Margo Maclaine Lynley

Margo Maclaine Lynley
The Bold and the Beautiful
Portrayed by	Lauren Koslow
First appearance	Episode 1 March 23, 1987
Last appearance	Episode 2002 1992, 2002
Cause/reason	Moved to New York
Created by	William J. Bell
Profile
Gender	Female
Occupation	Eric Forrester's assistant at Forrester Creations Fashion designer at Corday/Langan fashion house (off-screen)
Residence	Wisconsin (off-screen background) Los Angeles, California New York (off-screen)
Relationships Parents Ben Maclaine (father) Helen Maclaine (mother) Sibling(s) Jake Maclaine (brother) Spouse(s) Lynley (first name unknown)(divorced) Bill Spencer (divorced 1988-1990) Romances Eric Forrester (affair) Ridge Forrester (dated) Clarke Garrison (lovers) Children Mark Maclaine (son, with Clarke) Aunts and uncles Charlie Maclaine (paternal uncle; deceased)

Margo Lynley is a fictional character from the American soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. The character appeared on the show from 1987 to 1992 and then again in 2002. She is played by Lauren Koslow^[1]. Margo can be a faithful employee, duplicitous "other woman," scorned girlfriend, hostage to unrequited love, unfaithful friend as well as a loving sister, wife and mother.

Character biography

Margo Lynley is the faithful assistant of the acclaimed fashion designer, Eric Forrester of Forrester Creations. After a brief relationship with his son—the playboy heir apparent, Ridge—she works up the nerve to tell Eric how she feels, but Eric doesn't return her affections. Eric's wife, Stephanie, who has long suspected there is something between her husband and his assistant, is pleased when Margo quits Forrester.

She tends to have relationships with men who are clashing with one or more of the Forresters. She dates (and eventually marries) the publishing tycoon, Bill Spencer, who opposes the marriage between his daughter, Caroline, and Ridge. She is the "other woman" between Kristen Forrester (Eric and Stephanie's daughter) and her husband, the scheming Forrester designer, Clarke Garrison, with whom she gets pregnant. She dates Blake Hayes, who tries to break up the marriage between his ex-wife (Dr. Taylor Hayes) and Ridge.

Her estranged brother, Jake Maclaine, shows up in Los Angeles. He is unwelcome until she discovers why he had suddenly left their Wisconsin home without word years before. Their father, Ben, was sexually molesting him. But Margo figures out that it was their Uncle Charlie (Ben's brother), not Ben, who was visiting Jake's bedroom in the dark. The drama leads to a heart attack for Ben and suicide for Uncle Charlie.

The character was written out of the show in 1992 but brought back in 2002 for a new storyline involving her son, Mark Maclaine, who is now old enough to be a doctor. Dr. Maclaine wants to reconnect with his father, an idea Margo opposes. Margo eventually returns to New York, where she works at the Corday/Langan fashion house, the name being a tongue-in-cheek reference to Ken Corday and Tom Langan, the producers of Days of Our Lives, the soap opera on which Lauren Koslow was (and is) a contract player.

References

1. ^ Waldron, Robert (1996). The Bold and the Beautiful: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration. HarperCollins.