Played by Kim Johnston Ulrich, 1999 to 2008.
Currently: Mrs. Crane.
| Full Name | Ivy Winthrop Crane |
| Maiden name | Winthrop (her father was Governor) |
| Husband | Julian Crane (loveless) |
| Children | Ethan (Sam's); Fancy, Fox, Pretty (Julian's) |
| Played by | Kim Johnston Ulrich, 1999 to 2008 |
| Status | Married. Still in love with Sam. |
| Great love | Sam Bennett, Chief of Police |
Crane Family · Ethan's Mother
Ivy Crane
Wife of Julian Crane. Mother of Ethan, Fancy, Fox and Pretty. She has been in love with Sam Bennett since high school and she has been lying about it for twenty-five years. Both things remain true simultaneously.
Active · Crane ManorPresent Situation
Ivy Crane has had a week this paper considers one of the most eventful in her Harmony tenure. She was cursed by Grace Bennett at the hospital with what Grace specified would be a lifelong curse. She returned to Crane Manor to find Julian in bed with Rebecca Hotchkiss. She threw three vases. Julian noted there would be reconciliation through the settlement.
She emerged the following morning in a pink and black powersuit and refused to leave. She has refused to acknowledge the divorce. Julian and Rebecca are engaged. Crane Manor is disputed territory and Ivy is the one disputing it. The Gazette considers her resolve under the circumstances notable.
Background
Ivy Winthrop was the daughter of Maine's governor, raised in wealth and social position. In her final year of high school she fell in love with Sam Bennett, a lifeguard who worked for her father's company. They were engaged. Her father intercepted their letters, ensuring each believed the other had gone cold. Ivy married Julian Crane in a match engineered by both families. On her wedding night, realising she did not love Julian, she went to Sam. Their union produced Ethan.
She stayed with Julian because Sam had no money. This is the decision that produced every subsequent complication. The Gazette notes that Ivy has spent twenty-five years paying for it.
The Ethan Situation
Ivy's central deception was Ethan's paternity, which she represented as Julian's for the entirety of his life. She was helped in this by having blackmailed Eve Russell, using knowledge of Eve's past with Julian to ensure Eve would not reveal what Ivy had done. The paternity was eventually published in a tabloid, the information sourced from Theresa's laptop.
Ethan now knows. Julian has divorced her. The precise circumstances of how the tabloid obtained the information are still in dispute, and Ivy's role in subsequent events is being monitored by this paper.
Sam Bennett
Ivy's obsession with Sam Bennett, which she would call love, has driven her into schemes that this paper is still fully cataloguing. She has attended every charitable event that would put her near him. She has made repeated advances. She has had her share of genuine moments where she tried to tell him the truth and retreated.
Sam has a wife, Grace, and three children. Ivy has noted all of these facts and they have not significantly altered her behaviour. The Gazette is not going to pretend this is admirable.