List of The Edge of Night characters
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The following is a list of characters from the Procter & Gamble daytime soap opera The Edge of Night, which ran from 1956 to 1984.
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Nadine Alexander Scott
Dorothy Stinnette (1976–1977, 1980)
Nadine is a wealthy socialite, the mother of Raven Alexander (Juanin Clay, Sharon Gabet) and later the wife of Ansel Scott (Patrick Horgan). In 1980, Molly Sherwood (Laurinda Barrett) attempts to murder April Cavanaugh Scott (Terry Davis), the wife of Ansel's son Draper Scott (Tony Craig), but accidentally poisons Nadine, who subsequently crashes her car and dies. Nadine leaves everything to Raven and Logan Swift's (Joe Lambie) son Jamey, so Raven schemes to regain custody of Jamey from Logan.
Raven Alexander
Juanin Clay (1976–1977); Sharon Gabet (1977–1984)
Monticello socialite Charlotte "Raven" Alexander is married to newspaper reporter Kevin Jamison (John Driver) until his death in a car accident in 1978. She later marries and divorces Logan Swift (Joe Lambie), with whom she has a son, Jamey. In 1980, Molly Sherwood (Laurinda Barrett) attempts to murder April Cavanaugh (Terry Davis), the wife of Raven's stepbrother Draper Scott (Tony Craig), but accidentally poisons Raven's mother, Nadine Alexander Scott (Dorothy Stinnette). Nadine subsequently crashes her car and dies. Nadine leaves everything to her grandson Jamey, so Raven schemes to regain custody of Jamey from Logan. Raven marries dashing millionaire Schuyler Whitney (Larkin Malloy), but in 1982 he is revealed to be impostor Jefferson Brown.
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