Thorne Forrester
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Thorne Forrester is a fictional character
on CBS
soap opera
The Bold and the Beautiful
. The character has been played by Winsor Harmon
since December 1996; previously, the role was played by Clayton Norcross from the show's premier in 1987 until 1989, then by Jeff Trachta
from 1989 until 1996.
(played by John McCook
) and second child of Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery
). He has two sisters: Kristen (Tracy Melchior
) and Felicia
(Lesli Kay
), he had another sister named Angela Forrester
who died when she was 14; and three half-siblings: his older half-brother Ridge
(Ronn Moss
) by his mother, and Rick
(Kyle Lowder
) and Bridget
(Ashley Jones
) by his father.
Caroline Spencer
Thorne (then played by Clayton Norcross) grew up in the shadow of his big brother Ridge, giving him a desperate need to prove himself to his family. He was in love with Ridge's girlfriend Caroline Spencer in 1987. Caroline only saw him as a friend and initially she wanted him and Brooke Logan together, but Brooke fell for Ridge also and so the infamous Ridge-Caroline-Thorne-Brooke love square began. After Ridge flirted with Brooke who immediately told Caroline she gave up on Ridge. That same night Caroline was raped. Thorne went after Caroline while comforting her and hiding the truth from Ridge, and eventually proposing to her. Before the prosoal took place, RIdge wrote a love letter to Caroline which Brooke and Thorne hide and only showed it to Caroline after Stephanie's intervention just before the wedding. By then Caroline had convinced herself she loved Thorne (she misjudged her feelings, just recuparating from the rape)and went and married Thorne. Brooke went after Ridge that same night, and afterwards asked Caroline if it was okay for her to date Ridge and Caroline said yes (she thought Brooke as her best friend, not knowing how she took advantage of her. Ridge wanted Thorne, Brooke (who was now involved with Ridge), and Caroline to have a party by the pool. That night, Caroline got tipsy, and Thorne, being overprotective of her, put her to bed. While they were drunk Ridge pretended to trick Caroline and slip in her bed, but she thought he was Thorne so they both had sex. Later on, Caroline realised what she did and wanted to leave the Forresters, persuaded by Stephanie not to, and advised her to stay away from Ridge. Thorne overheared a conversation between Stephanie and Eric about the prank that Ridge pulled on Caroline. Thorne was shocked about it and he was tired of his brother. While Caroline was away, Thorne got drunk and took sleepping pills and this prompted him to shoot Ridge one night. Stephanie saw him do it, and with her own hand-gun that she kept hidden. Thorne had no memory of this because of the combination of the alcohol and sleeping pills. Stephanie kept this a secret for as long as she could, but she eventually told Eric and Ridge. The shooting and the fear of Ridge dying. made Caroline to realise that it was Ridge who she wanted and that she even knew it was him on the bed that night. Caroline then learnt what Thorne and Brooke had done with the letter and wanted out of the marriage, but Stephanie kept manipulating her to stay married to Thorne, of her fear of Thorne snaping once again. With Brooke becoming pregnant, Caroline postponed her plans until Brooke and Ridge get married not wanting to disrupt the Forresters. Once Brooke miscarried, and Ridge decided not to marry her, Caroline was ready to announce her intentions to Thorne, when Stephanie and Ridge finally told her the truth about the shooting (Ridge learnt the truth, and he became cold to Caroline, even after both acknowledge their feelings to each other). With the help of a psychiatrist Carolinef finally told Thorne she wanted the divorce. After the divorce took place ,one day while Stephanie was with her alleged daughter "Angela" (who was really an imposter) she was talking about the shooting and "Angela" overheard it. When it was discovered that Angela was a fake, she later threatened to blackmail Stephanie about the shooting and that would tear the family apart. Later, "Angela" supposedly died in a car accident but she came back as another imposter named "Deveny Dixon" and she was working with Sally Spectra. Deveny fell in love with Thorne (then being played by Jeff Trachta
) so she wanted to fix her face. Thorne wanted to help her by getting a good doctor to perform plastic surgery since she was in an accident. Then the doctor showed Thorne a computer image of what she looked like before, but it wasn't ready yet. Stephanie came by and when the image of Deveny came, she recognized "Angela". But "Angela" was two steps ahead and gave Thorne alcohol and gave him sleeping pills, and told him about the shooting and what Ridge and Caroline did one night. Thorne was now goingt to kill Ridge but Stephanie (who already confronted "Angela")stopped him in time, and he was furious with Stephanie for not telling him about what Ridge and Caroline did and the shooting and telling Ridge first. Ridge and Caroline finally married much to Thorne's dismay. Six months later, Thorne was devastated when he found out his ex-wife Caroline Spencer was dying; she died in July 1990. He had gotten involved with Macy, but dumped her for Caroline's twin Karen Spencer. They eventually broke up, and Thorne reunited with Macy.
