TT Top Characters Telly Talk’s Favourite Character of all time - No restrictions

[Victoriafan3]

Thank you @Ome for this super All Time list opportunity! Such fun!!

1. Tara Welles/Stephanie Harper Return to Eden
2. Pam Ewing Dallas
3. Jill Taylor O’Donnell Sons and Daughters
4. Jilly Stewart Return to Eden
5. Patricia Hamilton Palmer Sons and Daughters
6. Beryl Palmer Hamilton Sons and Daughters
7. Miranda from Miranda
8. Dowager Countess Violet Crawley from Downton Abbey
9. Minnie Caldwell Coronation St
10. Hilda Ogden Coronation Street
11. Sue Ellen Ewing Dallas
12. Sharon Gaskill Bentley Coronation Street
13. Raquel Wolstunhume Watts Coronation Street
14. Donna Krebbs Dallas
15. Tom McMaster Return to Eden
16. Glen Young Sons and Daughters
17. Liz Kennedy The Young Doctors
18. Janice Reid Sons and Daughters
19. Thomas Barrow Downton Abbey
20. Sable Colby Dynasty

Highly commended

Mickey Trotter Dallas
Katherine Wentworth Dallas
Emily Bishop Coronation Street
Rita Fairclough Sullivan Tanner Coronation Street
Richard Hilman Coronation Street
Audrey Roberts Coronation Street
Amanda Carrington #1 Dynasty
Barbara Hamilton Sons and Daughters
Julie Scott The Restless Years

 

[Emelee]

1. Martin Goodman – FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER
2. George Costanza - SEINFELD
3. Patsy Stone - ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
4. Basil Fawlty – FAWLTY TOWERS
5. Stephanie Forrester – THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
6. Homer Simpson – THE SIMPSONS
7. Elaine Benes - SEINFELD
8. Stewie Griffin - FAMILY GUY
9. Al Bundy – MARRIED… WITH CHILDREN
10. Frasier Crane - CHEERS/FRASIER
11. Herr Otto Flick – ‘ALLO! ‘ALLO!
12. Conrad Grayson – REVENGE
13. Sheldon Cooper – THE BIG BANG THEORY
14. Jaime Lannister - GAME OF THRONES
15. Mark Corrigan – PEEP SHOW
16. William Shakespeare - UPSTART CROW
17. Randolph Miller – NO OFFENCE
18. Dr John Dorian – SCRUBS
19. Kitty Montgomery – DHARMA & GREG
20. Villanelle – KILLING EVE



Honorable mentions, in alphabetical order:
Alf – ALF
Christine Campbell - THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE
Columbo – COLUMBO
Dale Cooper – TWIN PEAKS
Diana Trout - YOUNGER
Don Draper - MAD MEN
Dorothy Zbornak - GOLDEN GIRLS
Frank Costanza - SEINFELD
Frank Drebin – POLICE SQUAD
Fredde Schiller - SOLSIDAN
Fredrik Segemyhr – C/O SEGEMYHR
Gregory House – HOUSE MD
Gregory Richards – SUNSET BEACH
Gustav Svensson – SVENSSON SVENSSON
Jessica Fletcher – MURDER SHE WROTE
J.R. Ewing – DALLAS
Kendall Roy - SUCCESSION
Mason Capwell – SANTA BARBARA
Melker Melkersson - VI PÅ SALTKRÅKAN
Mimmi Hamilton - DIPS
Niles Crane – FRASIER
Peg Bundy - MARRIED ... WITH CHILDREN
Phil Dunphy - MODERN FAMILY
Richard Poole – DEATH IN PARADISE
Roger - AMERICAN DAD
Rudolf Andersson – SUNES JUL
Ted Crilly – FATHER TED
Tyrion Lannister - GAME OF THRONES

 

[bmasters9]

17 Mary Tyler Moore

You probably mean Mary Richards, the character she played (WJM News associate producer).

