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Marcy Rylan as Lizzie Spaulding in a screenshot of Guiding Light.

Elizabeth Lillian "Lizzie" Spaulding is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light. The character is the daughter of Phillip Spaulding and ex-wife, Beth Raines Spaulding. Lizzie was born on-screen on Thanksgiving in 1990 and was a victim of SORAS when she turned 18 in 2004. She is the third Elizabeth in her family seeing as her paternal grandmother and mother's first names are Elizabeth as well. The character of Lizzie Spaulding has been portrayed by five different actresses with Marcy Rylan currently playing the role since she was brought onto the show's canvas in 2006.

Family, romantic entanglements and children

Family

Phillip Spaulding and Beth Raines LeMay Spaulding (parents)
Jim LeMay (stepfather; deceased), Alan Spaulding (stepfather/adoptive grandfather)
Zach Spaulding, James Spaulding and Emma Spencer Lewis (siblings - Zach and Emma are her half-siblings); Susan LeMay (stepsister)
Dr. Rick Bauer (godfather)

Justin Marler and Jackie Scott Marler (deceased) (biological paternal grandparents)
Alan Spaulding and Elizabeth Spaulding (adoptive paternal grandparents)
Lillian Raines (maternal grandmother)
Emily Marler and Dr. Emmett Scott (biological paternal great grandparents; deceased)
Brandon Spaulding and Penelope Winthrop Spaulding (adoptive paternal great grandparents; deceased)

Samantha Marler, Gus Aitoro and Alan-Michael Spaulding (uncles & aunt)
Harley Cooper Aitoro (aunt by marriage; former stepmother)
Ross Marler (deceased), Lainie Marler Bowden, Ben Warren (deceased), Alexandra Spaulding, Victoria Spaulding, Amanda Spaulding Thorpe and Calla Matthews (grand aunts & uncles)
Blake Thorpe Marler, Carter Bowden and Roger Thorpe (deceased) (grand aunt & uncles by marriage)
Dinah Marler, Kevin Marler, Jason Marler, Clarissa Marler, Drew Jacobs, Lujack Luvonaczek (deceased), Nick Spaulding, Vicky Spaulding, Jessie Matthews Hall (second cousins)
Susan Bates Spaulding, Simon Hall (second cousins by marriage)
Brandon Hall and Max Jacobs (second cousins once removed)

Significant relationships

Marital Status: Married to Jonathan Randall

Joey Lupo (dated)
Henry Cooper "Coop" Bradshaw (former lovers; broken engagement)
Jonathan Randall (one night stand)

Children

Unborn daughter (with Jonathan Randall - one night stand; expected in late 2006 or early 2007)

Notable events

Pre-adolescent years

Lizzie murdered Carl Stevens in early 1998 when she saw him threatening her mother, Beth, with a gun. The gun fell, Lizzie picked it up and fatally shot Carl. She suffered nightmares and hallucinations and finally had a breakdown upon being questioned by her father after being stopped from fleeing the country with her mother who was determined to keep Lizzie's involvement in Carl's death a secret. She was sent to camp for therapy and returned somewhat better-adjusted.

In 1999, she was kidnapped by the Nursery Rhyme Stalker and was saved by Alan's old lover, Annie Dutton (also an escaped convict at the time). She befriended Annie and would run away with her when Lizzie heard her father talking about getting rid of Annie and took it literally. Though she was reassured by Annie that Phillip wasn't planning to kill her, the woman guessed that Phillip was making plans to send her back to prison and made plans to run away. Lizzie begged Annie to take her along as she felt neglected by her mother and she agreed. Lizzie would later be saved by her grandfather and his then wife, India von Halkein. Upon her return to Springfield, Phillip and Beth vowed to their daughter that they would never make her feel unwanted or unneeded ever again when Lizzie told her mother that she thought Beth wouldn't miss her if she was gone. Lizzie was devastated, though, when she learned that Annie was gone.

2000 wasn't an easy year for Lizzie either as she was diagnosed with leukemia after being in a car accident with her stepsister, Susan LeMay. Though Susan had witnessed signs of sickness in Lizzie before the accident, the latter swore her to secrecy as she wanted to witness her mother getting married to Susan's father, Jim LeMay. Lizzie finally got better when she underwent a successful bone marrow transplant thanks to her new baby brother, James. Alan would later reveal to her that the baby was Phillip's and not Jim's. When she heard her mother and stepfather making plans to leave Springfield, Lizzie feigned sickness again but her godfather (also a doctor) called her out on it and she confessed. Tragedy would strike again later in the year for the girl when Jim tragically died in a fire after saving Lizzie and James a few days before Christmas.

Actress history

Julie Levine (1990–1991) (As a Baby)
Hayden Panettiere (1996–2000)
Mackenzie Mauzy (2000–2002)
Allison Hirschlag (2002–2003)
Crystal Hunt (2003–2006)
Marcy Rylan (2006–present)

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 '''Elizabeth Lillian "Lizzie" Spaulding''' is a fictional character on the popular [[CBS]] daytime [[soap opera]], ''[[Guiding Light]]''. The character is the daughter of Phillip Spaulding and ex-wife, Beth Raines Spaulding. Lizzie was born on-screen on [[Thanksgiving]] in [[1990]] and was a victim of [[SORAS]] when she turned 18 in [[2004]]. She is the third Elizabeth in her family seeing as her paternal grandmother and mother's first names are Elizabeth as well. The character of Lizzie Spaulding has been portrayed by five different [[actor|actresses]] with [[Marcy Rylan]] currently playing the role since she was brought onto the show's canvas in [[2006]].