Dallas made its TV debut on April 2, 1978 as a six-part miniseries that centered across the dramatic highs and lows of the oil wealthy Ewing clan. And as quickly as she heard about it, Charlene Tilton, a budding teen actress who grew up in Hollywood and had already appeared on exhibits equivalent to Blissful Days and Eight is Sufficient and within the movie Freaky Friday, was decided to turn into a forged member on the brand new present.
“I learn in Dramalogue, now known as Backstage West, the place they had been casting Dallas,” Tilton begins. “The outline for Lucy Ewing was, ‘She’s a manipulative little sexpot. She was born with a silver spoon and has every part cash should purchase.’ She was with out her mother and father, and I knew how that felt, as a result of I’ve been residing by myself since I’m 15. I’ve by no means seen my father and my mother was fairly mentally unwell, so I assumed, ‘I get her. I do know why she’s appearing out.’ My agent known as Barbara Miller, the casting director, and Barbara had put me in Eight is Sufficient and some different completely different exhibits. She stated, ‘No, Charlene is just too younger, not skilled sufficient.’ ”