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Actor History
Robin Strasser (1979 to 1987, 1993 to February 23rd, 2000; April 2nd, 2003 to Present; All My Children: December 30, 2003)
Occupation: Currently unemployed
Positons held
Family:
Dorian grew up, along with her sisters Melinda and Addie, at the hands of abusive parents. During her teenage years, Dorian believed her sister Addie had died, when in reality she had been shipped off to a mental institution.
Wanting revenge on Viki, Dorian became the private physician to Viki's ailing father, Victor Lord. Dorian got Victor to marry her, despite Viki's protestations. Dorian soon learned that Victor had a son, Tony, who recently arrived in Llanview. With Tony and Victor unaware of their relation, Dorian schemed to keep the two at odds in an effort to ensure that Tony not be named in Victor's will.
Despite her efforts, Victor soon learned that Tony was his son and suffered a heart attack upon learning that Dorian knew the truth. Desperate, Dorian kept Victor isolated from his family so as to not damage her standing in Victor's eyes any further. Soon, Victor died under mysterious circumstances and Dorian gained control of the Lord estate.
As the widow of Victor Lord, Dorian had been blissfully living at Llanfair. However, a clause in the will stated that the house was supposed to revert to Viki upon Dorian's remarriage. So, when Dorian married Herb Callison, Viki and Clint evicted her.
Perhaps the longest running storyline for Dorian has been the bitter feud between herself and Viki Lord Carpenter. For years after Victor's death, Viki persisted in thinking that Dorian murdered him.
Viki went to the D.A. with enough facts to prove Dorian murdered her father, and Dorian was arrested. Dorian served time on death row for a crime she did not commit. It was eventually revealed that one of Viki Lord Carpenter's multiple-personalities committed the murder.
Out of revenge on Viki for accusing her of murdering Victor, Dorian began seducing Viki's young son, Joey. In the process, she developed true feelings for Joey and fell in love with him.
Viki forced David Vickers, a con man who blew in town to marry Dorian. Dorian despised David (see David Bio for details)
Dorian's next love interest was Mel Hayes. Dorian and Mel met in Washington, D.C., while she was there on a business trip. A drunken Mel literally fell over her when they met in a hotel bar. It was lust at first sight and their feeling for one another continued to grow.
Mel moved to Llanview and took a job as a news reporter at The Banner. It soon became clear to Mel that Dorian was hiding something from her past, something she would do anything to keep hidden, even tamper with her sister, Melinda's medication. It was eventually revealed that Dorian had been abused by her mother as a child and had seen her mother kill her father. Dorian went back to Canton, where she had lived as a child, and found that her mother was still alive, but insane. Dorian saved Cassie when her mother, Sonya, attacked her, but ended up killing Sonya in the process.
After returning to Llanview, Dorian was shot and very seriously wounded in a bodega holdup. She hovered on the verge of death and went to "Hell", where she was met by Carlo Hesser. Dorian wrestled with her demons and in the end was able to come to peace with her mother and herself, and when Dorian woke up, she declared that she would be a new, better person. It lasted for a while, Dorian even was friendly with Viki for a time. Dorian was married to Mel in the City Room of the Banner, but the honeymoon ended and Dorian once again began interfering in the lives of 'her girls', despite Mel's best efforts to stop her from meddling.
When her daughter, Cassie, had lost her mind after the whole Barbara Graham incident, Dorian tried to sneak Cassie away from Kevin Buchanan to a mental institution in Switzerland. Mel disagreed and walked out on Dorian. After she realized what she had done to her marriage, she tried to stop him from going on a business trip with Viki. She sent a note on the plane, but Viki got it instead and got off. After the plane took off there was an explosion and Mel was killed. From this point on she vowed revenge on Viki for Mel's death. Soon after, she kidnapped Viki with Hugo Monroe's help and locked her in the cellar. Hugo decided he didn't need help and locked Dorian in there, too. Needless to say, they called a truce after that.
Dorian often called on the services of Madame Delphina, who channeled Mel's spirit and he urged her to make full peace with Viki. Ironically, on her way there she hit Jessica (Viki's pregnant daughter) with her car. Jess's baby was born and died soon after. Dorian and RJ Gannon covered her tracks because she didn't think anyone would believe it was just an accident. Dorian was prepared to let her friend, Lindsay take the rap when suddenly Jess remembered who hit her. Dorian then confessed. She served no jail time because RJ had bribed the judge.
Someone started to torment Dorian and drive her crazy. She assumed that it was Viki, but it was Jess. It then came down to Dorian on her knees, Jess in a car ready to strike her dead, and then nothing. Jess stopped and forgave her. They both agreed to keep the whole ordeal a secret.
Next,an old friend of Mel's, Drake Faraday, came to town to meet Dorian and put the moves on her. Dorian agreed to leave town with Drake and threw a party to announce her departure to her family and friends. Dorian left Llanview to travel around the world with Drake.
In 2003, Dorian returned to town with plans to strike it rich. Learning that Mitch Laurence had just inherited Victor Lord's estate, she cozied up to him and soon the pair got married.
Unfortunately, Dorian quickly saw how evil Mitch was when she ended up saving his own daughter, Natalie, from him. By this time, Dorian had the Bahdra diamond in her posession and she hid that from Mitch while at the same time haunting him. In the end, Mitch wound up dead. However Dorian wound up the loser when she learned that he changed his will to make Jessica his sole heir. Initially arrested for his murder, she was found innocent. Later, Dorian initiated David Vicker's help in ending Kelly's marriage to Kevin Buchanan.
Dorian would find herself falling for David herself. Although they made plans to marry, it was becoming obvious that Dorian wasn't about to marry him. In the meantime, Dorian, in an attempt to secure an inheritance from her Aunt Betsy, suddenly announced to everyone that a newcomer named Adriana Colon was her biological daughter.
Resides At:
La Boulaie (Dorian's name for the Cramer Mansion)
Best Qualities: Strength, Family Loyalty,
Brains, last but not least Stunning Beauty
Worst Qualities: None come to mind!
Marital Status: Widowed
Marriages
Children
Pre-Llanview
In the Beginning....
Dorian arrived in Llanview in 1973 along with her mentally ill sister Melinda. Obtaining a job at Llanview Hospital, she quickly began an affair with married doctor Mark Toland. Unstable Melinda wanted Mark for herself and schemed to make sure her sister never had him. After attacking Mark, Melinda was sent to a mental institution. Dorian and Mark continued their affair. After an intense fight one day, Dorian made a careless mistake on a patient's chart, resulting in the patient's death. Fearing for her career, Mark helped Dorian cover the error up and Dr. Larry Wolek was arrested instead. Her guilt plaguing her, Dorian wanted to confess, but fell down a flight of stairs and became comatose. Upon waking, Dorian confessed and the hospital board decided to fire her. Dorian blamed Viki Lord Riley, a prominent member of the board, for the decision to terminate her.
Fast-Forward Twenty Years
She's Back!
