Katherine Bell

Infobox soap character
series = General Hospital
name = Katherine Bell
creator = Claire Labine
first = July 13, 1993
last = October 11, 1999
cause = Helena Cassadine pushed her off a castle parapet to her death
occupation = Co-founder of the Nurses' Ball
Former owner and CEO of Deception Cosmetics
residence = Quartermaine mansion
Port Charles Hotel
portrayer = Mary Beth Evans
parents = Avery Stanton (father; deceased)
siblings = Dominique Stanton (paternal half-sister; deceased)
* Danielle Ashley (paternal half-sister; deceased)
spouse = Ned Ashton (invalid)
romances = Ned Ashton (married)
*Mac Scorpio (dated)
*Stefan Cassadine (lovers/engaged; deceased)
* Nikolas Cassadine (lovers/engaged)
* Damian Smith (lovers)
*Scott Baldwin (dated)
children =
grandchildren =
grandparents =
aunts/uncles = Rex Stanton (paternal uncle)
cousins =
relatives = Serena Baldwin (niece, via Dominique
color =#FF7F00

Katherine Bell was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, "General Hospital". Mary Beth Evans portrayed Katherine Bell from 1993 until the character's death in 1999.

Character history

Katherine Bell came to Port Charles using the name Katherine Crawford. She claimed to be a friend of Scott Baldwin's deceased wife Dominique Stanton. She conned Scott out of $250,000. Lucy Coe discovered the truth about Katherine. Scott did not believe her and named her head of public relations for Deception Cosmetics. Scott was falling in love with Katherine. Katherine was dating Damian Smith and the two had planned to con Scott out of as much money as they could get. Damian and Lucy teamed up to break Katherine and Scott up. They told Scott the plan and he left Katherine at the altar. Katherine later discovered that Dominique was her half-sister. Katherine's parents were Dominique's father Avery Stanton and the cook from Dominique's home as a child. Avery Stanton had a brother named Rex as well as another illegitimate daughter named Danielle Ashley who appeared on the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles.

Katherine blackmailed Ned Ashton into marrying her. He was already married to Lois Cerullo making his marriage to her invalid. The butler, Reginald, at the Quartermaine mansion poisoned her and AJ made it appear as though she had done it herself. When she left Ned, she left with Deception Cosmetics. Katherine and Lucy founded the Nurses Ball in 1994.

Katherine met Mac Scorpio in 1995. Katherine was accidentally shot by Stefan Cassadine in 1997. Katherine and Mac ended their relationship. Her injuries left her unable to walk. At the Nurses Ball that year, Katherine took her first steps since her injuries.Katherine fell in love with Stefan Cassadine who felt guilty for shooting her and stayed by her side through her recovery. Although Katherine was in love with him he was married to Bobbie Spencer. When the two divorced Katherine and Stefan got engaged. They decided to celebrate their engagement with a ball at Wyndemere. During the party on May 22, 1998, Katherine learned that Stefan was still in love with Laura Spencer and that he was Nikolas Cassadine's uncle. Terribly upset, she ran away and fell into a trap meant for Helena into a parapet. Katherine was presumed dead after the fall from the parapet. She was injected with a drug that helped her make a miracle recovery. Lucy Coe mourned Katherine's death at the 1998 Nurses Ball. Stefan was put on trial for her murder but it was discovered that she was actually alive, thanks to Helena who provided the drugs.

Katherine started to have an affair with Nikolas Cassadine as a way to get back at Stefan, but she started to have feelings for him. Nikolas broke up with Katherine. She told him that she was pregnant, she was not. She tried numerous times to get herself pregnant and learned that the drug Helena gave her took away her ability to have children. Nikolas thinking that Katherine was pregnant proposed to her. She initially refused as part of her plan. She planned on faking a miscarriage by having a fight with Laura at the reception and then claiming she could no longer have any children. Katherine told Helena, who was in a coma, what she had planned to do. Helena regained consciousness and disguised herself as Laura. She pushed Katherine off the parapet.

External links

* [http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/whoswho/katherine.php Katherine Bell Profile] Soapcentral.com