Margaret Michaels is a former American actress best known for appearing as the characters of Pamela Barnes Ewing (#2) and Jeanne O'Brien on the CBS primetime soap opera ''Dallas (1978 TV series)'' and as Santana Andrade #2 on the NBC daytime soap opera '' Santa Barbara''.

Life and career

Michaels was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Winner of various hometown beauty contests, she started her acting career after working as make-up artist with small parts on various TV shows including ''

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'' and ''

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''. After appearing in 1983 film '' Scarface'' and guest starring on ''

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'', Michaels was cast as Santana Andrade on the NBC daytime soap opera '' Santa Barbara'', replacing Ava Lazar in this role.

''Dallas''

In the late 1980s,

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was looking for a Victoria Principal lookalike to step into the role of Pamela Ewing on ''Dallas (1978 TV series)'', after

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, played by

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, and to give Bobby Ewing a chance to sort of say goodbye to his former wife, as he never had the chance when Pamela had left abruptly back in 1987. Michaels was asked to return to the show, this time not as

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, but as a Pam Ewing lookalike named Jeanne O'Brien. After her 4-episode stint on the show, Michaels' character Jeanne was written out. After ''Dallas'', Michaels acted on one independent movie that was never released, and worked on stage. She is married to Dr. Richard Fleming.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Michaels, Margaret American television actresses Place of birth missing (living people) Living people 1949 births 21st-century American women