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

1. Tara Welles/Stephanie Harper RETURN TO EDEN
2. The Doctor DOCTOR WHO
3. Jake Sanders RETURN TO EDEN
4. Jessica Fletcher MURDER SHE WROTE
5. Pamela Barnes Ewing DALLAS
6. JR Ewing DALLAS
7. Jock Ewing DALLAS
8. Miss Ellie DALLAS
9. Bobby Ewing DALLAS
10. Captain James T. Kirk STAR TREK
11. Jilly Stewart RETURN TO EDEN
12. Rene Artois 'ALLO 'ALLO
13. Blake Carrington DYNASTY
14. Krystle Carrington DYNASTY
14. Miles Colby THE COLBY'S
15. Jason Colby THE COLBY'S
16. Ben Stivers/Wes Parmalee DALLAS
17. Captain Mainwaring DAD'S ARMY
18. Top Cat TOP CAT
19. Scooby Doo SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU?/SCOOBY DOO & SCRAPPY DOO/VARIOUS
20. Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter DYNASTY

 

[Ome]

This was harder than the rest, and I would still be tinkering away with it if I didn't post my list now.

1. Sheila Grant – BROOKSIDE
2. Marie Jackson – BROOKSIDE
3. John Locke – LOST
4. The Doctor – DOCTOR WHO
5. Katherine Wentworth – DALLAS
6. Avon – BLAKE’S 7
7. Sapphire – SAPPHIRE & STEEL
8. Shane Vendrell – THE SHIELD
9. Valene Ewing – KNOTS LANDING
10. Doreen Corkhill – BROOKSIDE
11. Lizzie Birdsworth – PRISONER CELL BLOCK H
12. Sue Ellen – DALLAS
13. Tegan Jovanka – DOCTOR WHO
14. Icky – ONE SUMMER
15. Wolfgang Bogdanow – SENSE8
16. Les Battersby – CORONATION STREET
17. Sydney Bristow – ALIAS
18. Jamie Fraser – OUTLANDER
19. Lindsay Denton - LINE OF DUTY
20. Stella Gibson - THE FALL

 

[Long Lashes]

1. Ted Hastings - LINE OF DUTY
2. The Doctor - DR WHO
3. Hilda Ogden - CORONATION STREET
4. Shelia Grant - BROOKSIDE
5. DC Tenison - PRIME SUSPECT
6. Norma Bates - BATES MOTEL
7. Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald - CRACKER
8. Lyndsay Denton - PRIME SUSPECT
9. Spock - STAR TREK
10. Mork - MORK AND MINDY
11. John Boy Walton - THE WALTONS
12. Capt Ross Poldark – POLDARK
13. James T. Kirk - STAR TREK
14. Roy Cropper - CORONATION STREET
15. Soames Forsythe- THE FORSYTE SAGA
16 The Fonz - HAPPY DAYS
17. Kunta Kinte - ROOTS
18. Mrs Overall - ACORN ANTIQUES
19. Sam Malone - CHEERS
20. Darlene Connor - ROSEANNE

 

[Karin Schill]

This is pretty much an impossible task. With the risk of my list being dominated by my favorite shows. It would look something like this:

1. Buffy Summers (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
2. Pam Barnes Ewing (Dallas)
3. Lucy Ewing Cooper (Dallas)
4. Bobby Ewing (Dallas)
5. JR Ewing (Dallas)
6. Sue Ellen Ewing (Dallas)
7. Valene Ewing Gibson (Knots Landing)
8. Gary Ewing (Knots Landing)
9. Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter (Dynasty)
10. Jenna Wade (Dallas)
11. Abby Cunningham Ewing Sumner (Knots Landing)
12. Ray Krebbs (Dallas)
13. Angel (Buffy/Angel)
14. DJ Tanner (Full House)
15. Jesse Katsopolis (Full House)
16. Becky Katsopolis (Full House)
17. Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie)
18. Fallon Carrington Colby (Dynasty)
19. Brenda Walsh (Beverly Hills 90210)
20. Orry Main (North & South)

Yikes! So many great characters to choose from. I had to take several of my favorite characters off the list...

