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| Hortense Smiley | |
| Continuity: | Dark Shadows |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Murder victim |
| Occupation: | Governess |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Collinwood, Collinsport, Maine |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Died: | 1840 |
| First: | Dark Shadows: 1128 |
| Final: | Dark Shadows: 1128 |
| Actor: | Jenny Egan |
Hortense Smiley is a fictional governess and a minor character featured in the Dark Shadows multimedia franchise. She is associated with the original television on ABC and is part of a storyline called the "1840 Flashback". She was played by actress Jenny Egan and appeared in episode 1128.
Biography[]
Hortense Smiley was a middle-aged American woman who resided in Collinsport, Maine in the early-mid 19th century. She worked as a governess to the Collins family and was charged with looking after the wellbeing of a boy named Tad Collins.
Tad's mother, Samantha Drew Collins, had grown to despise her husband, Quentin. She sought to leave Collinsport and take Tad with her. Quentin caught Hortense Smiley attempting to leave the family estate of Collinwood with Tad's belongings. He instructed her to inform her mistress that her plan won't work, and then promptly fired Hortense.
Hortense left the house and made her way towards Rose Cottage. Along the way she discovered a headless body on the ground covered in leaves. As she cleared away the leaves, the body of Judah Zachary rose from the dead and strangled Hortense Smiley to death. [1]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Hortense Smiley was created by director Lela Swift and writer Gordon Russell based on concepts developed by Dan Curtis and Art Wallace.
- Other governesses of note featured on Dark Shadows include Victoria Winters and Maggie Evans.