Maggie Evans
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Maggie Evans was a character most prominently played by Kathryn Leigh Scott
on the 1960s ABC-TV
gothic horror soap opera serial Dark Shadows
and in the 1970 film House of Dark Shadows
.
), an artist. Her mother had died when Maggie was a little girl. Maggie was initially acerbic, greeting newcomer Victoria Winters
(Alexandra Moltke) with, "You're a jerk," (Maggie was irritated that Vicki was working for the Collins family), but quickly showed herself to be a good, decent person. Maggie's father was a constant source of worry to her, as he had a drinking problem and had never gotten over his feud with the Collins family. After several months, Maggie began dating Joe Haskell (played by Joel Crothers
), who had recently ended a relationship with Carolyn Stoddard
(Nancy Barrett
).
(Jonathan Frid
), who saw her as the image of his long lost love, Josette DuPres. As a result of her loss of blood, Collinsport physician, Dr. Woodard (Robert Gerringer
) requested a blood transfusion to save her life. Later she was kidnapped by Barnabas Collins
, who tried to brainwash her into believing herself to be Josette. After attempting unsuccessfully to destroy Barnabas Collins, Maggie was recaptured and locked in a secret room. There she discovered a little girl playing with a ball and singing London Bridge
. She learned this was the ghost of Sarah Collins
(Sharon Smyth), and they became friends; Sarah later helped Maggie to escape.
After her escape, Dr. Woodard sent her to Wyndcliffe Sanitarium, because she had lost her memory. There she was put into the care of Dr. Julia Hoffman (Grayson Hall
). Doctors Woodard and Hoffman, together with Sam Evans and Joe Haskell, agreed to inform everyone in Collinsport that Maggie was dead, so that her mysterious captor would not seek her again. Dr. Hoffman soon learned that Maggie's disappearance involved the Collins family, and secretly brought her patient to the estate in effort to regain her memory. While doctor and patient were walking through the Collins family cemetery, Maggie was seen by Victoria Winters
(Alexandra Moltke) who believed her to be the ghost of Josette.
Maggie escaped Wyndcliffe with the help of Sarah's ghost. The first place she turned up was The Blue Whale Pub. There, upon seeing Victoria Winters, Burke Devlin, and of course Barnabas Collins together, she collapsed. Maggie remembered large fragments of her missing time, including the little girl Sarah. Barnabas Collins, fearing exposure, convinced his friend Dr. Hoffman to erase through hypnosis Maggie's memory of what he'd done to her. To Maggie, everything seemed fine after this. She was overjoyed to be reunited with her father and Joe.
, who tried to sell Maggie's soul to Diabolos. Nicholas used Angelique, who was then a vampire, to lure Joe away from Maggie by making Maggie her slave. Joe was later institutionalized at Windcliff after his cousin Chris Jennings turned into a werewolf and attacked him. Following the departure of Victoria Winters from the series, Maggie moved into Collinwood as the new governess
.
and Amy Jennings, Maggie was terrorized by the ghost of Quentin Collins
. Quentin drove everyone from the house, but Maggie fought valiantly for a possessed David. David died from the strain, and Barnabas journeyed to 1897 to rewrite history and make sure Quentin never haunted Collinwood.
). The person who hated Maggie the most was Angelique's devoted maid, Hoffman, who did her best to sabotage Maggie and let her know she would never compare to "the first Mrs. Collins." Quentin's temper and mood swings frightened Maggie, and when she saw him with a woman who looked just like Angelique, she fled town to be with her sister in New York City. The actress was written out of the current storyline for a month to enable Kathryn Leigh Scott to film House of Dark Shadows.
The woman was actually Angelique's twin sister, Alexis, a good-hearted person. Unfortunately for the Collins family, when Alexis went to see her sister's body, Angelique absorbed her life force and took her place. She wanted to ruin Maggie and Quentin for good, and thus used her powers to bring Quentin to the point of death. Maggie returned to Collinwood and when Quentin quickly returned to good health, they reconciled. "Alexis" befriended Maggie, secretly pitting Maggie and Quentin against each other and convincing each that the other was practicing witchcraft. When insane John Yaeger became obsessed with Maggie, "Alexis" helped him kidnap Maggie. Maggie was saved by Barnabas, and eventually, "Alexis" was exposed and she died after running out of life force. Maggie and Quentin (who had been on the run after "Alexis" framed him for the murder of Bruno Hess) reconciled permanently.
