Lindsay Rappaport
| Lindsay Rappaport | |||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Catherine Hickland | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1998–2009, 2012 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | May 14, 1998 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | January 6, 2012 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||
| Created by | Pam Long | ||||||||||
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Lindsay Rappaport is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live. She was portrayed by Catherine Hickland, who debuted May 14, 1998,[1] and played her continually through October 2008. Hickland briefly reprised the role in July 2009. Hickland returned to the role of Lindsay from January 4–6, 2012, for the show's ABC Daytime finale.[2]
Character background
Lindsay was born off-screen to a stern and disapproving father, Dennis Farrell, who doted on her younger sister, Melanie, while shunning Lindsay. Even after Lindsay married hotshot lawyer
Storylines
Lindsay arrives in
Sam and Lindsay's children,
Lindsay's relationship with R.J. eventually blossoms into a romance, and she helps him gain custody of his granddaughter,
In August 2007, Lindsay is shocked to discover that she had won Llanview's famed "Woman of the Year" award. After Nora presents the award, an emotional Lindsay tells the audience she can not accept it, after which
During Lindsay's arraignment, she gives an emotional account of the circumstances and events that led her to kill Spencer: she knew that Spencer had arranged for the McBains to adopt Todd Manning’s missing infant son, and murdered him to prevent the McBains from losing Tommy. Lindsay then collapses into catatonia and is remanded to St. Ann’s psychiatric hospital for evaluation. After learning of visits from several friends, such as Bo and R.J., Nora arranges to have criminal proceedings reconvened, convinced that Lindsay has feigned mental illness. On January 3, 2008, Lindsay is deemed fit to stand trial but also determined to have been insane at the time of the murder. With both Bo and R.J. offering to be her legal guardian, Lindsay is returned to St. Ann’s sanitarium. Lindsay is eventually remanded into Bo's guardianship.
After her release, Lindsay confides in R.J. that she had indeed faked a breakdown to avoid prosecution for murder. R.J. writes Lindsay a letter thanking her for confiding in him. The letter gets mixed with Nora's court filings, though, and Nora forces Lindsay to reveal her secret. Lindsay's attorney attempts to get her murder charges dropped on double jeopardy but fails, and she pleads guilty. Bo visits Lindsay in jail on August 27, 2008.[3] Bo visits Lindsay in Statesville again on July 30 and 31, 2009.[4][5][6] Hickland appears again as a vision of Lindsay Rex Balsom’s dream sequence on October 1, 2009.
During the Statesville Prison break in January 2012, Lindsay breaks into Bo's apartment to warn him about the plan of Troy MacIver to kidnap Nora. Bo and Lindsay thwart Troy’s plans. Nora thanks Lindsay for saving their lives and agrees to a truce. Bo and Nora promise Lindsay to do everything they can to get her paroled. As Lindsay leaves, she has a smirk on her face and the audience is left to wonder where Lindsay went. Catherine Hickland stated she purposefully played up that moment ambiguously to leave story options open for the Prospect Park continuation of One Life to Live.[7]
References
- ^ Toby Goldstein (14 May 1998). "LOVE TURNS TO LAUGHTER FOR CAMILLE AND TAD; A.J. FINDS COLE". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- Soapcentral. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- Soaps.com. SheKnows Entertainment. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "Comings and Goings: Catherine Hickland (Lindsay Rappaport)". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 34, no. 31. August 4, 2009. p. 14.
- Soaps.com. SheKnows Entertainment. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- Soaps.com. SheKnows Entertainment. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ Catherine Hickland [@cathickland] (January 8, 2012). "@vicksvapor77 my choice 2 play ambiguously. There was talk of me coming back and I wanted to leave an option for story to go either way :)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
