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Cathy Podewell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cathy Podewell (born January 26, 1964, Evanston, Illinois) is an American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Cally Harper Ewing on Dallas from 1988 to 1991, in which she played the second wife of J.R. Ewing (played by series star Larry Hagman). Her first acting job was in the 1988 horror film Night of the Demons. She also had guest appearances on such TV shows as Murder, She Wrote, Beverly Hills, 90210, Walker, Texas Ranger, and Growing Pains. It was during her tenure on Growing Pains that Hagman recommended her for a role on Dallas. In high school, she was a member of the marching band and a cheerleader. She attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she majored in drama and dance and was featured in such plays as No, No, Nanette and Jules Feiffer's Hold Me. She spends part of each summer as a volunteer counselor at the Muscular Dystrophy Association camp in Northern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cathy Podewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jan 26, 1964 In Evanston, Illinois, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
11
First Appeared:
In the movie Shadows Over Sulphur Falls
Latest Project:
Movie Reunion from Hell 2021-04-30
Known For
Poster of Walker, Texas Ranger
Poster of Beverly Hills Brats
Poster of Night of the Demons
Poster of Dallas
Filmography
Movie Shadows Over Sulphur Falls Mary Thatcher 2025
Movie Reunion from Hell Laurel Conner 2021-04-30
Movie You're Invited: The Making of Night of the Demons Herself 2014-02-04
Series Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown 1993-04-21
Movie Earth Angel Angela 1991-03-04
Series Beverly Hills, 90210 Unknown 1990-10-04
Movie Beverly Hills Brats Tiffany 1989-10-06
Movie Night of the Demons Judy 1988-10-14
Series Growing Pains Unknown 1985-09-24
Series Murder, She Wrote Unknown 1984-09-30
Series Dallas Cally Ewing 1978-04-02