Kari Gibson (1988 through 1989)
Cady McClain (October 1988 to 1996; July 3rd, 1998 to February 26th, 2002; December 23rd, 2005 to January 30th, 2007)
Lifeline
Presumed dead from May 10, 2002, to December 23, 2005.
Died January 30th, 2007 after ingesting pancakes laced with V-Tach
Occupation
Former administrative assistant for the Andrassy Foundation
Former school teacher in Pigeon Hollow, West Virginia
Former Maid at Cortlandt Manor
Former Nanny for Brooke's daughter, Laura Cudahy
Former servant for Adam Chandler
Former salesperson for Enchantment Cosmetics at The Glamorama
Former Patient Advocate at Pine Valley Hospital
Former Assistant Teacher at Pine Valley High School
Resides At
Formerly a health clinic somewhere in Switzerland
Formerly at 646 Holland Avenue
Marital Status
Single/Divorced
Past Marriages
Adam Chandler Sr. (divorced)
Tad Martin (married December 1989; divorced)
Craig Lawson (divorced)
Brian Bodine (divorced)
Tad Martin (married May 1994; divorced)
Tad Martin (married May 1999; divorced January 2002)
Relatives
Paul Hunkle (father)
Bess Cooney (mother; deceased)
Will Cortlandt (brother; deceased)
Melanie Cortlandt (sister)
Del Henry (paternal half-brother)
Diana Henry (paternal half-sister)
Palmer Cortlandt (maternal uncle)
Ross Chandler (maternal cousin)
Nina Cortlandt (maternal cousin)
Andrew Preston (maternal cousin; via adoption)
Peter Cortlandt (maternal cousin)
Julie Rand Chandler (maternal first cousin once removed; via adoption)
Robert Warner (maternal first cousin once removed; via adoption)
Michael Warner (maternal first cousin once removed)
Samuel Carlos Grey (maternal first cousin twice removed; via adoption)
Children
Adam Chandler Jr. (son; with Adam)
Unnamed Child (daughter; with Tad; deceased/miscarriage)
Unnamed Child (daughter; with Tad)
Adam Chandler III (grandson)
* Dixie and Tad refer to their unnamed daughters as 'Bess' and 'Kate'
Flings & Affairs
Tad Martin Ted Orsini
Jonas (engaged; occurred off-screen while Dixie was living in Pigeon Hollow)
David Hayward
Maladies and Hospitalizations
Admitted to a mental hospital after Adam had her declared insane.
Had a kidney removed and transplanted into her half-brother, Del Henry.
Hospitalized for pericardia.
Hospitalized after being maced and almost thrown from a balcony by Leslie Colson.
Checked out for stress-related heart problems. (Dec 20th, 2001)
Accidentally shot in the arm by JR Chandler [Mar 3rd, 2006]
Crimes Committed
Kept quiet about Tad fabricating evidence to get Brooke acquitted for killing Jim Thomasen
Adultery; slept with David Hayward (January 15/16th, 2001)
Fled town without telling Tad that she was carrying his child. [Feb 26th, 2002]
Brief Character History
Dixie Cooney and her brother, Will, left their hometown of Pigeon Hollow, West Virginia, and came to Pine Valley in search of their uncle, Pete Cooney. In Pine Valley, Dixie got a job working as a maid for her uncle who had changed his name to Palmer Courtland. When Palmer discovered that his new maid was really his niece, Dixie, he welcomed her and her brother with open arms. Palmer had loved their mother, his sister Bess, and was determined to make up to them for all his years of neglect.
Wanting to be independent, Dixie took a job as the nanny for Laura Cudahy. Laura was the daughter of Brooke English who was married to Adam Chandler. Brooke was unable to have any more children, and Adam seduced Dixie with the hope of finally begetting the son he wanted so badly. When he found out that Dixie was pregnant, he plotted to take the child from her and raise the baby with Brooke. Dixie found a new friend in Tad Martin, who Brooke had hired to discover the identity of the father of Dixie's child. When Brooke learned that Adam was the father she divorced him. Swept off her feet, Dixie married Adam. Wanting only the child, Adam convinced Dixie that she had lost her mind and had her committed to the Laurel Hill mental institute. When Tad discovered Adam's scheme, he rescued Dixie from Laurel Hill and helped her regain custody of her son. Dixie divorced Adam and married her Tad.
