Lucy Ewing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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DALLAS character | |||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Charlene Tilton | ||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 1978–85, 1988–90, 2012–14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | April 2, 1978 Digger's Daughter |
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Last appearance | March 17, 2014 Lifting the Veil |
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Created by | David Jacobs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spin-off appearances |
Knots Landing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Occupation | Student at Southern Methodist University Ward Publications' Young Miss Dallas Freelance fashion model represented by the Blair Sullivan Agency Waitress at The Hot Biscuit in Fort Worth, Texas Partner in a construction company Patron of the Arts |
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Parents | Ewing |
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Father | Gary Ewing |
Mother | Valene Ewing |
Brothers | Bobby Ewing II |
Sisters | Betsy Ewing |
Half-sisters | Molly Whittaker |
Spouse | Mitch Cooper (1981–82, 1985–89) |
Grandparents |
Jock Ewing Miss Ellie Ewing Jeremiah Clements Lilimae Clements |
Aunts and uncles |
J.R. Ewing Bobby Ewing Ray Krebbs Joshua Rush |
First cousins |
John Ross Ewing III Christopher Ewing (adoptive) James Beaumont Margaret Krebbs Lucas Krebbs Unnamed male cousin (JR's son with Cally) Unnamed female cousin (JR's daughter with an unknown woman) |
Lucy Ann Ewing is a fictional character in the popular American television series Dallas. The character is played by Charlene Tilton and first appeared in the series premiere on April 2, 1978. Tilton left the show at the end of its eighth season in 1985, before returning for the last two episodes of the 11th season in 1988, becoming a series regular again in the 12th season. Lucy was then written out again in 1990.
Lucy appeared in one episode of the Dallas spin-off Knots Landing - Season One, Episode 6: "Home is for Healing" (1980). She returned as a guest star in the continuation of Dallas in 2012.
Lucy is the eldest daughter of Gary Ewing and wife Valene Clements Ewing. She is also elder sister to twins Bobby and Betsy Ewing (born in 1984, Knots Landing) and Molly Whittaker (born in 1994, Knots Landing), though she has never had any onscreen interaction with her siblings. Because her father had a drinking problem, her parents' marriage collapsed. Gary then abandoned Valene at Southfork Ranch while Lucy was still an infant. Valene intended to raise the child by herself but was run out of town by Gary's older brother J.R. Ewing, who then returned Lucy to Southfork Ranch where she was raised by her grandparents, Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing.
When the show started, she was the show's teenaged troublemaking, confused vixen and involved with ranch foreman Ray Krebbs, who would later turn out to be her uncle. She would skip school and spend her time with him in the hayloft. Eventually, they were caught by Pam Ewing, the new wife of her uncle Bobby. If Lucy would start going to school, Pamela would not tell anyone about them. However, briefly, Lucy got the upper hand. She framed her math tutor for rape. In exchange for clearing him, she wanted Pamela to lie for her and tell her grandparents she was doing well in school. However the plan backfired and Lucy was made to finish school.