AMANDA SPAULDING

Amanda was the result when teenaged Alan Spaulding seduced Jennifer Richards (a.k.a. Jane Marie Stafford). Jennifer's parents had given Amanda to Brandon Spaulding, who in turn gave her to his former mistress, Lucille Wexler, to raise as her own. Lucille brought Amanda up to believe that men couldn't be trusted and that sex was filthy, making it almost impossible for Amanda to have a good marriage. Her frigidity was part of the reason her first marriage (to Gordon Middleton) ended. She was helped through those troubled times by Ben McFarren. Of course, this didn't sit well with his wife, Eve, Rita Stapleton's sister. After they divorced, Ben turned to Amanda, though his heart was still with Eve. They eventually married. Soon Lucille schemed with Ross Marler to break up her daughter's marriage, with the hope that Amanda would turn to Ross, who's loyalty she could count on. Their marriage began to fall apart, but Amanda didn't let on that she was pregnant. Things got worse when the secret of Amanda's parentage came out. Lucille was eventually killed by Jennifer in self defense. Upon learning the truth, Amanda collapsed and miscarried. Ben vowed to stand by her, but Amanda didn't want to have his pity.

She began seeing Ross, but was still troubled. Of course, troubled women became a pattern for Ross. Thanks to future wife/nutcase Carrie, Ross came clean with Amanda and she promptly retreated into a fantasy world, wearing little-girl dresses and playing the piano all day. Eventually, she snapped out of it and Alan gave her a prestigious job at Spaulding. After Alan was put in prison for obstructing justice in the Roger Thorpe case, Amanda became president of Spaulding. She did the job admirably and was helped by Mark Evans. Vanessa tried to come between them, but they broke up due to her previous sexual problems. He left town only to return married to her mother, Jennifer, shocking Amanda. To make matters worse, Jennifer became pregnant. When she learned of their affair, Jennifer left town. Things got even worse for Amanda when Alan returned and removed her as president of Spaulding. Afterwards, Amanda, Ross and Josh formed their own company: Los Tres Amigos (The Three Friends). Amanda got drawn into the crazy web of Mona Enright, a woman who was staying on the third floor of Vanessa's brother, Quint's mansion. Mona wanted revenge against Mark, wanting him to kill Amanda, but Mark took a bullet for her and died after telling Amanda he never lied about loving her. Amanda was comforted briefly again by Ross, but soon left town to join her mother who had sent a note requesting a reconciliation. Before leaving, Amanda sold her oil stock to the Lewis family. What she did during her time away from Springfield anybody's guess and part of the mystery of her return.

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