''Pacific Palisades'' is an American

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that aired on

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during

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from April to July 1997. Produced by

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, the show was canceled after thirteen episodes despite a last-minute attempt to increase ratings by casting

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as Laura's mother. The show was originally supposed to be a vehicle for

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. She was due to play the Laura Sinclair role which was eventually given to Kimberley Davies.

Summary

Set in the Los Angeles district of the same name, the series follows the lives of young professionals who have it all, but haven't paid for it yet, on the Southern California fast track to fame, fortune, scandal and ruin. The cast of characters includes Joanna (

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) and Nick Hadley (

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), a young married couple who left their native Midwest for the Pacific Coast where Nick has landed a job as an architect; Joanna's troubled teenage sister Rachel Whittaker (

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) – later discovered to be her illegitimate daughter at the end of the series; Rachel's friends Ashley (Jennifer Banko) and Michael (J. Trevor Edmond) who excel in sneakiness; Robert (

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) and Kate Russo (

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), whose sterling life is beginning to tarnish; Jessica Mitchell (Jocelyn Seagrave), a rising professional whose choice of men leads to trouble; Matt Dunning (Lucky Vanous), a construction businessman with a dark side; Laura Sinclair (

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), a real estate agent who does whatever it takes to close a deal; Cory Robbins (

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), a promising but manipulative plastic surgeon; and beautiful Beth Hooper (

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), who rents an apartment from Laura and is being romanced by Cory.

Cast list

as Rachel Whittaker *

as Laura Sinclair * J. Trevor Edmond as Michael Kerris *

as Nick Hadley *

as Joanna Hadley *

as Robert Russo *

as Kate Russo *

as Beth Hooper *

Jocelyn Seagrave Jocelyn Seagrave (born September 9, 1968) is an American film and television actress, best known for playing Julie Camaletti on '' Guiding Light'' and Jessica Mitchell on Fox's '' Pacific Palisades''. Early life Seagrave's father was American a ...

as Jessica Mitchell *

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as Matt Dunning *

as Cory Robbins *

as Christina Hobson *

Gianni Russo Gianni Vito Russo is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Carlo Rizzi in the 1972 film '' The Godfather''. Life and career Russo was born in Manhattan in 1943 and raised in Little Italy and Staten Island. After repri ...

as Frank Nichols *

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as John Graham *

Daphne Ashbrook Daphne Lee Ashbrook (born January 30, 1963) is an American actress best known for playing Grace Holloway in '' Doctor Who: The Movie'', Melora Pazlar in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', Jackie Kowalski in '' Hollywood Heights'', and Dawn Atw ...

as Julie Graham

Episodes

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacific Palisades (Tv Series) 1997 American television series debuts 1997 American television series endings 1990s American drama television series American television soap operas American primetime television soap operas English-language television shows Television series by CBS Studios Television series by Spelling Television Television shows set in Los Angeles