Sylvia Vane

Sylvia Vane is a prostitute in the episode "Only Sin Deep".

Early Life

Sylvia worked as a prostitute on the streets of New York City, alongside her friend Raven. They were on the same street as a building with a penthouse owned by Ronnie Price, a handsome millionaire, and both girls swooned over his appearance. Sylvia, who was a vain woman, said her face was her "meal ticket", and would get her a better place in life than out on the streets. Raven laughed and said even if they are attractive, they are still part of the lower class. Immediately afterward, Raven's pimp attempted to proposition Sylvia into working for him. Sylvia led him into an alley to feign agreement.

Crime

Sylvia came on to the pimp, thinking he was going to get free prostitution service from Sylvia. When his guard was down, she threatened him into handing over all his valuables, to which the pimp pulled a pistol on her in his defense. In the struggle, his firearm discharged and hit him, mortally wounding him. Sylvia stole his valuables and told Raven she was now a "free agent", causing Raven to react in horror when she saw her pimp was now dead. Sylvia then went to Joe, who owned a pawn shop, and attempted to pawn the pimp's jewelry. When Joe saw that the jewelry was gaudy and ugly, he noted it is something men would wear, and inquired where Sylvia obtained this. Sylvia made up a story, but Joe refused, stating that the jewelry was obviously stolen. Disgusted, Sylvia tried to leave the pawn shop, but was stopped by Joe suggesting another business deal, noting she had something going for her. Sylvia, thinking Joe was interested in sex, scoffed and told him she "just retired from that business". Joe said that he was not trying to buy her body, but rather her beauty, and offered $10,000 in exchange, even going so far to lay out the cash in front of her to prove his gravity. Joe then made a plaster cast of Sylvia's head to use to resurrect his deceased wife, but warned it would not take effect for four months, to which she had that time to pay back the $10,000.

Fate

However, Sylvia's privileged life with Ronnie soon became a nightmare, and she rapidly began to become an old woman. Remembering the old woman from before, she realized that her pact with Joe was the cause of this, and she would be able to reverse it if she paid him back. Sylvia shoots Ronnie Price, when he tries to call the cops.

She find Joe's wife becoming beautiful and demands that Joe restore her beauty. However, he tried to keep her quiet by showing her a ransom note for Ronnie's murder. When the cops meet Joe for information on Sylvia's location, not knowing that the old woman was her. Fearing that she would end up in prison or worse, on death row, Sylvia stole the statue of her face and fled. She is accidentally hit by her former colleague Raven, who insults her. The sculpture was broken and Sylvia become highly depressed, apparently destined to die.

Behind the Scenes

• She was portrayed by Lea Thompson.
• Lea Thompson was well-known for portray Lorraine Baines McFly, Michael J. Fox (Prosecutor)'s mother in the trilogy "Back to the Future" with James Tolkan (McClaine), Mary Ellen Trainor (Elizabeth Kamen), Lindsey Whitney Barry (Carrie-Ann Kamen) and Al White (Unidentified policeman), realized by Robert Zemeckis.