Flame Beaufort

Flame Beaufort was a fictional character on Santa Barbara.

She was portrayed by Roberta Bizeau (a.k.a. Roberta Weiss) from June 29, 1990 to July 19, 1991, and briefly by Marguerite Hickey from July 31 to August 12, 1991.

Character Bio
A feisty villainess, Flame Beaufort arrived in Santa Barbara during the summer of 1990. Posing as a journalist named Debra London, she tried to get information out of businessman Robert Barr, ostensibly as part of a documentary she was making. But Flame had her own agenda. Her lover was Robert's evil twin brother, Quinn Armitage, and the duo planned to have Quinn take over Robert's life to get access to his money. To that end, Flame was helping Quinn perfect his ability to impersonate Robert.

Just as Robert started to become suspicious about "Debra," she shot him with a tranquilliser gun and held him captive in a cell in her basement. Quinn immediately changed places with Robert, but what he and Flame didn't expect was that Robert's empire was crumbling fast. Quinn then came up with the idea to marry Robert's girlfriend, Kelly Capwell, to get his hands on some of the Capwell money. This plan made Flame jealous, but she went along with it.

Problems arose when Craig Hunt, who was in love with Kelly, suspected "Robert" of having an affair with "Debra." Craig even broke into Flame's house once and almost discovered Robert in the hidden cell. Flame and Quinn then got rid of Robert by shipping him to New Orleans in a coffin rigged with air. Once in New Orleans, Flame and Quinn left her family to keep Robert prisoner.

Meanwhile, Quinn still planned to marry Kelly. Flame was distraught and furious when she realized that Quinn had fallen in love with Kelly. To get rid of her rival, Flame set a trip wire in Quinn and Kelly's new house, causing Kelly to fall down the stairs on the night of the wedding. The fall left Kelly paralyzed. A short time later, Flame learned that Quinn would get Kelly's money if she was declared incompetent. This had Flame plotting to make Kelly think she was losing her mind. She started drugging Kelly and made her believe that Quinn (alias Robert) was having an affair with Kelly's sister, Eden. In order to protect Kelly, Quinn locked Flame up in the now-empty cell in her basement.

During this time, Robert finally escaped with Cruz Castillo's help. He made it back to Santa Barbara, and Eden wound up shooting Quinn in self-defence. Flame made a deal with district attorney Keith Timmons where she would help him convict Kelly for Quinn's death in exchange for immunity for her own crimes. Before Eden could confess to killing Quinn, she got into a car accident and wound up in a coma. Eden's spirit went back to the night of Quinn's death and discovered that someone else had killed him. As 1991 began, Cruz and Eden discovered that Flame could have escaped from the basement cell long enough to kill Quinn. They had Robert pose as Quinn and scare Flame into confessing to the crime. Flame then claimed that she had shot Quinn to protect Eden. Thanks to Keith, she had to stay in jail for just a little while.

With her freedom back, Flame befriended accused rapist Dash Nichols and found out that Robert, not Quinn, had died that fateful night. Quinn was once again posing as Robert! Flame wanted to win back his love, but Quinn still loved Kelly. Michael Donnelly had sex with Flame, but when he was cold to her afterwards, Flame became suicidal and headed into a busy street. This incident prompted Michael to start a real relationship with Flame.

Eventually, Flame was arrested for her part in the Robert/Quinn mess. But her charges were dropped after she helped Cruz investigate Helmut Dieter, a chemical arms dealer. When Helmut tried to kill Flame, she electrocuted him in self-defense. She then started working for Warren Lockridge's newspaper and presumably left town.