Victoria Winters

Victoria Winters
Dark Shadows character
Alexandra Moltke portrays Victoria
Portrayed byAlexandra Moltke (1966–1968)
Betsy Durkin (1968)
Carolyn Groves (1969)
Joanna Going (1991)
Marley Shelton (2004)
Bella Heathcote (2012)
First appearanceJune 27, 1966
Last appearanceJanuary 10, 1969
Created byDan Curtis
In-universe information
OccupationGoverness
MotherElizabeth Collins Stoddard
Half-sistersCarolyn Stoddard
SpousePeter Bradford/Jeff Clark (1968)
GrandparentsJamison Collins
Catherine Collins
UnclesRoger Collins
First cousinsDavid Collins

Victoria "Vicki" Winters is a fictional character from the television Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows and its remakes of the same name. The role was originated by Alexandra Moltke on the ABC series from 1966 to 1968. After Moltke left to raise a family in 1968, actresses Betsy Durkin and Carolyn Groves briefly replaced her for only a handful of episodes, before Victoria was written out completely. Jaclyn Smith, who was married to Dark Shadows actor Roger Davis at the time, was offered the role when Moltke left the show, but she declined.[1]

In the 1991 Dark Shadows series, which aired on NBC, actress Joanna Going assumed the part. The character was subsequently portrayed by Marley Shelton in the 2004 series. In the Dark Shadows film, Victoria is played by Bella Heathcote. A good-natured governess with a mysterious past, she is the de facto female lead in the various incarnations of the story.

  1. ^ Scott, Kathryn Leigh, and Pierson, Jim (editors). Dark Shadows Almanac. Los Angeles and London, Pomegranate Press, 1995. Page 169.