Neither Palmer, Dixie's uncle, or Opal, Tad's biological mother were happy about the marriage and set out to break Tad and Dixie up. Palmer paid a woman to say she had slept with Tad; when Dixie heard this, she separated from him. Reeling from the loss of Dixie, Tad fell into bed with his old friend Brooke. When Dixie learned of his tryst with Brooke, she divorced him. Tad and Dixie reunited, however, after he rescued her from Billy Clyde Tuggle. Billy Clyde was obsessed with Dixie, and when she rejected him he kidnapped her. On the day that Tad and Dixie planned to marry for the second time, Tad was lost when he fell from a bridge during a fight with Billy Clyde. Although his body was never recovered, everyone assumed he had died. Dixie was heartbroken by Tad's death.
In her grief Dixie became involved with an old friend of Tad's, Craig Lawson. Dixie and Craig were married for short time. She divorced him when she discovered that he was a fortune hunter and was also having an affair with his Gloria Marsh. Dixie then became involved with a younger man, Brian Bodine. That marriage ended when it Tad returned from the dead. Along with Tad's return, Ted Orsini, an exact mirror image of Tad arrived in Pine Valley as well. Ted wanted Dixie for himself, and tried to kill Tad on hunting trip they took together. Suspicious, Dixie trailed along behind them and was able to save Tad. Ted disappeared, never to be seen again.
Instead of reuniting with Dixie, Tad married Brooke English, who had given birth to his son Jamie during his absence. To regain some perspective, Dixie began taking some courses at Pine Valley University, where she became friendly with Jason Sheffield. Jason became obsessed with Dixie. Tad divorced Brooke because they both realized he still loved Dixie. After they married again, Tad started a job at the local TV station. Their marriage hit a snag when Liza Colby, an old lover of Tad's became his boss at the station. Giving into temptation, Tad and Liza slept together. When Dixie found out she divorced Tad, left Pine Valley with son Junior and moved back to Pigeon Hollow. In Pigeon Hollow Dixie began teaching and became engaged to Jonas.
In July 1998, Dixie was forced to return to Pine Valley when Adam got a temporary order for custody of Adam Junior. Adam and his family had been threatened, and Dixie agreed to bring Adam Jr. back to Pine Valley.
It wasn't' long before Tad and Dixie rekindled their feelings for each other. On a trip together to New York City, Tad and Dixie confronted their feelings and decided to see if they were ready to fully commit to each other. They agreed to meet at the Statler Building if they both ready to resume a life together. On her way to meet Tad Dixie's kidney failed, and she was too sick to meet him. Near death Dixie called out for Tad, but her Uncle Palmer kept the news from Tad. Although Dixie recovered, her heart was weakened. Not wanting to worry Tad, she kept her illness to herself. When Tad finally discovered the truth, he proposed to Dixie and she accepted him. They made plans for another marriage.
Dixie had been told she could never carry another child to term due to her health problems. Besides her heart condition, she also now had only one kidney. When her brother Del was ill, she had donated one of her kidneys to him. When she inadvertently became pregnant with Tad's child Dixie was overwhelmed with joy, As her doctors had predicted however, Dixie miscarried.
With JR in school, and Tad working at Chandler Enterprises, Dixie decided to return to work. At David Hayward's urging, Dixie took a position as an administrative assistant in The Andrassy Foundation. David and Dixie worked long hours together, and a mutual attraction began to build. One night David kissed her, and Dixie returned the kiss with equal fervor. David's lack of ethics bothered Dixie. In particular, she disagreed with him about keeping Dimitri Marick's medical condition a secret from his family. When Dixie told Alexandra Marick the truth, David was furious. That, along with David's dislike of the Martin family caused Dixie to quit her job with the Andrassy Foundation.
Dixie and Tad marriage began to disintegrate when she discovered that Tad had tried to use Leslie Coulson to help get David Hayward out of their lives.
In January 2002, Dixie quietly flew to the Caribbean and got a divorce from Tad. When Tad learned of it, he demanded that he be allowed to go back to the islands with her and finalize the divorce properly. While there, Dixie nearly died from her heart condition. David Hayward was flown to the island and healed Dixie using an experimental therapy that he'd developed. Dixie and Tad returned to Pine Valley. Although they were getting along quite well, Dixie was keeping a secret from Tad: she was pregnant. Rather than ending the pregnancy to spare her own life, Dixie arranged to stay at a clinic in Switzerland where she could have her baby under close guidance. Dixie's disappearance from Pine Valley caused Tad and JR a great deal of concern. While Dixie kept in contact with JR and even David Hayward, she shunned Tad completely. Tad made it his mission to find Dixie, but his searched were unsuccessful.
