Gretchen and Harland Richards
Jenny Lester-McKeon (May 14, 1990-July 3, 1990)
Rosalind Allen (July 17, 1990-September 1990)
Allan Miller (August 10, 1990-September 1990)
Originally cast as contract characters, they were both soon phased out. Gretchen first appeared in May 1990 as an owner of a bar in Santa Barbara, where she hooked up with Mack Blake—without revealing to Mack that she was married. Her husband Harland, a rich businessman, arrived in town three months later when it was revealed that Ric Castillo was actually his son. Gretchen didn't love Harland and was looking for a way to get rid of him, so she started trying to convince Mack to kill Harland so their love would grow, but Mack wasn't convinced by her strange explanations and refused to do so. Gretchen attempted to kill Harland on one occasion but missed, leaving Mack to realize that she wasn't worth his time. Gretchen and Harland both disappeared from the canvas, leaving their daughter Tawny the only remaining member of their family in town, but even she left two months later.
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