. The film covered the early Barnabas/Maggie storyline, wherein Barnabas was released from his coffin and tried to make Maggie into Josette. The chief differences were that Maggie was now dating Jeff Clark (Roger Davis
) and that Barnabas was killed at the end of the movie.
, still worked at the Blue Whale, but was now having an affair with Roger Collins (Roy Thinnes
). She also had psychic powers.
.
Kathryn Leigh Scott
Kathryn Leigh Scott is an American television and film actress who is best remembered for playing Maggie Evans, Josette DuPres Collins, Rachel Drummond, Lady Kitty Soames Hampshire, and Maggie Evans PT on Dark Shadows.-Early life:Scott was born Marlene Kringstad in Robbinsdale, Minnesota in 1943...
on the 1960s ABC-TV
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
gothic horror soap opera serial Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements...
and in the 1970 film House of Dark Shadows
House of Dark Shadows
House of Dark Shadows is a 1970 feature-length horror film directed by Dan Curtis based on his Dark Shadows television series. Filming took place at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York with additional footage at nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery: parts of the locals appeared on the Dark Shadows series as...
.
Early days
Maggie was a waitress who lived in a seaside cottage with her widowed father Sam Evans (Mark Allen, later played by David FordDavid Ford (actor)
David Ford was an American character actor known for playing John Hancock in the musical-turned-motion-picture 1776. He replaced Mark Allen in the role of Sam Evans, a widower and an artist and father of Maggie Evans on the ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows from 1966-1968...
), an artist. Her mother had died when Maggie was a little girl. Maggie was initially acerbic, greeting newcomer Victoria Winters
Victoria Winters
Victoria Winters is a fictional character from the television Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows and its remakes of the same name. The role was originated by Alexandra Moltke on the ABC series from 1966–1968. After Moltke left to raise a family in 1968, actresses Betsy Durkin and Carolyn Groves briefly...
(Alexandra Moltke) with, "You're a jerk," (Maggie was irritated that Vicki was working for the Collins family), but quickly showed herself to be a good, decent person. Maggie's father was a constant source of worry to her, as he had a drinking problem and had never gotten over his feud with the Collins family. After several months, Maggie began dating Joe Haskell (played by Joel Crothers
Joel Crothers
Joel Anthony Crothers was an American actor who, in 1981, was noted by columnist Liz Smith to so strongly resemble Tom Selleck that they could be twin brothers...
), who had recently ended a relationship with Carolyn Stoddard
Carolyn Stoddard
Carolyn Stoddard is a fictional character played by Nancy Barrett in the 1966 soap opera Dark Shadows. In the 1991 revival of Dark Shadows, Carolyn is portrayed by actress Barbara Blackburn...
(Nancy Barrett
Nancy Barrett
Nancy Barrett, born , is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of "Carolyn Stoddard" in the popular 1960s Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows....
).
Kidnapping and Barnabas Collins
Maggie's life changed forever when she was bitten by vampire Barnabas CollinsBarnabas Collins
Barnabas Collins is a fictional character, one of the feature characters in the ABC daytime serial Dark Shadows, which aired from 1966 to 1971. Originally played by Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, Barnabas Collins is a 200-year-old vampire who is in search of fresh blood and his lost love, Josette...
(Jonathan Frid
Jonathan Frid
John Herbert Frid is a theater, television, and film actor, best known for playing the role of vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic television soap opera Dark Shadows.-Early Life:...
), who saw her as the image of his long lost love, Josette DuPres. As a result of her loss of blood, Collinsport physician, Dr. Woodard (Robert Gerringer
Robert Gerringer
Robert Gerringer was an American character actor perhaps best known as Dr. Dave Woodard #2 on the soap opera cum cult TV series Dark Shadows, a role he played during 1967...
) requested a blood transfusion to save her life. Later she was kidnapped by Barnabas Collins
Barnabas Collins
Barnabas Collins is a fictional character, one of the feature characters in the ABC daytime serial Dark Shadows, which aired from 1966 to 1971. Originally played by Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, Barnabas Collins is a 200-year-old vampire who is in search of fresh blood and his lost love, Josette...
