Remembering Gayle Hunnicutt: JR’s ‘Dallas’ Ex and Hollywood Femme Fatale

2023-09-07 16:52:51

Television

JR’s ‘Dallas’ ex dies

Gayle Hunnicutt, who in the famous series had a son with the odious character played by Larry Hagman, died at 80 years old.

PostedSeptember 7, 2023, 6:52 PM

Gayle Hunnicutt with Larry Hagman in “Dallas.”

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Gayle Hunnicutt was a beautiful, classy woman who, from her film debut in the 1960s, often played femme fatale roles. As in “The waltz of the crooks”, in 1969, alongside James Garner and Bruce Lee. In 1972, she played with Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon in “Scorpio”.

“Scorpio” with Alain Delon.

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In 1968, she married David Hemmings, the disturbing blond actor of “Blow Up”. Pregnant, she is forced to refuse a role of James Bond girl against Roger Moore. We find her in 1973 in “The House of the Damned”, a horror film with Roddy McDowall. She will still turn quite a bit, notably making appearances in famous series such as “La Croisière s’amuse”, but she will return to the fore in one of her last roles: that of Vanessa Beaumont, former mistress of JR whose daughter she raises. child in secret.

Gayle Hunnicutt died on August 31 in London, announcement “The Parisian”. She leaves behind two sons, including Nolan Hemmings, seen in “Brothers in Arms”, and her ex-husband, photographer Simon Jenkins.

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