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Charity Standish is a Fictional Character on NBC 's daytime drama '' Passions '', played by Molly Stanton from 1999 to 2004. Born to Faith Standish and an unknown man, Charity has the power to channel the forces of good. She was not aware of these powers for the first fifteen years of her life, leading a very sheltered life. Since November 15 , 2006 , the role is currently being portrayed by Kristina Sisco . An Imposter impersanating Charity named '''Carla''' during 2006 - 2007 was played by Tess Alexandra Parker . CHARACTER HISTORY Her mother Faith Standish loved her dearly but feared for her daughter's life, believing that evil forces were out to destroy the Standish family. Faith died in a house fire (implied to be an Arson attack, but actually caused by the Witch ( Tabitha Lenox ), and so Charity came to live with her aunt's family early in the series. Charity and Miguel fell in love, and so her cousin Kay hates her. Charity also was gifted with Precognition ) a call, in her first appearance since 2004.]] Kay did everything she could even sold her own soul and used the powers of darkness to create a gigantic rift between Charity and Miguel. She was, however, generally well-liked until a spell caused her to nearly seduce her cousin Jessica Bennett 's boyfriend Reese. Feeling guilty over this, she decided to be a "bad girl," as she no longer felt worthy of being a sympathetic type. Charity acted out as a woman of ill repute, kissing Reese in front of Jessica on several occasions. Eventually Charity gave up on this type of behavior as it wasn't who she was. After learning that Kay's baby would die in a miscarriage, she made a deal with Death to end her relationship with Miguel and leave Harmony if Kay's baby were to live. Miguel, unable to accept their relationship had ended, left Kay and their child to go find and convince Charity to return to town. Miguel later returned, saying he had given up on his search and no longer has feelings for Charity. "Charity" returned on November 15 , 2006 . Kay's fiancee Fox Crane , determined to rid himself of Kay and Miguel's relationship, contacted Charity saying that it was "a matter of life and death". She supposedly returned to Harmony on the night of Kay's bridal shower. The Charity that Fox brought to town was eventually revealed to be an impostor wearing a Charity mask. The fake Charity and fake Miguel were hired to prentend to sleep together so that Kay would catch them together and marry Fox. Fox's plan worked; Kay broke things off with Miguel and married Fox. It was later revealed that the real Charity has been living on an island in the Bahamas. Miguel called her for help with Kay but she has yet to return to Harmony. She said over the phone that she is happy with her life, and does not wish to return to Harmony, as it is a place with many bad memories for her. She returned to Harmony briefly after hearing of her Aunt Grace's death; she would leave the next day, off-screen. However, the real Charity and Miguel never made love. If they did, their combined forces of good would destroy the all evil in Harmony, including Tabitha and Endora. The fake Charity is still hanging around town, and has had some close calls with being exposed as an imposter, such as when Miguel bumped into her without the mask on at the hospital and when Jessica recognized her without her mask on at a restaurant. LOOK ALIKES Charity was plagued by Tabitha and due to evil spells caused by her Kay, and Hecuba at different points in time Charity's likeness was used by one or the other into creating a Doppleganger of herself. An entity created by Kay known as Zombie Charity plagued Harmony for several months in 2002 later revealing it was a Succubus , and still later returning as a Ghost . Kay even used Charity's essence to disguise herself as Charity in order to Rape her boyfriend Miguel. FAMILY Parents
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HIDDEN PASSIONS In the book Hidden Passions , Charity's maternal grandparents were Zachary Sutter and Mercy Standish. Information in the book has not been confirmed on-screen and is not considered to be official since the information seen on the show contradicts much of what was said in the book. TRIVA During the 2002 season Molly Stanton played the dual role of Charity, and her Zombie counterpart, but during fight scenes the zombie would transform into her true sucubus fourm played by Lisa Hoyle who also substituted as a stand in for the two counterparts. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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