Has Kimberly Foster ever given a Dallas interview?

[MarkDallasAddict]

Hi everyone. I am just rewatching Season 13 with sees the arrival of Michelle and James etc. I have looked online but haven't found any interviews with Kimberly Foster who played April's sister Michelle Stevens. I just wondered if she has ever spoken about her time on Dallas, what she thought of it, and what she is up to these days. Thanks all!

 

[Toni]

Hi everyone. I am just rewatching Season 13 with sees the arrival of Michelle and James etc. I have looked online but haven't found any interviews with Kimberly Foster who played April's sister Michelle Stevens. I just wondered if she has ever spoken about her time on Dallas, what she thought of it, and what she is up to these days. Thanks all!

I don´t think so, but Sheree Wilson did say some (unkind) things about her in the Barbara Curran book. As if she could!

 

[MarkDallasAddict]

I don´t think so, but Sheree Wilson did say some (unkind) things about her in the Barbara Curran book. As if she could!

really? that's curious! do you recall what she said?

 

[KayLloyd]

I don´t think so, but Sheree Wilson did say some (unkind) things about her in the Barbara Curran book. As if she could!

Interesting, Sheree seems to be the common denominator and was likely the problem, not Kimberly.

 

[James from London]

what she is up to these days.

I think she became a casting director. There are some recent-ish photos of her circulating on the internet where she looks completely different. That's because it's someone else with the same name.

 

[Barbara Fan]

I think long ago someone posted here who was related to her - think she went on to have 4 children and as JFL said became a casting director

 

[Michelle Stevens]

I think long ago someone posted here who was related to her - think she went on to have 4 children and as JFL said became a casting director

It was her niece defending her from a small group of haters at that time. She is married to a banker and is, as you stated correctly, a mother. After her last role as Liz Sloan on All My Children in early-1995 she left acting.

I'm not aware of any interviews she has done since leaving Dallas and acting. There are interviews with her in magazines during her time on Dallas. Most involved how she was discovered and about her background.

There are some recent-ish photos of her circulating on the internet where she looks completely different. That's because it's someone else with the same name.

She goes by her married name and there are recent-ish images of her in her social circles online.

I, for one, would love for her talk about her time on Dallas and acting.

 

[MarkDallasAddict]

Thank you for the replies. It’s a shame there isn’t much material about her time on the show. She played such a big personality so would have liked to hear her take on the show. Maybe one day?

 

[DallasFanForever]

Thank you for the replies. It’s a shame there isn’t much material about her time on the show. She played such a big personality so would have liked to hear her take on the show. Maybe one day?

Hopefully one day. I know she takes a lot of criticism for her time on the show but I enjoyed her. I found her very attractive and I thought she played her character very well. I don’t think she hurt the show nor do I think she helped it but that’s not her fault. The show was already on its downside at that point.

 

[Michelle Stevens]

Thank you for the replies. It’s a shame there isn’t much material about her time on the show. She played such a big personality so would have liked to hear her take on the show. Maybe one day?

Maybe indeed. Kimberly's voice should be heard if she's willing to share it. It would be interesting to know her thoughts with working with Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Ken Kerchaval, Barbara Eden and Sasha Mitchell during her two year tenure.

I'd be curious if she ever cut her hair in that iconic short style we all know just once in the years after Dallas. That style and her looks put her on the front of many hair fashion magazine covers from 1989-1991.

BTW, here is a recent (circa 2018) image of Kimberly Foster.

Hopefully one day. I know she takes a lot of criticism for her time on the show but I enjoyed her. I found her very attractive and I thought she played her character very well. I don’t think she hurt the show nor do I think she helped it but that’s not her fault. The show was already on its downside at that point.

That is all an actor/actress can do, portray what material they are given and I think she did a great job with that task.

It's nice to hear there are people interested in hearing her voice after all these years.

 

[Garry]

DALLAS Producer Howard Lakin On Casting Michelle...

"The most controversial and long-winded audition was for the character of Michelle Stevens (Kimberly Foster). In the end, we chose her because her haircut "popped" and gave her a unique-ish look...over a better actress. In retrospect, I suppose it was a good choice that I was outvoted."

 

[Chris2]

She looks a little like Kirsten Dunst in that middle picture. Longer hair is very flattering to her.

So she got the job because of her haircut? That explains a lot.

 

[Monzo]

I can't recall reading any interviews with new additions of seasons 13 and 14. Susan Lucci and Lesley-Anne Down talk about Dallas when they are asked, but it's only a minor topic and not an entire interview about it. Never read an interview with Gayle Hunnicutt or Barabara Stock about Dallas. I wish those final seasons weren't overlooked in interview section.

