Sean Snow
08-29-2002, 06:14 PM
Today Alexandra Moltke's last episode as Victoria Winters aired. She had recently found out she was pregnent (she had a child on June 27, 1969 named Adam - - and it was on the 3rd anniversary of the premire of DS!), and had been let go from her contract. Alexandra had been displeased with the show for quite awhile, dissing the Adam storyline in a Saturday Evening Post article ("Victoria is so dumb," she said with a grimace. "All I do is stand around saying, 'I don't understand what's happening.' Jonathan has hypnotized me into eloping with him, tried to cut off my boyfriend's head to stick on that goofy monster they made, even sent me hundreds of years into the past during a séance. And I still haven't figured out that he may not quite be normal."). Alexandra had also recently gotten married to Phillip Isles with whom she had her child Adam with, and Nancy Barrett (Carolyn) was her bridesmaid.
Alexandra, after being let go, was replaced by Betsy Durkin, who is norturious for being the worst replacement on DS ever. She was let go after 10 episodes because she just wasn't working out with the show. They originally planned on making Betsy a full time cast member. They replaced her with Carolyn Groves for a 'return to 1796' ministoryline that lasted two weeks. Carolyn did a far better job, but by then Victoria had been replaced as governess with Maggie Evans. Jaclyn Smith was offered the role of Victoria after AM left, but turned it down (She was going out with Roger Davis at the time. They were married from 1972 until 1976).
Alexandra is part of the prestigous Moltke family and is actually in line for the throne of Denmark (after around 50 other people, lol). In the 1970s she divorced Phillip Isles. In the early/mid 1980s, she became nortorious through the Count von Bulow scandal. She was dating Claus von Bulow, who was at the time married (it wasn't an affair since Claus was ready for a divorce and so was his wife). He injected his wife Sunny von Bulow with either poision or insulin. She went into a coma. From what I know of, she is still in a coma after 22 years (either that or she died, I'm not sure). Claus was brought to trial and AM was brought in to testify - at one point she tried to leave the country so she could get away, but due to her being ordered to testified she couldn't.
She retired from acting but has become a documentary writer and director. Her "Scandalize My Name: Stories From the Blacklist" was released in 1999. A character based on Alexandra was included in the 1990 film "Reversal of Fortune," about the murder trial of her onetime friend, Claus Von Bulow.
Alexandra was on the show from June 27 1966 (#1) until November 19 1968 (#627)
Alexandra, after being let go, was replaced by Betsy Durkin, who is norturious for being the worst replacement on DS ever. She was let go after 10 episodes because she just wasn't working out with the show. They originally planned on making Betsy a full time cast member. They replaced her with Carolyn Groves for a 'return to 1796' ministoryline that lasted two weeks. Carolyn did a far better job, but by then Victoria had been replaced as governess with Maggie Evans. Jaclyn Smith was offered the role of Victoria after AM left, but turned it down (She was going out with Roger Davis at the time. They were married from 1972 until 1976).
Alexandra is part of the prestigous Moltke family and is actually in line for the throne of Denmark (after around 50 other people, lol). In the 1970s she divorced Phillip Isles. In the early/mid 1980s, she became nortorious through the Count von Bulow scandal. She was dating Claus von Bulow, who was at the time married (it wasn't an affair since Claus was ready for a divorce and so was his wife). He injected his wife Sunny von Bulow with either poision or insulin. She went into a coma. From what I know of, she is still in a coma after 22 years (either that or she died, I'm not sure). Claus was brought to trial and AM was brought in to testify - at one point she tried to leave the country so she could get away, but due to her being ordered to testified she couldn't.
She retired from acting but has become a documentary writer and director. Her "Scandalize My Name: Stories From the Blacklist" was released in 1999. A character based on Alexandra was included in the 1990 film "Reversal of Fortune," about the murder trial of her onetime friend, Claus Von Bulow.
Alexandra was on the show from June 27 1966 (#1) until November 19 1968 (#627)