, who tried to brainwash her into believing herself to be Josette. After attempting unsuccessfully to destroy Barnabas Collins, Maggie was recaptured and locked in a secret room. There she discovered a little girl playing with a ball and singing London Bridge
London Bridge
London Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames, connecting the City of London and Southwark, in central London. Situated between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge, it forms the western end of the Pool of London...
. She learned this was the ghost of Sarah Collins
Sarah Collins
Sarah Collins was a woman from Wisconsin who enlisted as a soldier during the American Civil War. Although she disguised herself as a man, her sex was suspected because of how she put on her shoes. She was discovered to be female before her regiment left for the front.-References:*Massey, Mary...
(Sharon Smyth), and they became friends; Sarah later helped Maggie to escape.
After her escape, Dr. Woodard sent her to Wyndcliffe Sanitarium, because she had lost her memory. There she was put into the care of Dr. Julia Hoffman (Grayson Hall
Grayson Hall
Grayson Hall was an American television, film and stage actress. She was widely regarded for her avant garde theatrical performances in the 1960s-80s. Hall was nominated in 1964 for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the John Huston film The Night of the Iguana...
). Doctors Woodard and Hoffman, together with Sam Evans and Joe Haskell, agreed to inform everyone in Collinsport that Maggie was dead, so that her mysterious captor would not seek her again. Dr. Hoffman soon learned that Maggie's disappearance involved the Collins family, and secretly brought her patient to the estate in effort to regain her memory. While doctor and patient were walking through the Collins family cemetery, Maggie was seen by Victoria Winters
Victoria Winters
Victoria Winters is a fictional character from the television Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows and its remakes of the same name. The role was originated by Alexandra Moltke on the ABC series from 1966–1968. After Moltke left to raise a family in 1968, actresses Betsy Durkin and Carolyn Groves briefly...
(Alexandra Moltke) who believed her to be the ghost of Josette.
Maggie escaped Wyndcliffe with the help of Sarah's ghost. The first place she turned up was The Blue Whale Pub. There, upon seeing Victoria Winters, Burke Devlin, and of course Barnabas Collins together, she collapsed. Maggie remembered large fragments of her missing time, including the little girl Sarah. Barnabas Collins, fearing exposure, convinced his friend Dr. Hoffman to erase through hypnosis Maggie's memory of what he'd done to her. To Maggie, everything seemed fine after this. She was overjoyed to be reunited with her father and Joe.
Nicholas Blair
Maggie's memories returned fleetingly in a subsequent storyline in which her father died at the hands of man-made monster Adam. But the character was mostly sidelined, aside from a brief romance with warlock Nicholas BlairNicholas Blair
Nicholas Blair was a warlock on the 1966 soap opera Dark Shadows. He first appeared onJune 25, 1968, as the brother of witch Angelique who at the time was disguised as Cassandra Collins, wife of Roger Collins....
, who tried to sell Maggie's soul to Diabolos. Nicholas used Angelique, who was then a vampire, to lure Joe away from Maggie by making Maggie her slave. Joe was later institutionalized at Windcliff after his cousin Chris Jennings turned into a werewolf and attacked him. Following the departure of Victoria Winters from the series, Maggie moved into Collinwood as the new governess
Governess
A governess is a girl or woman employed to teach and train children in a private household. In contrast to a nanny or a babysitter, she concentrates on teaching children, not on meeting their physical needs...
.
The Haunting
As governess to young David CollinsDavid Collins (Dark Shadows)
David Collins was a fictional character, the son of Roger Collins, on the television serial Dark Shadows, played by David Henesy. In the 1990 made-for-television movie and 1991 revival series, David Collins was played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In the 2004 WB Pilot for Dark Shadows, he was played by...
and Amy Jennings, Maggie was terrorized by the ghost of Quentin Collins
Quentin Collins
Quentin Collins is the name of several characters featured in the 1966-1971 ABC cult TV Gothic horror-soap opera Dark Shadows. All variations of the character have been played by actor David Selby.-Quentin I:...
. Quentin drove everyone from the house, but Maggie fought valiantly for a possessed David. David died from the strain, and Barnabas journeyed to 1897 to rewrite history and make sure Quentin never haunted Collinwood.
