List of The Edge of Night characters
Nadine is a wealthy socialite, the mother of Raven Alexander (Juanin Clay, Sharon Gabet) and later the wife of Ansel Scott (Patrick Horgan).
Monticello socialite Charlotte "Raven" Alexander is married to newspaper reporter Kevin Jamison (John Driver) until his death in a car accident in 1978.
Raven marries dashing millionaire Schuyler Whitney (Larkin Malloy), but in 1982 he is revealed to be impostor Jefferson Brown.
Over the course of the series, Raven has relationships with Draper, his father Ansel Scott (Patrick Horgan), playboy Eliot Dorn (Lee Godart) and Police Chief Derek Mallory (Dennis Parker).
Trent Archer is the superstitious leading man of Mansion of the Damned, a horror film shooting in Monticello which co-stars Nola Madison (Kim Hunter).
The role was portrayed from September to October 1979 by film star Granger, who was previously nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1977 for playing Will Vernon on One Life to Live.
Winter Austen works in a department store and begins dating Assistant District Attorney Logan Swift (Joe Lambie).
The marriage ends contentiously, and he implicates Margo in the murder of Wade Meecham and blackmails his ex-lover, Raven Alexander.
As the owner of the Unicorn Bar, Eliot sexually harasses young waitress Jody Travis, and is subsequently stabbed in the back and killed by a mysterious assailant wielding a clown puppet.
The Clown Puppet Killer is revealed to be Molly Sherwood, who wanted to silence Eliot to cover up her murder of Nadine Alexander.
Lawyer Adam Drake is Mike Karr's law partner who defends Nicole Travis against charges of murder.
He survives multiple attempts on his life by Walter Lepage while Adam is running for the Senate, and is shot by Van Rydell.
Assisted Morlock Sevigny in plot to extort money from Bill and Martha Marceau over adoption of Jennifer Sims.
Serena suffers from multiple personality disorder, with an alter named "Josie", for which she is treated by Dr. Quentin Henderson.
Survived a heart attack after witnessing Elly Jo Jamison in a romantic situation with his chauffeur Leonard James.
In September 1978, newscaster Margo Huntington comes to Monticello with her manager Wade Meecham (Dan Hamilton) and buys the WMON television station.
Margo marries Eliot Dorn (Lee Godart), a deceitful younger man, but the marriage ends contentiously.
The actual killer turns out to be possessive movie star Nola Madison (Kim Hunter), who had started a relationship with Eliot and was furious that Margo would not divorce him.
Original lead character Mike Karr is a police officer turned lawyer who rises to eventually become the District Attorney of Monticello.
The next day, the network put Ames on air to explain that she chose to leave The Edge of Night to pursue other projects.
Disguised as a strange old woman named Martha Cory, Nola stalks Deborah and sends her poisoned candy, and drugs and gaslights Dr.
Nola becomes romantically involved with manipulative playboy Eliot Dorn, who is going through a messy divorce from newscaster Margo Huntington.
[12] Hunter was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1980 for her portrayal of Nola.
[5][12][14] Judith Light won that year for portraying housewife-turned-hooker Karen Wolek on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.
He brings his family to Monticello to film Mansion of the Damned and quickly falls in love with police detective Deborah Saxon.
She is convinced that Raven Alexander murdered Eliot Dorn, but when the killer is revealed to be Molly Sherwood, Deborah turns in her badge and leaves town.
Assistant District Attorney Draper Scott has a relationship with colleague Brandy Henderson, then his step-sister Raven Alexander, and ultimately marries April Cavanaugh.
He is wrongly convicted of the murder of his mother-in-law, Margo Huntington, and is subsequently presumed dead when the train transporting him to prison crashes.
Detective Calvin Stoner works closely with Monticello Police Chief Derek Mallory, and marries lawyer Didi Bannister.
[16] Eddie Vaughn is Nola Madison's ex-lover, who helps her stage accidents and strange occurrences on the set of her film as a publicity stunt.
