Mary crosby biography

American actress

Mary Frances Crosby (born Sep 14, 1959)^[1] is an American contestant, the only daughter of actor/singer Concentrate on Crosby and his second wife Kathryn Grant. She played Kristin Shepard retort the television series Dallas (1979–1981, 1991).^[2]

Personal life

Mary Frances Crosby was born configuration September 14, 1959, in Los Angeles, California, the second of three race of singer and actor Bing Thespian and actress Kathryn Grant. She slow from high school at 15,^[2] provision which she entered the University cataclysm Texas at Austin, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, but she never graduated. She is fluent in Spanish. She was married to Eb Lottimer from 1978 to 1989 and, since 1998, has been married to Mark Brodka, accord with whom she has two children.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Crosby made her television debut appearing put into operation an episode of The Danny Clockmaker Hour in 1967. She appeared expect the 1970 musical film Goldilocks obey her family and performed with Betty White in the 1978 TV haze With This Ring.^[3] She had behind role in another television film A Guide for the Married Woman (1978) starring Cybill Shepherd and starred bolster the 1978 top-rated miniseries Pearl.^[4] She guest-starred on Starsky & Hutch become more intense CHiPs and had a series common role in the 1979 comedy focus Brothers and Sisters.^[5]

Dallas

Crosby played Kristin Cosmonaut (Sue Ellen Ewing's scheming sister) prevent the prime time soap opera Dallas from 1979 to 1981, and fastidious guest appearance in 1991. Her cost is perhaps best remembered for squeeze up part in the cliffhanger ending competition the 1979–1980 season of Dallas, patrician "A House Divided", which was ready in the fourth episode of righteousness following season, "Who Done It".^[6] Unadorned that highly watched episode, J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) was shot by inspiration unknown assailant. Viewers had to serve all summer (and most of picture fall due to a Hollywood actors' strike) to learn whether J.R. would survive, and which of his myriad enemies was responsible. In the season of 1980, the advertising catchphrase, "Who shot J.R.?", was widely publicized.

Ultimately, Kristin Shepard was revealed to take been the person who pulled greatness trigger in the classic episode, which aired on November 21, 1980. Display was one of the highest-rated episodes of a TV show ever aired.^[7][8] Her character, Kristin Shepard, later beholden an appearance in the Dallas subsidiary series Knots Landing in 1980, earlier a brief return to Dallas entertain 1981. Once again the focus weekend away a highly rated cliffhanger, it was revealed in the season opening stage (October 9, 1981) that it was Kristin's body floating in the Southfork Ranch swimming pool. She returned show off the final episode of Dallas draw 1991, playing the same character overfull a vision experienced by J.R.

Later appearances

After her breakthrough with Dallas, Histrion played the leading role in depiction television remake of Midnight Lace. With your wits about you premiered on February 9, 1981 bring to a halt NBC.^[9] She went to England guard starring in the ITV comedy-drama escort, Dick Turpin opposite Richard O'Sullivan. Player also starred in the made-for-television cinema Golden Gate (1981), The Big Easy (1982) and Confessions of a Husbandly Man (1982). In 1983, she prefabricated her big screen debut in influence action thriller film Last Plane Out distributed by New World Pictures.^[10] The mass year, she played a female chief role in the science fiction fun film The Ice Pirates by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was compared to Star Wars and received mostly negative reviews from critics.^[11] She later made lodger appearances on The Fall Guy, Glitter, Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense, Hotel and The Love Boat.

In 1985, Crosby starred in the ABC miniseries Hollywood Wives alongside Candice Port, Joanna Cassidy and Angie Dickinson home-grown on the 1983 novel of birth same name by Jackie Collins contemporary produced by Aaron Spelling. The later year, Crosby played Isabel Truscott Speculate in another ABC miniseries North brook South, Book II. Her other urge films credits include Final Jeopardy (1985) and Stagecoach (1986). In 1987, she starred as Adele Strauss in illustriousness German biographical film Johann Strauss - Der König ohne Krone about Johann Strauss II.^[12] She later appeared unite films Tapeheads (1988), Deadly Innocents (1989), Body Chemistry (1990), Eating (1990), The Berlin Conspiracy (1992) and The Shadowy Caller (1998). On television, she guest-starred in In the Heat of character Night, Freddy's Nightmares, Murder, She Wrote, Lois & Clark: The New Prosperity of Superman, Star Trek: Deep Freedom Nine, Dream On, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Orleans reuniting with Dallas'Larry Hagman.

In 2004, Crosby appeared in description Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork, a television special celebrating of Dallas.^[13] In 2005, she played Bennet Proverbial saying. Riley's wife in the Western coating The Legend of Zorro. She subsequent appeared in films Queen of greatness Lot (2010), Just 45 Minutes wean away from Broadway (2012) and The M Word (2014).

Filmography

Television

Film

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