Dynasty
ABC (ended 1989)
Cast & Crew
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John Forsythe
Blake Carrington
Born January 29, 1918 to a businessman. Graduated in 1934 from Abraham Lincoln High School of Brooklyn, New York. Forsythe started in radio, moved to the stage, then signed a acting contract with Warner Brothers. Eventually he found his greatest fame on television. Forsythe has been married three times, and has had three children. 1. Parker McCormick (1938-1940 (divorced); 1 child). 2. Julie Warren (1943-1994 (death); 2 children) 3. Nicole Carter (2002-present).moreless -
Linda Evans
Krystle Grant Jennings Carrington
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Pamela Sue Martin
Fallon Carrington Colby [Seasons 1-4]
Pretty redhaired actress who first got noticed in the early 70's with roles in films such as The Poseidon Adventure and Buster and Billie. Switching to television she played Nancy Drew for a while in the series of the same name and in 1980 was cast in her most famous role: that of vixenish rich girl Fallon Carrington in Dynasty. Pamela Sue was very popular in her role but decided to leave the series after four seasons in order to pursue "other projects." Most of these "other projects" consisted of low budget films that nobody saw and a few guest appearances on television. Pamela Sue now lives in Idaho with her son having long ago left the glitz and glitter of Hollywood behind but she's still active in community theatre there and is in the process of writing her autobiography.moreless -
Pamela Bellwood
Claudia Blaisdel Carrington [Seasons 1-2; 4-6]
Pamela is best known for her work on televisions hit primetime drama Dynasty. -
Al Corley
Steven Carrington [Seasons 1-2]
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John James
Jeff Colby [Seasons 1-6; 8-9]
John is a well-known face to fans of the soap genre, having appeared in All My Children, As the World Turns, Dynasty, Search for Tomorrow and The Colbys. He is married to actress Denise Coward, and they share two children: daughter Laura (born 1991) and son Philip (born 1992). His father was radio personality Herb Oscar Anderson, and he has a brother, Herb, who appeared on Ryan's Hope in the 1980s.moreless -
Wayne Northrop
Michael Culhane [Seasons 1 & 7]
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Katy Kurtzman
Lindsay Blaisdel [Season 1]
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Dale Robertson
Walter Lankershim [Season 1]
DALE was a prizefighter before he entered into films, making mostly Westerns. He was once married to actress MARY MURPHY. -
Bo Hopkins
Matthew Blaisdel [Season 1]
After a stint in the US Army, Bo Hopkins began studying under Uta Hagen, the highly influential acting teacher at New York's Herbert Berghof Studio. His experience in summer stock and several small television guest spots earned him an audition with Sam Peckinpah - which led to his first film appearance as 'Crazy' Lee in Peckinpah's classic western, The Wild Bunch (1969). Although early on Bo was typecast as a dim, slightly crazed and often violent loon, he eventually outgrew that persona and went on to have a robust career in a wide variety of roles - often playing sheriffs. Besides frequently appearing in feature films, Bo was a regular on television throughout the '80's and '90's - including a small recurring role as John Cooper on The Rockford Files and a much larger role as Matthew Blaisdel on the prime-time soap opera Dynasty.moreless -
Lee Bergere
Joseph Aynders [Season 1-3]
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Joan Collins
Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan [Season 2-9]
Joan Henrietta Collins was born on May 23rd at Bayswater Nursing Home in London. The eldest of three children, she was named for her father Joe and grandmother Henrietta Collins. Joan was infatuated with movies from the moment she saw "The Wizard of Oz" and began to crystallize the image of herself on the stage. When she asked her father if she could audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, her father reluctantly agreed on the condition that if she didn't pass she would be his secretary. Well she did, and to date Joan has appeared in 58 films, over 80 television shows, and nine theatrical plays. She has been married five times. Her first marriage was to British film personality Maxwell Reed, which Joan had dissolved on her twenty-first birthday. Her second marriage to singer/songwriter Anthony Newley with whom she had two children; daughter Tara Cynara Newley and son Alexander Anthony Newley who is more fondly referred to as Sacha was probably her most notable because she and Newley became great friends after their divorce, a first in Hollywood. Her third husband Ron Kass was the head of Apple Records during The Beatles reign. She and Ron had daughter Katyana Kennedy Kass, Katy for short. That marriage fell apart after Kass fell into drug abuse. Her fourth marriage was to Swedish singer Peter Holm, which ended after a year and a very acrimonious divorce. Joan tied the knot with Percy Gibson on February 17, 2002 at Claridges Hotel in London. On October 5, 1998 she was presented with her first grandchild. Daughter Tara gave birth to an adorable baby girl, Miel Celeste Adam. Tara has since also given birth to son Weston Faulconroy. In 2004 son Sacha and his wife Angela excitedly presented their daughter, Ava Grace, to an ecstatic Joan. But Joan being Joan, does not allow her grandchildren to call her "Granny" they refer to her as "Dodo" instead. Joan is an actress, producer, lifeguru and is also a celebrated author who has just released her 12th book titled Misfortune's Daughters. Her others include:
