February 26, 2021

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Today's featured celebrity played the sultry Lucy Ewing on Dallas - that's right - it's Charlene Tilton! She was definitely fan favorite, and has had quite a career beyond her time on Dallas.

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Charlene Tilton

Learn More About Charlene Tilton, see Then & Now pictures, and find out What She's Been Up To on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: December 1, 1958 in San Diego, California, USA

BIRTH NAME: Charlene L. Tilton

CLAIM TO FAME: Charlene Tilton is an American actress and singer, best known for playing Lucy Ewing, the niece of brothers J. R. Ewing and Bobby Ewing (played by Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy), on the television series Dallas.

FAMILY LIFE: Tilton was married to country singer Johnny Lee from 1982 to 1984. She has one daughter, Cherish Lee, born in 1982. In 1985, she married actor Domenick Allen in 1985; they later divorced in 1992.

INFO: She's the daughter of Katherine Thacker, a secretary; she grew up not knowing her father.

She attended Hollywood High School, where she was a varsity cheerleader and President of the Thespians' Club.

Tilton is approximately 4' 11" (1.50 m).

Tilton appeared in a number of commercials for the Abdominizer line of direct-market workout equipment in the 1990s.

Tilton is a strong advocate for autism awareness in the media. She is currently the ambassador for Actors for Autism, an organization that leads improv and acting workshops for children and adults with autism. She approached AFA in 2010 with the desire to volunteer and has been affiliated with them ever since.

TRIVIA: She made her first film appearance alongside Jodie Foster in Freaky Friday (1976).

Credits Larry Hagman and Barbara Bel Geddes as her favorite acting mentors/best friends.

While in high school, the young unknown actress met Larry Hagman, who she regarded as a surrogate father.

Then, a few years later, at age 17, she made her big break by landing the role of Lucy Ewing, the sly, vixenish, frequently frustrated granddaughter of John "Jock" Ewing Sr. and the former Eleanor "Ellie" Southworth on the television series Dallas, from 1978 to 1985 and from 1988 to 1990. At the height of her Dallas fame, she received a $50,000 salary per episode, appeared on 500 magazine covers, and drew 65 million viewers for her 1981 TV wedding.

Beat out Stefanie Kramer for the role of Lucy Ewing in Dallas (1978).

Is a professional-caliber singer; she did all her own vocals in the Dallas (1978) episode where "Lucy Ewing" runs away with the Greg Evigan character, to try and become a country-western star. In real life, Charlene was offered the role of Rizzo in "Grease" during the 1990s; however, she turned it down because "my daughter (Cherish) was just starting high school, and I wanted to be there for her."

Along with Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Ted Shackelford and Joan Van Ark, she is one of only five actors to play the same character (Lucy Ewing) in all three series in the "Dallas" franchise: Dallas (1978), Knots Landing (1979) and Dallas (2012).

Was laid off at the end of the eighth season of Dallas (1978), when her contract had already expired, but came back between 1988 and 1990.

She posed topless in Playboy magazine in the 1980s.

Tilton was the guest host on an episode of Saturday Night Live on February 21, 1981, which featured a parody of the famed "Who shot J.R.?" episode of Dallas. In the episode, cast member Charles Rocket was shot in the chest by a sniper while doing a sketch about a sexy couple (with Gail Matthius as his partner) bathing a dog and spouting innuendo. At the end of the show, during the "goodbyes", Tilton asked Rocket how he felt about being shot. In character, Rocket improvised, "Oh, man, it's the first time I've ever been shot in my life. I'd like to know who the f*** did it." The improvisation by Rocket, which violated FCC broadcast standards, led to his dismissal from the show's cast.

In 1984, she released the dance-pop single "C'est La Vie", which became a hit in several European countries, though not in the United States.

She appeared on Circus of the Stars in 1979 and 1991, on one occasion acting as a knife thrower's target girl while dressed in a gold bikini.

In 2001, Tilton was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for her role as Lucy Ewing on the original Dallas television series.

In January 2012, Tilton was a contestant on the British ice-skating show Dancing on Ice in its seventh season, in which she was paired with American figure skater Matthew Gonzalez.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW: In 2021, Charlene Tilton is preparing to go to work on the family film A Unicorn for Christmas. It's always great to see her on screen!

CREDITS:

2020 A Welcome Home Christmas (TV Movie)...Lynn Marquee

2019 Starting Up Love...Aunt Marjory

2017 Second Chance Christmas (TV Movie)...Actress

2017 Road Less Traveled (TV Movie)...Babs

2017 Vengeance: A Love Story...Irma

2015 Lucky Dog...Jeanie

2015 Doctor Spine...Aunt Sally

2015 The Middle (TV Series)...Rhonda
- The Answer (2015) ... Rhonda

2014 The Michaels (TV Movie)...Dora

2014 TMI Hollywood (TV Series)...Host / Various
- Tiltin' with Tilton (2014) ... Host / Various

2014 Buttwhistle...Mrs. Podgorney

2012-2014 Dallas (TV Series)...Lucy Ewing
- Lifting the Veil (2014) ... Lucy Ewing
- Ewings Unite! (2013) ... Lucy Ewing
- JR's Masterpiece (2013) ... Lucy Ewing
- Collateral Damage (2012) ... Lucy Ewing
- The Last Hurrah (2012) ... Lucy Ewing
- Changing of the Guard (2012) ... Lucy Ewing

