Echo DiSavoy

Echo DiSavoy
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by	Kim Zimmer
Duration	1983, 2010–11
First appearance	March 15, 1983 (March 15, 1983)
Last appearance	October 14, 2011 (October 14, 2011)
Classification	Former, regular
Created by	Henry Slesar
Introduced by	Joseph Stuart (1983) Frank Valentini (2010)
In-universe information Other names Susan Turner Occupation Photographer Countess Family French Stanford Parents Arthur Stanford Giselle French Stanford Brothers Giles Morgan Husband Maxim DiSavoy (backstory) Sons Rex Balsom Grandsons Shane Morasco Aunts Leda French

Echo DiSavoy is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. She was portrayed by Kim Zimmer from March to October 1983. After a twenty-seven-year absence, during which Zimmer went on to play the long-running character Reva Shayne on the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light, Zimmer reprised the role on October 1, 2010, staying until October 14 of the following year.^[1][2]

Storylines

1983

In March 1983, Countess Echo DiSavoy arrives in Llanview seeking revenge on newspaper editor Clint Buchanan. She schemes to get close to him and secures a job as a photographer at The Banner. Echo seduces Clint in June 1983, and he is reminded of a woman from his past named Giselle. Though he does not make the connection, Giselle was Echo's mother, and Echo blames him for her death. After telling Clint's wife Viki about the affair, Echo lures Clint into an argument on a bridge. Though she has fallen in love with him, Echo goes through with her plan and jumps into the water in an apparent suicide. Witnessing the argument, Dorian Lord tells the police that Clint had pushed Echo. Clint is indicted for Echo's murder while Viki and Marco Dane search for evidence to clear him. They discover that Echo is alive, and during Clint's trial she confesses the details of her plan to frame him for murder. It is revealed that Echo's father Arthur had actually murdered Giselle. Clint is freed and soon reunited with Viki, who forgives him for his affair. Echo leaves town.^[3]

2010–11

Echo returns to town and starts to pay attention to

Meanwhile, Dorian Lord starts to suspect Echo knows more than she lets on. Echo tells Clint to not let Charlie know that she knew the truth about Rex, which Clint agrees to, but secretly records this conversation. When he later has a heart attack, Dorian refuses to call for help unless he hands over the recording, which he does. Echo finds out about the recording when it's played for her by Niki Smith, Viki's alternate personality. Echo tries to stop Charlie from hearing it, but when Viki returns, Dorian gives her the recording, and Viki gives it to Charlie. Hurt and betrayed, Charlie breaks things off with Echo, and leaves town after officially divorcing Viki. Echo vows revenge on Dorian and Viki for ruining her life.

Echo returns to Llanview trying to ruin Dorian's marriage to

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