Charlene Tilton

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Charlene L. Tilton (born December 1, 1958) is an American actress and singer

Tilton was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Katherine, a secretary. Notably, Tilton is 4’11” (1.50 m) tall. Tilton has had a varied career in show business. She is best known for playing Lucy Ewing, the sly, vixenish, frequently frustrated granddaughter of Jock Ewing in the popular television series Dallas from 1978 to 1985 and from 1988 to 1990 and also on Knots Landing for 1 episode in 1979. She will reprise the role in the pilot of the new series.

In addition to several appearances on various TV shows, Tilton has also appeared in feature films (including a cameo appearance in the John Milius film Big Wednesday), although these garnered little attention. Tilton is also a singer, singing her own vocals on a 1978 episode of Dallas. She also released a dance-pop single “C’est La Vie” in 1984 which became a hit in several countries in Europe, including staying at #1 in Germany.

She appeared on Circus of the Stars in 1979 and 1991, on one occasion acting as a knife thrower’s target girl in a gold bikini.

Tilton was the guest host on Saturday Night Live on February 21, 1981. The episode in question featured a parody of the famed “Who Shot J.R.?” episode of Dallas. In the episode, cast member Charles Rocket was shot in the chest by a sniper while doing a sketch about a sexy couple (with Gail Matthius as his partner) bathing a dog and spouting innuendo. At the end of the show, as cast members traditionally gathered around the host to say good night, Tilton asked Rocket how he felt about being shot. In character, a wheelchair-using Rocket improvised, “Oh, man, it’s the first time I’ve ever been shot in my life. I’d like to know who the fuck did it”.

She did a number of commercials in the 1990s for the Abdominizer workout equipment. She appeared as herself in an episode of Married… with Children where her involvement with the “Abdominizer” was spoofed.

In 2005, she appeared in the British reality TV show, The Farm.

Tilton was married to country singer Johnny Lee from 1982 to 1984 and to Domenick Allen from 1985 to 1992. She has one daughter, Cherish Lee, born in 1982.

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