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* '''[[Dorian Lord|Dorian Cramer]]''' (born July 12, 1946)
* '''[[Dorian Lord|Dorian Cramer]]''' (born July 12, 1946)
** [[Victor Lord]] [legally widowed]<!--Additional information is in the articles-->
** [[Victor Lord]] [legally widowed]<!--Additional information is in the articles-->
** [[Herb Callison]] [divorced]
** [[Manuel Santi]] [divorced]
** [[David Vickers Buchanan]] [divorced]
** [[Mel Hayes]] [widowed]
** [[Mel Hayes]] [widowed]
** [[Mitch Laurence]] [annuled]
** [[David Vickers Buchanan]] [divorced]
** '''[[David Vickers Buchanan]]'''
** '''[[David Vickers Buchanan]]'''
* [[Melinda Cramer (One Life to Live)|Melinda Cramer]] (born 1948; died 2010)
* [[Melinda Cramer (One Life to Live)|Melinda Cramer]] (born 1948; died 2010)

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This redirect is about a fictional family. For surname disambiguation, see Cramer. For related performers, see List of One Life to Live characters.
Cramer family
File:CramerWomen2010.jpg
From left: Starr (Alderson), Kelly (Tognoni), Blair (DePaiva), Dorian (Strasser), Cassie (Koffman), Langston (Underwood), and Adriana (Fumero), 2010
First appearanceApril 30, 1973 (1973-04-30)
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Created byAgnes Nixon and Gordon Russell

The Cramer family is a long-running family of fictional characters on the American soap opera One Life to Live. The popularity and longevity of the family began with the introduction of Dr. Dorian Cramer to the show, debuting on the series in April 1973.[1]

Dorian's initial feud with original heroine Victoria Lord and relationship with her father Victor solidified the role into the series narrative. The character's ensuing popularity facilitated the writing of Cramer relatives onto the canvas, raising the family to prominence in storylines from the late 1970s through the original series finale in January 2012.[2] Leading members of the family reappeared upon The Online Network resumption of the series since April 2013.[3]

Relatives of Dorian's grandniece and Victoria's niece, Starr Manning, appeared in-continuity on sister soap opera General Hospital from February 2012 to March 2013.[4][5]

Generations

  • Only current spouses are listed or those who were married when they died
  • Characters who currently appear on One Life to Live appear in bold
  • Notable children who are stillborn and die before proper character development are italicized

First generation

Second generation

Third generation

Fourth generation

Fifth generation

Overview

Enter Dorian and Melinda

Main article: Dorian Lord

Dr. Dorian Cramer arrives in Llanview on April 30, 1973[1] with unstable younger sister Melinda. Both of their parents are assumed to have died in a plane crash en route to visit an injured Melinda, whose promising career as a pianist was ended by a fall that had paralyzed her arm (it is later revealed their mother survived). Having apparently lost a third sister to pneumonia, Dorian and Melinda are each other's only family.

Dorian treats Eileen Riley Siegel for her addiction to painkillers, and soon became romantically involved with Dr. Mark Toland, the husband of Eileen's daughter Julie. A furious Melinda, who had also developed a crush on Mark, became further unhinged. When Melinda's plan to stab Dorian and Mark in bed fails in 1974, Dorian has her sister institutionalized.

Dorian and Mark are suspended from Llanview Hospital in 1974 for her involvement in the death of patient Rachel Wilson, and Dorian blames hospital board member Viki (who had actually voted in Dorian's favor) for the decision. She and Viki spar further when Dorian becomes Victor's private physician, but their rivalry is cemented when Victor announced that he had married Dorian in May 1975. Victor's long-lost son Tony Harris comes to town and Dorian, hoping to maintain her hold on Victor's fortune, soon manipulates events to make father and son bitter enemies. After Victor's mysterious death in 1976, the shadow of implicating suspicion surrounds Dorian for decades.

