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Morgan Fairchild and Patrick Duffy in Old Acquaintance (1978)

Barbara Bel Geddes: Miss Ellie Ewing

Old Acquaintance

Dallas

Barbara Bel Geddes credited as playing...

Miss Ellie Ewing

Quotes3

  • Miss Ellie Ewing: I've never known Jenna to show up and not cause trouble.
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing: [as Jock approaches] Miss Ellie... who's Jenna Wade? I got the feeling this morning she's a delicate subject around me.
  • Miss Ellie Ewing: [as Jock sits down] She and her daddy were friends of ours quite a few years ago.
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing: And Bobby and she were particularly good friends?
  • Jock Ewing: Well, for a while there we all thought they we're gonna get married.
  • Miss Ellie Ewing: Jock!
  • Jock Ewing: Well, hell, nothing came of it, Ellie.
  • [to Pam:]
  • Jock Ewing: Like Ellie said, it was quite a while back.
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing: [smiles unperturbed] Right. A while back. Why, I've got better things to do than worry about old girlfriends. Bye-bye.
  • [leaves]
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing: It's awful watching somebody you love slide away. Bobby's known Jenna a lot longer and a lot of different ways. But I can handle Jenna. It's the little girl that worries me. The child could tip it. There, I may be out-matched, Miss Ellie.
  • Miss Ellie Ewing: If you take that attitude, you are. Jenna was never stoical about anything in her life. When she goes down, she goes down kicking and screaming.
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing: I don't think kicking and screaming will help.
  • Miss Ellie Ewing: I knew a woman once. Her man couldn't decide whether or not to do right by her. So, she took a horse-whip to him. Helped him make up his mind fast.
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing: I don't think a horse-whip would work with Bobby.
  • [smiles]
  • Miss Ellie Ewing: I don't see why not. It worked on his daddy all right.
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing: [laughs] Miss Ellie...
  • Miss Ellie Ewing: Of course... I really wanted his daddy.
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing: [with fire] I really want Bobby.
  • Miss Ellie Ewing: Then go get him!
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing: [nods, with newfound clear direction] Yeah.

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