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Angelique Bouchard Collins
Angelique Bouchard is a fictional character from the Gothic film, Gothic horror-soap opera and Dark Shadows (film), film ''Dark Shadows'', in which she is the main antagonist. She is primarily portrayed as a powerful witch, who is driven by her vacillating love and hatred for Barnabas Collins. In the original TV series, the character was portrayed by Lara Parker, and appeared within several storylines of the series which aired from June 1966 through April 1971. Angelique was originally introduced to explain how Barnabas Collins became a vampire, but she proved popular enough in her own right to make many return appearances. She is portrayed by English actress Lysette Anthony in the 1991 Dark Shadows (1991 TV series), revival TV series, and French actress Eva Green in the 2012 Dark Shadows (film), feature film directed by Tim Burton. Original history Angélique (Lara Parker) was born as Miranda DuVal during the 17th century in the West Indies of Martinique. During her early teen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Shadows
''Dark Shadows'' is an American Gothic fiction, Gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a number of supernatural occurrences take place. The series became popular when vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) was introduced ten months into its run. It would also feature ghosts, werewolf, werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a Parallel universe (fiction), parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. The show was distinguished by its melodramatic performances, atmospheric interiors, numerous dramatic plot twists, broad cosmos of characters, and heroic adventures. Unusual among the soap operas of its time, which were aimed primari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grayson Hall
Grayson Hall (born Shirley Grossman; September 18, 1922 – August 7, 1985) was an American television, film and stage actress. She was widely regarded for her avant-garde theatrical performances from the 1960s to the 1980s. Hall was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 37th Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 22nd Golden Globe Awards for the John Huston film '' The Night of the Iguana'' (1964). Hall played multiple prominent roles on the gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' (1966–71) and appeared on ''One Life to Live'' (1982–83). In 2006, a biography titled ''Grayson Hall: A Hard Act to Follow'' was released. Early life Grayson Hall was born Shirley Grossman in Philadelphia in 1922, the only child of Eleanor and Joseph Grossman. Her father was from Latvia and her mother, who had acted in the Yiddish theatre, was from South Africa. Both were from Jewish immigrant families. When Hall was eight, her p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Scott (actor)
Geoffrey Chase Scott (February 22, 1942 – February 23, 2021) was an American actor and stuntman best known for appearing on the television series ''Dynasty'' for two seasons (1982 to 1984) as Mark Jennings, the first husband of Krystle Carrington (played by series star Linda Evans). Other nighttime series regular contracts included '' Concrete Cowboys'' and '' Cliffhangers''. In film he co-starred with Jane Fonda in '' The Morning After''. His last appearance before retiring was in ''Hulk''. Early years Geoffrey Scott was born on February 22, 1942, in Hollywood, California. His parents were Reed (a manager with Lockheed) and Jayne (a housewife), and he had a brother, Don. Career Scott appeared on numerous daytime soap operas, playing Sky Rumson on ''Dark Shadows'' in 1970, Jeffrey Jordan on '' Where the Heart Is'' in 1972, David McAllister on ''General Hospital'' in 1989, and Billy Lewis on ''Guiding Light'' in 1994. Scott had a leading role in the sitcom '' 1st & Ten'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thayer David
Thayer David (born David Thayer Hersey; March 4, 1927 – July 17, 1978) was an American film, stage, and television actor. He was best known for his work on the ABC serial ''Dark Shadows'' (1966–1971), as Dragon, the Albino ex-Nazi Director of C-2 in '' The Eiger Sanction'' (1975) and as the fight promoter Miles Jergens in ''Rocky'' (1976). He also appeared as Count Saknussemm in the film ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (1959), as the Reverend Silas Pendrake in '' Little Big Man'' (1970), as Charlie Robbins in '' Save the Tiger'' (1973) and as Deacon in '' Fun with Dick and Jane'' (1977). His raspy, distinctive voice lent itself to voice-over work in commercials and instructional films. Early life Thayer David was born March 4, 1927, in Medford, Massachusetts. His father, Thayer Frye Hersey, was an executive in the paper pulp industry. David attended Harvard University in the 1940s but did not graduate, concentrating instead upon a career on the stage. With fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Selby
David Lynn Selby (born February 5, 1941) is an American film, television, and stage actor and writer. He is best known for playing Quentin Collins on the daytime soap ''Dark Shadows'' (1968–1971) and Richard Channing on the prime-time soap '' Falcon Crest'' (1982–1990). Selby also had prominent roles in the television series '' Flamingo Road'' (1981–1982) and the feature film '' Raise the Titanic'' (1980). Early life David Selby was born February 5, 1941, in Morgantown, West Virginia, the son of Clyde Ira Selby, a carpenter, and his wife Sarah E. (née McIntyre). He recalled in 2020 interview, "I enjoyed a safe, happy life; I grew up in Morgantown and still have good friends back there, people I've known since grade school. West Virginia's a fantastic place to raise kids. The environment's nurturing and positive." He attended West Virginia University. Midway through his time at WVU, Selby joined the cast of '' Honey in the Rock'', a civil war drama at Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Crothers
Joel Anthony Crothers (January 28, 1941 – November 6, 1985) was an American actor. His credits primarily included stage and television work, including a number of soap opera roles, the best known being Miles Cavanaugh on ''The Edge of Night'', whom he played for eight years. He was also known for his roles as Joe Haskell and Lieutenant Nathan Forbes on ''Dark Shadows'', Ken Stevens No. 2 on ''The Secret Storm'', and pianist/newspaper editor Julian Cannell on ''Somerset''. Early years Born January 28, 1941, in Cincinnati and raised in New York City, Joel Crothers graduated from Birch Wathen School in 1958. His passion for performing emerged at the early age of nine. Crothers auditioned and won a role on the CBS religious TV series ''Lamp Unto My Feet''. At the time, his father, George Crothers, was a production supervisor on the show. Unbeknownst to him, his son auditioned for the show under a different name, apparently done as a practical joke. Nevertheless, by the age of twelv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humbert Allen Astredo
