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Victoria Winters | |||||||||||||||||
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Dark Shadows character | |||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Alexandra Moltke (1966–1968) Betsy Durkin (1968) Carolyn Groves (1969) Joanna Going (1991) Marley Shelton (2004) Bella Heathcote (2012) | ||||||||||||||||
First appearance | June 27, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | January 10, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
Created by | Dan Curtis | ||||||||||||||||
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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.