Dallas - Series 4

Starring: Barbara Bel Geddes, Larry Hagman Dvd Release: 22nd May, 2006 Number Of Discs: 8 Format: Box set, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Dallas was a long-running primetime television soap opera about a wealthy Texas oil family. It aired on the CBS network from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991. The series is probably best-known for the central character of J,R. Ewing, the vain, greedy, scheming, crass oil baron played by Larry Hagman for the shows entire run. A House Divided & Who Done It? - The 1979 - 1980 season ended with the shows anti-hero, J,R. Ewing, being shot. Viewers had to wait all summer to learn whether J,R. would survive & which of his many enemies was responsible. Who Done It? aired on November 7, 1980. It was one of the highest-rated episodes of a TV show ever aired. The great success of this stunt helped usher in the practice of ending a television season with a big cliffhanger. This entered into United States popular culture, with t-shirts printed with such references as Who Shot J,R.? & I Shot J,R.! being common over the summer. Blast From The Past - One of the shows stars, Patrick Duffy, left the program in the spring of 1985.

Barbara Bel Geddes is an American actress. Bel Geddes, the daughter of architect Norman Bel Geddes, began as stage actress. Her most notable stage performance was originating the role of Maggie in Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway in 1955. Her film career began with 1947 s The Long Night. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for I Remember Mama. However, the House Unamerican Activities Committee investigations essentially ended her film career. Her career restarted when Alfred Hitchcock cast her in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents as well as an important role in the movie Vertigo. From 1978 to 1991, Bel Geddes played Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow on the prime time soap opera Dallas. In the 1984 - 1985 season she was replaced by Donna Reed because of Bel Geddess heart surgery. Retired from acting, she lives in Maine.

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Lawrence Martin Hagman is an American actor most famous for playing J,R. Ewing on Dallas. Hagman was born in Fort Worth, Texas. His mother was the legendary stage actress Mary Martin. Hagman served in the United States Air Force & served with an entertainment unit. He began his own acting career shortly afterwards & appeared on television soap operas & began getting movie roles. He appeared as the nervous translator opposite Henry Fonda s President in Sidney Lumet s doomsday thriller Fail Safe. He also appeared opposite John Wayne in the World War II epic In Harms Way. Hagman had been a heavy smoker as a young man, but a terrifying experience forced him to quit. He was making a movie in Italy & came down with a severe cough. The doctor mistakingly thought he had cancer but the diagnosis was later corrected. Hagman was so shaken by this he immediately became strongly anti-smoking. He has recorded several public service announcements pleading with smokers to quit & urging non-smokers never to start. Posters Of Larry Hagman

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