Katherine Bell
Deceased
Actor History
Mary Beth Evans (1993 to 11 October 1999)
Lifeline
Believed to have died after a fall from a parapet at the Wyndemere Castle [22 May 1998 to 28 August 1998]
Died 8 October 1999, after Helena Cassadine pushed her off the same parapet.
Occupation
Co-Founder of the Nurses Ball
Former Owner and CEO of Deception Cosmetics
Resides At
Formerly 66 Harbor View Road, Port Charles, New York (Quartermaine Mansion)
Formerly 1420 Courts Lane, Port Charles, New York (Port Charles Hotel)
Marital Status
Single/Engaged (Nikolas Cassadine) at time of death
Past Marriages
Ned Ashton (Illegal)
Relatives
Avery Stanton (father)
Dominique Stanton (paternal half-sister; deceased)
Danielle Ashley (paternal half-sister; deceased)
Rex Stanton (paternal uncle)
Serena Baldwin (paternal half-niece)
Children
None
Flings & Affairs
Stefan Cassadine (engaged)
Nikolas Cassadine (engaged)
Scotty Baldwin (dated)
Damian Smith (lovers; deceased)
Mac Scorpio (dated)
Crimes Committed
Blackmailed Ned Ashton into marrying her.
Faked a pregnancy to trap Nikolas into marriage [1999]
Maladies and Hospitalizations
Poisoned by Reginald Jennings
Shot by Stefan Cassadine [1997]
Injured after a fall, but injected by a miracle drug that saved her life; this drug caused her to be unable to have children [1998]
Brief Character History
Katherine came to Port Charles in 1993, using the name Katherine Crawford.
She claimed that she was a long-lost friend of Dominique Baldwin, and hit up
Dominique's widow, Scott Baldwin, for $250 thousand. Then Scotty's longtime
friend, Lucy Coe, learned Katherine's true identity, Katherine Bell, the
daughter of the cook at Dom's childhood home. Scott made excuses for
Katherine, and went as far as to name her head of public relations for
Deception, Lucy's company. Scotty and Katherine were falling hard for each
other. One problem, Katherine had a lover, Damian Smith, and the two had
planned to take Scotty for all that he was worth. So Damian teamed up with
Lucy to stop Scotty and Katherine from marrying. They revealed that Katherine
had been conning Scotty from day one. Scotty left Katherine at the altar and
never looked back. Katherine later discovered that she was actually the
sister of Dominique, the illegitimate daughter of Dominique's father and the
cook.
Next Katherine went after the wealthy Ned Ashton, whom she managed to
blackmail into marrying her. This marriage was short lived when Ned's other
wife, Lois Cerullo, popped out of the cake at Katherine's birthday party. Ned
had married Lois, his true love first, thus making his and Katherine's
marriage void. Katherine thought that she had the leverage to stay a
Quartermaine when the Quartermaine butler, Reginald, poisoned her. But AJ
made it appear that she had poisoned herself. Katherine did come out of the
marriage as owner of Deception Cosmetics.
In 1994 Katherine co-founded the Nurses Ball with Lucy Coe, with the two
usually brawling or trying to outdo each other onstage. At the 1997 NB,
Katherine took her first steps after being shot. In 1998, Lucy mourned for
her presumed-dead rival. Katherine participated for the last time in 1999,
only months before her murder.
In 1995 Katherine became involved with good guy, Mac Scorpio. Mac was the
first man who could see through Katherine's games. After Katherine was shot
accidentally by Stefan Cassadine in 1997, she and Mac called it quits.
Katherine had fallen for Stefan, who never left her side, but he was married
to Bobbie Jones when Stefan and Bobbie divorced, he pursued a romantic
relationship with Katherine. Eventually Stefan and Katherine became engaged,
they celebrated their engagement with a ball at Wyndemere, but the happy
night ended in tragedy. Katherine realized that Stefan was still in love with
Laura Spencer, and the he was Nikolas' father. Katherine fell into a trap
created for Helena, and fell from the parapet.
Everyone thought that Katherine was dead, Stefan was even put on trial for
her murder, but it was discovered that she survived, due to experimental
drugs, provided by Helena Cassadine. She returned to Port Charles, and moved
back into the Quartermaine mansion, by invitation of Edward Quartermaine. But
it was not long before she left. She also began having an affair with Nikolas
Cassadine, after Helena told her that Nikolas would be a good way to get back
at Stefan. But Katherine came to care about her boy toy, and she was
rather jealous when she saw him with his friend Emily Quartermaine.
Katherine arranged for Liz to see she and Nikolas in a compromising position.
When Nik realized, he angrily broke it off with Katherine. She faked a
pregnancy to win him. After repeated attempts at impregnanting herself
failed, the doctor told a devastated Katherine that the drug Helena injected
her with to keep her alive had somehow destroyed her ability to have
children.
Katherine initially refused Nik's marriage proposal, playing her scheme
brilliantly. As the wedding day (at Wyndemere, by Nik's request) approached,
Katherine planned to pick a fight with Laura at the reception, causing a
"miscarriage"; after learning they could have no more children, Nikolas would
stay with her out of guilt.
Unfortunately for Katherine, she confided these plans in a comatose Helena.
Helena would not allow her grandson to be manipulated into a sham marriage.
Helena had regained her movement weeks earlier, and, disguised as Laura,
pushed Katherine off the same parapet shortly before the ceremony. There was
no miracle drug to save Katherine the second time around. Her killer was never brought to justice.
