90 Facts About Mindy Lewis

Melinda Sue "Mindy" Lewis is a fictional character in the town of Springfield on the CBS daytime drama, Guiding Light, originated and, most notably, portrayed by actress, Krista Tesreau.

Mindy Lewis, lovingly called "Princess" by her beloved daddy, Billy, grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Mindy Lewis came to Springfield in June 1983, with her father following very soon after.

Mindy Lewis was instrumental in convincing Billy to marry Vanessa Chamberlain, whom she adored.

Mindy Lewis then started dating Phillip Spaulding, but the heir to Spaulding millions did not pay enough attention to her, so Mindy, in a ploy for attention, made it look like her horse, Boss, trampled her and landed herself in Cedars Hospital.

Mindy Lewis's roommate was Beth Raines and their new friendship set in motion the friendship between Rick, Phillip, Beth and Mindy that would henceforth be referred to as The Four Musketeers.

When Mindy Lewis accidentally heard Justin and Alan talking about Phillip being not Alan's but Justin's son, she told Rick, while Beth's stepfather, Bradley Raines heard every word.

However, Mindy Lewis did not really want to go anywhere and, to keep Phillip in town, she asked Beth to convince him to stay.

Mindy Lewis vowed to herself to win Phillip back, and one day, she and Rick witnessed Beth and Phillip confessing their love for each other at the stables.

Angry, when Mindy Lewis learned that Phillip had arranged for Beth to have a secret room at the stables where she could draw paintings, she spitefully leaked this info to Bradley.

Later, when Mindy Lewis realized Bradley's true nature, she confessed her schemes to Rick and warned Alan about Bradley.

Mindy Lewis told Rick the truth and he told Ed and Maureen while Mindy Lewis told her stepmother, Vanessa, and swore her to secrecy.

When Dub revealed that Mindy Lewis had brought him there, Rick was appalled and grew closer to Roxie.

In 1985, Mindy Lewis turned to shady Kyle Sampson for comfort.

However, Kyle was only using Mindy to get information about Billy in order to take over Lewis Oil.

When Mindy Lewis found out about his vendetta against her father, Mindy Lewis got drunk and shot Kyle in his arm.

Not long after, Kyle invited the Lewises to a family dinner and, still under pressure, Mindy broke down and confessed to everyone what she had done to Kyle.

Later, Mindy Lewis was exposed and she was forced to return the money.

About this time, Mindy Lewis began working at Company with Roxie and Roxie's boyfriend from Alaska, Kurt Corday.

When Mindy Lewis fell in love with Kurt and planned to marry him, a jealous Rick alerted the authorities that Kurt was an illegal alien from Canada.

Kurt looked forward to the day when Mindy Lewis would become a full-time wife and they could start a family.

Kurt was blissfully unaware that Jackson had talked Mindy Lewis into signing a no-pregnancy clause for the next five years.

Things came to a halt though when Alexandra Spaulding and Hawk Shayne, out of a mutual enmity towards Kyle, fabricated evidence that the "Sampson Girl" contest was a fraud and Mindy Lewis's name was mud.

Mindy Lewis went to the construction site of the new house, where she found Kurt and Roxie asleep in each other's arms.

Mindy Lewis did not know Roxie had been helping Kurt with the house, and they had varnished themselves into a corner and had to remain there until the varnish dried.

Jealous and angry, Mindy Lewis beat a hasty exit, knocking over a kerosene lamp in the process.

Josh and Reva did not know about Mindy Lewis's kidnapping until Pierce kidnapped them as well.

Luckily, Mindy Lewis ended up saving Josh and Reva by hitting Pierce with a board, sending him falling into a wildcat pit where he broke his neck.

When Cat was abusive to Mindy Lewis, Roxie saved her by attacking Cat but she had no chance and Cat beat her up until Rusty arrived to rescue them.

However, Rusty fell in love with Rose and he and Mindy Lewis broke up in 1988.

Later, Will was kidnapped by Rusty, Josh and Reva prevented Mindy Lewis from seeing him.

Confused, Mindy Lewis visited Billy and finally learned about Will's villainous nature.

Confronted, Mindy Lewis confessed to Rusty that she was gaslighting Will to get him to confess to Rose's murder.

Meanwhile, Will suddenly surprised Mindy Lewis by planning to go on a honeymoon to the hills with her.

Something in his attitude startled her and Mindy Lewis suddenly realized that Will had figured out that she was gaslighting him.

Mindy Lewis left a note saying "the game is over" and told Mindy that if they were not meant to be together on earth, then they would be in death.

Now lying unconscious in Cedars, Mindy Lewis had a vision of Kurt and Rose who convinced her to hold onto her life.

In 1990, Mindy Lewis decided venture out on her own by becoming a fashion designer, which did not sit well with Billy because he had problems dealing with the fact that his "princess" had grown up.

At about the same time, Mindy Lewis was shocked to learn that Phillip was on trial for Neil's murder.

Not long after, Rick asked Mindy Lewis to marry him but, still holding out for Roger, Mindy Lewis turned him down.

When it became clear that Roger was not going to divorce Alex, Mindy Lewis regretted the affair and tried to rekindle her romance with Rick.

Mindy Lewis was too late since Rick was now married to Beth, so Mindy let herself be comforted by Mallet.

Later, Mindy Lewis was shocked to learn that Phillip was indeed alive and had faked his death with Beth and Rick's help.

Alex threatened to publicly announce the affair if Mindy Lewis ever hurt her again.

Intrigued, Mindy Lewis spoke with Nick about his double and the two shared a few dates.

