Dark Shadows - Alexandra Moltke Interview 08.mp4

[@jeanettesmith765]

She was the first face of Dark Shadows for me. I really missed her after she left the show.

[@TheBob3759]

Everybody did, I think.

[@chipchip1541]

She had the most GORGEOUS HAIR, and still does.

[@tyrssen1]

I used to run home from school every day to watch Dark Shadows! Thanks Alexandra!

[@ericpeterson1330]

My earliest memories are the music to this show as my mother watched it every day. I would have only been a little over a year old when it started, and I do remember later shows as it ended when I was 6. Barnabas is the one who stands out in mind the most and I just started watching the series from the very first episode, I'm only on #43, LOL! Got a ways to go!

[@johnnycopper4381]

Me too couldn't wait to get home to watch Dark Shadows

[@novastariha8043]

I just LOVE the preface “I Am Victoria Winters”.......

[@GREATWHITESHARK1959]

she's still a pretty woman and I hated too see her leave the show, I will always be a fan of hers. I wish her and her family well.

[@trissloan2340]

Never ever pretty.

[@experimentalactor]

She was an anchor amongst the other actors. She's a solid actress

[@kaymad143]

What a wonderful interview, she is beautiful and so eloquent

[@jessewarren7404]

She was a major part of Dark Shadows' success. I loved D.S. still do, it's like the Beatles, ageless.

[@TheBob3759]

Great comparison.

[@crestonperry2891]

You were the main reason I watched the show miss Alexandra! You were the epitome of feminine elegance beauty and amazing actress also! My fondest regards.

[@Atomank68]

Alexandra Motlke seems to have aged quite well. Good to see her in modern maturity.

[@brianschwartz1736]

Very articulate actress. Enjoyed "Vicki" on the show very much.

[@miltonfelix6030]

We love you Alex and never forget you, cause you teached us the sweetnes and the kindness of a human being.

[@cac123ish]

She always had such GORGEOUS hair!!

[@sharonlynnh.1951]

Yes, the DS's COLLINS Sisters (howbeit a secret) "Alexandra/Victoria" and "Nancy/Carolyn" have such amazing "rich" beautiful HAIR: and great strengths as well. DARK SHADOWS, Forever!!

[@dianeanumele3291]

I Love her and everyone did show I still watch Dark Shadows from 1966 & 1971.

[@timothymoore6341]

Alexandra still looks beautiful!

[@pulsarstargrave256]

+timothy moore Isn't she a Countess or something?

[@timothymoore6341]

Pulsar Stargrave I believe she is a Countess. She's Swedish.

[@bobbyshaddoe3004]

Gorgeous... so gorgeous

[@mpg296]

Maybe it's the lighting, her complexion looks uneven.

[@edgeof1956]

Look at all that hair!!

[@FinalFinale]

I guess if she stood long enough until Parallel Time story arcs started appearing, Victoria could have been an evil character.

[@dagnabbit6187]

One of my adolescent Crushes . Her and Nancy Barrett !

[@JohnCee754]

You and me both... and of course there was the beautiful Kathryn Leigh Scott

[@dagnabbit6187]

@@JohnCee754 Heck I would have made out with Grayson Hall or Joan Bennett too !

[@cambonious23]

Lara Parker especially in the present day when she was a vampire

[@debradonato7363]

Thanks For the Memories Alexandra💕🌟

[@OZ238]

I'm watching it on Hulu now,oe the show,she still looks hot!!

[@lauriefunk554]

Been a long time fan .. my friend and I would watch every day

[@thomaspiccirillo6820]

I WAS THERE AS A LITTLE KID THE FANS WERE VERY RESPECTFUL AT THE FRONT DOOR IT WAS BEATLE LIKE FOR FRID AND SELBY MOSTLY

[@novastariha8043]

Fking “COOL” !!!!!!

[@louisalouise413]

❤❤ ❤

[@angiealexis3093]

Frid was Dark Shadows, there is no Dark Shadows without him!

[@miltonfelix6030]

She is a good actress and besides beautifull.

[@primusmoss8129]

Still very pretty! I respect all of the Dark Shadows players! They all brought something special to the table. She was the outsider in both timeframes poor girl! She got bored with playing the good girl. She wanted to stretch out a little. Understandable

[@jimsteele2472]

Vicki and Barnabas made Dark Shadow Love Dark Shadow

[@sharonlynnh.1951]

So very "elegant" DS's actress Ms. Alexandra Moltke-Ilses our brave heroine Victoria Winters: although she may not have played the ghoul, chill, ghostly bite, darkly wicked characters like her DS's colleagues had the chance to play, VICTORIA Winters (Collins) held her own with such "bravery" standing up against so many villainous DS's characters that wanted to do harm to the COLLINS (which secretly she/Victoria is apart of). I wish that her Alexandra "wish" of playing someone "deadly-wicked" was granted @that time: for our MS. Moltke-Ilses has such depth in her theatrical acting performance. We, my sis & I believe that Victoria Winters father is Judah Zachery (Scary!!!!): her mother is Elizabeth Collins: that house that Burke wanted to buy for his Vicki/Victoria holds the key to her identity. You are a treasure Ms. Moltke-Ilses, amazing!!! Another one of our favorite DS's fame character (s).

