Victoria Lane

Infobox soap character
name = Tori Lane
series = Santa Barbara
portrayer = Kristen Meadows
first = Episode 532
September 1 1986
last = Episode 1128
January 23 1989
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creator = Bridget and Jerome Dobson



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occupation = Stewardess
Actress
Waitress at the Country-club
Voluntary nurse at the hospital
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parents = Dorothy Lane
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spouse = Mason Capwell
(1987—1988)
romances = Cruz Capwell
Martin Ellis
children = Chip Capwell Castillo
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Victoria Gwendolyn "Tori" Lane "(formerly Capwell)" was a fictional character on the American soap opera "Santa Barbara". She was portrayed by American actress Kristen Meadows from September 1 1986 to January 23 1989.

Creation and Departure

The character was created after the passing of Victoria Lane, a script writer that was working on "Santa Barbara" at the time when she passed away. The actress portrayed the role for almost three years, but she decided to leave the show after receiving numerious death threats from fans of the supercouple Eden and Cruz Castillo. [ [http://santabarbara-online.com/article2KMeadows2.htm Life in Danger] ]

Character History

Victoria "Tori" Lane arrived in 1986 and immediately caused intrigue in town. She was a former girlfriend of Cruz Castillo, who had previously left him when another girl committed suicide (caused by her jealousy over Tori and Cruz's relationship). Tori tried to win back Cruz, but it turned out that the bond between Cruz and his girlfriend Eden Capwell was too strong to break. Tori accidentally found herself shipwrecked on the boat with Cruz [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9srgushhuc The Shipwreck] ] . Cruz, believing that Tori was Eden, wanted to make love to her, and Tori used the idea to her advantage. She later found out that she was pregnant, but she couldn't deal with her life anymore.

Wanting to end it all, Tori attempted suicide by throwing herself off the Capwell hotel rooftop, but Mason Capwell stopped her and decided to help her out, thinking of her as his ex-girlfriend Mary DuVall (who had recently been killed by a falling letter on the Capwell rooftop). Mason wanted to be with Tori because she reminded him of Mary [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlWGNUbBGXI Mason thinks about Tori and Mary] ] . Mason's father C.C. learned about the paternity of the child and he paid Mason money to make sure that nobody finds out the truth. Cruz helped deliver Tori's baby but he had no idea he was the father. Tori later had a car accident with Eden [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQQ6gBqNbo0 Car Accident] ] .

Things got worse for Tori when her newborn son, named Chip, was kidnapped by his babysitter. Later, Tori was sucked into a movie offer from Mel Stock [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trrXW2GIe6w Tori and Mel] ] , who later got Tori hooked on drugs [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGs0ckE3Ogo Tori on drugs] ] . Tori ended up in the detoxication center, and learned that Mason had a child with Julia Wainwright [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAdZyT6BA90 Victoria learns about the affair] ] , and she was forced to reveal that Chip is actually Cruz's son. When things finally managed to calm down, Tori left town.

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