Babe Carey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All My Children character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Alexa Havins as Babe Carey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Alexa Havins (2003–2007, 2011) Amanda Baker (2007–2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First appearance | October 13, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | September 21, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Past; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Megan McTavish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Crossover appearances | One Life to Live | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Amanda Baker as Babe Carey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arabella "Babe" Carey is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. She was originally portrayed by actress Alexa Havins, from October 13, 2003, to October 8, 2007, and then by actress Amanda Baker from October 8, 2007, to October 31, 2008. Havins crossed over as character sporadically on One Life to Live from November 24, 2003 to February 2005. The character was killed off on the October 23, 2008 episode of the show, after suffering injuries during a series of tornadoes, although she reappeared briefly on June 2 and 29, 2009, as a ghost. In September 2011, Babe (Havins) briefly returned to Pine Valley as an apparition appearing to JR.
Though originally scripted as age 19 in 2003, in a star-crossed romance with character JR Chandler,[1] Babe's birth date was later set by the series as April 10, 1983, upon the character's death.[2] The writers often had the character referred to as "Baby Doll" by her mother, Krystal Carey (Bobbie Eakes), and occasionally as "Bella" when speaking to Kevin Buchanan (Dan Gauthier) on One Life to Live. In addition, the series displayed significant comparisons between her and legendary character Dixie Cooney.[3]