Humbert Allen "Bud" Astredo, Jr. (April 4, 1929 – February 19, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He made several notable Broadway and Off-Broadway theatrical performances, but was best known for the numerous roles he performed on the daytime Gothic horror soap opera ''Dark Shadows'', most notably that of the warlock Nicholas Blair. Early life Astredo was born on April 4, 1929, in Pasadena, California to Humbert Allen and Bess Houston ( Alley) Astredo. His early childhood was spent in Pasadena, before the family moved to San Francisco. His mother taught him to play the piano, and he often performed at parties hosted by friends. His father took him sailboating, hunting, and fishing, and inculcated in him a passion for the arts. From an early age, his nickname was "Bud". After graduating from high school, Astredo studied law at the University of San Francisco, but dropped out after discovering he hated public speaking. He then sold home-care products for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Bennett
Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actress, one of three acting sisters from a show-business family. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 films from the era of silent films, well into the sound era. She is best remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Lang's films—including '' Man Hunt'' (1941), '' The Woman in the Window'' (1944), and '' Scarlet Street'' (1945)—and for her television role as matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (and ancestors Naomi Collins, Judith Collins Trask, and Flora Collins in various timelines) in the gothic 1960s soap opera ''Dark Shadows'', for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming at the 20th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1968. Bennett's career had three distinct phases: first as a winsome blonde ingenue, then as a sensuous brunette femme fatale (with looks that movie mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Lacy
Gerald LeRoy Lacy (born March 27, 1936) is an American actor and writer best known for playing the roles of Tony Peterson, Reverend Trask, Reverend Gregory Trask, Mr. Trask, and Lamar Trask on the TV serial ''Dark Shadows''. He has also appeared on ''The Secret Storm'', ''As the World Turns'' (as Simon Gilbey), ''Love of Life'' (as Rick Latimer), and ''The Young and the Restless'' (as Jonas). Life and career Jerry Lacy was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He played Humphrey Bogart in both the Broadway show and film version of Woody Allen's '' Play It Again, Sam''. In 1967, Lacy met future ''Dark Shadows'' co-stars Nancy Barrett and David Ford while working at the Wayside Theatre. During the 1970s Lacy appeared in the films ''House of Dark Shadows'', ''The Money'', and ''Blood Bath''. His other film roles include ''The Big G'' and '' Imps*'', as well as the TV films '' Pleasure Cove'', '' Fighting Back'', and ''Chiller''. Lacy was offered the role of Rev. Trask in the second fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Edmonds
Louis Stirling Edmonds (September 24, 1923 – March 3, 2001) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in ''Dark Shadows'' and ''All My Children''. Edmonds appeared in the musical ''Ernest in Love'' in 1960. He acted on the supernatural soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' as Roger Collins from 1966 to 1971. His other roles on ''Dark Shadows'' were Joshua Collins, the father of Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), Edward Collins, the older brother of Quentin Collins (David Selby), Roger Collins PT (Roger Collins' opposite self in 1970 Parallel Time), the adult Daniel Collins (a cousin of Barnabas and Millicent Collins (Nancy Barrett)'s younger brother), Amadeus Collins, a lawyer who was the main prosecutor in the trial of Judah Zachary ( Michael McGuire) in 1692, whose spirit later possesses Gerard Stiles (James Storm) in 1840, and Brutus Collins, a ghost who haunted the secret locked room in 1841 Parallel Time). On ''All My Children'', he played Langley Wallingford/Lenny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony George
Anthony George (born Ottavio Gabriel George; January 29, 1921 – March 16, 2005) was an American actor mostly seen on television. He is best known for roles of Don Corey on ''Checkmate'', Burke Devlin and Jeremiah Collins on ''Dark Shadows'', Dr. Tony Vincente on ''Search for Tomorrow'', and Dr. Will Vernon on ''One Life to Live''. Background Anthony George was born in Endicott, New York, near Binghamton, the second son of Italian immigrant parents. From the age of six, George dreamed of being in films. After serving in World War II, George moved to Hollywood. Though the first few years were lean, by 1950, he had received his first credit and the work began to accumulate. The vast majority of George's roles were on television. Career In 1955, George appeared as Sergei in the episode "Mightier Than the Sword" of the religion anthology television series, '' Crossroads'', based on stories about American clergymen. He was cast as an Native American guide in the 1956 episode "De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremiah Collins
Jeremiah Collins is a fictional character played primarily by Anthony George during the 1795 flashback on the ABC television gothic horror soap opera serial ''Dark Shadows''. Story The character of Jeremiah Collins (Anthony George) was born in 1763. In the original series, was depicted as the younger brother of Joshua Collins (Louis Edmonds) and Abigail Collins (Clarice Blackburn); also as the brother-in-law to Naomi Collins (Joan Bennett). Jeremiah was an uncle to Sarah Collins (Sharon Smythe) and Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), who intended to marry Josette du Pres (Kathryn Leigh Scott). However, Barnabas had a last minute fling on Martinique in 1795 with Josette's maid, Angelique Bouchard (Lara Parker). Josette was never wiser, even to her death. Angelique heard from Barnabas that he still intended to wed Josette and that Angelique was the merest of flings. This news angered Angelique and she hexed Jeremiah, placing him in her thrall so he would marry Josette instead. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
