Stephanie Wilkins
| Stephanie Wilkins | |||||
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| Search for Tomorrow character | |||||
| Portrayed by |
Maree Cheatham (1974-1984) Louise Shaffer (1984-1986) |
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| Profile | |||||
| Occupation | television station owner; former nurse at Henderson Hospital | ||||
| Residence | Henderson, USA | ||||
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| Spouse | Dave Wilkins (divorced) Clay Collins (divorced) Walter Pace (divorced) John Wyatt (dissolved by his death) |
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| Children |
Wendy Wilkins (daughter) Brian Emerson (illegitimate son) |
Stephanie Wyatt (previously Wilkins; Collins and Pace) is a fictional character from the long-running American Soap Opera Search for Tomorrow. She was played from 1974 to 1984 by actress Maree Cheatham and from 1984 to 1986 by actress and writer Louise Shaffer.
Playing the role of Stephanie marked Louise Shaffer's return to Search after being one of three actresses (the others being Kathryn Walker and Pamela Murphy) to play the character of Emily Rogers Hunter, the daughter of one of Jo's oldest friends, Dr. Bob Rogers.
Vampy and sarcastic Stephanie Wilkins came to the fictional community of Henderson with her stepmother, Ramsey Weskitt, and her young daughter Wendy (Andrea McArdle, later Lisa Peluso) after divorcing a man named Dave Wilkins (Dale Robinette). She later discovered that she had an illegitimate son named Brian Emerson. She had a brief affair with Dr. Tony Vincente, who at the time was married to Joanne Gardner.
She was a newly hired nurse at Henderson Hospital who was assigned to look after Jo's daughter, Patti, who was dealing with a very difficult pregnancy. However, her interference in Tony's life, notably by trying to pass off Wendy as his, (Wendy was Dave Wilkins's daughter) inevitably led to a strain between him and Jo.
In fact, Stephanie and Jo were considered to be bitter enemies. What was highly ironic about this was that although Stephanie and Jo were enemies, Wendy and Jo's niece (and later, Stephanie's step-daughter), Suzi Martin, were best friends. Despite the enmity, though, Stephanie was able to ask Jo for help, when she clearly needed it.
She eventually remarried three times after divorcing Dave Wilkins; she first married Clay Collins (the brother of Wade Collins, who was married to Janet Bergman), whom upon his death, became very wealthy; and businessman Walter Pace, the father of Jennifer Pace Phillips; who had caused so much grief for Jo's family, especially when she killed Jo's sister, Eunice Gardner Wyatt.
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