1. Abby Cunningham was played by actress Donna Mills between 1980 and 1989.
24 Facts About Abby Cunningham
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Abby Cunningham debuted in the first episode of the second season.
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Abby Cunningham returned for the two-part series finale in 1993, and made her last appearance in 1997 when she appeared in the reunion miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac.
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Abby Cunningham's storylines focused on business dealings, affairs and family troubles.
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Abby Cunningham knew that he wanted a female JR Ewing-esque character.
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Abby Cunningham auditioned shortly after and convinced the producers that she was the right person for the part.
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The producers always intended Abby Cunningham to be the "pot stirrer".
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When Karen and Mack began to have some problems in their marriage and Karen distanced herself from Mack, Abby Cunningham confronted Karen aggressively and told her she was wrong for doing so to him.
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Abby Cunningham Ewing was the conniving, bed hopping blonde beauty on the Dallas spin-off Knots Landing.
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Abby Cunningham was always intended to be the show's promiscuous seductress.
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Whether Abby Cunningham is directly involved, or simply in the neighborhood, she has a detrimental effect on the harmony of couples.
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Abby Cunningham uses the money to manipulate those around her, and Gary starts drinking again.
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Abby Cunningham begins running Gary's company, and uses his money to fund her own corporation, Apolune, which she uses to develop Lotus Point, an area of land she and sister-in-law Karen inherit after the death of Sid and Abby Cunningham's uncle.
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Abby Cunningham becomes involved with politician Greg Sumner and the Wolfbridge group.
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Abby Cunningham soon finds out that Val is pregnant with Gary's twins.
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Abby Cunningham expresses her displeasure to employee Scott Easton, who has Val's twins kidnapped at birth.
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Abby Cunningham soon starts an affair with Peter Hollister as a way to get information on Greg.
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Abby Cunningham is married, but he divorces his wife and asks Abby to marry him.
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Abby Cunningham is in love again, but then finds out that Charles is the front for a group of thugs wanting to build a marina at Lotus Point for drug trafficking.
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Abby Cunningham pretends to go along with the marriage and accepts a two million dollar wedding gift from Charles.
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Abby Cunningham goes after a political appointment that Greg wants, and leaves Knots Landing to be a trade representative in Japan.
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However, Abby Cunningham's motives are to obtain a legal document from their company in order to help Greg Sumner, who is being sued.
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Abby Cunningham tries to infiltrate his other business dealings to her advantage.
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Only Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter, played by Joan Collins on Dynasty, and Angela Channing, portrayed by Jane Wyman on Falcon Crest, rival Abby Cunningham Ewing, played by Donna Mills, for best prime-time female villain.