Alex soon became obsessed with Nick and Mindy Lewis warned him that Alex would not give up until she got him.

Later, Nick went back to New York for a job and, although Mindy Lewis did not want to follow him, she changed her mind but missed the plane.

Alex caught them and kept her promise by publicly humiliating Mindy Lewis and revealing her affair with Roger.

Nick still refused to believe it and, after Mindy Lewis pleaded with him, Eric confessed that he lied because Alex paid him to and left town.

Mindy Lewis kept quiet and, after finding a photo of Nick's adoptive-mother Mary McHenry just before Nick's birth that showed she was definitely not pregnant, she erased the date on it with to protect Nick from the truth.

Scared that Alex would do everything in her power to break them up, a desperate Mindy Lewis broke into Cedars and changed the results to show that Alex was not Nick's mother.

One day at the beach, Mindy Lewis met an unknown woman and befriended her, and saw the same woman again on a party at the Blue Moon.

Mindy Lewis learned that the woman was an old friend's of Nick from Cambrai named Eve Guthrie.

Mindy Lewis scratched the white out off Mary's photo to get the date back, but just as she was about to tell Nick the truth, Eve interrupted and convinced Nick to go to Cambrai to save her husband, Paul.

Finally, on the day of their wedding, Nick did not show up and Alex confronted Mindy Lewis and convinced Mindy Lewis that Nick had left her to be with Eric in Paris because he had learned about her schemes.

Alex had Mary's photo and since the Spaulding Jet returned without Nick, Mindy Lewis thought that he had left her.

Unable to face him, Mindy Lewis wrote Nick a letter in which she confessed everything, she returned her engagement ring in the envelope and left Springfield without a trace.

Back in town, Mindy Lewis was relieved to learn that Alex had left.

Finally, although Nick was still angry at Mindy Lewis, he kissed her one evening in the club, only to make her clear that Eve belonged in his life now.

Mindy Lewis immediately blamed Eve for the crime but Eve denied it and they both blamed each other of being crazy.

Nick stood by Eve and Eve continued to harass Mindy Lewis by telling her that, unlike Mindy Lewis, she was able to bear Nick's kids.

Not long after, Mindy Lewis organized a bridal fashion show to mark her return as a designer and the show was a big success.

However, while driving home with Bill, Mindy Lewis suddenly passed out and drove her car into the tree.

Luckily, both were unhurt and, although alcohol was found in her blood, Mindy Lewis knew that she had only drunk water.

Eve acted and dressed like Mindy Lewis and had broken into Mindy Lewis's medical records as well.

Mindy Lewis still saw Eve as a threat in their lives and Nick's willingness to help her lead to many arguments until Nick decided they should separate for a while.

Mindy Lewis was certain that Nick was only jealous until she learned that Mac was apparently in touch with Vinnie's uncle who wanted avenge for Vinnie's murder.

The police, and Mindy Lewis, believed that Alex had shot Roger.

Mindy Lewis was, especially, convinced since she knew that Alex had had blood on her dress.

In January 1994, Mindy Lewis lost her home, the lighthouse, after a killer named Ray had started a fire there to kill her friend Tangie Hill and Bill.

Mindy Lewis disapproved of Alex's influence at Nick and she and Alex continued to argue.

Mindy Lewis was shock to learn that Beth knew too, and Mindy Lewis was now at a cross-roads with her best friend.

Later, the Mindy Lewis family was shocked when Billy confessed to shooting Roger to prevent him of taking away his adoptive-son Peter.

Mindy Lewis tearfully said good-bye to her daddy and she and Nick finally became husband and wife.

Upset that Vanessa divorced Billy to have a better chance at getting custody of her adoptive son, Mindy Lewis, nonetheless, supported Vanessa by breaking into Ross Marler's office to steal papers regarding the custody case.

Meanwhile, Mindy Lewis felt neglected by Nick because of his job at Spaulding and decided that they should adopt a baby.

Mindy Lewis then became obsessed by the preparation for the baby.

Brokenhearted, Mindy Lewis confessed to Nick that she had only returned to him because of the baby and that she no longer loved him.

Later, Mindy Lewis asked the case worker, Mrs DeWitt, why they were rejected and was shocked to learn that Nick himself had called her off.

Shocked, Mindy Lewis feared that she had been called to testify and left Springfield to start a new life in Paris.

In 1997, Mindy briefly returned to Springfield, along with most of the Lewis family, to mourn their beloved HB.

Mindy Lewis reunited with Billy, for the first time after his release from prison, and gave him advice on his feelings for Cassie Layne before returning to France.

Mindy Lewis was occasionally mentioned by longtime friends Phillip and Rick, and was credited with Marah's makeover when Marah came back from a Paris visit in 1999.

Later that year, Mindy Lewis returned again and, after checking in with brother Bill and being shocked by his relationship with Beth, she revealed that she was in town to attend, along with all of Phillip's other ex-wives, the board meeting to determine whether Alexandra or Alan would control Spaulding Enterprises.

Apparently, Mindy Lewis showed some designers in Paris Marah's designs and one of them was interested in hiring her.

Ecstatic, Marah accepted Mindy Lewis's offer to stay with her in Paris.

In 2009, Mindy Lewis returned to Springfield for her high school reunion.

At the reunion, Mindy Lewis announced that they were going to recreate a moment from their class and had Philip and Beth crowned King and Queen of the Prom.

Mindy Lewis returned again to town to attend the annual Bauer BBQ and Bill's wedding to Phillip's daughter, Lizzie.

At the wedding, Mindy Lewis thrilled Billy with the news that she was moving to Springfield permanently.