Stefano DiMera
Actor History
• Joseph Mascolo (1982 to 1983; 1984 to 1985; 1988; 1993 to 2001; June 6th, 2007 to June 2008; August 2008 to Present)
• Frank Fata (1991)
• Unknown Actor (2006 to 2007)
Other Names
The Phoenix (nickname)
Occupation
Crime Lord
Owns 49% of Titan Publishing
Resides At
Somewhere in Salem
Marital Status
Single
Past Marriages
Vivian Alamain (divorced)
Relatives
Santo DiMera (father; deceased)
Andre DiMera (nephew; deceased)
John Black (half-brother)
Brady Black (half nephew)
Claire Brady (half grandniece)
Stefano is also rumored to have at least 6 other siblings. He is said to be the "seventh son of seven sons".
Children
Renee DuMonde (daughter; with Lee; deceased)
Megan Hathaway (daughter; mother unknown; deceased)
Lexie Brooks Carver (daughter; with Celeste)
Benjy Hawk (son; with Ellen)
E.J. DiMera (son; with Susan)
Theo Brandon Carver (grandson; via Lexie)
Steven Hawk (grandson; via Benjy)
John Roman DiMera (grandson; via EJ)
Flings & Affairs
Daphne DiMera (common-law)
Gina Von Amberg
Lee DuMonde
Celeste Perrault
Ellen Hawk
Susan Banks
Vivian Alamain
Hope Williams
Kate Roberts
Crimes Committed
Organ theft
Kidnapping.
Brainwashing.
Drug dealing.
Murder.
Blackmailing.
Conspiracy.
Art theft and forgery.
Numerous others.
Maladies and Hospitalizations
Suffered from kidney failure and required a kidney transplant. [2007]
Brief Character History
Stefano was introduced as Lee DuMonde's friend from Europe, a man who came to Salem to see his son, Tony. Stefano initially had no idea that he was the father of Lee's daughter Renee. Renee and Tony began a torrid affair, and when one of them wanted to leave, he faked a heart attack. Roman wanted to bring down Stef for his illegal dealings, and had proof, but Roman was soon killed.
He was also behind the Raven killings. The Pawn was introduced in 1986, who proved to be John Black. John Black proved to be Roman Brady, with plastic surgery and amnesia. He worked for Stefano, and was involved with Victor, but unsure of what he did. Megan Hathaway was killed by Larry Welch, but Stef blamed the Bradys because he was sure Hope had committed this act. He sought revenge immediately. He kidnapped Marlena. Soon Patch and Kayla encountered a boy, Benjy, on their honeymoon. They wanted to adopt him, but it turned out that the boy was Stefano's.
At the end of 91, Stefano died. Yeah, right. Stefano returned some years later with son Tony and a brother and sister pair he treated like his own, Peter and Kristen Blake (he never adopted them). He knew of John's affair with Marlena, and revealed John as Belle's father at the baptism. The Brady's were in turmoil again. He opposed the match between John and Kristen, and set it up like John murdered him. Then died again. ( Sure, he did. )
As a tribute to her father, Kristen married Tony. Tony knew Stefano was alive, but didn't tell Kristen. This ripped their marriage apart, much to the dismay of Stefano. Stefano reemerged again surprising Kristen, and the rest of Salem. Marlena then revealed her feelings for John. Kristen was afraid of losing John after the death of Tony. Stefano manipulated Kristen and she started scheming to keep her man. This involved Susan, the confused Southerner, and double for Kristen. She gave birth to lil Elvis, or John Jr., but both ways, he was still Stef's youngest son.
Roman returned on the day of John and Marlena's wedding, sick and confused. Kristen, thanks to Stef, had found Roman, and he was dying. Kristen had said that John and she were married and that Marlena still wanted to marry him again. Stefano said he had the cure and John, Hope, Kristen and Hope trekked off to the jungle compound. And for once, he wasn't lying. He had the cure, and Roman's alive today. Right now, Stef is married to Viv, who he has control of thanks to a chip in her tooth. He wants the treasures her ex-husband Jonesy left to her. But Jonesy's stuff was actually Stef's stuff, and he wants them back... now. Confusing, isn't it? Wait, I forgot, this is a soap opera.
Stefano now has control over Hope and is using her to be Princess Gina his art theif and forger. Vivian is about to exact her revenge on him for implanting the emotion chip in her tooth. Stefano just found Gina on a submarine with evil John and now has to deal with that too. Stefano's plans with Hope didn't work, and he ended up dead.
While under Stefano's control, Hope slept with Stefano and became pregnant. Stefano wanted to make sure that "his child" (the child ultimately turned out to be Bo's) stayed in the family. He also wanted to win favor with his daughter Lexie, who desperately wanted to have a baby. Stefano hired Rolf's niece, Marlo, who was young, pregnant, often drunk, and about the same length along in her pregnancy as Hope to give her baby to Lexie. But, Stefano wanted Lexie to raise Hope's baby (whom Stefano believed to be his) so he switched the babies at birth. To cover up the switch, Stefano killed Marlo. But, her body was soon discovered and Stefano had to flee the country to avoid murder charges.
Stefano returned in the summer of 2007 to carry on his life-long feud with the Bradys. By then, he had sent his youngest son, EJ to Salem to start reeking havoc on the residents. Stefano's kidney were failing so he ordered EJ to impregnate a woman so that he could use some of the stem cells to heal his ailing kidneys. EJ did as he was told, but stopped short of letting Stefano hurt Sami or EJ's unborn child.
As the feud between the Bradys and the DiMeras heightened (Roman was kidnapped and John was "killed") Stefano presented Sami Brady with a proposal- marry his son EJ and the feud would be over. She agreed and the two were married. Stefano's happiness was short lived as EJ was shot and wounded on his wedding day.
As EJ regained his strength, he grew closer to Sami and his child, John Roman DiMera. EJ sided with Sami multiple times against Stefano. This choice angered Stefano and he decided that he needed a new soldier as he could no longer rely on EJ. Through the miracle of soap operas, Stefano was able to obtain John's "dead" body and have Rolf bring John back to life and brainwash John. John became Stefano's new assassin/pawn/soldier. But, EJ discovered John's body in Stefano's basement and told Marlena where John's body was. The police came and arrested Stefano. In retaliation, Marlena snuck into Stefano's cell and injected him with a drug that caused Stefano's body to act like it was in a comatose state. Stefano could not move or speak. But, he could still hear everything that was happening around him. When faced with the decision whether or not to try to revive Stefano; Lexie, Tony, and EJ all decided that the world would be better off without Stefano. He was sent to live in a nursing home where he would remain in a vegetative state.
