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.