Teresa Blake
Teresa Blake joined the cast of "All My Children" in October, 1991, as
the beautiful young nurse Gloria Marsh.
Gloria Marsh was born and raised in a small Mid-Western town. Her
mother, Helen Marsh, was a right wing, ultra-conservative Christian. She
raised Gloria very strictly and with a huge amount of guilt, thus
causing the adult Gloria to be a very insecure, nymphomaniac who
confused love with sex. Gloria followed Craig Lawson (her ex-fiancé
and partner in crime) to Pine Valley where she blackmailed him into becoming his accomplice in extortion. Together they tried to
bilk a recently widowed Dixie (supposedly dead, Tad Martin). When that
failed and Craig was arrested, Gloria's true friendship with Dixie
enlightened Gloria that life could be more than money and sex.
Gloria
was raped by Will Cortlandt, befriended and courted by
Stuart Chandler, married his brother Adam, had an affair with the
evil Alec McIntyre, and had Adam's child, Anna Claire, who died
shortly after her premature birth (caused by Adam). The death of Anna
Claire caused Gloria to go crazy and she tried to poison Adam
because she blamed him for Anna Claire's death. Gloria was
hospitalized, rehabilitated and once again tryed to lead a
normal life. She was refused her nursing privileges (due to her
attempted murder charge) and the only job she could
find was a nurse to the evil Dr. Kinder. After realizing what was going
on in Kinder's office, Gloria resigned, and Dimitri (a hospital board
member) helped her get reinstated by attesting to the wonderful job she
did as the nurse to his former wife and coma-patient, Angelique.
Gloria fell in love with Tad, but his insistence that she cut off her
friendship with Dimitri hindered their relationship. Dimitri used
this difference of opinion to draw Gloria closer to him. Eventually,
Dimitri convinced Gloria that Tad had cheated on her with Liza and she
agreed to marry Dimitri.
During the marriage, Gloria was led to believe anything Dimitri said.
Dimitri found out that Maddie was really Edmund's biological daughter,
but took Gloria and Maddie to Vadzel. Tad and Edmund went after them.
Tad tried to tell Gloria that Dimitri knew about the paternity, but Gloria
refused to believe him. Gloria took Maddie down to the local hospital for DNA testing
and found out for herself. Upon returning to Pine Valley, Gloria
reassured Dimitri that nothing would stop her from loving him. That was
until she found out the real truth. Edmund and Tad schemed to get
Dimitri to the crypt during the Crystal Ball, while Gloria stood out
side and heard what Dimitri had to say. Tad and Edmund got
what they wanted, an angry Dimitri, who spilled the truth. Gloria
stepped inside the crypt and slapped Dimitri across the face as he
tried to explain, but she turned and walked away. She didn't know that
Dimitri would be rushed to the hospital near death after a tree fell
on him. She did CPR to save his life, but it didn't change her
feelings for him. She visited Dimitri in his hospital room just to return
her wedding ring. She told him goodbye, and she left Pine Valley to
make a new start for herself.
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