Nancy Pinkerton (1973-1977)
Clair Malis (1977-1979)
Elaine Princi (1989-1993)
1979-1987
1992-2000, 2003-
Dorian served time on death row for the murder of Victor Lord, a crime she didn’t commit.
Felony hit and run /manslaughter-no jail time served (thanks to RJ Gannon bribing the judge) for hitting expecting mom, Jessica Buchanan, with her car and killing Jessica's baby, Megan.
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Brief Character History: Dr. Dorian Cramer and her neurotic sister Melinda arrived in Llanview in 1973. Dorian was very devoted to her sister's care. Melinda, once a piano prodigy, saw her budding career end when a fall from a horse paralyzed her arm.
Dorian later married and cared for Victor Lord, who was bedridden by heart problems. Dorian loved Victor's family fortune more than she loved her husband. After Dorian got Victor to change his will, he suffered a stroke and died.
As the widow of Victor Lord, Dorian had been blissfully living at Llanfair. However, a clause in the will stated that the house was supposed to revert to Viki upon Dorian's remarriage. So, when Dorian married Herb Callison, Viki and Clint evicted her.
Perhaps the longest running storyline for Dorian has been the bitter feud between herself and Viki Lord Carpenter. For years after Victor's death, Viki persisted in thinking that Dorian murdered him. Some twenty years later, Viki went to the D.A. with enough facts to prove Dorian murdered her father, and Dorian was arrested. Dorian served time on death row for a crime she did not commit. It was eventually revealed that one of Viki Lord Carpenter's multi-personalities committed the murder.
Out of revenge on Viki for accusing her of murdering Victor, Dorian began seducing Viki's young son, Joey. In the process, she developed true feelings for Joey and fell in love with him.
Dorian's latest love interest is Mel Hayes. Dorian and Mel met in Washington, D.C., while she was there on a business trip. A drunken Mel literally fell over her when they met in a hotel bar. The sparks between them were instantaneous, and their feeling for one another continues to grow. Dorian convinced Mel to move to Llanview and take a job as a news reporter at The Banner.
It soon became clear to Mel that Dorian was hiding something from her past, something she would do anything to keep hidden, even tamper with her sister, Melinda's medication. It was eventually revealed that Dorian had been abused by her mother as a child and had seen her mother kill her father. Dorian went back to Canton, where she had lived as a child, and found that her mother was still alive, but insane. Dorian saved Cassie when her mother, Sonya, attacked her, but ended up killing Sonya in the process.
After returning to Llanview, Dorian was shot and very seriously wounded in a bodega holdup. She hovered on the verge of death and went to "Hell" where she was met by Carlo Hesser. Dorain wrestled with her demons and in the end was able to come to peace with her mother and herself, and when Dorian woke up, she declared that she would be a new, better person. It lasted for a while, Dorian even was friendly with Viki for a time. Dorian was married to Mel in the City Room of the Banner, but the honeymoon has ended and Dorian once again began interfering in the lives of 'her girls', despite Mel's best efforts to stop her from meddling.
When her daughter, Cassie, had lost her mind after the whole Barbara Graham incident, Dorian tried to sneak Cassie away from Kevin to a mental institution in Switzerland. Mel disagreed and walked out on Dorian. After she realized what she had done to her marriage, she tried to stop him from going on a business trip with Viki. She sent a note on the plane, but Viki got it instead and got off. After the plane took off there was an explosion and Mel was killed. From this point on she vowed revenge on Viki for Mel's death. Soon after, she kidnapped Viki with Hugo Monroe's help and locked her in the cellar. Hugo decided he didn't need help and locked Dorian in there, too. Needless to say, they called a truce after that.
Dorian often called on the services of Madame Delphina, who channeled Mel's spirit and he urged her to make full peace with Viki. Ironically, on her way there she hit Jessica (Viki's pregnant daughter) with her car. Jess's baby was born and died soon after. She and RJ covered her tracks because she didn't think anyone would believe it was just an accident. Dorian was prepared to let her friend, Lindsay take the rap when suddenly Jess remembered who hit her. She then confessed. She served no jail time because RJ had bribed the judge.
Someone had started to torment Dorian and drive her crazy. She assumed that it was Viki, but it was Jess. It then came down to Dorian on her knees, Jess in a car ready to strike her dead, and then nothing. Jess stopped and forgave her. They both agreed to keep the whole ordeal a secret. Skye Chandler moved in with Dorian all apart of Dorian's scheme to help her niecce Blair. Dorian soon kicked Skye out. Now Dorian was just the maid-of -honor for a wedding that never happened and an old friend of Mel's, Drake Faraday, has came to town to meet Dorian and put the moves on. Dorian has agreed to leave town with Drake and threw a party to announce her departure to her family and friends, and a tearful goodbye to Blair And Kelly, and a new freindship was made with Victoria Capenter long time rivals now have put the past behind them. \
Vengful Dorian returned to town in April 2003, and claimed to be "in love" with the devil himself the not so dead Mitch lawerence! Dorian married mitch to gain access to Viki's money and the one thing she dreamed of for 30 years Landfair!
Dorian and Blair soon found another secret tunnel in Llandfair that lead to were the mysterious bahdra diamond Victor had found may years ago. Dorian and Blair found it, then Walker stole it from mitch turning into a diamond bracelet. Meanwhile with Dorian refusing to consumate there marriage, Dorian had no choice but to make him mentally insane!