- Winston Egbert
Winston Egbert was a fictional character in the
Sweet Valley High book series and the majority of its spin-offs. He was played by Michael Perl in the TV show of the same name.Character
Winston, the sweet, neurotic, funny son of Sam and Sharon Egbert, is the widely acknowledged class clown of Sweet Valley High. He is one of
Todd Wilkins ' best friends, and is very close toElizabeth Wakefield . He is often described as being lanky.Initially, Winston was unlucky in love, having nursed a fruitless crush on
Jessica Wakefield since fifth grade. Very early in the series he dated a girl called Mandy Farmer which ended when she moved to another town.He developed feelings for cheerleader
Maria Santelli when she helped him work on his campaign for class office. Maria was engaged to Michael Harris at the time but his possessiveness and jealousy led to their break up. Winston and Maria became a couple.Winston drove an orange VW which he sometimes likened to the pumpkin in the Cinderella story.
In the spin-off series "Sweet Valley Senior Year", Winston, like a good number of the characters found in the original Sweet Valley series, was never mentioned.
As a freshman at Sweet Valley University, Winston was accidentally registered under the name "Winnie Egbert", thus receiving a room in an all girls dorm.
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