Blair's revenge

Main article: Blair Cramer

In 1991, Blair Daimler came to Llanview with a secret — she was the daughter of Dorian's older sister Agatha "Addie" Cramer, who had not died after all. Blair had Addie, mentally ill and institutionalized for years, hidden in her loft, and blamed her Aunt Dorian for her mother's illness. Seeking revenge, Blair tried to ruin Dorian by getting her aunt's signature on a document confessing to the murder of Victor Lord in 1976.

Blair sought to marry Asa Buchanan to gain the financial security and power she needed to care for her mother and destroy Dorian. As it turned out, Dorian had been told Addie had died by their parents, who had institutionalized her. Blair married Asa despite the fact that she was in love with Max Holden; by the time her marriage fell apart and Asa had thrown her out on the street, Max had moved on to the love of his life, Luna Moody. In 1994, Blair became romantically involved with Cord Roberts.

Kelly and Paul

Main articles: Kelly Cramer and Paul Cramer

In 1995, Melinda's rebellious daughter Kelly Cramer arrives in Llanview, scarred by her childhood with her unstable mother and raised in various European boarding schools arranged by her aunt Dorian. Kelly comes to live with her cousin Cassie and Cassie's husband Andrew, and develops an infatuation with Dorian's husband David Vickers. Over time, Kelly and her family become close. Later, Kelly falls for both Joey and Kevin Buchanan.

In 1997, Melinda is finally recovering from her breakdown, and remembering her and Dorian's traumatic past at the Cramer family's ancestral home in Canton, Ohio. Dorian, desperate not to let the dark secrets of their past resurface, begins switching Melinda's antipsychotic medication, and Melinda once again sinks into dementia.

In 2003, it is revealed that Melinda had told Dorian upon a recent hospital visit that she had given birth to a son as well as a daughter during her years in Europe, and that the boy had been given away. This child turns out to be Paul Cramer. Melinda is seen again in 2004 during the "baby switch" storyline, in which Kelly confesses her and Paul's sins to her delusional mother. A disoriented Melinda — lost in her own world — mistakes Kelly's son Ace for her own son Paul. A devious Paul is murdered in October 2004;[10][11] One Life to Live was met with criticism when the killer was later revealed to be married district attorney Daniel Colson, who had murdered Paul to cover up the fact that Daniel is secretly gay.[12][13] On March 1, 2010, the assembled family receives the news that Melinda has died of a heart attack.[14]

Family tree

Unnamed parents [deceased]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Characters on ABC Series". St. Joseph News-Press. 5 May 1973. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  2. ^ Whetsell, Tripp (November 21, 2011). "Life After 'Life' Is a Mystery". The Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ One Life to Live. Season 45. Episode 11, 097. April 29, 2013. The Online Network. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Friday, February 24, 2012". General Hospital. ABC-TV. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Wednesday, March 20, 2012". General Hospital. ABC-TV. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Own A Piece of OLTL!". Soaps In Depth. Bauer Media Group. August 13, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  7. ^ Susan Richmond (February 13, 1998). "OLTL Daily Recaps Archives: 1998: Friday, February 13". Soap Central. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ According to her tombstone; Melinda, Dorian and Addie were led to believe both parents died in August 1960; in 1998, it is revealed that Dorian witnessed her mother killing her father, and blocked out traumatic event, while the family employee, Ms. Stonecliff hid Sonya in a mental hospital. Dorian kills her in February 1998 when Sonya tries to kill Cassie.
  9. ^ Blair was in her mid 20s as of 1995 which would maker her around the same age as Todd.
  10. ^ "One Life to Live recap (10/27/04)". ABC.com (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
  11. ^ "One Life to Live recap (11/2/04)". ABC.com (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
  12. ^ Warn, Sarah (May 18, 2005). "Gay Villains Back with a Vengeance on Network TV". AfterElton.com. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  13. ^ West, Abby (May 5, 2005). "Killer Plotline: Soap follows up GLAAD award by outing gay killer". Entertainment Weekly. EW.com. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  14. ^ "One Life to Live recap (3/1/10)". Soaps.com. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
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