So honorable mentions goes out to:
Donna Culver Krebbs (Dallas)
John Ross Ewing (Dallas)
Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow (Dallas)
Lilimae Clements (Knots Landing)
Afton Cooper (Dallas)
Stephannie Tanner (Fuller House)
Carol Seaver (Growing Pains)
Rachel Green (Friends)
Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie)
Karen McKenzie (Knots Landing)
Laura Avery Sumner (Knots Landing)
Joshua Rush (Knots Landing)
Cordelia Chase (BTVS/Angel)
Willow Rosenberg (BTVS)
Spike (BTVS/Angel)
Darla (Angel)
Lance Cumson (Falcon Crest)
Melissa Agretti Cumson (Falcon Crest)
Sable Colby (The Colbys)
Gabby Solis (Desperate Housewives)
Harriet Oleson (Little House on The Prairie)
Nellie Oleson (Little House on The Prairie)
Kelly Taylor (Beverly Hills 90210)
Donna Martin (Beverly Hills 90210)
Dylan McKay (Beverly Hills 90210)
Brandon Walsh (Beverly Hills 90210)
Claire McLeod (McLeod's Daughters)
Tess Silverman McLeod (McLeod's Daughters)
Jodi Fountain McLeod (McLeod's Daughters)
Amanda Carrington (Dynasty)
Dex Dexter (Dynasty)
Steven Carrington (Dynasty)
Adam Carrington (Dynasty)
Scarlett O'Hara Butler (Scarlett)

I love those characters too. But there was just not enough room on the list.
I think it would have been easier to make a top 30 or top 50 characters list. 20 characters is just not enough...

 

[colbyco]

1. Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan (Dynasty) *greatest & best looking tv bitch
2. Lance Cumson (Falcon Crest) * TV´s hottest man of the 80´s
3. Blake Carrington (Dynasty) * family patriarch number 1
4. Krystle Carrington (Dynasty) * TV' s good soul
5. Angela Channing (Falcon Crest) * so evil
6. Richard Channing (Falcon Crest) * evil but charming and full of humor
7. Melissa Agretti (Falcon Crest) * sexy, funny and a little bit crazy
8. Sable Colby (The Colbys / Dynasty) * The Colbys was her show + Alexis´ first real female rival
9. Miles Colby (The Colbys / Dynasty) * handsome devil
10.Abby Cunningham (Knots Landing) * prettiest blond bi*ch of the 80´s + her eye make up
11.Gina DeMott Capwell (Santa Barbara) * daily soap´s best b*tch
12.Terry Hartford (Falcon Crest) * brilliant & sexy b*tch
13.Amanda Carrington (Dynasty), beautiful spoiled princess
14.Lorelai Gilmore (Gilmore Girls) * TV´s funniest mom
15.Emily Thorne (Revenge) * mysterious, dangerous and loving
16.Harry Fox (Crazy Like a Fox) * funniest tv private detective
17.Sue Ellen Ewing (Dallas) * TV´s best alcoholic + most suffered wife
18. Ciji Dunne (Knots Landing) * interesting & sweet character
19.Mary Beth Lacey (Cagney & Lacey) * very good actress + looks like a "real" woman
20. JR Ewing (Dallas), * TV' s bastard number 1

So honorable mentions goes out to:
Claudia Blaisdel Carrington (Dynasty) * Dynasty´s best actress
Clay Fallmont (Dynasty), the show´s most handsome man
Dominique Deveraux (Dynasty) * TV´s first black b*tch
Steven Carrington (Dynasty) * first gay character
Adam Carrington (Dynasty) * the son of a b*tch
Keith Timmons (Santa Barbara) * brilliant + funny badass
Ted Capwell (Santa Barbara) * daytime´s prettiest man
Kelly Capwell (Santa Barbara) * fascinating; specially her love story with Joe Perkins
Mandy Winger (Dallas) * so pretty
Pamela Ewing (Dallas) * beautiful, interesting character
Lilimae Clements (Knots Landing) * intriguing character
Ben Gibson (Knots Landing) * the cul-de-sac´s best looking man
the 4 "Golden Girls" * best comedy programme ever
Arthur, Carrie, Doug (King of Queens) * best tv comedy trio
Steve Urkel (Family Matters) * TV´s first nerd (?)
Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang) * TV´s perfect nerd
Remington Steele (Remington Steele) * best looking tv private detective + so much charisma & fun
Jeniffer & Jonathan Hart (Hart To Hart) * TV´s most perfect couple
Richard Cypher (Legend of the Seeker) * TV´s most perfect body
Victoria Grayson (Revenge) * brilliant bi*ch of a new decade
Margot Balbeck (Das Erbe der Guldenburgs) * Germany´s answer to Alexis
Sylvia Gruber (Rivalen der Rennbahn) * brilliant sexy German tv b*tch, always dressed in black & red
Tess Silverman McLeod (McLeod's Daughters) * so loveable

