For the Italian sitcom, see Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends.
Soap opera character
Bianca and Maggie
All My Children character
Elizabeth Hendrickson as Maggie (seated) and Eden Riegel as Bianca (standing)
Duration
2003–07
Created by
Gordon Rayfield and Anna Cascio[a]
Introduced by
Jean Dadario Burke
In-universe information
Other names
BAM
Family
Kane
Spouse
2004–07
Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone are fictional characters and a supercouple from the American daytime drama All My Children.[1][2][3][4] Bianca was portrayed by Eden Riegel, and Maggie was portrayed by Elizabeth Hendrickson.
Lorraine Broderick created and introduced Bianca in 1988, and Agnes Nixon expanded on the character, scripting her as a lesbian and making her the first lead character on a major daytime drama to be a lesbian.[5] Hendrickson was originally brought on as character Frankie Stone; the storyline revolved around the close relationship of Bianca and Frankie, as well as the aftermath of Frankie's death. When her death attracted criticism, writer Richard Culliton decided to bring the actress back as the character's identical twin sister, Maggie Stone. Maggie debuted on the show in 2002, to investigate her sister's murder, and was immediately thereafter set up to bond with Bianca.
The two characters became the center of an on-again, off-again romantic flirtation that developed into a romance, which spanned four years all together.[6] Star-crossed true loves, the pairing was planned to have various ups and downs; they sought friendship and security in their need for solidarity, and dealt with sexual confusion and ambiguity in their struggle to remain platonic.
Though the series paced Bianca and Maggie's relationship for three and a half years before making the couple's romance official, the pairing consistently intrigued the All My Children audience, as well as soap opera critics and LGBT outlets such as The Advocate and AfterEllen.com. They subsequently became the most demanded homosexual pairing in American daytime soap opera history,[6] and are daytime television's first same-sex supercouple.[7]
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^Branco, Nelson (2007-01-15). "TOP 5 Supercouples to Watch : 2. Maggie and Bianca, AMC". Sympatico, MSN. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
^Myers, Jack (2006-11-08). "Lunch at Michael's with ABC Daytime Chief Brian Frons". mediavillage.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
^"Ivan Shaw. All My Children's - Henry". soaptownusa.com. 2003-04-18. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
^"February 5th - Week 3.5 of BAM". Soaps In Depth. 2007-02-05. She cried mea culpa, clashed with Zoe and ultimately returned solo to France. Unfortunately, BAM fans, Maggie appears to have left the building. Try though she might, AMC's Maggie can't seem to convince her ex, Bianca, that her cheating days are over. After begging for forgiveness and pitching in at [Fusion Cosmetics], Mags makes her lonely exit on Wednesday, February 7. Is this the end for AMC's Sapphic supercouple? "Bianca still loves her," headwriter Megan McTavish assures the audience. "And yet, at the same time, I don't think it's a given that you necessarily forgive the person who cheated on you. So Maggie has an uphill climb." Ms. Stone's ambiguous exit leaves viewers wondering whether she'll return, yet an AMC rep says nothing is planned at this time.
^Healy, Patrick D. (2005-02-24). "After Coming Out, a Soap Opera Heroine Moves On". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
^ abWarn, Sarah (2003-02-03). "The Battle for Bianca and Maggie on "All My Children"". AfterEllen.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
^"DC #279: Eden Riegel & Elizabeth Hendrickson Interview". Daytime Confidential. 2008-08-01. Archived from the original on 12 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
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