Edith Collins
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Edith Collins was the matriarch of the Collins Family from the time of her husband’s death in 1863 until her death in 1897. Her husband was Gabriel Collins and they had a son (name unrecorded) who sired four children, Edward, Judith, Carl, and Quentin. She carried to her grave the Collins family secret.
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[edit] Marriage to Gabriel Collins
After she married Gabriel, Edith begged her father-in-law, Daniel Collins to let them live in The Old House, but he refused telling her "If you want to be a Collins, you must live in Collinwood" (706). She always hated Collinwood, but lived there until her death.
[edit] The Family Secret
Before he died, Daniel Collins passed on the Family secret to Edith, which was that in the family Mausoleum there was a relative who suffered under the curse of vampirism, Barnabas Collins. The secret originated with Joshua Collins, who passed it to Daniel. In theory Daniel should have passed it to his eldest son, Gabriel Collins, but it appears either he passed it instead to Edith, who was married to Gabriel or he passed it on to Gabriel who passed it on to Edith since their son was dead. Edith was determined to pass the secret on to her oldest male grandson, Edward, but when Barnabas Collins appeared before her, looking exactly like his portrait and wearing the same jewelry, she blurted out to Barnabas that he was the family secret, then lost her tenuous grip on reality. By the time Edward arrived at her bed, she believed Daniel had come for her (706).
[edit] Death
Before she died, Edith told Edward that “Judith did kind things for me while you were gone away. I know why she did it, she thinks she’s getting the money. You Edward, you are not kind, you shouldn’t have gone away and left" (706).
When Edith died, Magda was reading Carl’s tarot cards. She says there is much money, more than anyone knows. She next says that everyone will be very surprised. She says there is murder but Edith has the last laugh. Next, she says the money will not stay with whoever gets it. She then turns over the death card and realizes Edith is dead, and died without telling Edward what the family secret was. However, Magda knew that someone else did know the secret and told Carl (706).
[edit] Edith’s will
The part of Edith Collins lying in her coffin was played by Natalie Norwick in episodes 708-710 (uncredited).