Past Imperfect - An Autobiography
Katy: A Fight For Life
The Joan Collins Beauty Book
Prime Time
Love & Desire & Hate
My Secrets (a.k.a. Health, Youth & Happiness)
Too Damn Famous (a.k.a. Infamous)
Second Act - An Autobiography
My Friends' Secrets
Star Quality
Joan's Way
Although most of these titles are now out of print, if you would like a copy check out your local library or click here to order one from her fan club. If you're willing to wait a little while, you can even have it signed!moreless -
James Farentino
Dr. Nicholas "Nick" Toscanni [Season 2]
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Lloyd Bochner
Cecil Colby [Season 1-3]
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Heather Locklear
Samantha Josephine "Sammy Jo" Dean Carrington [Seasons 2-9]
Heather Locklear was born on September 25th, 1961 to Bill and Diane Locklear. She was born the youngest of four children, her siblings being Laurie, Colleen, and Mark. Heather went to Newbury Park High School in Newbury Park, then moved on to attend UCLA, majoring in psychology. During her first year at college, she caught the eye of a casting director and was persuaded to take a commercial acting class. She started to model for the school store, then got her first role in a TV movie in 1979. In 1980, Heather got her first TV role, on a show called CHiPs. When Aaron Spelling cast her in the show Dynasty in 1982, her fame skyrocketed. Heather had her first movie role in Firestarter, a 1984 film starring Drew Barrymore. On May 10th, 1986, Heather married Tommy Lee of the rock group Mtley Cre, divorcing him seven years later on August 16th, 1993. Also in 1993, Heather began her role in Melrose Place, another Aaron Spelling TV show. Heather re-married on December 17th, 1994, this time to Richie Sambora of the rock group Bon Jovi. Heather gave birth to her only child, Ava Elizabeth, on October 4th, 1997. In 1999 after Melrose Place had ended its run, Heather went on to star in the popular sitcom Spin City until its cancellation in 2002. In 2004, she starred in the short-lived NBC series LAX. Heather filed for divorce from her second husband Richie Sambora in February 2006, although the two had officially been separated since December 2005. The divorce became final in April of 2007.moreless -
Gordon Thomson
Adam Carrington [Seasons 3-9]
Gordon Thomson is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of "Adam Carrington" on the prime time series Dynasty and for his portrayal of "Mason Capwell" on the daytime drama Santa Barbara. -
Geoffrey Scott
Mark Jennings [Seasons 3-4]
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Kathleen Beller
Kirby Aynders Colby [Seasons 3-4]
Kathleen has three children with her second husband, Thomas Dolby: Lilian, Talia and Graham. -
Jack Coleman
Steven Carrington [Season 3-8]
Jack Coleman was born in Easton, Pennsylvania on February 21, 1958. He is best known for his work on Dynasty and Heroes. -
Deborah Adair
Tracy Kendall [Season 4]
Deborah is American actress best known for originating the role of Kate Roberts on NBC's daytime drama "Days of our Lives," which she had played from 1993 to 1995. Her other notable roles on daytime includes being the third actress to play the role of Jill Foster Abbott on CBS's soap "The Young and the Restless" from 1980 to 1983. Aside from her daytime roles, her other notable roles include recurring on "Melrose Place" as Lucy Cabot, starring as Tracy Kendall on "Dynasty" and various other roles. Deborah is married to Chip Hayes, the writer of many shows she had starred in. Deborah wasn't seen on television since 1995.moreless -
Michael Nader
Farnsworth "Dex" Dexter [Seasons 4-9]
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Helmut Berger
Peter de Vilbis [Season 4]
Exceptional Austrian actor, known for his lifelong work starring in Luchino Visconti films. His anguished and sinister characters are liken to Ralph Fiennes current work. Ahead of his time he portrayals garnered him nominations and much acclaim throughout his career. -
Diahann Carroll
Dominique Deveraux [Season 4-7]
Diahann Carroll began her career as a model for Ebony magazine when she was 15 years old. She was a student at Manhattan's School of Performing Arts when she began entering talent shows. After graduation, she sang in New York's vital nightclubs before her first appearance on Broadway in The House of Flowers. She received her first Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1954 play. In the same year, she had her first film role in Carmen Jones.
