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Feb 19, 2022 · Kathryn Leigh Scott is an actor best remembered for her role as Maggie Evans on the popular '60s series House of Dark Shadows. But make no mistake, Scott played a total of four roles in the horror soap series—a testament to the frenetic, "anything goes" environment of live broadcast soap operas of that era.
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Early years
Maggie was born in Collinsport Hospital (235). When she was a little girl, she had a doll called Cassandra and used to get angry when her parents called it Sandy (265). Her mother died when she was young, sometime prior to 1957, but a portrait of her that Sam had painted was kept around the house for at least ten years (12, 22). Despite the death of her mother, Maggie led a happy childhood with Sam serving as both mother and father to her (43). In 1957, Sam's friend Burke Devlin went to priso...
Later life
When Burke Devlin returned to Collinsport in 1966, Maggie noticed a high level of fear in her father. She suspected it had something to do with Burke and/or Roger Collins, but he refused to address it (12). One night, he wrote a letter addressed to her and told her to put it in a safe place and open it only if something happened to him. When asked what it was about, Sam only further avoided her questions (37). On the same night that Burke Devlin returned, Victoria Winters arrived in Collinspo...
Final fate
Writer Sam Hall predicted that Maggie eventually recovered and married longtime love Joe Haskell. In Return to Collinwood, it was revealed that Maggie and Joe did marry, but she was widowed when Joe was killed in a boating accident. She later became romantically involved with Quentin Collins. Their romance is explored further in the Big Finish miniseries, Maggie & Quentin - The Lovers' Refrain.
Maggie used to suffer from night terrors as a child (225/226, 232).Maggie plays with her hair when she's nervous (225/226).Maggie and Joe Haskellshare the same blood type, Type-A.1, 3, 7, 12, 20, 22, 24, 28, 37, 41, 43, 49, 52, 55, 57, 60, 61, 63, 67, 72, 73, 78, 79, 83, 87, 94, 101, 103, 123, 124, 128, 129, 133, 136, 141, 142, 145, 146, 149, 164, 166, 177, 184, 189, 193, 195, 198, 199, 200, 202, 207, 215, 221, 222, 224, 225/226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 240, 241, 247, 248, 250, 251, 253, 255, ...
Is Maggie from ‘Dark Shadows’ still alive? HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS, from left: Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jonathan Frid, 1970 / Everett Collection Well, five decades later, she hasn’t stopped acting, and she’s 78 years old today.
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Feb 12, 2024 · She brought Maggie to the big screen in House of Dark Shadows, though this Maggie was the governess of Collinwood, the role that Victoria Winters had previously served.
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Dec 1, 2022 · 55 years later, Kathryn Leigh Scott keeps spirit of Dark Shadows alive. Stephen Wentzell. Dec 01, 2022. (Photo: IMDB) When Kathryn Leigh Scott reunited the cast of the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows in December 2021, 50 years after the show ended, she fulfilled a dream from the drama’s late creator that had been decades in the making.
- Stephen Wentzell
Upon graduation from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kathryn landed the ingénue lead in the classic Gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows (ABC, 1966-1971), and starred in the 1970 MGM feature House of Dark Shadows in 1970. Kathryn played four roles in the series: Maggie Evans, Josette du Pres, Lady Kitty Hampshire and Rachel Drummond.
Apr 24, 2019 · Kathryn, who has written a number of non-fiction books about the show, including Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood, played both waitress Maggie Evans and Barnabas’ lost love, Josette Du Pres ...
