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Beth Ehlers

Beth Ehlers as Harley Cooper

Harley Cooper (formerly Spaulding, Camaletti & Aitoro) is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light.

Actress History:

  • Beth Ehlers (09/1987-09/1993, 01/1997 & 05/1997-06/2008)
  • Amy Carlson (11/1998; temp)
  • Hayley Sparks (05/1999-07/1999 & 07/2001-08/2001 & 08/2002; temp)

Family and relationships:

Parents:

Sibling(s):

Martial status:

  • Single

Past marriage(s):

Children:

Other relatives:

Flings and relationships:

Crimes Committed

  • Theft [1987]
  • Fraud; in a phone call to the Springfield waste disposal department, she pretended to be Mrs. Pappas, in order to receive a doll she'd thrown away (Her paternal grandmother's doll in which Harley had hidden the pre-nup [April 1990]
  • Attempted entrapment: Secretly planted her brother's camcorder in Alan-Michael Spaulding's apartment in an attempt to gain leverage in their divorce (This backfired when the video picks up that she faked a positive pregnancy test; April 20, 1990)
  • Attempted blackmail of Alexandra Spaulding with the portion of the videotape showing Alan-Michael and Blake Thorpe Spaulding in bed together and also stealing the Lewis Oil plans to the homeless shelter (May 3, 1990]
  • Falsely accused of stealing the password to Spaulding’s computer system. (First week of March 1991; Roger Thorpe's lawyer, John Davis stole the password, but Harley couldn't prove this)
  • Arrested for prostitution (Not guilty; case thrown out of court) [August 1991]
  • Fraud and entrapment: Posed as Jenna Bradshaw's personal assistant (April - May 1992)
  • Fraud: Sent flowers to Jenna under A.C. Mallett's name [April 1992]
  • Stole a ring for Jenna (coerced) [April 1992]
  • Fraud: Coerced her brother Frank to pose as her boyfriend [April 1992]
  • Let Nick McHenry see Macauley West's police record without allowance [July 27, 1993]
  • Pretended to be a prostitute to get a job at Selena's brothel to get info on the Davenport case [August 13, 1993]
  • Impersonated "Starla," a prostitute in the Jeffrey Morgan sting operation [January 1997-July 1997]
  • Locked Jenna Bradshaw in a storage freezer at the 5th Street Diner [June 19, 1997]
  • Impersonated "Caitlin", a mental ward patient, to find out what Annie Dutton knew of the whereabouts of Reva Shayne's sister [September 9 - 23, 1997]
  • Stole a police file about Carl Stevens's murder [May 11, 1998]
  • Broke into Edmund Winslow's suite at the Waterview Towers to find out what incriminating evidence Edmund had on Phillip Spaulding [March 27, 2000]
  • Broke into Claire Ramsey's house to find info on Rick Bauer [April 10, 2000]
  • Broke into Claire Ramsey's office to find information on Rick Bauer [April 13, 2000]
  • Assisted Blake Thorpe Marler in breaking into Edmund Winslow's apartment to find proof of his collusion with Rob Layne [May 22, 2000]
  • Falsely arrested for prositution [May 22, 2000]
  • Broke into Claire Ramsey's apartment to attempt to destroy Claire's file on Rick Bauer (caught in the act) [August 23, 2000]
  • Planted listening device in Bauer family living room [May 2-8, 2001]
  • Arrested and jailed overnight for speeding [October 10, 2001]
  • Started a fire in a hotel room [April 5, 2002; charges dropped]
  • Broke into the Spaulding mansion and attempted to abduct Zach [July 19, 2002]
  • Broke into Gus Aitoro's room at the Reardon Boarding House to find a picture of Eden August [August 5, 2002]
  • In Chicago, she broke into Eden August's apartment and snooped around (discovered by Eden [August 7, 2002]
  • Handcuffed herself to Eden [Augst 9, 2002]
  • Snooped around Eden's Chicago apartment and impersonated Eden [August 30, 2002]
  • Impersonated Eden August once again [October 3, 2002]
  • Colluded with Danny Santos, Cassie Layne Winslow, Reva Shayne Lewis and Gus Aitoro to help Danny fake his own death, but only to entrap Carmen Santos for the attempted shooting of Danny [December 2, 2002 - December 10, 2002]
  • Withheld information on Gus's search for his biological mother [February 10, 2003 -February 17, 2003]
  • Had Alexandra Spaulding illegally investigated [January 2003 - March 19, 2003]
  • Disguised herself and got a job as Phillip's assistant under the name Ruth Karloff, in order to get inside information on Phillip [September 15, 2004 to November 12, 2004]
  • Attempted to break into Phillip's briefcase [September 23, 2004]
  • Kidnapped her son, Zach [October 6, 2004 - October 13, 2004] [returned him to his father]
  • Arrested for killing Phillip [December 2004]
  • Jumped bail by crossing the state line for the night [January 24, 2005]
  • Convicted of the second degree murder of Phillip Spaulding; conviction later overturned [March 28, 2005]
  • In prison for the murder of Phillip Spaulding [April 8, 2005 to May 26, 2005]
  • Escaped from prison. [May 26, 2005 to July 15, 2005]
  • Attempted to break into Phillip's crypt [August 5, 2005]
  • Fled with Rafe Rivera to keep him from being arrested for shooting Jeffrey O'Neill [May 27, 2008 to late summer 2008]

Character Background

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