Kristin Shepard

Kristin Shepard

Kristin Shepard, was a character in the popular American television series "Dallas", played most notably by Mary Crosby (1979-1981) and briefly played by Colleen Camp (1979).

Kristin was Sue Ellen Ewing's scheming sister, who eventually has an affair with Sue Ellen's husband J.R..

The character of Kristin first appeared on "Dallas" during the second season in the company of her mother, Patricia Shepard (Martha Scott). Patricia was always proud that her daughter Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) had married into the Ewing family. Patricia was hoping her younger daughter Kristin (then played by Colleen Camp) would also find a successful man to marry. Kristin spent some time at Southfork Ranch and J.R. (Larry Hagman) came up with a plan for the vixen Kristin to seduce Bobby. (Bobby had just recently separated from his new bride Pam and J.R. was plotting to break them up for good.) J.R.'s plan backfired. Bobby wasn't interested in Kristin romantically and nothing happened. Bobby and Pam reconciled. Kristin left town for a while.

Kristin (now played by Mary Crosby) returned to "Dallas" at the beginning of the third season. J.R. offered Kristin a job working for him at Ewing Oil and a condo for her to live in. Eventually, J.R. and Kristin began a long term affair. Kristin helped J.R. by finding out valuable information from J.R.'s business partners. J.R. failed to come through on the promises he made to Kristin that she would be rewarded for the spying she had done. Kristin became bitter with J.R., feeling he had betrayed her. J.R. had also managed to anger many of his business partners and family members. J.R. was shot by an unknown assailant at the end of "Dallas"'s third season.

In the beginning of the fourth season, Sue Ellen (falsely accused of shooting J.R.) realized that her sister Kristin had shot J.R. and the truth came out in a poolside conversation between the three of them. Before J.R. (in a wheelchair) had a chance to digest this news flash, Kristin revealed that she was pregnant with J.R.'s child. Instead of pressing charges against Kristin for the shooting, J.R. sent her packing out of town and agreed to send her a monthly check for living expenses.

At the end of the fourth season, Kristin returned yet again and soon thereafter was found drowned in the Southfork Ranch swimming pool, after having overdosed on drugs and hitting her head after losing consciousness and falling over the railing of the upper balcony. After Kristin's death, it was learned that J.R. was not the father of Kristin's child that Bobby and Pam adopted and named Christopher. Kristin had miscarried the child she conceived with JR.

Kristin would make one final appearance in the series finale in J.R.'s "dream" sequence as he finds out what life would be like if he had never been born. In the "dream" it is revealed that Kristin is a con artist having posed as a prostitute. She then claims to be a police woman embarrassing her client but after accepting a huge amount of money, she leaves and it's revealed that the whole set up was a scam to pocket money.


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