Dixie Cooney is a fictional character from All My Children, an American soap opera on the ABC network.

The decision to kill the character in 2007 attracted much criticism and controversy,[2][3][4][5] with TV Guide being dismayed by the choice and calling her the heart and soul of the show.

[6] On April 25, 2011, it was announced that McClain would reprise her role of Dixie full-time on a contract basis as a series regular beginning in the spring of 2011.

On February 7, 2013, McClain announced on her website that she would be reprising her role as Dixie on Prospect Park's online continuation of the show.

Dixie remarried in 1991 to Craig Lawson, a Pine Valley businessman, but this union quickly collapsed.

Tad regained his memory, but as usual he and Dixie crossed wires and ruined their chances at a happy reunion.

He told Dixie and she packed her things, took Adam Jr. and left Pine Valley, but not before getting a quick divorce from Tad.

Tad's son, Jamie, came to live with them and developed a close brotherly relationship with Adam Jr., now called Junior, which as of 2007, still lasts.

Knowing Tad would not want her to have a baby due to the risk it would be to Dixie's health, she fled Pine Valley on February 28, 2002 and went to a special clinic in Switzerland for the birth.

She told an amazing story about surviving the car crash and that she had been living in secret in Switzerland for the past four years.

Her plan worked at first, but she began to fall in love with Tad and became attached to Adam Jr., now called JR. She and JR. bonded and became close.

In February 2006, Dixie returned to Pine Valley and hid from Tad while there was an explosion at Erica Kane's ball.

On July 4, Dr. Madden was found murdered in Pine Valley Park and in August Zach and Dixie were arrested and charged with the crime.

While several people in Pine Valley had a reason to hate and kill Madden, Zach and Dixie were the main suspects.

On January 29, 2007, Dixie collapsed after eating peanut butter pancakes laced with a drug known to bring on V-Tach.

It was later revealed in April 2009 by Alexander that he did not make the attempt on Dixie's life, but that the pancakes were intended for Babe.

On January 31, before moving on to the afterlife, Dixie saw Tad in the park with Kathy Mershon (a child who had recently been given to the custody of Julia Santos), and immediately recognized the girl as her long-lost daughter Kate.

Delighted at the sight of Tad playing with her daughter—who was clearly safe and completely healthy—Dixie was able to leave her earthly life behind her, content and satisfied.

It had also been revealed that Dixie might not have died from the Satin Slayer; Tad and JR searched for the person who actually committed the crime.

Their search was pushed aside when other story lines came about, at the time of the investigation it was hypothesized that Adam Chandler was trying to kill Babe with the poisoned pancakes.

Brot takes Dixie to be evaluated at Oak Haven but she escapes with the help of fellow residents Marian Chandler, Janet Dillon, and Annie Lavery.

She briefly meets her ex-daughter-in-law, Marissa Tasker (JR's ex-wife) and her seven-year-old grandson, AJ, individually.