica agreed to it, not wanting the heartache of a trial.

Jake Kositchek was played by Jack Coleman from June 10, 1981, until June 1, 1982, when the character was written out of the show. After Days, Coleman would later be known as the second actor to play Steven Carrington in the ABC prime time soap opera Dynasty and as Noah Bennet in the NBC science-fiction drama series Heroes and its spin-off Heroes Reborn.


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