Karen Cellinis Best Performance

Always had a soft spot for Karen as she worked hard and became a very good actress, unlike other 80s soap divas (e.g. Tonya Crowe, Claire Yarlett). What do DLers think is Karens best performance? UM, her best performance? She was on "Dynasty" 13 episodes until she was fired. Before that job, she was a

Always had a soft spot for Karen as she worked hard and became a very good actress, unlike other 80s soap divas (e.g. Tonya Crowe, Claire Yarlett).

What do DLers think is Karen’s best performance?

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by Anonymousreply 27October 31, 2021 5:01 AM

UM, her best performance? She was on "Dynasty" 13 episodes until she was fired. Before that job, she was a coat check girl at a Hard Rock Cafe.

by Anonymousreply 1August 14, 2021 10:57 PM

Well, R1, I’m sorry you can’t appreciate one of the greatest actresses ever to grace the screen. And NOBODY could say, ‘here’s your change’ to a customer like Miss Cellini.

by Anonymousreply 2August 14, 2021 11:05 PM

Tonya Crowe is a big Deplorable these days so… at least she’s not her

by Anonymousreply 3August 14, 2021 11:17 PM

R2. LOL. fucking hilarious

by Anonymousreply 4August 15, 2021 1:35 AM

R u kidding me? The best replacement for Catherine Oxenberg was a fucking no talent hat check girl named Karen Cellini? WTF was wrong with spelling? We get Emma Samms, Shelly Hack, Pat Klous and the New Julie on Love Boat. Did he just get fucking lazy?

by Anonymousreply 5August 15, 2021 6:13 AM

Shows how much you know, R5. She didn’t just check hats she also wiped down tables and answered phones. All of which would prove to be useful experience for her acting career. Catherine who?

by Anonymousreply 6August 15, 2021 8:37 AM

Meryl Streep better watch out -- Miss Cellini might be about to stage a return soon.

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by Anonymousreply 9August 15, 2021 10:20 AM

In all seriousness she was cast at the last second when they were in a tight spot as she herself admitted at the time.

by Anonymousreply 10August 16, 2021 10:27 AM

That one where she asked to see the manager.

by Anonymousreply 11August 16, 2021 10:32 AM

She was probably a better actress than Oxenberg, everything considered; but the latter was better fit for the role.

by Anonymousreply 12August 16, 2021 10:14 PM

Oxenberg was just stunt casting. She had some tenuous link to the BRF and so they hired her to be their Princess Diana knockoff.

by Anonymousreply 13August 17, 2021 8:04 AM

Oxenberg brought something regal to the role, Cellini was not attractive and an awful actress. Spelling didn't care about the viewers, and thought all the talent was easily replaced. Look at what he did to his other TV shows...

by Anonymousreply 14August 17, 2021 5:21 PM

Yes, season seven is really when it became clear the Dynasty producers no longer cared.

by Anonymousreply 15August 17, 2021 6:30 PM

R15. Just like "Charlies Angels". Tanya Roberts was a former model and she's suddenly qualified to be a Private Investigator? Completly change the entire concept of the show...

by Anonymousreply 16August 18, 2021 3:30 PM

Oxenberg had the pout down. I also loved her with Michael Nader. I did not mind Cellini - she was pretty, and by Spelling standards she was just fine.

by Anonymousreply 17August 18, 2021 3:34 PM

r17 Yes, you are correct - thats why she was fired and never heard from again. She was an amazing actress and beautiful Puleaze

by Anonymousreply 18August 19, 2021 5:38 AM

She was so bad that she never did a Fantasy Island or a Love Boat...

by Anonymousreply 19August 21, 2021 12:06 AM

I wish they had brought Cellini on as a Special Guest Star on Melrose Place back in the day...

by Anonymousreply 20August 21, 2021 12:11 AM

I never saw her on Dynasty, but was she SO bad that she never acted again?

by Anonymousreply 21August 26, 2021 10:18 PM

I saw her off-Broadway in ‘night Mother opposite Mary Jo Catlett.

Electrifying. Some performers are just born for the boards.

by Anonymousreply 22August 26, 2021 10:27 PM

She was so unattractive too...

by Anonymousreply 23August 26, 2021 10:29 PM

How did they explain when she disappeared from Denver? I don't think she was in the sequels either, Like suddenly Blake & Alexis didn't have a 2nd daughter?

by Anonymousreply 24September 8, 2021 8:45 PM

She was a better actress than Oxenberg, but that's not a major achievement. Oxenberg, however, was also stunningly beautiful, which Cellini wasn't.

by Anonymousreply 25September 8, 2021 9:48 PM

I saw her in 'Extremeties' at a theatre near Rancho Mirage like twenty years ago, it was life changing!

by Anonymousreply 26September 8, 2021 10:42 PM

Karen Cellini was so bad she never did a Love Boat r a Fantasy Island

by Anonymousreply 27October 31, 2021 5:01 AM

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