13 Facts About Cathy Craig

Cathy Craig is a fictional character on the American soap opera One Life to Live.

Cathy Craig rebelled against Jim and Anna by using drugs, eventually becoming an addict and killing her dealer Artie Duncan in an LSD-fueled maniacal episode.

Cathy Craig seeks treatment for her addiction at the culturally relevant Odyssey House in New York City in 1970.

Cathy Craig soon begins reporting stories for The Banner when Victoria "Viki" Lord Burke hires her, becoming the character's first active nemesis.

Cathy Craig briefly engages in an affair with Banner chief editor and Viki's then-fiance, Steve Burke.

Later, just before Viki remarries first husband Joe Riley after returning to town following his apparent death, Cathy Craig becomes pregnant by Joe from a brief romance in 1973.

Joe and Viki remarry in September, and months later Cathy gives birth to her and Joe's daughter, Megan Craig Riley, December 2,1974.

Emotionally reeling and plotting, Cathy Craig marries Viki's newly arrived brother and maternal cousin, Tony Lord, in 1976; unknown to Cathy Craig, Tony was truly in love with sweetheart Pat Ashley.

Cathy Craig then kidnaps baby Kevin and disappears for several months.

When she is finally located in 1977, Cathy Craig is found in catatonia but without baby Kevin.

Many more months go by before Cathy Craig recovered sufficiently to tell Joe, Viki, and Tony the location of the baby.

The role of Cathy Craig was created by series creator Agnes Nixon as one of the first feminists on American soap operas.

Amy Levitt's portrayals of an increasingly drug-addled Cathy Craig earned national coverage by media outlets who praised the show for its realistic showcase of addiction and drug rehabilitation.