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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 398828" data-attributes="member: 5079">The most succinct description was the TV critic in the mid-80s who said Reed played Miss Ellie like a "PTA chairwoman".   Even if I were receptive to Ellie being played like an Oil Baron's wife, rather than rancher's daughter, what about Reed's performance is particularly indicative of an Oil Baron's wife?  Big hair?  She's basically just Donna Stone moved to Texas.Re-casting Miss Ellie was a terrible idea, but if it had to be done there were actresses of the era at least associated with melodramas or Westerns who could have brought the appropriate vibe.  Oil baron's wife or rancher's daughter, Ellie certainly wasn't the suburban wife-next-door.</blockquote>