Irene Manning (One Life to Live)

Irene Manning
Barbara Rhoades as Irene Manning
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by	Kate McKeown (1978, 1987) Barbara Rhoades (2011) (and others)
Duration	1978, 1985, 1987, 1994, 2011
First appearance	May 27, 1978 (1978-05-27)
Last appearance	November 10, 2011 (2011-11-10)
Created by	Gordon Russell
Introduced by	Joseph Stuart Paul Rauch (1987) Frank Valentini (2011)
Classification	Former, recurring
Profile
Other names	Irene Lord Irene Clayton
Occupation	Secret agent for the CIA
Residence	437 Jackson Hill Road Llanview, Pennsylvania
Kate McKeown as Irene Manning
Father Albert Manning Spouse Victor Lord (1960s) Ted Clayton (1970s) Children Tina Lord Todd Manning Victor Lord, Jr. Grandchildren C. J. Roberts Sarah Roberts Starr Manning Danielle Manning Jack Manning Sam Manning First cousins Peter Manning

Irene Manning is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.

The character first appears in the episode dated May 27, 1978, originated by the actress Kate McKeown. In 1985, Andrea Evans (Tina) portrayed her in flashbacks. Actress Diana Lamar appeared in flashbacks as Irene in 1994. Actress Barbara Rhoades appeared as a back-from-the-dead Irene on the episode dated August 9, 2011, last appearing in a vision November 10, 2011.

Irene Manning Clayton (Kate McKeown) is introduced on-screen in fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania, on the episode first-run May 27, 1978. The former best friend and college roommate of central heroine Victoria Lord (Erika Slezak), she arrives asking Viki to permanently adopt her 16-year-old daughter, Tina Clayton (Andrea Evans), as she is ostensibly dying from terminal cancer. Soon on her deathbed, Viki promises Irene to take care of Tina, and Irene apparently succumbs to the illness on-screen in July 1978. Soon later, her legal widower Ted Clayton arrives in Llanview in 1980 hoping to con assumed daughter Tina and her adoptive mother Viki out a portion of the Lord family fortune. When Ted's plans are foiled by Tina, he goes on a killing spree, murdering Vinny Wolek before he-himself is killed by police officer Ed Hall (Al Freeman, Jr.) in 1981.

After leaving town, Tina returns to Llanview in 1984 with Irene's diary, which reveals that Ted Clayton was not her biological father. In 1985, when Tina learns that Viki's father, Victor Lord, and her mother were married, she freezes the assets of Victor's widow, Dorian Lord (Robin Strasser), and Dorian's marriage to Victor is declared invalid (although, it is later revealed that Victor and Irene were divorced years before he and Dorian were married, making the latter marriage legal). Later, Tina discovers a secret room beneath the Lord estate, Llanfair, and finds a letter from Victor meant to be delivered to Viki. In the letter, Victor Lord admits to having an affair with Irene and even marrying her. The letter further reveals that he knew that he was Tina's real father prior to his apparent 1976 death. A stunned Viki initially thinks the revelation and letter to be a farce, suffering a brief bout with her multiple personalities. When she recovers, Viki recalls a repressed memory of Victor and Irene in bed together and welcomes Tina into her family as her sister.