What happened to "Connie," Bobby's secretary?

[Priscilla]

She disappeared halfway through season four, and now Bobby's secretary is "Phyllis."

Does anyone know?

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Death by veggie burger, I've heard.

 

[tommie]

I'd just assumed she moved on and they hired a new secretary.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

If I remember rightly on the show they said she was ill and Phyllis was brought in to cover for her but then she didn't come back.

I wonder what happened to her.

 

[Ray_Krebbs]

It reminds me of a SpongeBob episode. Squidward became ill or something, and he stayed at SpongeBobs under his care. He never went back to work and never got out of SpongeBobs bed till the end. I assume Connie was under the care of SpongeBob and is still in his bed to this day now

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Looking at the information about the character on Wikipedia she was played by four different actors:

Donna Bullock, Ann Ford, Nancy Bleier & Jeanna Michaels

Now it's possible the Producers wanted a long term actor when the show became a hit, I'm only speculating here.

Either that or perhaps the actors left of their own accord as being a secretary on a TV show like Dallas is only really a background character.

My last theory is that Jeanna Michaels was quite similar looking to Linda Gray which may or may not have something to do with why she left or was maybe possibly replaced by the Producers.

I wonder what really happened why the character was replaced? Of course it just could be because she was played by four different actors that they wanted a different character instead.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

Death by veggie burger, I've heard.

there were whispers around Dallas at the time that a pair of veggie burger industry magnate/thugs along the lines of Willie Joe Garr and Jeb Ames saw the episode where she disparaged their product and chased her to the roof of her apartment building, from which she plunged to her death ala Julie Grey.

 

[Willie Oleson]

She's screaming for help in Katherine's basement.

 

[Mustard]

Connie left for another job probably, so Phyllis stayed on as her replacement.

 

[Lotus Point Tundra Torque]

JR fired her in a rage when he came in and saw a copy of Capricorn Crude on her desk one morning!

 

[Ray_Krebbs]

Or, she had a brawl at a bar with Donna over Ray, who said, "Drinks are on Connie." She left town after being bought off

 

[Chris2]

Jeanna Michaels was on General Hospital a few years after her Dallas stint, in a bigger role as a CIA agent and former love interest of Robert Scorpio’s. And prior to that she was on The Young and The Restless. Perhaps she left the Dallas role for a bigger role on Y&R.

 

[Mustard]

JR fired her in a rage when he came in and saw a copy of Capricorn Crude on her desk one morning!

Nah. J.R. owns Capricorn Crude's publishing company, and therefore profits from Capricorn Crude sales

 

[Seaviewer]

I wonder what really happened why the character was replaced? Of course it just could be because she was played by four different actors that they wanted a different character instead

I would argue the reverse. The first three actresses appear to have only been there for a short time; in fact, I personally did not notice there was more than one. Jeanna Michaels was probably the only one who lasted long enough to make an impression on the viewers so when she left they felt they had to change the name of the character.