Catching up with 'Dynasty,' on screen and off
Posted 5/1/2006 10:12 PM ET
By William Keck, USA TODAY

Fifteen years have passed since Dynasty's 1991 reunion miniseries tied up the soap's loose ends. Tonight, former cast members gather on the CBS special, Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar (10 p.m. ET/PT), to reminisce about the 1981-89 ABC series. USA TODAY asks the stars what they are up to now and what they think has become of their characters.


Actor Where are they now?

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John Forsythe (Blake)

Forsythe, 88: Spends his days reading, walking and "being grateful for life, love and family," which includes a wife, three children, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Blake: "He and Krystle are enjoying their life together. Unfortunately, their mansion is still home to most of their grown children, their spouses, their ex-spouses, their grandchildren, their great-grandchildren and any other stranger who claims to be a long-lost Carrington."

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Linda Evans (Krystle)

Evans, 63: Single. In rehearsals with Joan Collins for a revival tour of Legends, opening in Toronto in September. The two play battling divas.

Krystle: "Krystle and Blake are raising their grandchildren, having fabulous Christmases and still trying to get Alexis out of the house."

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Joan Collins (Alexis)

Collins, 72: Wed to stage manager Percy Gibson, 40. Has written novels and appeared on the British soap, Footballers' Wives (shown on BBC America).

Alexis: She "is in competition with Donald Trump to be the richest person in New York, and she is building multicomplexes all over Manhattan and Las Vegas. And hopefully happily married."

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Pamela Sue Martin (Fallon, 1981-84)

Martin, 53: Single mom to 15-year-old son, Nickolas, and has just completed her memoir, The Spirit of the Matter, which she hopes to publish next year.

Fallon: "Fallon got rid of all her men and is involved in helping the environment (in order) to pay back for all the oil problems her family caused."

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Catherine Oxenberg (Amanda, 1984-86)

Oxenberg, 44: Raising hers and actor husband Casper Van Dien's (Starship Troopers) children. Last year appeared with him on the reality series I Married a Princess, and is developing a new series set in Bermuda.


Amanda: She "had a spiritual awakening and went off to live in an ashram in India."


Gordon Thomson (Adam, 1982-89)

Thomson, 61: Appears in this summer's Poseidon. This fall, he stars in MyNetwork TV's telenovela, Art of Betrayal, as Theodore, whom he describes as "a Blake Carrington clone."

Adam: "He has three grown children he is estranged from, and one baby daughter whom he has called Fallon Alexis."


Al Corley (Steven, 1981-82)

Corley, 49: Coupled with a yoga teacher girlfriend and producing the film You Kill Me, with Ben Kingsley and Téa Leoni.

Steven: "Steven's a liberal congressman in Colorado dealing with even bigger issues than gay marriage."