The Phoenix Rudolpho Meradi Serge Anatol Mrs. Lafferty Joseph M. Wagner
Occupation
Crime boss businessman
Family
DiMera
Father
Santo DiMera
Mother
Signora DiMera
Brothers
Six older brothers
Half-brothers
Ryan Brady
Wife
Vivian Alamain (1998–1999)
Kate Roberts (2009–2012)
Civil partner
Daphne DiMera (until 1984)
Sons
André DiMera
Stefan DiMera[2]
Jake Lambert
Benjy Hawk
EJ DiMera
Chad DiMera
Daughters
Renée DuMonde
Megan Hathaway
Lexie Carver
Adoptive sons
Peter Blake
Adoptive daughters
Kristen DiMera
Stepsons
Tony DiMera
Grandsons
Dimitri Von Leuschner Theo Carver Steven Hawk Johnny DiMera Thomas DiMera
Granddaughters
Sydney DiMera Grace DiMera Charlotte DiMera Rachel Black (adoptive)
Other relatives
Eugene Bradford
Stefano DiMera is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, played by Joseph Mascolo. Created by Pat Falken Smith, Stefano was introduced on January 18, 1982 as the father of Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) looking to expand his criminal empire to Salem. Stefano's early storylines included his feud with Roman Brady (Wayne Northrop), playing his children – Tony and Renée DuMonde (Philece Sampler) against one another when he is presumed dead, orchestrating a series of murders with his son (then his nephew) and Tony's deranged look-a-like André, and replacing the presumed dead Roman with the brainwashed John Black (Drake Hogestyn).
Stefano returns in 1993 for a longer stint. He becomes obsessed with Roman's ex-wife and John's longtime love Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall), and accidentally causes her to be possessed by the devil. Meanwhile, Stefano tries to help his adopted daughter Kristen (Eileen Davidson) steal John from Marlena by fathering a child with her look-a-like Susan Banks (Davidson) and passing it off as John's. Stefano also switches Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso)'s baby at birth and gives it to his daughter Lexie Carver (Renée Jones) to raise. He leaves town in 2001 when he is exposed.
An ailing Stefano returns in 2006 having sent his son EJ (James Scott) to impregnate Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) to harvest the baby's stem cells to save his life. Over the next decade, Stefano's past schemes catch up to him as several of his children meet tragic ends. Mascolo retires in 2016 and the character of Stefano is killed off by Hope Brady. From 2019 to 2020, Stephen Nichols played the role after Stefano's essence was transferred into Steve Johnson. During this time, Stefano's obsession with Marlena resurfaces and he also sets out to clone himself. Throughout his 34 year run, Stefano became one of the most recognizable figures in daytime television and is considered to be one of the greatest villains in television history.
^"The Joe Mascolo Picture Pages". SuperiorPics.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
^James E. Reilly (Head writer); Ken Corday (Executive producer) (March 25, 1996). Days of Our Lives. Season 30. Episode 7746. NBC.
StefanoDiMera is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, played by Joseph Mascolo. Created by Pat Falken Smith, Stefano was...
scope out Salem on orders from his father StefanoDiMera to see if it was suitable to relocate the DiMera family business. Setting up his penthouse with...
executive producers, Ken Corday and Tom Langan, EJ is the son of crime boss StefanoDiMera (Joseph Mascolo) and the eccentric Susan Banks (Eileen Davidson). Originally...
of 2012. Kristen and her brother Peter were raised by super villain StefanoDiMera at a very young age following the deaths of their parents; however,...
allegedly dies. Their relationship is the reason the DiMeras start the Brady–DiMera feud. According to Stefano, Colleen dies horribly by leaping to her death...
Woods and Chad is revealed to be the illegitimate son of crime boss StefanoDiMera. Chad struggles to accept his new family but eventually forms strong...
Beth Evans (Kayla Brady), Joseph Mascolo (StefanoDiMera), and Thaao Penghlis (Tony DiMera and Andre DiMera) have been brought back to Days of Our Lives...
divorce from Roman, Anna takes a job as Tony DiMera's secretary, while working in secret for StefanoDiMera, who pays Anna $1,000,000 to have Roman fired...
mastermind StefanoDiMera. On November 27, 1985, the series introduced a character known as The Pawn, an amnesiac mystery man ostensibly connected to Stefano but...
Nickerson and Ileya Petrov; who had taken over the presumed dead StefanoDimera's criminal enterprise, fought to get money and ultimately the biggest...
Eventually Billie admits that Curtis is her father. It is revealed StefanoDiMera killed Curtis in self-defense and framed Billie. Billie is set free...
in numerous motion pictures and television series. He played villain StefanoDiMera on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 2016. He also starred...
to stick up for her father's family, the DiMeras. Both her father Stefano and her half-brother André DiMera have helped her with her problems (often using...
including Hope's identity crisis when she was temporarily brainwashed by StefanoDiMera to think she was a princess, and Bo's struggle to find his daughter...
obstacle, in December 2006, was fighting against StefanoDiMera's son EJ DiMera, who was sent by Stefano to kill John. John and Marlena married for the...
widowed husband of Lexie Carver, daughter of international crime lord, StefanoDiMera. He is the father of Brandon Walker and Theo Carver and the adoptive...
their connection to StefanoDiMera and John Black into question. As time went on, they were believed to be the children of Tony DiMera and Marlena Evans...
StefanoDiMera as part of a storyline where Dr. Wilhelm Rolf implanted a chip into Steve Johnson's brain that turned him into "the new StefanoDiMera"...
to Stefano's bank account, but she is kidnapped by Stefano's son Andre DiMera who wants the passwords from her. Sami escapes and she steals Stefano's fortune...
Elvis "EJ" Aaron DiMera and Samantha "Sami" Gene Brady DiMera (also known by the portmanteau EJami for EJ and Sami) are fictional characters and a supercouple...
tries to strangle Hope; a deal he made with StefanoDiMera to kill Hope and clear Stefano's son, Chad DiMera's name after Chad is accused of being responsible...
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