Share your thoughts on Tad and Dixie in our Comments section below or on our message board. Tad begs Dixie to take him back after his affair with Brooke (1990) Tad rescues Junior and brings him back to Dixie (1989) There may have been friction, but they gave each other room to be themselves – true love. But what I appreciate about these two is that they both changed a great deal – especially Dixie, who took a long personal journey from doormat to force to be reckoned with – and yet their love didn’t change. Knight won three Daytime Emmy Awards over the years (one during the Tad and Dixie years) while McClain won two (one for ALL MY CHILDREN).įrom Patrick Erwin (A THOUSAND OTHER WORLDS): Tad and Dixie had a very imperfect pairing, and one with big gaps of time where they were apart. McClain was named Outstanding Heroine: Daytime that year. Tad and Dixie were nominated as Outstanding Super Couple: Daytime at the 1991 Soap Opera Digest Awards. The passionate following Tad and Dixie had was a testament to the chemistry and the talent of the actors, and the foundation created by the original stories. and Tad's Jamie) were at the center of ALL MY CHILDREN until the very end of the series.įans continued to want the couple to reunite despite Dixie's 'death' by pancakes. One or both of them or their children (Dixie's J.R. When Tad learned of it, he demanded that he be allowed to go back to the islands with her and finalize the divorce properly. In January 2002, Dixie quietly flew to the Caribbean and got a divorce from Tad.

Tad and Dixie were a supercouple that perfectly blended angst and drama with humor and chicken fingers. 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 ALL MY CHILDREN's final months, Dixie turned up alive and reunited with Tad once again. Over the next 15 years Tad and Dixie were on-again and off-again but eventually Dixie 'died' after eating poisonous pancakes. Eventually Tad dumped Brooke and reunited with Dixie but after his affair with Liza they split up again. Tad would return two years later (along with lookalike Ted) but married Brooke instead of Dixie. Tad and Dixie were reunited but he was presumed dead after falling from a bridge after a fight with Billy Clyde Tuggle. Palmer was determined to break up Tad and Dixie and his schemes eventually led to Tad having an affair with Brooke. Tad and Dixie became friends and the two of them fell in love and were eventually married (after Dixie married Adam, was committed to Laurel Hill, and divorced Adam). Brooke hired Tad to find out who fathered Dixe's baby. Brooke was married to Adam Chandler at the time and Adam seduced Dixie who became pregnant. Dixie took a job as the nanny for Brooke English's daughter, Laura. Personal phone calls and letters of reply are not possible.YEARS:1988-1990, 1992-1996, 1998-2002, 2005-2007, 2010, 2011ĭixie and her brother, Will, were Palmer Cortland's (James Mitchell) niece and nephew. They must include signature and valid mailing address. Letters should be concise, typed if possible and are subject to condensation. Questions of general interest are answered, but due to the volume received, replies do not appear for all. Have a question or comment about soap operas? Write to Lynda Hirsch, The Soaps, Sun- Sentinel, 200 E. Lynda Hirsch is a columnist for the North America Syndicate. Both characters have new story lines on the way. ABC has yet to confirm.Ī General Hospital spokesperson said the rumor that has Paul Satterfield (Paul) and David Wallace (Tom) leaving the show are not true. Rumors continue to persist that Genie Francis is set to reprise her Laura role on General Hospital. With Louise Sorel (Vivian Days of Our Lives) recovering from a herniated disc, Marge Dusay will be filling in until Sorel gets her doctor's OK to return. Mainstream media first took note of daytime when Time did a story with Susan Hayes gracing the cover.

While everyone credits Luke and Laura (Anthony Geary and Genie Francis) of General Hospital with giving daytime its credence, they're wrong.

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