Darla Einstein
He found happiness with Darla Einstein in 2003. The couple had their first (and only) child, Alexandria Forrester, named after Macy Alexander, in January 2004. They married in mid-2004 and were happily married until Darla's death in July 2006, where a drunken Taylor hit her while driving on the Pacific Coast Highway. Taylor and Thorne had a short relationship after Darla's death and became engaged, but this was called off after they found their relationship was having a negative psychological effect on Alexandria.
Donna Logan
Thorne saw minimal airtime until the first anniversary of Darla's death in July 2007, when it became apparent that Thorne was still grieving his wife, turning to drugs and alcohol. While at a bar one night, a drunken Thorne was offered a ride home by Brooke's sister, Donna Logan. In Thorne's innebriated state, he hallucinated that Donna was Darla. Donna, angry with Stephanie over her treatment of Brooke, decided to take advantage of Thorne to get back at Stephanie. However, the wedding didn't happen, after Donna's sister, Katie Logan, told him the truth of her sister's real reason for marrying him. Thorne angrily broke off the engagement, and thanked Katie for her honesty. He and Katie have become friends, as each other can confide in one another. However, their friendship has become strained due to Katie discovering that he and Felicia were openly helping Stephanie sabotage Donna's relationship with Eric.
Fictional character
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on CBS
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soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
. The character has been played by Winsor Harmon
Winsor Harmon
Winsor Harmon aka Winsor Dewey Harmon III, , is an American actor best known for his role as Thorne Forrester on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. He took over the role from Jeff Trachta in December 1996.-Career:Harmon portrayed Del Henry on the program All My Children from 1994...
since December 1996; previously, the role was played by Clayton Norcross from the show's premier in 1987 until 1989, then by Jeff Trachta
Jeff Trachta
Jeff Trachta is an American actor, recording artist, comedian, and Las Vegas headliner.-Music:Trachta’s break in Hollywood was as the soap opera star Thorne Forrester on the CBS show The Bold & The Beautiful...
from 1989 until 1996.
The Forrester underdog
Thorne is the eldest son of EricEric Forrester
Eric Forrester is a fictional character on the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. He has been portrayed by John McCook since the show's debut in 1987...
(played by John McCook
John McCook
John McCook is an American actor best known for his roles on daytime soap operas.-Career:Since 1987, he has played the role of Eric Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. From 1976 to February 1980, he portrayed the character of Lance Prentiss on The Young and the Restless. In addition, he has...
) and second child of Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery
Susan Flannery
Susan Flannery is an American soap opera actress. She is known for her role Stephanie Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful and for her role as Dr. Laura Spencer Horton on Days of our Lives ....
). He has two sisters: Kristen (Tracy Melchior
Tracy Lindsey Melchior
Tracy Lindsey Melchior is an American actress, notable for her role as Kristen Forrester Dominguez on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, which she played on a contract basis from 2001 to 2003 with reprisal guest appearances in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. She originated the...
) and Felicia
Felicia Forrester
Felicia Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She was previously played by actress Lesli Kay from November 2005 to November 2009, and October to December 2010. Previously the character was portrayed by Colleen Dion-Scotti from 1990 to 1992, 1997,and...
(Lesli Kay
Lesli Kay
Lesli Kay Coulouris previously Lesli Kay Sterling is an American actress, who is known primarily for her role on the CBS soap As the World Turns.-Career:...
), he had another sister named Angela Forrester
Angela Forrester
Angela Forrester is a fictional character from The Bold and the Beautiful.This page mostly refers to an imposter posing as Angela.The real Angela Forrester was never on-screen, but it was an imposter posing as her who was on the show, played by Judith Borne from...
who died when she was 14; and three half-siblings: his older half-brother Ridge
Ridge Forrester
Ridge Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. The character was introduced in the series premiere on March 23, 1987 and has been a regular fixture ever since...
(Ronn Moss
Ronn Moss
Ronald Montague "Ronn" Moss is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful since 1987.- Early life and music career :Ronn Moss was born...
) by his mother, and Rick
Rick Forrester
Eric "Rick" Forrester Jr. is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful. The role was originated by child actor Jeremy Snider from 1991–1995. Then the character was aged to a teen with Steve Hartman from 1995-1997 and Jacob Young from 1997-1999. Rick was recast by...
(Kyle Lowder
Kyle Lowder
Kyle Lowder is an American actor. He is known for his role as Brady Black on Days of our Lives and for his role as Rick Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful .-Mini Biography:He graduated from Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, New York in 1998, where he played...
) and Bridget
Bridget Forrester
Dr. Bridget Forrester is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The role has been played by various actresses, including Agnes Bruckner, Jennifer Finnigan and Emily Harrison...
