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Marco Dane
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by
Duration
  • 1977–86
  • 1989–90
  • 1992–93
First appearanceMarch 22, 1977 (March 22, 1977)
Last appearanceDecember 24, 1993 (December 24, 1993)
Classification
Rob Coronal

Marco Dane is a fictional character from the American soap opera

crossed over in the role on sister soap opera General Hospital on September 2, 1992[3]
as Marco, remaining in the role through December 24, 1993.

Storylines

1977–86, 1989–90

In 1977,

confidence tricks and embezzlement schemes she participated in with Marco before her arrival in town, she agitated at Marco's presence. Karen and Larry marry without Marco divulging Karen's secret past, while Marco planned to blackmail her into another business venture instead. In search for employment, Dorian Lord (Claire Malis) hires Marco as a personal assistant
, briefly engaging in a romantic affair with him.

Marco (Anthony) and Karen (Light), 1978

Marco engages in constant schadenfreude in Karen's anxiety over the possibility of the con man telling Larry of all the sordid details of their prior criminal behavior. With the introduction of actress Judith Light in the role of Karen in late 1977, head writer Gordon Russell ramps up the storyline into Marco and Karen's relationship, with the role of Karen becoming a jangled bundle of nerves around Anthony's Marco. With the arrival of the goddaughter of Victoria "Viki" Lord Riley (Erika Slezak), Tina Clayton (Andrea Evans), Marco opens up a brothel while masquerading it as a photography studio. Finally establishing a business venture in Llanview, Marco forces Karen (Light, onward) to become one of his prostitutes in exchange for his silence on their past dealings. After Marco takes clothed photographs of naive, teenaged Tina, he edits the images to make them appear as if Tina posed nude. When Marco publishes the photos of Tina, a livid Viki confronts a nonchalant Marco who concedes to none of Viki's accusations.

Newspaper publisher Viki proceeds with a pursuing an exposé in her family newspaper, The Banner, about Dane's doings. While investigating Marco, Viki starts to suspect Karen of

editor-in-chief, Joe Riley (Lee Patterson
). Before the story could be published, Marco finds the murdered corpse of his brother, Dr. Mario Corelli (Anthony). Marco soon devises a plan to assume the identity of his dead brother in an effort to frame Viki for his apparent murder.

Known for her recurrent bouts with

Talbot Huddleston (Byron Sanders), was Marco's murderer, exonerating Viki at the eleventh hour.[4]

As the 1980s begin, Karen is raped by Brad Vernon (Steve Fletcher), the husband of her younger sister Jenny Wolek Vernon (Brynn Thayer), and confided in Marco (as Mario) as to the apparent assault. Upon learning of her husband's rape of her sister, the pregnant Jenny went into premature labor as Katrina Karr was in-hospital giving birth to her own child. Marco and Karen, now friends again, went about switching the sickly-and-soon-dead body of Karen's niece with the live-born child of Katrina (Kristine Karr) when Karen goes into visit the nursery of newborn children. A distraught Katrina falls into a deep depression while the elated Jenny reveled in being a new mother.

Emotionally disturbed with leading a double life, Marco (continuing to pretend to be Mario) suffers a bout of

Edwina Lewis (Margaret Klenck). Before the wedding ceremony can be completed, Dorian (Robin Strasser onward) reports to the Llanview police that Mario Corelli was Marco Dane. Marco, his identity revealed, is arrested for identity fraud, incarcerated in Statesville prison, and Edwina proceeded to break off their engagement. After his release from prison, though, Edwina and Marco reconcile and marry.[6]

Apparently reformed from his criminal ways, partners-in-crime Marco and Karen learns that Tina's (adoptive) father, Ted Clayton, is attempting to swindle the

Katrina Karr (Nancy Snyder) following the discovering.[8][9]

Unable to sever ties with Edwina, Marco engages in a

Megan Gordon (Jessica Tuck
), masquerading as alter-ego "Ruby Bright". Clint, shadowing his sick stepdaughter, uncovers Marco courting Ruby. Clint divulges to Marco that Ruby was a figment of Megan's personality and the two collaborated in causing Megan to reemerge from her latest bout of mental illness. Marco departs Llanview in 1990 after serving as Megan's manager.

1992–93

Now a

Antonio Sabàto, Jr.). Jagger, who was dating at the time Brenda Barrett (Vanessa Marcil
), had an obvious romantic attraction to classmate Karen Wexler, much to the displeasure of Brenda.

Karen makes advances at Jagger which go unrequited, for which she reacts badly. Going into a bout of depression, Karen begins taking drugs and working at the Paradise Club strip club, owned by Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard). When Jagger discovers Karen and Sonny in bed together and learns she had been stripping and abusing drugs, boxer Jagger engages in an altercation which leaves Sonny greatly injured. An incensed Sonny puts a hit out on Jagger in retaliation, only to put the plan on indefinite hold at the insistence of Marco, who urges him to cancel the planned killing in return for a cut of Jagger's boxing winnings.[12][13]

Marco nearly persuaded Tracy to run off with him with a large cut of Quartermaine money but she left him with blank paper and went alone.

Marco worked briefly for Frank Smith along with Luke Spencer and Sonny Corinthos before leaving town in 1993.

Marco leaves town when Anthony left the series in 1993.

Casting and reception

Following Anthony's introduction as a

ratings successes from late 1970s and into the 1980s.[15]

In 1992, GH executive producer Wendy Riche introduced the role on the fellow

Daytime Emmy Award win for Outstanding Supporting Actor for the latter portrayal in 1993 (his first being in the same category for the role on OLTL in 1982), becoming to the first actor to win an Emmy for a crossover role.[16][17]

References

  1. Ocala Star-Banner
    . Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  2. ISBN 0-345-35344-7
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  3. Kansas City Star
    . 20 August 1992. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  4. ^ "One Life to Live recap (1979, Part 1)". ABC. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  5. ^ "One Life to Live recap (1980, Part 2)". ABC.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  6. ^ "One Life to Live recap (1980, Part 3)". ABC.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  7. ^ "One Life to Live recap (1981, Part 2)". ABC.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  8. ^ "One Life to Live recap (1982, Part 1)". ABC.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  9. ^ "One Life to Live recap (1982, Part 3)". ABC.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  10. ^ "One Life to Live recap (1983, Part 3)". ABC.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  11. ^ Hirsch, Lynda (4 September 1992). "Soap Opera Summaries". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  12. Soapcentral
    . Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr.: Brief Character History". Soapcentral. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  14. ISBN 0-399-51291-8
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  15. ISBN 0-8065-0940-6
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  16. ^ Hart, Marla (27 May 1993). "Lucci Fails to Cop an Emmy". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  17. ISBN 0-253-32879-9
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