Dixie broke her silence after the successful completion of her third trimester. Dixie sent a letter to Tad telling him that she was pregnant and carrying his daughter. A jubilant Tad made plans to reunite with Dixie, who made it clear that she wanted to return home to be with Tad. As Tad boarded a plane bound for Zurich, Opal received a call that would change everyone's lives forever: Dixie had been killed in an automobile accident. The severity of the accident -- her car had gone out of control and over a cliff -- left no trace of Dixie's body.
Dixie was revealed to be alive and well in December of 2005. She had been living in a private clinic, but after a visit from her half-sister, Di, she decided to return to Pine Valley. She narrowly managed to avoid detection at Erica Kane's masquerade ball, only to be flushed out by Zach Slater a few days later at the cemetery. Zach agreed to keep her secret, but Dixie moved about Pine Valley, taking a look at her loved ones. While eavesdropping on JR, drunk when he thought his wife Babe had kidnapped their son, Dixie ended up shot in the arm by JR. Zach took care of her at the casino while her wound healed. The next person she saw was David Hayward, thrilled to see her back. Dixie went to Pine Valley Hospital to confront Dr. Greg Madden the fertility expert. He was the man who had taken Dixie's daughter four years earlier when she thought she was dieing. Only Greg Madden knew where her daughter, Kate was, and he refused to tell her.
Dixie decided to leave Pine Valley without JR or Tad ever learning she was alive. After an angry confrontation with Tad, Adam drugged Dixie and tried to ship her out of the country. Discovered by Josh Madden, she and Josh were found by JR at the casino. JR was shocked to see his mother alive, and he couldn't understand how she could have kept the truth from him. No-one, but especially Tad and JR could accept Dixie's reasons for letting them think she was dead. Dixie explained that she couldn't bear to come home without her daughter, but when they found that she had given Kate up for adoption, their anger only increased. When they found out that Greg Madden had been the one to take the child, and he refused to tell anyone where Kate was, Tad and JR began to forgive Dixie. Dixie's family and friends wanted to help her and Tad find their child.
Dixie's only real friend after her return to Pine Valley was Zach Slater. He supported her search for Kate and didn't pass judgment on what she had done in the past. Dixie began falling for him, but Zach made it clear that the only woman he loved was his wife, Kendall. During their investigation of Greg Madden, they discovered that the famous fertility doctor had impregnated many of his clients with his own sperm. They also discovered that he had stolen a fetus from Erica Kane and implanted it in his own wife. No matter what they did, Greg would not tell them where her daughter was.
Greg Madden was kidnapped and buried alive in an attempt to find out where Kate was. When he died in his grave during a freak earthquake, Zach and Dixie were arrested for murder. On the witness stand, Tad perjured himself, and got them acquitted. As angry as had been with Dixie, he still loved her. Tad had been tortured by not knowing where his daughter was, and it was he who had kidnapped Greg Madden. He was distraught over what he had done, but during a conversation with Dixie, he finally started to forgive himself. He and Dixie decided to look for Kate together.
David Hayward was furious with Dixie for rejecting him. Before leaving Pine Valley, he had forged a DNA test that said that Emma McDermott, the daughter of a new resident of Pine Valley was really Tad and Dixie's daughter Kate. When that lie was exposed, Tad and Dixie feared they would never find their daughter. Dixie knew that Krystal, Adam's wife was pregnant with Tad's child. She wanted to tell Tad, but decided to keep quiet about it for now. Dixie had finally reconciled with her family, and she moved in with JR at the Chandler Mansion to spend more time with him and her grandson.
When a serial killer began targeting the women of Fusion, JR's wife Babe was one of his targets. The killer poisoned some pancakes meant for Babe. Dixie ate them instead, and collapsed. She died at Pine Valley Hospital, but not before telling JR that Krystal was carrying Tad's child, and her last wish was that he would tell Tad the truth. As he spirit left Pine Valley, she saw her daughter for the first time since her birth. Kathy, a young orphan being cared for by Julia Santos was really Kate. Dixie's spirit waved to Kathy, and Kathy waved back.
Not long after Dixie's death, the Satin Slayer struck again, this time bringing down JR's wife, Babe. She was pronounced dead at Pine Valley Hospital. A double funeral was held for both Dixie and Babe. JR and Tad were shattered by their loss, but resolved to stand by each other and find the person who had taken so much from them both.
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