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Ivy Winthrop (formerly Crane) is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. Ivy has been portrayed by original cast member Kim Johnston Ulrich since the soap’s premiere episode in July 1999. At that time Ivy was trapped in a loveless marriage to Julian Crane son of ruthless billionaire Alistair Crane; her one joy was her son Ethan Crane the product of her adulterous affair with teenage love and new chief of police Sam Bennett on her wedding night.