Alexis Carrington
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Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington (1981)
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| DYNASTY character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Joan Collins | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1981–1989, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 15 "The Testimony" (non-speaking, face unseen) Episode 16 "Enter Alexis" |
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| Last appearance | Episode 220 "Catch 22" |
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| Created by | Richard and Esther Shapiro | ||||||||||||
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Dynasty: The Reunion (1991) | ||||||||||||
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| Father | Steven Morell |
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| Sisters | Cassandra Morell |
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L.B. Colby Lauren Colby Danny Carrington |
| First cousins | Rosalind Bedford Sable Scott Colby Francesca Scott Colby |
Alexis Colby (maiden name Morell; formerly Carrington; later Dexter and Rowan) is a fictional character on the American TV series Dynasty. She is the ex-wife of Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) whose schemes cause one problem after another for him and their children.
The role was originated by Joan Collins in the first episode of the show's second season in 1981 (the character appeared briefly in the first season finale, non-speaking and face unseen). Collins remained on the show until the finale in 1989, and then returned as Alexis for the 1991 miniseries Dynasty: The Reunion.
Alexis' schemes to destroy ex-husband Blake, undermine his marriage to Krystle (Linda Evans), and control her children drive much of the action over the series' run. Passionate yet vengeful, Alexis loves her children fiercely and will do anything to protect them, but she often ignores their own needs and desires in place of what she thinks is best.
Alexis married three additional times, to Cecil Colby, Dex Dexter, and Sean Rowan. Alexis is widowed twice, first by Cecil and then by fourth husband Sean, prompting Alexis' cousin Sable to remark that with Alexis "death is always a simpler solution than divorce." Her third marriage (to Dex) ends in divorce after Alexis catches him in bed with her adult daughter Amanda. The name Alexis uses the most consistently over the course of the series is Alexis Colby, though her marriage to Cecil Colby was her shortest. Alexis is romantically linked to a number of men over the years, including oilman Rashid Ahmed, tennis pro (and Krystle's first husband) Mark Jennings, King Galen of Moldavia, shipping tycoon Zach Powers, Congressman Neal McVane, Blake's brother Ben Carrington, Dirk and Gavin Maurier, Cecil's brother Jason Colby, and even a near-reconciliation with an amnesiac Blake.
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