Maggie Stone is a fictional character from the American daytime drama
All My Children. She was portrayed by actress Elizabeth Hendrickson,
who also portrayed Maggie's identical twin sister Frankie Stone. The
character came to Pine Valley in 2002 after Frankie's death, and dated
Bianca Montgomery while investigating her sister's demise. The series
portrayed Bianca as having fallen in love with Maggie, with Maggie
initially maintaining that she is only interested in men. The series
featured her dating several men, taking a few of them to bed,
sometimes out of confusion and other times out of a clear attempt to
dispel her growing romantic attraction to Bianca. The two eventually
become lovers, though heartbreak follows.Beyond fiction, Maggie is
recognized as one of the notable lesbian characters and LGBT icons in
American daytime television history. TV Guide called her a
"sensation".Actress Elizabeth Hendrickson debuted on All My Children
in 2001 as character Frankie Stone. The character was killed off after
only three months on the series. Her death attracted criticism when
viewers reasoned that the show was afraid to portray a homosexual
romance, one that was blossoming with Frankie's developing
relationship with out-and-proud lesbian Bianca Montgomery (Eden
Riegel). When creator of the character, Richard Culliton, stated that
she was always intended to die, it did not help ease the discontent
viewers expressed about her demise. As a result, Maggie Stone, the
character's identical twin sister, was created in order to bring
Hendrickson back to the series.Maggie debuted in 2002. Hendrickson, at
first, had a difficult time differentiating her from Frankie. "Oh, my
gosh, I was so afraid about that," she said. "I was trying to go for
something completely different, but the problem was that the writers
left it so ambiguous; the character was such a blank slate. I just
decided to make her lighter, prettier [laughs]. I kept the humor; I
always like to play a little bit of humor. And I was playing her
straightâ€"at first [laughs]! So I went for heterosexual, pretty,
funny. And smarter!"
All My Children. She was portrayed by actress Elizabeth Hendrickson,
who also portrayed Maggie's identical twin sister Frankie Stone. The
character came to Pine Valley in 2002 after Frankie's death, and dated
Bianca Montgomery while investigating her sister's demise. The series
portrayed Bianca as having fallen in love with Maggie, with Maggie
initially maintaining that she is only interested in men. The series
featured her dating several men, taking a few of them to bed,
sometimes out of confusion and other times out of a clear attempt to
dispel her growing romantic attraction to Bianca. The two eventually
become lovers, though heartbreak follows.Beyond fiction, Maggie is
recognized as one of the notable lesbian characters and LGBT icons in
American daytime television history. TV Guide called her a
"sensation".Actress Elizabeth Hendrickson debuted on All My Children
in 2001 as character Frankie Stone. The character was killed off after
only three months on the series. Her death attracted criticism when
viewers reasoned that the show was afraid to portray a homosexual
romance, one that was blossoming with Frankie's developing
relationship with out-and-proud lesbian Bianca Montgomery (Eden
Riegel). When creator of the character, Richard Culliton, stated that
she was always intended to die, it did not help ease the discontent
viewers expressed about her demise. As a result, Maggie Stone, the
character's identical twin sister, was created in order to bring
Hendrickson back to the series.Maggie debuted in 2002. Hendrickson, at
first, had a difficult time differentiating her from Frankie. "Oh, my
gosh, I was so afraid about that," she said. "I was trying to go for
something completely different, but the problem was that the writers
left it so ambiguous; the character was such a blank slate. I just
decided to make her lighter, prettier [laughs]. I kept the humor; I
always like to play a little bit of humor. And I was playing her
straightâ€"at first [laughs]! So I went for heterosexual, pretty,
funny. And smarter!"
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