Ivy Winthrop Crane
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| Portrayed by |
Kim Johnston Ulrich Krisinda Cain (2001; flashbacks) |
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| Duration | 1999–2008 | ||||||||
| First appearance | July 8, 1999 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | August 7, 2008 | ||||||||
| Created by | James E. Reilly | ||||||||
| Book appearances | Hidden Passions | ||||||||
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| Other names | Ivy Crane | ||||||||
| Occupation | Socialite (formerly) Homemaker |
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| Residence | Bennett House Harmony, New England |
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| Parents |
Harrison Winthrop Helen Revere-Mott-Beaton |
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| Spouse | Julian Crane (1974–2001) |
| Children |
Ethan Winthrop Fancy Crane Fox Crane Pretty Crane |
| Grandchildren |
Ethan Winthrop II Sarah Winthrop (stillborn) Jane Winthrop Jonathan Winthrop |
Ivy Winthrop is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. Ivy has been portrayed by original cast member Kim Johnston Ulrich since the soap's premiere episode in July 1999. At that time, Ivy was trapped in a loveless marriage to Julian Crane, son of ruthless billionaire Alistair Crane; her one joy was her son, Ethan Crane, the product of her adulterous affair with teenage love and new chief of police Sam Bennett on her wedding night. When Ethan's paternity was revealed early in 2001, Julian, Ethan, and Sam were all furious with Ivy, and Julian quickly divorced her later that year.
Ivy, who had never stopped loving Sam, plotted to win him back from his wife, Grace, eventually blackmailed David Hastings to pretend to be the amnesia Grace's long-lost first husband. The scheme eventually worked, and Ivy and Sam reunited in 2004. Sam discovered Ivy's deception late in 2006, however, and he broke off their engagement and planned to reunite with Grace until she was killed in London in January 2007. After a brief dalliance with Julian, Ivy and Sam reunited in September 2007, though their disagreements over his daughter, Kay, and Ethan's relationship with Theresa continue to cause friction between the two.
The daughter of governor Harrison Winthrop and Helen Revere-Mott-Beaton, Ivy was (originally) born sometime in 1956. She grew up in a state neighboring Maine and was raised in the lap of luxury, her mother a descendant of Paul Revere. It was possibly her advantaged upbringing that led her to an affair with a Harmony lifeguard, Sam Bennett. Although she knew of Sam's intention to be a cop, Ivy was determined that she would marry Sam and make him give up his blue collar roots, and have him become a businessman, running her father's shipping company, Winthrop Marine, even though she knew he never wanted that. When Sam took a job for the summer working for Ivy's father to make enough money to marry Ivy to keep her in the lifestyle to which she was accustomed, Ivy soon began seeing Julian Crane, and they eventually became lovers. Throughout the summer, she heard nothing from Sam, unaware that her father was stopping the letters from getting back and forth.
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