 

[Seaviewer]

This was really an impossible task - especially the pitting of the sitcom characters I grew up with directly against the soap characters of later years (nostalgia won out to a large extent) - so this list has to be taken with a grain of salt. The order changed from minute to minute and there are loads more that I couldn't fit in.

1. Maxwell Smart - Get Smart
2. Agent 99 - Get Smart
3. Valene Ewing - Dallas and Knots Landing
4. Xena of Amphipolis - Xena: Warrior Princess
5. Gabrielle of Potadeia - Xena: Warrior Princess
6 Jeannie - I Dream of Jeannie
7. Tony Nelson - I Dream of Jeannie
8. Karen MacKenzie - Knots Landing
9. Abby Fairgate - Knots Landing
10. JR Ewing - Dallas
11. Christine Cagney - Cagney & Lacey
12. Daria Morgendorffer - Daria
13. Batman - Batman
14. Lorelai Gilmore - Gilmore Girls
15. Lt. Columbo - Columbo
16. Richard Kimble - The Fugitive
17. Charles Kingsfield - The Paper Chase
18. Danny Partridge - The Partridge Family
19. Zelda Gilroy - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
20. Sandra Clark - 227

 

[Karin Schill]

@Ome how much longer do we have left to vote on this one?

 

[TaranofPrydain]

If this is still open, here goes.... i still decided to do one per show, even with no limitations, just to spread some love.

1. Lt. Coleen McMurphy (Dana Delany)/China Beach
2. Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper)/The Mary Tyler Moore Show & Rhoda
3. Angela Channing (Jane Wyman)/Falcon Crest
4. Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist)/Remington Steele
5. Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop)/Gilmore Girls
6. Claudia Blaisdel (Pamela Bellwood)/Dynasty
7. Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross)/Desperate Housewives
8. Jessica Beatrice Fletcher (Angela Lansbury)/Murder, She Wrote
9. Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk)/Columbo
10. Lilimae Clements (Julie Harris)/Knots Landing
11. Madelyn Hayes (Cybill Shepherd)/Moonlighting
12. Dorothy Zbornack (Bea Arthur)/The Golden Girls
13. Alex Reed (Swoosie Kurtz)/Sisters
14. Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen)/Murphy Brown
15. Melissa Steadman (Melanie Mayron)/thirtysomething
16. Ann Kelsey (Jill Eikenberry)/L.A. Law
17. Loretta Hagers (Mary Kay Place)/Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
18. Dr. Mark Craig (William Daniels)/St. Elsewhere
19. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits)/NYPD Blue
20. Maxine Stewart (Lauren Holly)/Picket Fences

 

[Alexis Colby Carrington]

If we can still vote
1. Sheila Grant - Brookside
2. Rita Fairclough - Coronation Street
3. Sue Ellen - Dallas
4. Sable Colby - Dynasty
5. Angie Watts - EastEnders
6. Kim Tate - Emmerdale
7. Maggie Gioberti - Falcon Crest.
8. Dorothy Zbornak - The Golden Girls
9. Cersei Lannister - Game of Thrones
10. Karen Mackenzie - Knots Landing
11. Hyacinth Bouquet - Keeping up Appearances.
12. Jake Hanson - Melrose Place
13. Helen Daniels - Neighbours
14 Vera Bennett - Prisoner
15. Margot Leadbetter - The Good Life
16. Jackie Corkhill - Brookside
17. Deidre Barlow - Coronation Street
18. Pat Butcher - EastEnders
19. Jennifer Trewlany - Lace
20. Marge Simpson - The Simpsons
19.