Dominique Deveraux
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Diahann Carroll as Dominique Deveraux
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| DYNASTY character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Diahann Carroll | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1984–87 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 87 "New Lady in Town" |
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| Last appearance | Episode 176 "Shadow Play" |
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| Created by | Richard and Esther Shapiro | ||||||||||||
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The Colbys (1985, 1986) | ||||||||||||
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| Other names | Millie Cox (birth name) | ||||||||||||
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Recording artist Owner of Deveraux Group, Inc. Owner of Titania Records Owner of several hotels and casinos, including The Excelsior Hotel in Los Angeles, California 40% Shareholder in Denver-Carrington |
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| Spouse | Brady Lloyd (divorced) |
| Children | Jacqueline Deveraux |
| Aunts and uncles | Charles Matthews Jane Matthews Bessie (deceased) |
| Nieces and nephews |
Adam Carrington Fallon Carrington Colby Steven Carrington Amanda Carrington Krystina Carrington Leslie Carrington |
Dominique Deveraux (born Millie Cox; formerly Lloyd) is a fictional character on the American TV series Dynasty and its spin-off The Colbys. The role was portrayed by Diahann Carroll from 1984 through 1987.
Successful and wealthy chanteuse Dominique Deveraux arrives in Denver in "New Lady in Town" (1984) with a flourish, asking Fallon Carrington Colby (Pamela Sue Martin) questions about her mother, Alexis Colby (Joan Collins). In the next episode, the fourth season finale, Dominique wonders aloud to herself, "Won't it just knock their socks off when they find out I'm a Carrington?"
Dominique's husband Brady Lloyd (Billy Dee Williams) arrives in Denver in the September 26, 1984 season premiere episode, "Disappearance." He asks why Dominique is performing at La Mirage. Brady and Dominique fight when she will not tell him why she is choosing to remain in Denver. Dominique's hostility toward oil tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) is noticed by Blake's wife Krystle (Linda Evans).
Following Fallon's memorial service in "The Rescue", Dominique makes the shocking claim that she is the daughter of Blake's father Tom Carrington and his longtime mistress, Laura Matthews, and offers proof (found in a letter in an old trunk left in the care of Laura's sister Bessie), therefore making her Blake's half-sister. A financially strapped Blake makes a business deal with the very wealthy Dominique: Forty percent of Denver-Carrington in exchange for $70 million. This subsequently makes Dominique an enemy of Alexis Colby, who has been scheming to destroy her ex-husband Blake. When Brady learns the truth, he is furious that Dominique didn't confide in him earlier.
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