Leviathans
When Barnabas returned, he was being controlled by the Leviathans, evil creatures plotting to take over the world. He gave a box to a local couple named Phillip and Megan Todd, and the "box" morphed into the form of a human baby. Within a very short span of time, the baby grew to adolescence and befriended, then began intimidating, David and Amy. Maggie became aware of these schemes and tried to help fight them as best she could. Later in the storyline, Angelique used her witchcraft to make Maggie fall in love with the human version of Quentin (after Barnabas changed history, Quentin went on to become immortal and came to live at Collinwood in 1969).Parallel Time
Barnabas' bloodlust led him to venture to the parallel time room in Collinwood's East Wing, in hopes life might be different for him in this alternative timeline. In this timeline, Maggie and her (never seen oncamera) sister had grown up in the village, but moved away with their father at a young age. Maggie returned as the bride of Quentin Collins. Quentin had had a stormy relationship with his first wife, Angelique, who had died 6 months earlier. Their son, Daniel, was hostile towards Maggie, although she eventually won him over. Everyone treated her with one level of disdain or another, except Quentin's cousin Elizabeth (Joan BennettJoan Bennett
Joan Geraldine Bennett was an American stage, film and television actress. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 motion pictures from the era of silent movies well into the sound era...
). The person who hated Maggie the most was Angelique's devoted maid, Hoffman, who did her best to sabotage Maggie and let her know she would never compare to "the first Mrs. Collins." Quentin's temper and mood swings frightened Maggie, and when she saw him with a woman who looked just like Angelique, she fled town to be with her sister in New York City. The actress was written out of the current storyline for a month to enable Kathryn Leigh Scott to film House of Dark Shadows.
The woman was actually Angelique's twin sister, Alexis, a good-hearted person. Unfortunately for the Collins family, when Alexis went to see her sister's body, Angelique absorbed her life force and took her place. She wanted to ruin Maggie and Quentin for good, and thus used her powers to bring Quentin to the point of death. Maggie returned to Collinwood and when Quentin quickly returned to good health, they reconciled. "Alexis" befriended Maggie, secretly pitting Maggie and Quentin against each other and convincing each that the other was practicing witchcraft. When insane John Yaeger became obsessed with Maggie, "Alexis" helped him kidnap Maggie. Maggie was saved by Barnabas, and eventually, "Alexis" was exposed and she died after running out of life force. Maggie and Quentin (who had been on the run after "Alexis" framed him for the murder of Bruno Hess) reconciled permanently.
Exit
When Barnabas returned from parallel time, Maggie and Quentin had recovered from their infatuation with each other. During the subsequent haunting of Collinwood by Gerard Stiles in 1970, Maggie was unaware of most of what was going on because, after a date with astrologist Sebastian Shaw, his jealous business partner, Roxanne Drew (secretly a vampire), bit Maggie. Sebastian drove Maggie to Windcliff, her final exit from the show.House of Dark Shadows
In 1970, MGM and Dan Curtis released a motion picture, House of Dark ShadowsHouse of Dark Shadows
House of Dark Shadows is a 1970 feature-length horror film directed by Dan Curtis based on his Dark Shadows television series. Filming took place at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York with additional footage at nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery: parts of the locals appeared on the Dark Shadows series as...
. The film covered the early Barnabas/Maggie storyline, wherein Barnabas was released from his coffin and tried to make Maggie into Josette. The chief differences were that Maggie was now dating Jeff Clark (Roger Davis
Roger Davis
Roger Davis may refer to:*Roger Davis , American actor*Roger Davis , American actor in television series Dark Shadows and Alias Smith and Jones...
) and that Barnabas was killed at the end of the movie.
1991 Revival
In the 1991 revival series, Maggie had a smaller role, due to Victoria Winters being used as the Josette figure. In the series, Maggie, played by Ely PougetEly Pouget
Elizabeth "Ely" Pouget is an American actress and former model.After studying film at the University of Miami, Pouget's first role came in 1985 when she played Rosella Maestres on the television series Miami Vice. In 1987 she played Gina in the series The A-Team. Her first film was The Wrong Guys...
, still worked at the Blue Whale, but was now having an affair with Roger Collins (Roy Thinnes
Roy Thinnes
Roy Thinnes is an American television and film actor best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967-68 television series The Invaders. He also played Alfred Wentworth in the pilot episode of Law & Order...
). She also had psychic powers.
Audio dramas
The character (as played by Kathryn Leigh Scott) has more recently appeared in a number of audio dramas produced by Big Finish ProductionsBig Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
.