Adrianne Margeaux is a character from the original Knight Rider series. She was the partner and lover of Garthe Knight before ultimately sacrificing herself to kill him.
Background[]
Knight Rider (1982)[]
Adrianne Margeaux had dealings with George Atherton, a man who was once on the Foundation's board of directors. She eventually wished to have Atherton's priceless art collection for herself. She somehow learned of K.I.T.T. and wished to use his abilities to steal Atherton's collection.
Adrianne once got Michael Knight to stop and help her while posing as an innocent stranded woman whose car had broken down, and after he rendered aid, she insisted he join her for a drink at her home. There, she mesmerized him with strange music before dumping Michael at the side of the road. Thanks to a young whiz kid Randy Merritt, whom she had recruited to help her hijack K.I.T.T. She tries to rob Mr. Atherton's collection on route. Thankfully her plan was foiled by Michael and K.I.T.T. and she was arrested.
A year later, Adrianne helps Garthe Knight escape from prison, with the help of the newly rebuilt Goliath. She'd financed Goliath's repair, and the pair work together to kidnap a Swedish scientist Dr. Klaus Bergstrom, a brilliant physicist, to force him to use his genius for their own purposes. For their plans to work Adrianne gives another man plastic surgery to look like Dr. Bergstrom so that his niece, Christina Bergstrom, and others would not get suspicious. Michael manages to find her mansion while looking for Garthe. He and K.I.T.T. encounter Goliath and then Michael gets captured by Garthe. Michael is put in a cell, but later manages to escape with K.I.T.T. using Adrianne's voice as a lure for the guards, and the two escape. As Michael and Christina try to rescue Devon and April. Garthe plans to overload the systems in the mansion to kill them. Adrianne and Garthe take Dr. Bergstrom in Goliath to meet a submarine to take the doctor out of the country. Michael arrives at the mansion and saves Devon and April by turning off the power. Michael then goes after Goliath to rescue Dr. Bergstrom. Michael manages to rescue the doctor; but Garthe spots them and follows Michael. Michael and K.I.T.T. go near the edge of a cliff and use the grappling hook to save themselves. Then, just as Garthe is about to ram K.I.T.T. and kill Michael, Adrianne, who has had an attraction to Michael for some time, turns the steering wheel to prevent Garthe from killing him. Goliath goes off the cliff and into the sea, killing Adrianne along with Garthe.
Personality[]
Adrianne is a cold and very manipulative woman. Who uses her sex appeal to manipulate men into giving her what she wants. However, she did seem show some genuine affection to Michael and ultimately sacrificed herself to save him. She also had some attraction to Garthe, before he revealed that in reality he cared little for her.
Skills[]
Adrianne is highly intelligent, despite not being very physically strong or a capable fighter. She shows numerous times throughout the series to be a highly intelligent manipulator and a skilled leader.
Appearances[]
Knight Rider (1982)[]
Season 2[]
Trivia[]
- Although Ann Turkel is billed (including on-screen) as Adrianne St. Clair in Episode 217: Goliath Returns, she is in fact the same character, Adrianne Margeaux, that appeared previously in the season in 'Soul Survivor' (She is referred to by this name in dialogue).
- Ann Turkel would appear as another villain named Bianca Morgan in the third season episode Episode 319: Knight in Retreat.