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| Approximate age: |
22 |
| Birthdate: |
November 4 |
| Hair: |
Blond |
| Eyes: |
Brown |
| Home Address: |
1713 Coventry Road |
| Parents: |
Claire Ramsey (biological mother)
Ed Bauer
Maureen Bauer (adoptive mother; deceased) |
| Siblings: |
Rick(half brother; same father) |
| Friends: |
Drew Jacobs
Dahlia Crede
Bill Lewis
Holly Lindsey-Reade |
| Romances: |
J Chamberlain
Zachary Smith
Jesse Blue |
| Marriages: |
Danny Santos (four times) |
| Children: |
Robert Frederico Santos |
| Significant facts: |
Father is an alcoholic
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| Chronology: |
|
| 1983 |
Michelle is born to Claire Ramsey and Ed Bauer. Maureen adopts Michelle
shortly afterwards. |
| 1993 |
Maureen Bauer dies in a car accident. |
| 1994 |
Adjusting to the loss of her mother, Michelle welcomes Ed Bauer's
new love, Eve, into the family. |
| 1995 |
Michelle leaves Springfield for Europe over the summer - later,
she returns, all grown-up. |
| 1996 |
Michelle begins a fledgling romance with J Chamberlain. Ed leaves
for Africa. She meets the mysterious Zachary Smith, who saves her
life when she goes on a reckless night swim. They fall in love but
just before they run away together, Zachary is lost at sea, saving
a couple whose boat has capsized. |
| 1997 |
Michelle, devastated by the loss of another person she cares deeply
about, searches for some way to numb the pain. A concerned J supports
her.
Michelle finds herself on the wrong side of town while looking
for her mother's heart transplant recipient and is helped by Jesse
Blue. Jesse finds Michelle's wallet and is later mistakenly arrested
for pickpocketing. When Michelle hears of his arrest, she helps
a reluctant Jesse strike a deal with the judge: she'll teach Jesse
to read in exchange for dropping the charges. The two fall in love
despite their families' objections but in time, Jesse earns the
respect of Michelle's brother, Rick. Jesse and Michelle are both
shocked to learn that Jesse is her mother's heart recipient.
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| 1998 |
Jesse and Michelle decide to elope but on the eve of their elopement,
Michelle is blinded in a fire at the Lewis house. Afraid that her
disability will prevent Jesse from pursuing his own dreams, Michelle
hides her blindness from him and runs away to learn to live on her
own at the Institute of the Blind. Jesse discovers Michelle's secret
and assumes the guise of a Spanish-speaking orderly named Carlos
to get close to Michelle again.
Michelle and Drew Jacobs accidentally kill mobster Mick Santos
in self-defense. Danny Santos comes to town to find out who killed
his brother. When Danny learns the truth, he kidnaps Michelle to
save her from the wrath of his vengeful mother, Carmen, and forces
Michelle to marry him.
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| 1999 |
Michelle and Danny have a church wedding ceremony for Carmen's benefit.
As the marriage ensues, Michelle and Danny develop real feelings for
each other. They consummate their love and Michelle discourages Danny
from continuing his life of organized crime. An unhappy Carmen frames
Michelle for Ben Warren's murder. |
| 2000 |
Drew blames Michelle for the death of her father, Ben, and their
friendship is greatly strained. Despite Ross Marler's best legal efforts,
Michelle is convicted but before sentencing, Jesse fakes a heart attack,
and with Rick's help, she and Danny escape to San Cristobel. Danny
accidentally shoots Jesse in his attempt to protect Michelle and she
insists on accompanying an injured Jesse back to Springfield. At the
airport, Michelle runs into her biological mother, Claire Ramsey but
she refuses Claire's attempts to befriend her. At long last, the prosecution's
star witness, Ruth Lockhart, retracts her testimony and clears Michelle.
Carmen is ultimately arrested for Ben's murder. Danny arranges for
her to testify against the mob in exchange for her freedom and Danny's
freedom from the mob but Carmen is shot and killed on Michelle's doorstep
before she can enter the witness protection program. Soon after, a
pregnant Michelle loses her baby. Danny's need for vengeance against
those responsible for Carmen's death leaves Danny torn between the
mob and his loyalty to Michelle. A few months later, when a back-from-the-dead
Carmen kidnaps Michelle, Danny saves her by killing his mother. Guilt-laden,
Danny refuses to reunite with her and she leaves town. When a pregnant
Michelle returns home, Danny fights his feelings for her. |
| 2001 |
Michelle gives birth to a son, Robert Frederico Santos, which unites
her once again with Danny. The two try to live a "normal"
life but the presence of Federal Agent Gus Aitoro disrupts their domesticity
as Gus has a vendetta against Danny and will stop at nothing to get
him behind bars. Michelle stands by Danny when he is arrested and
tried for Carmen's death and ultimately, figures out that Carmen is
indeed alive. After a horrifying showdown with her mother-in-law,
Danny comes to her rescue and together, they have the proof the court
needs to set Danny free from murder charges. |
| 2002 |
Michelle and Danny become a closer family as they raise Robbie together.
With her family life stable, Michelle longs for a career. Rick tells
her that if she had become a doctor, she would have been the best
one in the family. Michelle decides to enroll in several classes while
she observes with displeasure that Danny is being pulled back into
the family business. She learns of an opening in the hospital and
is accepted with the help of Mel and Rick. Michelle questions Danny's
methods in freeing Ed from Africa and ponders her husband's return
to the mob. Later, Michelle recieves a tape from Carmen, showing Danny
threatening to kill Edmund. |
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