Biography
Samms originally had her sights set on a career as a ballet dancer, and, at age 10, was already studying with and doing arabesques for the Royal Ballet Theatre in London. A bout with bursitis ended all hopes for her dance career and, after a brief stint studying to be a medical technician, Samms became a model, signed by a Japanese cosmetics company. Tiring of modeling, she won the role of Princess Zuleira in a 1978 feature film version of …
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Career Milestones
| Will join the cast of CBS' "Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar" | ||
2006 | Revised the role of Holly Sutton Scorpio, for a six-week return to ABC's "General Hospital," with former on screen (and formerly deceased) husband Tristan Rogers (Robert Scorpio) | |
2003 | Appeared in four episodes of the BBC series "Holby City" | |
2002 | Acted in the PAX movie "Pretend You Don't See" | |
1998 | Sold first teleplay, "His Bodyguard", to USA Network | |
1995 | After cancellation of "Models, Inc." moved back to England | |
1995 | Joined the cast of "Models, Inc." in effort to revive sagging ratings | |
1992 | Revived the role of Holly Scorpio in "General Hospital" (ABC) (character had been killed off in a plane crash when Samms left show in 1985) | |
1990 | Played Cheech Marin's leading lady in "The Shrimp on the Barbie" | |
| Played Fallon Carrington Colby on ABC primetime soap "Dynasty" and its spin-off "Dynasty II: The Colbys" (the latter ran from 1985-87) | ||
1982 | Appeared as Holly Scorpio on the ABC daytime drama, "General Hospital" | |
1981 | Made TV debut in "Goliath Awaits" miniseries | |
1979 | Co-founded Starlight Foundation, which provides entertainment to seriously ill children | |
1978 | Made feature film debut in "Arabian Adventure" | |
| Became model for Japanese cosmetics company | ||
1976 | Stricken with bursitis, her ballet dreams crumble at age 16 (date approximate) | |
1970 | Left home at age 10 to begin studying at the Royal Ballet School (date approximate) | |