Donna Beck

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Donna Beck (full name Donna Beck Tyler Cortlandt Sago Tyler) was a character on the long-running American soap opera All My Children.

Donna, played by Candice Earley from 1976 to 1992, was originally slated to be a short-term role of a teenage runaway and prostitute. As viewers became interested in the character, it was written into the story that Dr. Chuck Tyler (Richard Van Vleet) was to be her legal guardian. The trials and tribulations that this brought upon both Chuck and Donna provided much of Donna's story in the early years.

Donna Beck married many men on the show, including Chuck Tyler, Palmer Cortlandt (James Mitchell) and Benny Sago (Vasili Bogazianos). However, throughout it all, it was known to the viewers that Chuck was her one true love, as they had a bond from the very beginning.

At the time that Donna was married to Palmer, she met Chuck again at a ski resort. They found themselves trapped in a cave during a snow storm, and "knew" that they would not be found. Accordingly, they gave in to their passions and made love. Once they were rescued, Donna discovered that she was pregnant, but did not know who the father was. When the baby boy was born, she named him Palmer John Cortlandt. Unbeknown to Donna, Palmer had been told years before that he was sterile, and therefore he knew that the baby was probably Chuck's (it was later revealed that this diagnosis was not correct). Palmer divorced Donna on a charge of adultery, which served him well as he wanted to reconcile with his ex-wife Daisy (Gillian Spencer).

One night Chuck agreed to watch the baby while Donna worked as a singer in a cabaret. However, an emergency presented itself at the hospital and he placed the baby in his crib in Donna's dressing room. A fire swept through the cabaret, and, although Donna was able to escape, the baby was killed. Donna was overcome with grief, especially because she did not know the baby had left home.

When Donna left the show in 1992 (Candice Earley asked to be written out after sixteen years), she went off to tend to her daughter, Emily Ann Sago Martin (Liz Vassey) who had a nervous breakdown in a town outside Pine Valley.

Information on Donna Tyler

Children

• Emily Ann Sago (daughter; from adoption; with Benny)

Deceased Children

• Palmer John Cortlandt (son; with Chuck; deceased)

Marriages

Single

Divorces

• Chuck Tyler (divorced, 1st time)
• Palmer Cortlandt (divorced)
• Benny Sago (divorced)
• Chuck Tyler (deceased)

Legal Name :: Donna Beck Tyler