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Dallas (1978 TV Series, Season 4)
The fourth season of the television series ''Dallas'' aired on CBS during the 1980–81 TV season. Cast Starring In alphabetical order: * Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing (23 episodes) * Jim Davis as Jock Ewing (21 episodes) * Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing (23 episodes) * Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing (23 episodes) * Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing (23 episodes) * Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs (23 episodes) * Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes (23 episodes) * Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing (23 episodes) * Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing Cooper (22 episodes) Also starring * Leigh McCloskey as Mitch Cooper (20 episodes) * Susan Howard as Donna Culver Krebbs (19 episodes) * Susan Flannery as Leslie Stewart (11 episodes) * Mary Crosby as Kristin Shepard (7 episodes) * Randolph Powell as Alan Beam (1 episode) Special guest stars * Monte Markham as Clint Ogden (9 episodes) * William Smithers as Jeremy Wendell (8 episodes) * Priscilla Pointer as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth ...
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Dallas (TV Series)
''Dallas'' is an American prime time soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The series revolved around an affluent and feuding Texas family, the Ewing family (Dallas), Ewings, who owned the independent oil company Ewing family (Dallas)#Ewing Oil, Ewing Oil and the cattle-ranching land of Southfork Ranch, Southfork. The series originally focused on the marriage of Bobby Ewing and Pam Ewing, whose families were sworn enemies. As the series progressed, Bobby's elder brother, oil tycoon J. R. Ewing, became the show's List of breakout characters, breakout character, whose schemes and dirty business became the show's trademark. When the show ended on May 3, 1991, J. R. was the only character to have appeared in every episode. The show was prominent for its cliffhangers, including the "Who shot J.R.?" mystery. The 1980 episode "Who Done It (Dallas), Who Done It" remains List of most watched television broadcasts in the United States#The highest-rated broadcast ...
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Charlene Tilton
Charlene L. Tilton (born December 1, 1958) is an American actress and singer. She is widely known for playing Lucy Ewing on the CBS prime time soap opera ''Dallas''. Career Tilton had early roles on television series such as ''Happy Days'' and '' Eight Is Enough''. She made her first film appearance alongside Jodie Foster in '' Freaky Friday'' (1976). In 1978, Tilton made a cameo appearance in the John Milius film '' Big Wednesday''. The same year, she made her big break by landing the role of Lucy Ewing, the sly, vixenish, frequently frustrated granddaughter of John "Jock" Ewing Sr. and the former Eleanor "Ellie" Southworth (and out-of-wedlock daughter of Gary and Valene Ewing on '' Knots Landing'') on the television series ''Dallas'', alongside actors Jim Davis, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Larry Hagman, from 1978 to 1985 and from 1988 to 1990. She also appeared on one episode of the series' spin-off '' Knots Landing'' in 1980. At the height of her ''Dallas'' fame, she rece ...
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Anne Francis
Anne Francis (September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress known for her ground-breaking roles in the science fiction film ''Forbidden Planet'' (1956) and the television action-drama series '' Honey West'' (1965–1966). ''Forbidden Planet'' marked a first in in-color, big-budget, science-fiction-themed motion pictures. Nine years later, Francis challenged female stereotypes in ''Honey West'', in which she played a perky blonde private investigator who was as quick with body slams as with witty one-liners. She earned a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award nomination for her performance. Francis was known largely for her physical assets, including a trademark mole near her lower lip. The beauty mark was even written into the script of one of her films. In 2005, ''TV Guide'' ranked Francis at number 18 on its "50 Sexiest Stars of All Time" list. Early life Francis was born in Ossining, New York, on September 16, 1930. Contrary to some sources, which errone ...
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Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
Here is a list of characters appearing on the 1978–1991 American television series ''Dallas''. During its 14 seasons on air, the show featured 21 regular cast members, portraying twenty characters (as the character of Miss Ellie was recast for season eight). Additionally, hundreds of guest actors portrayed supporting characters; this list includes the most noteworthy. Main cast timeline ;Cast notes Supporting characters Ewing relatives Gary Ewing Garrison Arthur "Gary" Ewing (David Ackroyd in season 2, Ted Shackelford thereafter) was the middle son of Jock ( Jim Davis) and Miss Ellie Ewing (Barbara Bel Geddes), husband of Valene (Joan Van Ark) and father of Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton). He appeared occasionally between season 2 and season 6, once in season 9, and the series finale in season 14. The character made 11 appearances on the show, Ackroyd for the first two and Shackelford for the remaining nine. Gary was the middle child, being born after J.R. (Larry ...
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Priscilla Pointer
Priscilla Marie Pointer (May 18, 1924 – April 28, 2025) was an American actress of theater, film and television. Pointer began her career in the theater in the late 1940s, including productions on Broadway, and later moved to Hollywood to pursue a television and film career beginning in the early 1950s. She was widely known for her recurring role as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth in the popular television series, ''Dallas''. Background Pointer was born on May 18, 1924, in New York City. Her mother, Augusta "Gus" Leonora Pointer (1898–1970, née Davis), was an sculptor and an illustrator, and her father, Kenneth Keith Pointer (1890–1984), was an artist. One of her maternal great-grandfathers, Jacob Barrett Cohen, was from a Jewish family who had lived in the United States since the 1700s. Pointer turned 100 in May 2024. Pointer was married to film and stage director Jules Irving, former artistic director of Lincoln Center, from 1947 until his death in 1979; they were the paren ...
