PRETTY CRANE (PASSIONS CHARACTER)

'Pretty Crane' is a fictional character on NBC's daytime drama ''Passions''. She has been portrayed by Melinda Sward on a recurring basis since July 30, 2007. The character will become a contract role starting with the series' move to DirecTV on September 17 2007.

Contents

Character history

Early life

Pool-side accident

Return to Harmony

Family

Parents

Siblings

Grandparents

Uncles and aunts

Cousins

Nephews and nieces

Other relatives

See also

References

Character history

Early life

Pretty Crane is the youngest daughter of Julian Crane and Ivy Winthrop, and the granddaughter of the Crane patriarch Alistair Crane. She was born sometime in the early 1980s, and conceived in Sri Lanka as her parents desperately sought to find a way to love one another. Julian chose to name their daughter Pretty, feeling the name to be fitting, since she was such a beautiful baby.
Pretty grew up as the third of four children: Ethan, Fancy, herself, and Fox; it wasn't until Pretty was grown that the world learned that Ethan was actually Ivy's son with ex-lover Sam Bennett. Pretty, along with Fancy and Fox, were sent away to boarding school at a young age; Julian was never concerned with being a father to his children, and Ivy favored Ethan because she carried a torch for his biological father Sam.
Though never quite a party girl like her older sister, Pretty did apparently rebel as a pre-teen and adolescent. On the day of her sister's thirteenth birthday, Fancy and Pretty stole the caterer's van and drove it halfway to neighboring Castleton. Pretty's Aunt Sheridan also mentioned that Pretty had a reputation for being the more "unstable" of the two sisters.
Episodes throughout 2005 and 2006 gave the impression that Fancy and Pretty had a good relationship; when Fancy returned home to Harmony in mid-2005, she mentioned that she and Pretty had been traveling together in Italy, where Pretty had fallen in love with an Italian count or prince, and Fancy was seen talking with an off-screen Pretty in December of 2005 when Ethan was set to be taken off of life support.
However, early in 2007, ''Passions'' history was re-written, and Fancy and Pretty were said to have had a very competitive relationship. Sheridan commented that Fancy once stole one of Pretty's dates one Labor Day simply because she could, dumping the boy a week later. Even though Fancy protested that events had not unfolded as her aunt had claimed, she did not give her own viewpoint of the event.
According to the NBC website, Pretty is Julian and Ivy's youngest child. ^[1] This contradicts previous mentions on the show of Fox being Julian and Ivy's youngest child.

Pool-side accident

As teenagers, a fight between the two sisters left Pretty badly scarred on the right side of her face. In the aftermath, the two sisters provided contradicting stories: Pretty claimed that Fancy, jealous that a new boy in town, Harrison, had eyes only for Pretty, intentionally scarred her younger sister by pouring a bottle labeled "Pool Clear Cyanuric Acid" on her face; Fancy claimed that Pretty had been choking her, and, desperate to escape, she had grabbed something with which to defend herself, unaware that the bottle contained acid.
After the accident, Pretty left Harmony and cut herself off from her family. Though she saw many plastic surgeons, none were able to fix her scars; they were only able to minimize it to it's current state. As a result, Pretty harbors deep resentment against her sister, believing that Fancy intentionally scarred her, thus eliminating Pretty's chances of ever having a normal life, marrying, and having children. She also blames her parents for wanting her gone, to protect the Crane's family image.

Return to Harmony

At half-brother Vincent Clarkson's request, Pretty returned to Harmony on July 30 2007, with the intent of preventing her sister's impending nuptials to the soon-to-be-executed Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald. Eager to destroy her sister's happiness, Pretty told her sister that she would reveal her version of their fight to Luis if Fancy didn't cancel the wedding; Fancy eventually complied. Ivy bumped into Pretty, and even though Ivy was happy to see her, Pretty only showed anger and resentment towards her. When Pretty tried to tell Luis what had happened all those years ago as he was walking to the execution chamber, Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald punched her in the face, knocking her unconscious; Ivy, Pilar and Fancy left her unconscious on the floor of a jail cell, with Ivy stating that she'll have someone come and check on her later. Father Lonigan brought out a softer side of Pretty, even convincing her to let Luis die in peace.
Even though Pretty was conflicted, Sheridan was able to convince her to tell Luis the story, and the two went to Fancy's room in the Crane mansion. While there, Pretty found a one-of-a-kind bottle of perfume, and reflected on a past event: she had gone to Paris with their Mother, but Fancy had to stay home because she was sick; Pretty gave Fancy the special perfume and a box of Parisian pastries to cheer her up. This memory softened Pretty for a while, but not for very long. When Pretty met up with Fancy in the pool house, they started arguing, and Pretty tripped and cut her head; the two then got into a physical fight, resulting in Pretty tripping and falling into the pool, almost drowning.
Luis rescued Pretty, while Sheridan stood on the sidelines. Luis, thinking that it was Fancy, jumped into the pool, only to discover that it was Pretty. He saw her scar, and wondered what had happened to her. He then asked Fancy what had happened, who had just entered the room after running to call Eve for help. After Pretty awakened, she told Luis what had happened all those years ago. After telling him, Fancy fled unable to face Luis. Luis ran after Fancy leaving Pretty and Sheridan at the pool house. Seeing the happy, yet, twisted look on Sheridan's face, Pretty realized that Sheridan was using her to get Luis back. She felt guilty for telling Luis and went to Alistair's study where Fancy was hiding to apologize to Fancy. While there, their grandfather Alistair Crane appeared.
Even though her grandfather Alistair was cruel to her and called her Ugly Crane, she saved him by helping him escape when Fancy confronted him at gunpoint; the two sisters then struggled, and a gunshot was fired. But it only grazed a portrait of a Crane anscestor and did not harm eithier girl.

Family

Parents

★ Julian Crane (father)

★ Ivy Winthrop (mother)

Siblings

★ Fancy Crane (sister)

★ Fox Crane (brother; deceased)

★ Vincent Clarkson (half-brother, via Julian)

★ Ethan Winthrop (half-brother, via Ivy)

★ Endora Lenox (half-sister, via Julian)

Grandparents

★ Alistair Crane (grandfather, via Julian)

★ Katherine Barrett (grandmother, via Julian)

★ Harrison Winthrop (grandfather, via Ivy; deceased)

★ Helen Revere-Mott-Beaton (grandmother, via Ivy; deceased)

Uncles and aunts

★ Sheridan Crane (aunt, via Alistair and Katherine)

★ Chad Harris-Crane (half-uncle, via Alistair; deceased)

★ Beth Wallace (half-aunt, via Alistair; deceased)

★ Ethan Crane (adoptive half-uncle, via Alistair)

Cousins

★ James Boothe (adoptive cousin, via Sheridan)

★ Marty Lopez-Fitzgerald (cousin, via Sheridan; deceased)

★ Miles Harris-Crane (half-cousin, via Chad)

Nephews and nieces

★ Ethan Crane (half-nephew, via Ethan)

★ Sarah Winthrop (half-niece, via Ethan; deceased)

★ Jane Winthrop (half-niece, via Ethan)

★ ''unnamed'' (half-nephew, via Ethan)

Other relatives

★ Rachel Barrett (great-aunt; Katherine's sister)

See also

★ Crane family

References

1. Pretty Crane at NBC