Bio
Charlene Tilton was born in the land of Dreams, Hollywood, and by the
age of seven, was already performing in school recitals, theatre and
neighborhood workshops. Ms. Tilton attended the famous Hollywood High
School and while there not only starred in many productions, but was
also the president of the thespians club.
Her career really began at age 15, when she appeared in a Japanese
clothing commercial with Ringo Starr of the Beatles. From there various
television appearances and commercials followed. You will find a list of
these below. At age 17 she was cast as Lucy Ewing in one of the most
popular television series of the 80's, Dallas. Miss Tilton went after the
role with vigor, and finally the producers of the series saw that she was
indeed the right person for the role of Lucy Ewing. At the time, they had
their eyes on Stepfanie Kramer, who later went on to star with Fred Dryer
in the NBC show Hunter.
Along with acting, Ms. Tilton has also studied dancing and singing, and in
1984 she had a number one hit in Germany called "C'est La Vie"
Ms. Tilton was an original member of the Dallas cast. When the writers
were unable to come up with new stories for Lucy Ewing, she departed the
show in 1985. A campaign by fans, as well as a drop in the ratings for
Dallas, brought her back to the Ewing family in 1989 for another three
seasons. The character of Lucy went through many dramas, including several
engagements, drug abuse, a rape, two kidnappings, an abortion, several
cheating boyfriends. Many famous actors played lovers for Lucy. Some of
these included Fredrick Lehne, Timothy Patrick Murphy, Andrew Stevens,
Randolph Powell and Christopher Atkins. Her wedding to Dallas husband,
Mitch Cooper played by Leigh McCloskey was Dallas's second highest rated
episode, just behind the famous 'Who Shot J.R episode".
In 2004 Charlene also was a co-producer of the CBS's Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork
Ms. Tilton still acts, most recently appearing to positive reviews at the
The King's Theater in England as the wicked stepmother in "Cinderella"
At one time Charlene Tilton
was featured on more than 600 magazine covers world wide, and received
more fan mail at CBS than any other actor on the network. Ms. Tilton
continues to work on TV, and works in pilots each television season,
hoping for the next big break.
Ms. Tilton currently is raising her daughter Cherish, also an actress, in
Los Angeles.
