Covers, covers... Scheming little sisters

Hello y'all!

I'd like to dedicate this post to the scheming siblings of Dallas, and to be precise, naughty little sisters. There were many, because for some reason Dallas producers loved to make the little sisters wicked. I don't recall any older sisters that were particularly evil. Of course there was April Stevens, (Sheree J. Wilson) who technically was an older sister and quite evil, in the beginning at least. However, when she was first introduced, we didn't know she had a sister, and finally, when Michelle (Kimberly Foster) showed up, April had already given up her wicked ways. Therefore, she doesn't really count.

The epitome of scheming sisters - and the first of her name - was of course Sue Ellen's (Linda Gray) little sister Kristin Shepard (Mary Crosby). Here's a cover of her in Katso-magazine 1984. "Dallas continues - and so does the curse!"

Inside we find out that stars of Dallas are cursed: they have little luck in their love life or they can't find roles after leaving Dallas.

I had a quite indifferent relationship with Kristin, because originally I started watching Dallas after she had been killed. So I kind of knew who she was, but I didn't know what she looked like. This was of course the time of innocence before our dear friend World Wide Web.

So, when me and my friends were playing Dallas, and some poor random kid had to take the role of Kristin (no child ever wanted to play older folk like Miss Ellie or Jock, so even the dead girl was a better option), I always pictured her as a blond woman. I don't know why. Later Suosikki-magazine published a story of Dallas and I finally saw Kristin for the first time. For a long time I had a hard time picturing this beautiful brunette as the person in our role plays.

Eventually, during first round of Dallas' reruns in the 90s, I finally saw Kristin in action. I liked Mary Crosby's work a lot, although her character was not very likeable. I miss those days, when there still were Dallas episodes to watch for the first time ever. Sigh.

But I digress. Moving on to the next piece of fierce female energy: Morgan Brittany as Katherine Wenthworth. Here she is on the cover of Katso 1984. "Morgan Brittany was afraid of Hitchcock". (I think it should've been another way around, I mean look at those eyes!)

Now, Katherine was someone I loved to hate. Although when I was younger, I guess it was not so much love, only hate. She was, after all, the one who destroyed Bobby and Pam's happiness with that awful letter. This I couldn't forgive.

Later on, I learned to admire Morgan Brittany's portrait of Katherine and was sad to see her go. She was fun! If only TNT's Dallas had brought her back...

There were at least two other little sisters, who were quite wicked: Jessica (Alexis Smith), Clayton's (Howard Keel) sister, and Michelle Stevens. Sadly I don't have any pictures or articles of Jessica. Nevertheless, she deserves to be mentioned, as she was very, very memorable character. Bless her dark, little heart. Kimberly Foster's cover is already on another post of this blog.

So, Dallas loved to make it's little sister -characters wicked. These women also had something else in common: all of them shot - or at least tried to shoot - a main character. Kristin shot JR (duh!), Katherine shot Bobby, Jessica aimed her gun at Miss Ellie and Michelle shot Sheila Foley.
It really must have been pure hell to grow up in the shadow of your older sibling in Dallas!

Cover me badd

 Happy Easter, my dear readers! It's time for some chocolate eggs, bunnies - and magazine covers!

This time I'd like to spend a few moments with some supporting cast members of Dallas' later years. I realize these were not the golden years of the show, however, there were some bright spots here and there.

First: I give you hunky Jack Scalia a.k.a Nicholas Pearce on the cover of Katso-magazine in 1990. I had a huge crush on him. Oh boy! Of all the leading men in Sue Ellen's life - Peter, Dusty, Cliff, JR, Don - I liked him the best. Too shame they made him wear fat pullovers and sweaters, yet they gave Christopher Atkins speedos a few years earlier. Sigh. Why everything happens to me?

Title says "Jack Scalia saves a bad show" referring not to Dallas, but "Wolf". True or false, I don't know. Most importantly, I remember he had a nice, hairy chest, didn't he? Or was it just a dream I had...? Oh, well.

Next we have lovely Cathy Podewell. Year is still 1990. 

I was kind of excited that in the 1990s Dallas was trying to freshen up with these particular cast members. At the same time, I was sensing they were desperate to find same kind of charisma the original leading ladies had and that Dallas was sliding fast toward cancellation. So, I was praying they'd bring back Victoria Principal and Linda Gray to save the show. Sadly, they didn't.

Now, Cally was not every Dallas fan's favourite character, but I liked her. I wish they had done more with her. I would've liked to see her developing into a strong business woman like Sue Ellen did. But without her paintings, though. 

Title says "Dallas' enchantress Cathy cast a spell on JR". That's nice. (She had a smooth chest, by the way.) 

Last, it's wicked Michelle Stevens, a.k.a Kimberly Foster, in 1990. 

You know, it's funny how Dallas was still kind of hot in Finland in 1990. Three covers on Katso that year, which is not bad for a 12-year-old show. "Kimberly Foster is the newest baddie of Dallas". She surely was! Most importantly, she was the first female antagonist to have such short hair. I adored her style, it was very 90s look. With that look, she could be Justin Bieber's bitchy mom!