Kendall Hart first appeared to us as a fragile young woman who sought out her idol, Erica Kane, at Enchantment in hopes of finding employment. Erica hired Kendall as her as personal assistant and she took up residence at Myrtle Fargate's boarding house. As Erica's assistant, Kendall became very involved in Erica's personal life as she helped to coordinate Erica's wedding to Dimitri Marick. It was during this time that Erica's mother, Mona, made a startling discovery. She noticed a familiar birthmark on Kendall's neck and realized that she had seen that birthmark once before.
Twenty-three years prior, Erica had been raped by Richard Fields, an actor friend of her father's, and had become pregnant. She was only 14 years old and since abortion was not legal at that time, she had been forced to give birth to the child and put it up for adoption. Before being given to the adoptive parents, Mona had held the child briefly and noticed the birthmark.
Erica however, buried this painful memory from her consciousness and now as an adult she was not ever aware she bore another child. The truth became known when a jealous Kendall blurted out the truth when Erica's daughter Bianca was hurt in a riding accident.
The mother and daughter reunion did not go well at all. Kendall had become obsessed with finding her biological father but Erica forbade Kendall to look for him--after all, he was the monster who raped her. Kendall ignored Erica's warning and managed to con Dimitri(Erica's husband) into helping her locate Richard Fields(Kendall's biological father). When Erica learned of Kendall's continued pursuit she told Dimitri that Kendall was no longer welcomed in their home (Wildwind). Dimitri, unaware of Kendall's lies, challenged Erica's decision, and as a result Erica asked Dimitri for a divorce.
Kendall was secretly falling for Dimitri. One evening she spent the night with Anton Lang, a medical student from Hungary whom Dimitri was fond of, and she ran to Erica and lied that Dimitri had raped her. In an enraged moment, Erica believing that Dimitri raped Kendall, confronted him and plunged a letter opener into his chest.
During the trial, Kendall tried to unnerve her mother by wheeling the elderly and ailing Richard Fields into the courtroom. She also testified against her mother claiming that Erica knowingly stabbed Dimitri because she was jealous that he had seduced Kendall. Later Kendall learned the truth about Richard Fields when he tried to force himself on Bianca. Seeing the error of her ways, she finally told the truth at Erica's trial, but she was sent to jail for committing perjury.
Early in 1994 Kendall befriended Del Henry, a writer with a secret and she teamed up with him to write a scandalous tell-all book about the life and love's of her mother--Erica Kane.
After her short stay in jail, Kendall fell in love with Anton. He proposed and she accepted. Kendall discovered that Anton was really Dimitri's son by Corvina(whom Anton believed was his older sister). Being the schemer that she was, Kendall wanted Anton to claim his birthright. With Corvina's help, she forged documents stating that Corvina and Dimitri were switched at birth which would mean that Corvina and Anton would inherit the Marick fortune.
Kendall's scheme failed and Anton divorced her. She continued to work on the book with Del, and he slowly began to make her realize that there were more important things in life than getting back at Erica and that she would only harm herself in the end. He even helped her mend her relationship with her adoptive family in Florida whom she had resented for keeping her adoption a secret. Despite everyone's warnings to Del about Kendall's true character, he believed she had finally changed. Kendall fell in love with her friend Del Henry and they planned to marry. They left Pine Valley after receiving the sad news that her adoptive father, Bill Hart had died. They left for Florida to live with Alice Hart but not before she and Erica were able to come to some sort of understanding. Erica finally accepted Kendall's apology for all the evil she had caused.
Kendall returned to Pine Valley in January 2002 when Erica was on trial for the murder of Mary Frances "Frankie" Stone. Hell-bent on revenge, Kendall hoped that her testimony about how she and her mother did not get along would send Erica up the river -- permanently. What Kendall didn't know, however, was that Erica had hoped for the very same thing. Kendall's damning testimony would, in Erica's mind, protect Bianca -- the person Erica really believed killed Frankie.
Kendall's plot to send her mother to jail was thwarted when Erica was found not-guilty. Kendall was furious, but found some comfort in an unlikely friendship with Ryan Lavery. The "opposites attract" friendship resulted in the pair living together for a short time - though it was strictly platonic. Kendall soon decided to move into Myrtle's boarding house to offer care for Chris Stamp, Ryan's dad - and to play mind games with half-sister, Bianca.
