Heather Grant
Actor History
Georganne LaPiere (1976 to 1977)
Mary O'Brien
Robin Mattson (1980 to 1983; June 2004 to December 2004)
Occupation
Former nanny for Peter and Diana Taylor
Resides At
Unknown
Marital Status
Single
Past Marriages
Larry Joe (divorced)
Jeff Webber (divorced)
Edward Quartermaine (annulled)
Relatives
Alice Grant (mother)
Susan Moore (cousin)
Jason Morgan (first cousin once removed)
Children
Steven Lars Webber (with Jeff)
Unnamed Child (miscarriage; with Jeff; deceased)
Flings & Affairs
Joe Kelly
Scott Baldwin
Edward Quartermaine
Crimes Committed
Provided a false letter of reference to Diana to get the job as nanny [1976]
Adultery; Lured Jeff into her bed and got pregnant [1976]
Sold her baby on the black market and then told Jeff that the baby had died at birth [1977]
Tried to get drive Diana crazy with LSD in order to get her baby back [1980]
Suspected of killing Diana Taylor [1980]
Maladies and Hospitalizations
Institutionalized by Jeff after going crazy during her plot to get her baby back [1980]
Brief Character History
Heather Grant came to town in 1976. She secured the job of nanny for Peter and Diana Taylor's little girl Martha by supplying a fake reference letter. Soon, Heather set her sights on Jeff Webber. After Jeff and Monica had a huge blowout over Monica lusting after Jeff's brother Rick, Jeff sought solace in Heather's bed, much to Heather's delight. Their night of passion created a baby, but Heather didn't share the news at first. She finally told Jeff about the baby when he was recovering from a bullet to the brain. He insisted she get an abortion so that he could stay with Monica. Furious, Heather faked a suicide attempt to try to gain Jeff's love. But Jeff paid no attention so Heather tried to order Jeff to leave Monica. When that didn't work, Heather decided to enact her plan to trade her baby for money to start a new life. She offered to sell her baby to Diana Taylor, who desperately wanted a sibling for Martha, for $10,000 but Diana ultimately said no. On the rebound after Monica filed for divorce, Jeff asked Heather to marry him. He later took back his proposal when Heather's ex-husband Larry Joe came to town and filled Jeff in on Heather's past exploits.
Heather finally gave birth to a boy in New York City and then sold it on the black market for $10,000. Heather's landlady arranged for Diana Taylor to adopt the boy without revealing Heather to be the mother. But once the sale went through, Heather's cut of the money was very small. Jeff tracked Heather to the Big Apple and Heather told Jeff the baby had died at birth. They bonded over her lie and Jeff proposed again. But their upcoming marriage was instantly tainted by the amount of time Heather spent with PJ Taylor, Heather's son. She had become his nanny, but when Peter and Diana noticed her intense interest in their son, they fired her. Jeff and Heather wed in 1978, but Jeff's long hours at the hospital drove a wedge even further between the newlyweds.
When Heather became pregnant again, Jeff proclaimed that if it was a boy he wanted to name it Steven Lars. But Heather miscarried the baby while trying to prevent Jeff from learning the truth about their first child. She then became obsessed with regaining her baby from the Taylors. She managed to make Diana incredibly dependent on her and then planned to finish her off by putting LSD in her drink to drive her insane. Heather's plan backfired when she confused the glasses and drank the tainted one herself. She suffered hallucinations and Jeff had her institutionalized.
Diana then found out that PJ was Jeff's son and she desperately decided she had to marry Jeff in order to keep PJ. But Jeff fell in love with Annie Logan and wanted to marry her. Jeff couldn't actually marry anyone since he was still married to Heather. Heather faked catatonia and escaped from the mental institution. She made her way back to Jeff's house where she spotted Jeff in Annie's arms through the window. Hurt, she returned to the institution for awhile before being released. But she soon began another plot to remove Diana from the picture. She faked hysteria in order to be returned to the institution to covertly carry out her plan. Before being institutionalized again, she had stolen a gun from the Webber house, and once she was locked up again, she hid the gun in her friend's doll. She later escaped the institution once again, intent on killing Diana. This time she found Jeff and Diana in bed together. Diana later told Jeff that he was PJ's father, and he stormed out. Heather quietly made her way back into Diana's apartment to kill her. Instead, she found Diana was already dead. She quickly decided to frame Annie for the murder by writing Annie's name in Diana's blood. Annie nearly went to jail for killing Diana but was later cleared. Jeff left town with his son to keep him safe from Heather. He later asked Heather for a divorce in order to marry someone else.
Detective Joe Kelly then turned to Heather as his prime suspect but fell in love with her instead. Heather confessed her intention to kill Diana, but she couldn't remember actually pulling the trigger. The real killer turned out to be Heather's mother Alice. Alice had killed Diana to keep her from killing Heather and claimed that she had struggled with Diana over the gun Diana had pulled when it went off. Heather got six months probation for attempted murder and her mother got off for mental reasons.
Heather tried to seduce Scott Baldwin, but he was more interested in her cousin Susan. Alan had given Susan a large amount of money as part of a settlement with her. When she was later killed trying to blackmail the Quartermaines for more money, Heather teamed up with Jimmy Lee Holt. They tried to gain custody of Jason, Susan's baby, and Jason's trust fund.