 

[MarkDallasAddict]

Maybe indeed. Kimberly's voice should be heard if she's willing to share it. It would be interesting to know her thoughts with working with Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Ken Kerchaval, Barbara Eden and Sasha Mitchell during her two year tenure.

I'd be curious if she ever cut her hair in that iconic short style we all know just once in the years after Dallas. That style and her looks put her on the front of many hair fashion magazine covers from 1989-1991.

BTW, here is a recent (circa 2018) image of Kimberly Foster.

That is all an actor/actress can do, portray what material they are given and I think she did a great job with that task.

It's nice to hear there are people interested in hearing her voice after all these years.

Thank you, I think she did a phenomenal job with what she was given, and had the show survived I think she could have become one of the greats of the show but she came too late. I felt her ending, getting married to Cliff and losing the lot (and her sister) and probably ending up in jail, was a shame. I was saddened there was no mention of April or Michelle in TNT but let’s not go there folks.

Thank you all for the replies and sharing my enjoyment of season 13 with me. I love everything about that show!

 

[the-lost-son]

I've always been the first to complain about the last 3-4 seasons (which I watched once only). James Beaumont and Michelle Stevens are two prominent examples which I criticised quite harshly in the past.

But, I think I'm in the majority here - I can separate between actor and character. It was a dying show at this point. A reduced budget resulted in the departure of familiar faces and the addition of new, less expansive roles. At that time the audience was reduced to die-hard fans who watched this show for more than a decade, loyal to their favorites like Miss Ellie, Pam, SueEllen etc. - impossible to replace them. It's a battle which can't be won. Any sensible agent would advise to keep away from that.

Additionally, the material they had to work with was very, very poor. The series had been done, the story had been told, it was over (for me in 1987, but at the latest in 1989.)

And I haven't read in all these years anything (in this forum as well) which would have rejuvenated this beloved series. There is point in everything, when you have to accept that the ride was nice, but now it's over.

 

[Toni]

really? that's curious! do you recall what she said?

Basically, that she WAS her character. She right away expressed her interest for Sheree´s trailer (not knowing it was hers) and had Michelle´s attitude.

"She was like a little fox. We got along great, but I couldn´t tell if it was acting."

This comment comes from the person (Sheree) who shaded VP and called her "regal", and thought that April was Bobby´s biggest love. Please give me a breaaaaak!

 

[Brian Kinney]

But Jenna was Bobby's greatest love! Kidding - of course it was April.

 

[Michelle Stevens]

Thank you, I think she did a phenomenal job with what she was given, and had the show survived I think she could have become one of the greats of the show but she came too late. I felt her ending, getting married to Cliff and losing the lot (and her sister) and probably ending up in jail, was a shame. I was saddened there was no mention of April or Michelle in TNT but let’s not go there folks.

Yes, I had hoped for a Season 15 to see what was next for Michelle after losing James. Michelle wasn't charged in the shooting death of Hillary Taylor after she blackmailed JR for control of part of Ewing Oil.

It was a shame indeed that neither April, Bobby's second wife, was never mentioned or Michelle on TNT Dallas. :fp:

Thank you all for the replies and sharing my enjoyment of season 13 with me. I love everything about that show!

I hope you are enjoying Season 13.

I can't recall reading any interviews with new additions of seasons 13 and 14. Susan Lucci and Lesley-Anne Down talk about Dallas when they are asked, but it's only a minor topic and not an entire interview about it. Never read an interview with Gayle Hunnicutt or Barabara Stock about Dallas. I wish those final seasons weren't overlooked in interview section.

Agreed!

"She was like a little fox. We got along great, but I couldn´t tell if it was acting."

She's certainly a Fox.

 

[Barbara Fan]

As most know I have never been a fan of the "Blande Blondes" of the final years of Dallas ie Cally, April and Michelle, but do appeciate that some people like them especially @Michelle Stevens

so this is for you with love from me xxxx :heart:

 

[Toni]

I´m re-watching Season 12 too and I can´t help liking Michelle and Kimberly, which it´s a good sign IMO. She´s so agressive and ambitious that she makes me think of Da Big Beech of Dallas, aka Kristin. There´s also the big blue eyes, the sex appeal and that way of smiling with half of her face only, like Crosby did. Of course, she is the best looking woman that season, though I´m afraid that´s not saying too much.

At some point of the season she is misused with that stupid idea of the night club, and then she is gone until the next year. She had a good potential but the Katzmen used their imagination to say to Ms. Wilson goodbye and good riddance with the Paris Aprilnapping plot. I also think that she and James had a huge chemistry, and Mitchell talked about his wife´s jealousy in the book too.

All in all, I think that her biggest problem is that joke of a character called April. In the final episodes of the show they should have solved out the "Debra Lynn interference" and get them married at Fake Southfork. I´d rather have Michelle there than her sister, Cally or even Lucy.

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