Who played kristin on dallas

MARY CROSBY has revealed why she almost didn’t land her iconic role as Kristin Shepard on the hit US 80’s television series Dallas. Bing Crosby’s daughter spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk about her role and her father’s lasting music legacy. Dallas actress Mary Crosby, 60, is best known for her famous role on American 80’s series Dallas. Landing the coveted part of Kristen Shepard, she went on to play a central part in one of television’s most unforgettable storylines. Mary Crosby, the only daughter of the late White Christmas singer Bing Crosby, became famous in her own right thanks to her successful acting career. From Daily Express, Mary looks just a little too botoxed these days!! After appearing in many of dad Bing’s Christmas specials, she landed the iconic role of Kristin Shepard in 1979, aged just 20. Mary said that Dallas’ producers were initially concerned about hiring her for such a divisive role, as they weren’t sure viewers would believe Bing Crosby’s daughter could pull off the role of a villain. She said: “When I was originally hired they were worried about the fact that Bing’s daughter might not be accepted by the general public doing all these nasty, nasty things.

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I also remember reading about a scene involving her and James L Brown (Harry McSween), who was a friend of Bing Crosby, and he felt a bit uneasy about the scene where he threatens to arrest Kristin, again because of those same kind of reasons.

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Lol! His VALUES?! As a drunk and child abuser!

Loved Mary Crosby as Kristin Shepard. There is a scene where she visits JR in hospital and he has no feeling in his legs after the operation. Kristin cruelly taunts JR by leaning over the bed, flaunting her womanly assets and proclaiming to JR about no longer being a real man, grabs the wheelchair and pushes it ever so gentle across the room.

I'd go so far to say she was better than Heather Locklear's Sammy Jo on Dynasty.

Oh, Kristin would fking eat Sammy Jo ALIVE!!!!!!!!! NO CONTEST!!!!!!!!!

Loved Mary Crosby as Kristin Shepard. There is a scene where she visits JR in hospital and he has no feeling in his legs after the operation. Kristin cruelly taunts JR by leaning over the bed, flaunting her womanly assets and proclaiming to JR about no longer being a real man, grabs the wheelchair and pushes it ever so gentle across the room.

I'd go so far to say she was better than Heather Locklear's Sammy Jo on Dynasty.

Mary Crosby did portray Kristen Sheperd well.

Mary Crosby did portray Kristen Sheperd well.

Imagine Kristin and Katherine crossing paths.

Which bugs me till this day why the writers constantly boxed-in characters like Kristin and Katherine until there was no way out but to kill them off. Okay, so Katherine scored a free pass when Bobby spun in the shower but her character came to nothing. It would have been best to keep Kristin alive with JR's offspring and have her pay an occasional visit to Dallas to spice things up. JR knew he couldn't touch her without his dirty little secret becoming exposed. Katherine on the other hand could have become a powerhouse business woman after neatly screwing Cliff out of his share in Wentworth Tool & Die. I think I have that right.

Imagine Kristin and Katherine crossing paths.

I think Katherine, had the character been created with that in mind, could have been "a powerhouse business woman" but she would have had to have been written with the right type of background to make that look credible. They wrote Katherine as a woman who had never worked in, or shown any interest in working in Wentworth Industries. Katherine was a TV news woman. There is no crossover value from that field to be make it possible for her to have moved on to operating at the top level of big business.

I always thougth that Mary Crosby would have a "better" career than the one she had post Dallas but she will go down in history as the "girl who shot JR" and an answer to a quiz question.

Barbara Belle Of The Ball said:

I always thougth that Mary Crosby would have a "better" career than the one she had post Dallas but she will go down in history as the "girl who shot JR" and an answer to a quiz question.

Barbara Belle Of The Ball said:

I always thougth that Mary Crosby would have a "better" career than the one she had post Dallas but she will go down in history as the "girl who shot JR" and an answer to a quiz question.

Brilliant.

Kristen was written as a one note character who had no redeeming qualities to her. She was a crappy sister to Sue Ellen who she undermined at every opportunity. Beds her sister's husband, shoots him and then frames her sister for attempted murder. They were sisters in name only. I know some fans believe that JR killed her. I don't buy that. The reason is that it had already been established that killing was not JR's thing. He even said so once to Bobby. Besides, if the type to have people killed or do it himself, he would have killed Cliff when he had the chance to on the field when they were rescuing Bobby and it would have been Pamela dead since she just kidnapped his son.

As for Katherine, I agree there were possibilities with Katherine that were never explored. True, Katherine did not seem to care about the company or least she did not try and join up after her father's death. My idea would have been for Katherine to have been in mourning for his death before taking her rightful role in the company. In any event, Rebecca was wrong to given Cliff the Presidency of her late husband's company and then in her will make Cliff and Pamela part owners of it. Katherine as a businesswoman would have been a great idea and again, missed opportunities with her.