2013 Reading Writing & Romance (TV Movie)...Penny

2013 DeVanity (TV Series)...Francesca DeVanity
- Baby Bumps (2013) ... Francesca DeVanity

2013 Not Another Celebrity Movie...Chef

2012 Hemingway...Mrs. Hemingway

2012 Edge of Salvation...Sarah Malone

2011 Actors Anonymous (TV Movie)...Charlene Tilton

2011 Cloud Boy (TV Series)...Dianne Majors

2010 Mean Parents Suck...Judy Farell

2010 #1 Cheerleader Camp (Video)...Charlene Tilton

2010 Paranormal Calamity...Jacqueline

2009 Sarah's Choice (Video)...Abortion Doctor

2008 Superhero Movie...Jill's Mother

2007 Point of Entry (TV Movie)...Helen

2007 Whatever Happened To? (TV Series)
- Country Girls (2007)

2006 Getting It Straight (Short)...Cynthia Rosenburg

2005 A Distant Thunder (Short)...Susan

2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star...Charlene Tilton

2003 Zombie Rights! (Short)...Host

2001 Totally Blonde...Blonde School Director

2000 Bar Hopping (TV Movie)...Actress

2000 The Theory of Everything (TV Movie)...Stephanie

2000 Guido Takes a Hike (Short)...Bartender

1998 The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series)...Mrs. Zapruder
- Safety Patrol (1998) ... Mrs. Zapruder

1996 Detonator...Gail Davies

1995 Night Stand (TV Series)...Charlene
- Dream a Little Dream (1995) ... Charlene

1995 Star Witness (TV Movie)...Grace Kelly

1995 Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (TV Mini-Series documentary)...Vicki the Bartender (segment "The Headless Ghost")
- The Brotherhood/Ghost Watch/The Headless Ghost (1995) ... Vicki the Bartender (segment "The Headless Ghost") (uncredited)

1995 Favorite Deadly Sins (TV Movie)...Actress Playing Norma Jean

1994 The Silence of the Hams...Jane Wine

1993 Married... with Children (TV Series)...Charlene Tilton
- 'Tis Time to Smell the Roses (1993) ... Charlene Tilton

1992 Center of the Web...Kathryn Lockwood

1992 Deadly Bet...Isabella

1991 For Parents Only...Mrs. Farell

1991 Problem Child 2...Debbie Claukinski

1990 Border Shootout...Edith Hanasain

1990 Ragin' Cajun...Ali

1978-1990 Dallas (TV Series)...Lucy Ewing Cooper / Lucy Ewing
242 episodes

1987 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)...Cindy March
- The Cemetery Vote (1987) ... Cindy March

1980-1987 The Love Boat (TV Series)...Emily Marcus / Secretary / Ellen
- Who Killed Maxwell Thorn? (1987) ... Secretary
- Ace Takes a Holiday/The Runaway/Courier (1985) ... Ellen
- The Family Plan/The Promoter/May the Best Man Win/Forever Engaged/The Judges: Part 2 (1980) ... Emily Marcus
- The Family Plan/The Promoter/May the Best Man Win/Forever Engaged/The Judges: Part 1 (1980) ... Emily Marcus

1986 New Love, American Style (TV Series)
- Love and the Serious Wedding, Love and Condo (1986)

1983 Hotel (TV Series)...Holly Lane
- Relative Loss (1983) ... Holly Lane

1982 The Fall Guy (TV Series)...Charlene Tilton
- Colt Breaks Out (1982) ... Charlene Tilton

1980 Pale Horse Pale Rider (Short)...Miranda

1980 Fantasy Island (TV Series)...Charlotte 'Charlie' Johnson
- Skater's Edge/Concerto of Death/The Last Great Race (1980) ... Charlotte 'Charlie' Johnson

1980 Laverne & Shirley (TV Series)...The Girl at Bar
- Murder on the Moose Jaw Express: Part 2 (1980) ... The Girl at Bar
- Murder on the Moose Jaw Express: Part 1 (1980) ... The Girl at Bar

1980 Knots Landing (TV Series)...Lucy Ewing
- Home is for Healing (1980) ... Lucy Ewing

1979 The Fall of the House of Usher (TV Movie)...Jennifer Cresswell

1979 Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (TV Movie)...Julie Thurston

1978 Big Wednesday...Party Girl

1978 Sweater Girls...Candy

1978 Police Woman (TV Series)...Joanne
- The Young and the Fair (1978) ... Joanne

1977 Fernwood Tonight (TV Series)...Ginny Dunbar
- Church of the Devine Lemonade (1977) ... Ginny Dunbar

1977 Eight Is Enough (TV Series)...Wendy Springer
- Women, Ducks and the Domino Theory (1977) ... Wendy Springer

1976 Freaky Friday...Bambi

1976 Happy Days (TV Series)...Jill Higgins
- They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They? (1976) ... Jill Higgins

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