From 1981 to 1986, Pamela Bellwood, born in 1951, played one of the main roles as Claudia Blaisdel Carrington in the globally successful series DYNASTY. Her Claudia struggled with mental problems from the beginning of the series. At some point, Pamela Bellwood had enough of the series and used her private pregnancy to have herself written out of the PrimeTime soap through a dramatic death by fire. The entire hotel "La Mirage" was reduced to rubble and ashes.
The role she played in this television film broadcast on ABC on March 6, 1983 was completely different. Marsha (Pamela Bellwood) is a successful gallery owner and is married to a very attractive doctor (Ted Wass, born 1952) in Los Angeles. Her little sister Annie (Phoebe Cates, born 1963) dropped out of college after problems with their father (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and quickly moved in with Marsha and her husband. At some point he can no longer keep his hands off the "Baby Sister" (the original title), which of course leads to considerable complications.
Not a very convincing story, the details are overly exaggerated, and it's actually only worth seeing because of the attractive stars. Ted Wass also appeared in another installment of the Pink Panther film series that year. Phoebe Cates, who has now been married to Oscar winner Kevin Kline for many years, would have to deal with the nasty "Gremlins" a year later. And before her television career, Pamela Bellwood could be admired in the disaster film "AIRPORT 77 - Lost in the Bermuda Triangle" (1977).
