Urgent:Charlene Tilton Turns Down $3.6Million Deal offer Due to….
Urgent:Charlene Tilton Turns Down $3.6Million Deal offer Due to.... Charlene Tilton was just 17 when she began filming "Dallas" – one of the most popular shows on TV – and her co-stars made sure she was well prepared to tackle overnight fame. "I was planted in a really good church when I was on ‘Dallas,’" the actress and star of "Heaven Sent," told Fox News "I also had great people around me," she said. "There were other people in the church that were successful in the entertainment industry, like Donna Summer. They were all wonderful examples. And my ‘Dallas’ castmates, even though everybody had their own faith and different religion, they were all protective of me. I was just blessed. Especially in the ‘80s, there was a lot of trouble that you could get into if you wanted to… I was fortunate I didn’t spiral down. Tilton, best remembered as Lucy Ewing, had a tumultuous upbringing. The now-64-year-old lived in foster care from ages 5 to 8 while her mother was institutionalized for mental illness. By age 15, she found herself on her own in Hollywood. She soon found roles in hit shows like "Happy Days" and "Eight is Enough." However, her time on "Dallas," where she played the niece of ruthless Texas oil tycoon J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) had a profound impact on her life. "I asked one time early on, ‘How do you deal with all of this so seemingly calm?’" Tilton recalled. "He said, ‘Well, on "I Dream of Jeannie," I just took everything so seriously. That made me have a nervous breakdown.’ I go, ‘Yeah, funny.’ And he goes, ‘No, no really. That’s a part of my life I wasn’t really proud of.’" Paraphrase