Diahann had numerous film and Broadway roles and released several albums in the last 50's and early 60's. She won a Tony Award for her Broadway role in the musical No Strings in 1962. Also in 1962, she was nominated for her first Emmy as a guest star in the TV series,
Naked City. She then became the second African-American woman to star in her own TV series,
Julia, from 1968 to 1971. She won a Golden Globe award in 1968 and was nominated for an Emmy in 1969 for her starring role. She continued to work in films, including Claudine in 1974 with James Earl Jones for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
Diahann has been married and divorced or widowed four times to the following men: Monte Kay, Freddie Glausman, Robert DeLeon (widowed), and Vic Damone. She also had a long affair with Sidney Poiter and a broken engagement with talk show host, David Frost. She has one child, Suzanne Kay, who was born in 1960. Diahann is well-known for her TV roles as Dominique Deveraux in
Dynasty and as Whitley Gilbert's mother in
A Different World for which she was again nominated for an Emmy. Diahann is a breast cancer survivor and now promotes cancer awareness and early screenings. She continues to act, sing, and promote her line of wigs, clothing and accessories.moreless -
Billy Dee Williams
Brady Lloyd [Season 5]
Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem to Texan William and Loretta. His mother was an elevator operator at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre, and she soon volunteered him to appear to stage. He has a twin sister, Loretta. He attended the Harlem Actors Workshop and the National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts. He returned to a more straightforward upbringing, concentrating on training as a painter before once more venturing into acting as an adult. He has been married several times: Audrey Sellars, Marlene Clark and Teruko Nakagami. He has four children with Teruko: Corey, Miyaka, Camera and Hanako.moreless -
Catherine Oxenberg
Amanda Bedford Carrington [Seasons 5-6]
Although a native New Yorker, Catherine spent some of her most formative years in London, where her mother still lives. She is the daughter of the business man Howard Oxenberg (a New York City dress manufacturer) and Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Serbia (born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1936). Catherine's sister Christina Oxenberg (born 1962), is a writer, and they also have a younger half-brother, Nicholas Balfour (born 1970). Catherine's parents split up when she was six and divorced in 1969, and Princess Elizabeth married the English banker Neil Balfour (born in Peru in 1934) the same year, moving with him to England. From the age of eight, Catherine lived and went to schools there, then in 1977, when she was sixteen, her mother and step-father separated and were divorced. In the mean time, Catherine had moved back to the U.S. to go to St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, a smart prep school. She graduated from St Paul's in 1979 summa cum laude and went on to Harvard. She transferred to Columbia, where she read psychology, philosophy and mythology. While at Columbia, Catherine became a successful fashion model, before trying her hand at acting. Her first acting coach was Richard Burton, who was engaged to her mother at the time. Princess Elizabeth broke up with Burton and married thirdly Dr Manuel Ulloa y Elias, a former prime minister of Peru. In 1981, Catherine turned down an offer of marriage from her cousin Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II. She has been married twice, first to the film producer Robert Evans (they were married and divorced in ten days in July 1998), then to Casper van Dien (8 May 1999). Catherine has three daughters, India Riven Oxenberg, born in India on June 7th, 1991, Maya van Dien, born in Los Angeles on September 20th, 2001, and Celeste Alma van Dien, born October 3rd, 2003. From 1989 to 1990 she dated U.S. Senator John Kerry. Catherine is a second cousin of the Prince of Wales and of Queen Sophie of Spain. Through her grandparents, Prince Paul, Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941, and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Catherine is descended from dozens of crowned heads, including kings and queens of Greece, Scandinavia, and England and Russian Tsars. Indeed, her parents are said to have named their eldest daughter after her five-times-great-grandmother Catherine the Great, Empress of all the Russias (1729-96).moreless -
Rock Hudson
Daniel Reece [Season 5]
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Ali MacGraw
Lady Ashley Mitchell [Season 5]
Ali MacGraw studied at Wellesley College, and began her career as a fashion model in 1960. After meeting then actor/producer Robert Evans, she entered into the film industry and appeared in the film A Lovely Way to Die in 1968, closely followed with the sleeper hit Goodbye, Columbus in 1969. On October 24th, 1969, Ali married Robert Evans and went on to star in the successful motion picture Love Story which made her an international name. Her next film The Getaway would take two years and would cause such a stir when she fell in love with her co-star Steve McQueen and married him in 1973 (later divoring him in 1978). Ali basically dropped out of the spotlight and became an author.moreless -
Michael Praed
Prince Michael of Moldavia [Seasons 5-6]
Michael was born in Berkeley, England to Derrick and Kay Prince. He has one brother and one sister. At the age of 2 his family moved to Iran where he remained until the age of 8 when he was sent back to England to attend preparatory school. He graduated from Eastborne College (equivalent to high school in the USA) and moved to London to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It was at the Guild that he received his Actor's Equity card. He selected the name Praed from the phone book as there was already a Michael Prince listed with Equity. He left Guildhall for a life on the stage. It was while he was on stage starring opposite Tim Curry in the Pirates of Penzance that he was discovered by Richard Carpenter and Paul Knight - writer and producer of a new television show called Robin of Sherwood. And from there on a star was born. Michael married Karen Landau in the Bahamas in November 1994,and they have two children: son Gabriel (b. 1994) and daughter Frankie (b. 1996). Frankie was born prematurely but fortunately she is now a healthy and active child. They live in London.moreless -
Emma Samms
Fallon Carrington Colby [Seasons 5-6; 8-9]
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Maxwell Caulfield
Miles Colby [Season 6]
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