Sue Ellen Ewing is a fictional character and one of the female leads
in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas. Sue Ellen was portrayed by
Linda Gray and appeared on the show since its pilot episode, first
broadcast on April 2, 1978. Dallas followed the trials of the wealthy
Ewing family in the city of Dallas, Texas, into which Sue Ellen
married when she wed J.R. Ewing. Gray played Sue Ellen until the
twelfth season of Dallas, when her character finally leaves Texas
after beating J.R. at his own game, seen in the 1989 episode "Reel
Life". However, Gray later returned for the 1991 series finale
"Conundrum", the subsequent Dallas telemovies (J.R. Returns in 1996
and War of the Ewings in 1998). She returned to the role again for the
2012 continuation series of Dallas, which ran until 2014.Sue Ellen's
storylines in the season 2 focused on the character's bout with
alcohol and her slowly deteriorating relationship with her husband.
The final episode of the season focused on the birth of her son with
J.R., John Ross Ewing III. While her relationship with J.R. is not
always harmonious, it's a significant aspect of her overall character.
As the series progressed, Sue Ellen came into her own as an individual
character. The actress has said of her character's personality: "I
never wanted her to be boring. She was never boring before â€" she
started out kind of boring, but I think that's the kiss of death
because people will expect her to be interesting." Gray later
described Sue Ellen as being, "one of the most interesting characters
on TV in the 1980s. She was the original Desperate Housewife. She led
the way for all those girls."For her work as Sue Ellen, Gray was
nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Best Actress in
a Drama Series" in 1981 (Barbara Bel Geddes who played Miss Ellie
Ewing was also nominated in that category for Dallas that year). Gray
was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award in both 1980 and 1981 in
the category of "Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series
â€" Drama" respectively. In 2010, TNT (sister company to Warner Bros.
Television, the current copyright owners of the series) announced they
were producing a new, updated Dallas series. It was a continuation of
the original series and primarily centered around Sue Ellen and J.R.'s
son John Ross Ewing III, and Bobby and Pamela's son Christopher Ewing,
though various stars of the original series reprised their roles. Gray
agreed to return to the new series and once again assumed the role of
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