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William Smithers
William Smithers (born July 10, 1927) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jeremy Wendell in the television series ''Dallas''. He appeared in the series in 1981 and from 1984 to 1989. Early life and career Smithers was born on July 10, 1927, in Richmond, Virginia, the son of systems engineer Marion Wilkinson Smithers and Marion Albany Smithers (née Thompson). In 1951, he made his Broadway debut as Tybalt in the Dwight Deere Wiman production of ''Romeo and Juliet'', starring Olivia de Havilland; for this performance he received a Theater World Award. In 1952, he was accepted as a life member of The Actors Studio. In 1957, he received an Obie Award for his portrayal of Treplev in Anton Chekhov's ''The Seagull''. Stage His other Broadway plays included Jean Anouilh's ''Legend of Lovers'', Calder Willingham's ''End as a Man'', (begun as a project at the Actors Studio), Carson McCullers's ''The Square Root of Wonderful'' and Terence Rattigan's ' ...
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Monte Markham
Monte Markham (born June 21, 1935) is an American actor. He has appeared in films, television series, and on Broadway. Early life Markham was born in Manatee County, Florida, one of four sons of Millie Content (née Willbur) and Jesse Edward Markham Sr., who was a merchant. He attended Palm Beach State College before graduating from the University of Georgia with a master's degree in theater. Markham also served 10 years as an officer in the United States Coast Guard.TV Cameos: Monte Markham, A Star Is Born–After a Little Delay
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Randolph Powell
Randolph Powell (born April 14, 1950) is an American actor, best known for his roles on television. He was a leading cast member of the science fiction series ''Logan's Run'', also being known for the role of Alan Beam in the soap opera ''Dallas''. Life and career Born in Iowa City, Iowa, Powell was raised in nearby Mason City, Iowa. As a youth, Powell acted in plays in junior high as well as high school before landing the role of Tommy Djilas in a production of "The Music Man" in 1968 at age 17 at the Mason City Community Theatre. After graduating from high school im Mason City, Powell attended the University of Denver, where he was in the theater program. After doing summer stock on Cape Cod and in Illinois, he embarked on his professional acting career, heading for Hollywood in 1974. In addition to his recurring roles on ''Logan's Run'' and the original ''Dallas'' TV series, Powell has also made guest appearances on '' Laverne and Shirley'', ''Harry O'', ''Eight is Enough'', ...
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Kristin Shepard
Kristin Marie Shepard is a fictional character on the American television series ''Dallas'', played by Mary Crosby (1979–1981) and, briefly, by Colleen Camp (1979). The character also made one appearance on ''Dallas''s spin-off series, ''Knots Landing'', during its second season. Character background Kristin was Sue Ellen Ewing's attractive but scheming younger sister, who later has an affair with Sue Ellen's husband, J.R. Storylines The character of Kristin first appeared on ''Dallas'' during the second season in the company of her mother, Patricia Shepard ( Martha Scott). Patricia was always proud that her daughter, former beauty pageant winner Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), had married into the prominent Ewing family. Patricia was hoping her younger daughter Kristin (then portrayed by Colleen Camp) would also find a successful man to marry. Kristin spent some time at Southfork Ranch and J.R. (Larry Hagman) came up with a plan for Kristin to seduce Bobby. ( Bobby had just recently ...
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Mary Crosby
Mary Frances Crosby (born September 14, 1959) is an American actress, the only daughter of actor/singer Bing Crosby and his second wife Kathryn Grant. She played Kristin Shepard in the television series ''Dallas'' (1979–1981, 1991).Mary Crosby profile
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Mary Frances Crosby was born on September 14, 1959, in Los Angeles, California, the second of three children of singer and actor and actress Kathryn Grant. She graduated from high school at 15, after which she entered the University of Texas at Austin, where ...
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Susan Flannery
Susan Flannery (born July 31, 1939) is an American actress and director. She made her screen debut appearing in the 1965 Western film '' Guns of Diablo'' and later appeared in some television series. From 1966 to 1975, Flannery starred as Laura Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera, ''Days of Our Lives'' for which she received her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Flannery received Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in the 1974 disaster film, '' The Towering Inferno''. For her starring role in the 1976 miniseries '' The Moneychangers'', she received Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. Flannery later acted on prime-time shows and made-for-television movies, before returning to daytime with the role of Stephanie Forrester on the CBS soap opera, ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (1987–2012, 2018), receiving three Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Act ...
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Donna Culver Krebbs
Donna Culver Krebbs is a fictional character in the popular American television series '' Dallas'', played by Susan Howard from 1979 to 1987. Casting and creation Susan Howard was cast in the series in 1979. For the second and third seasons, she appeared in a recurring capacity; during the fourth season, she became a regular cast member. In 1986, Howard won Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role on a Primetime Serial for role. In 1987, the show's producers opted not to renew her contract, stating that her character had run its course (this came at a time when the show was undergoing significant cast changes due to high production costs and declining ratings). However, Howard has claimed this decision was connected to her opposition of what she saw as pro- abortion storylines involving her character. Storylines Donna was an intelligent, ambitious and well-regarded politician's wife, married to much older Sam Culver, a former governor of Texas and Spe ...
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