(Ashley Jones
Ashley Jones
Ashley Aubra Jones is an American actress. She is probably most recognized for her roles as Daphne on HBO's critically acclaimed drama True Blood, and as Dr...
) by his father.
Caroline SpencerCaroline SpencerCaroline Spencer Forrester is a fictional character in the American soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. The role was played by Joanna Johnson from March 23, 1987 to early July 1990...
Thorne (then played by Clayton Norcross) grew up in the shadow of his big brother Ridge, giving him a desperate need to prove himself to his family. He was in love with Ridge's girlfriend Caroline Spencer in 1987. Caroline only saw him as a friend and initially she wanted him and Brooke Logan together, but Brooke fell for Ridge also and so the infamous Ridge-Caroline-Thorne-Brooke love square began. After Ridge flirted with Brooke who immediately told Caroline she gave up on Ridge. That same night Caroline was raped. Thorne went after Caroline while comforting her and hiding the truth from Ridge, and eventually proposing to her. Before the prosoal took place, RIdge wrote a love letter to Caroline which Brooke and Thorne hide and only showed it to Caroline after Stephanie's intervention just before the wedding. By then Caroline had convinced herself she loved Thorne (she misjudged her feelings, just recuparating from the rape)and went and married Thorne. Brooke went after Ridge that same night, and afterwards asked Caroline if it was okay for her to date Ridge and Caroline said yes (she thought Brooke as her best friend, not knowing how she took advantage of her. Ridge wanted Thorne, Brooke (who was now involved with Ridge), and Caroline to have a party by the pool. That night, Caroline got tipsy, and Thorne, being overprotective of her, put her to bed. While they were drunk Ridge pretended to trick Caroline and slip in her bed, but she thought he was Thorne so they both had sex. Later on, Caroline realised what she did and wanted to leave the Forresters, persuaded by Stephanie not to, and advised her to stay away from Ridge. Thorne overheared a conversation between Stephanie and Eric about the prank that Ridge pulled on Caroline. Thorne was shocked about it and he was tired of his brother. While Caroline was away, Thorne got drunk and took sleepping pills and this prompted him to shoot Ridge one night. Stephanie saw him do it, and with her own hand-gun that she kept hidden. Thorne had no memory of this because of the combination of the alcohol and sleeping pills. Stephanie kept this a secret for as long as she could, but she eventually told Eric and Ridge. The shooting and the fear of Ridge dying. made Caroline to realise that it was Ridge who she wanted and that she even knew it was him on the bed that night. Caroline then learnt what Thorne and Brooke had done with the letter and wanted out of the marriage, but Stephanie kept manipulating her to stay married to Thorne, of her fear of Thorne snaping once again. With Brooke becoming pregnant, Caroline postponed her plans until Brooke and Ridge get married not wanting to disrupt the Forresters. Once Brooke miscarried, and Ridge decided not to marry her, Caroline was ready to announce her intentions to Thorne, when Stephanie and Ridge finally told her the truth about the shooting (Ridge learnt the truth, and he became cold to Caroline, even after both acknowledge their feelings to each other). With the help of a psychiatrist Carolinef finally told Thorne she wanted the divorce. After the divorce took place ,one day while Stephanie was with her alleged daughter "Angela" (who was really an imposter) she was talking about the shooting and "Angela" overheard it. When it was discovered that Angela was a fake, she later threatened to blackmail Stephanie about the shooting and that would tear the family apart. Later, "Angela" supposedly died in a car accident but she came back as another imposter named "Deveny Dixon" and she was working with Sally Spectra. Deveny fell in love with Thorne (then being played by Jeff TrachtaJeff Trachta
Jeff Trachta is an American actor, recording artist, comedian, and Las Vegas headliner.-Music:Trachta’s break in Hollywood was as the soap opera star Thorne Forrester on the CBS show The Bold & The Beautiful...
) so she wanted to fix her face. Thorne wanted to help her by getting a good doctor to perform plastic surgery since she was in an accident. Then the doctor showed Thorne a computer image of what she looked like before, but it wasn't ready yet. Stephanie came by and when the image of Deveny came, she recognized "Angela". But "Angela" was two steps ahead and gave Thorne alcohol and gave him sleeping pills, and told him about the shooting and what Ridge and Caroline did one night. Thorne was now goingt to kill Ridge but Stephanie (who already confronted "Angela")stopped him in time, and he was furious with Stephanie for not telling him about what Ridge and Caroline did and the shooting and telling Ridge first. Ridge and Caroline finally married much to Thorne's dismay. Six months later, Thorne was devastated when he found out his ex-wife Caroline Spencer was dying; she died in July 1990. He had gotten involved with Macy, but dumped her for Caroline's twin Karen Spencer. They eventually broke up, and Thorne reunited with Macy.