In 1988, Cady McClain landed her first big soap opera role as the character of Dixie Cooney on “All My Children.” The character was introduced to Pine Valley when she and her brother, Will, came looking for her uncle, Pete Cooney (via Soap Central). She later got a job as a maid and then went on to work as a nanny for Laura Cudahy and Adam Chandler. Because the two weren’t able to have any more children, Adam seduced Dixie in hopes of fathering a son.
Over the years, Dixie faced a lot of adversity when she was declared legally insane by Adam, who wanted to keep their son all to himself. She also had her kidney taken and given to her half-brother, Del Henry. She also created plenty of drama for herself by having an affair with David Hayward and helping to fabricate evidence.
In 2007, Dixie was presumed dead after she ate a stack of poisonous pancakes and became the third victim of the Satin Slayer, per Soaps. In 2008, Dixie’s ghost began to haunt Adam, and a year later the character was revealed to be alive. McClain appeared as her famed character, Dixie, throughout the decades until the series officially ended in 2011, per Outsider.
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