Dallas’ 40th Anniversary
Last year, the prime-time soap opera ‘Dallas’ celebrated its 40th anniversary. The show aired its dramatic series finale back in 1991, and it’s clear now that fans didn’t get enough. The show about the larger-than-life family of the Ewing Oil Empire premiered in 1978 as a five-episode miniseries. People must have loved it since it went on to run on CBS for 356 episodes over 14 seasons.
Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing, Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Shepard Ewing, Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing, Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing, Larry Hagman as John Ross ( J.R. ) Ewing, Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow, Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs, Jim Davis as Jock Ewing. Source: MoviestillsDB.com, copyrights: Lorimar Productions
The show turned actors like Larry Hagman into household names. More recently, in 2012, a reboot of the widely popular show was made. And audiences were happy to see the return of J.R., Bobby, and Sue Ellen in a reboot of Dallas on the network TNT.
Let’s take a look at the characters and the actors, on the show and in real life…