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| Birthdate: |
March 29 |
| Approximate Age: |
Mid 30s |
| Hair: |
Red |
| Eyes: |
Blue |
| Height: |
5' 3" |
| Home Address: |
1510 Ellwood Drive |
| Parents: |
Roger Thorpe
Holly Lindsey-Reade |
| Siblings: |
Hart Jessup (half-brother; same father)
Meg Reade (half-sister; same mother) |
| Occupation: |
Romance novelist |
| Former Occupations: |
PR for Spaulding Enterprises
Private Investigator |
| Marriages: |
Phillip Spaulding
Alan-Michael Spaulding
Ross Marler |
| Romances: |
Alan Spaulding
Gary Swanson
Frank Cooper (one-night stand)
Rick Bauer (one-night stand)
Ben Warren |
| Children: |
Kevin Marler
Jason Marler
Clarissa Marler |
| Friends: |
Cassie Layne Winslow
Harley Cooper
Reva Shayne |
| Characteristics: |
Bad cook; attended Swiss boarding school as a child
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| Chronology: |
|
| 1975-1980 |
Blake is known by her first name, Christina, as a little girl.
Her father Roger had plans to kidnap her from her mother, Holly, but
Holly prevents it. Christina is taken to Switzerland by her mother.
|
| 1988 |
Blake returns to town all grown up and goes to work as a public
relations director. (Alan Spaulding sent her to spy on his son, Phillip.)
She falls for Phillip then ends up overdosing on sleeping pills. As
a patient of Ed Bauer, her identity is revealed when he recognizes
her as Christina Thorpe. |
| 1989 |
Blake becomes engaged to Phillip after admitting she slept with
his father. Their vows fall through, though, because Alan shoots Roger.
Blake elopes with Phillip, who is obsessed with finding his true love,
Beth Raines. Blake finds Beth by accident. She admits Phillip into
a loony bin. |
| 1990 |
Blake is dumped by Phillip. Blake pretends to be carrying Alan-Michael
Spaulding's child. He proposes to her; Blake later fakes a miscarriage.
Blake goes after Gary after he causes Alan-Michael's car crash. Alan-Michael
is shot instead; Blake is arrested for attempted murder and placed
in a psychiatric ward. Alan-Michael ends his relationship with Blake.
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| 1991 |
Blake and Alan-Michael patch things up.
Blake learns that Hart Jessup is her brother. She loses her job
at Spaulding and decides to help Hart find out who stole his grandfather's
farm although she knows it was Roger.
|
| 1992 |
Blake seduces Ross to get back at her mother, whom she blamed for
the demise of her relationship with Alan-Michael. Their affair ends
up being front page news after Holly found them together. Blake tries
to make amends with her mother, who doesn't want anything to do with
her. |
| 1993 |
Blake moves in with Ross. Ross overhears Blake tell Eleni Andros
about her night of passion with Alan-Michael. Ross changes his mind
about marrying her but Blake explains things to him and he proposes.
|
| 1994 |
Blake is kidnapped and later rescued by Buzz.
Ross and Blake are married.
Blake comforts her father when he learned that he was set up.
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| 1995 |
Dinah Marler, Ross' daughter, moves in with them, causing friction. |
| 1996 |
Blake, believing Ross slept with his old flame, Amanda Spaulding,
sleeps with Rick Bauer, who is upset over the break-up of his own
marriage. They vow never to tell Ross when Blake and Ross reconcile.
However, Blake learns she's pregnant with fraternal twins by different
fathers. |
| 1997 |
Ross leaves Blake when he learns that Rick fathered one of the twins.
They eventually reconcile. |
| 1998 |
Blake, shot by accident by Ross when he finds her in a compromising
position with his brother, Ben Warren (with whom she had slept with),
claims Ben raped her so Ross wouldn't think that she willingly slept
with him. Ross leaves her after he discovers her infidelity. Blake
moves Ben into the house. |
| 1999 |
Blake finds out that Holly is the nursery rhyme stalker.
It is revealed that Ross is the father of both Blake's twins.
Blake's relationship with Ben ends after he deceives her. Blake
misses Ross and a passionate moment between them leads to pregnancy.
She resists telling him for fear that he is in love with Holly,
whom he has been seeing again. Blake writes a romance novel based
on her, Holly and Ross. She and Ross reunite with the Christmas
birth of their daughter, Clarissa.
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| 2000 |
Blake learns more about Selena Davis' shady past and uses it as
the basis for her new romance novel. An inadvertent blurt about
the material puts her in jeopardy from the Santos crime family and
leads Selena to hastily leave town.
Blake's efforts to have Ross re-marry her fail.
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| 2001 |
Blake continues her efforts to become Mrs. Marler again. To help
Ross on a case, she plays a game of cat and mouse with federal agent
Gus Aitoro, who is interested in what she knows about the Santoses.
Her efforts pay off in the courtroom but she is irked when she fails
to make Ross jealous. Noting Ross' restlessness, she arranges a teaching
job for him at the university. |
| 2002 |
Blake becomes jealous when she sees Tory Granger and Ross grow closer.
She knows that Tory is up to something but Ross assures her that he
still loves her. She is surprised when Ross agrees that they should
be married. She begins to make plans but is confronted by Tory who
tells her that she slept with Ross. Blake thinks that Tory is crazy
and refuses to believe that Ross would ever sleep with another woman.
Blake realizes how sick Tory is when she kidnaps her children. Blake
and Ross are informed that Tory committed suicide by jumping in a
lake. Blake thinks that Tory is faking her suicide and begins to search
into Tory's background. A disturbed Ross is overwhelmed with guilt
over Tory's suicide and admits to Blake that he did sleep with Tory.
Blake is then locked in a basement cell by Tory. Blake manages to
turn the tables on Tory and leaves her locked in the cell. Blake goes
to Ross and pretends like nothing happened. Eventually, the truth
comes out and Blake and Ross trap Tory at her own game. |