[@cdsouthsidec1]

I would have loved if she wrote a novel like Lara Parker aka Angelique, on Victoria's conclusion to finding her truth, from her arrival, middle and present and the connection to other characters, that would have been something if she decided to, but I believe she's over her past with the show, as far as I know she never went to any Dark Shadows conventions or festivals.

[@TheBob3759]

She did more voiceovers at the beginning of each episode than any other DS actor.

[@leighleighdavid6839]

My name is Victoria Winters.......

[@Reneebenson]

i love dark shadows!!!!!

[@Atomank68]

It seemed crazy and "lively", as you say, because DS was considered in the industry "Experimental television", not really as "campy" as we now would label it!

[@TakersMissy]

I've never considered DS to be "campy" - the actors all played and took it seriously. Even with his extensive theater and Shakespearean experience, Jonathan Frid had said in interviews that he thought the DS material was as good as any thing he'd ever done before.

[@barbarajanuary4388]

I loved dark shadows

[@TheOfficialZombieWhisperer]

Still watching for the first time 2019

[@joydunn2109]

I Love Alexandra Molke. Her Beauty and Innocence gave magic to Victoria (Vickie) I enjoyed her on Dark Shadows so much and was very sad to learn of decision to go back to 1795, Even worse her Death.

[@Astraldragon1]

thank you for the info. I respect people and their heritage and history. didn't mean to sound rude when I made my comments. It was puzzling about her reaction to the fans and their reaction to her and Dark Shadows.

[@conithomson4409]

She was Mom’s favorite. Carolyn was my hero.

[@IVant2BAlone]

It's not fair that anyone should have that much hair. :o(

[@Atomank68]

...And dig this: :The Hootervile train depot where you see the girls descending stairs to meet the whistling train was filmed in a little "whistle-stop", rustic hamlet just thirty miles from New York City, in Putnam County.

[@marcrobson6157]

I recall this from very early childhood. Great actress. I wonder what she is doing now ? Thanks for posting ;)

[@deniswilson8152]

I loved the black and white episodes she appeared in the character was a fine contrast to the rest of her family(subdued vulnerable toyed with submissive) after that time transfer thing?the character was less effective...they would have been better off at some point exploring her true relationship with her other family members esp her mom Elizabeth Collins stoddard

[@Atomank68]

Hate to sound prissy, but I do love Ms. Isle's hairdo. Very elegant, yet simple and understated.. As I said earlier, We're seeing a more European-like individual very much connected to her heritage. She gave off the air that she was more mature beyond her then young years when she did DS. Of course, the director had her character's aspect as the stereotypical naïve white-bread American girl, cluless to much of what goes on around her. The real person of Ms. Isle was even then anything but!

[@debradonato7363]

I’m a Fan 50 yrs♥️🌟

[@edgeof1956]

I would really love her to speak about her affair with Claus Von Bülow. And the Sunny Von Bülow trial!!

[@erichendrickson3355]

I lovefd alexandra

[@Atomank68]

Tahulla Bankhead, loved DS? Hmmmmpf. She was so "off-key, to be kind. I bet she wished she had lived n a Dark shadow reality!

[@Astraldragon1]

She is like her character Victoria...She doesn't understand anything. she doesn't understand who the fans or both old and new, or why the show is popular and so on...gezz does she ever get out in the world. most actors and actresses understand those sort of things and how a character they do becomes a hit with fans.

[@danarosecrystal2009]

I KNEW she was nearsighted! When my glasses broke and I had walk around without for a week or two, I recalled how Vicki looked, her eyes looked a bit askew, hooded lids, her eyes looked a bit unfocused, tentatively walking throughout the set -- she needed glasses, but for some reason could not wear contacts for the show.

[@TakersMissy]

I do know that contact lenses back in the 1960's-70's took a fairly long adjustment time for the wearer and were pretty uncomfortable compared to later years and up through today.

[@jasonhurd4379]

It's possible the studio lights would have reflected off the lenses and caused a glare. If you watch closely, often on older shows, there are no lenses in the spectacles of an actor to avoid the problem of glare.

[@Historian212]

I love how she says, with a straight face, "Even though I was bitten, I never got to be a vampire." LOL!!!

[@tapeduk]

I'm sure someone sent Alexandra some Route 66 dvds

[@Barbarian857]

That is horrible that someone tried to take some of her hair, but I sort of get it -- she had A LOT of hair, lol! That was her hallmark, a whole lot of hair.

[@paulchristman2456]

Dark Shadow's first two and a half years were definitely the best of its not quite five year run. After Victoria Winters was written out, the show often became downright juvenile and schlocky. Even though I was a little kid myself at the time, I felt that the show had lost a great deal of its intruiging and alluring gothic appeal what with the inclusion of werewolves, 'parallel time', and the Dr. Who-ish sci fi elements. I think that DS would have been much better and quite possibly have stayed on the air longer if the writers had stayed with the Barnabas-Angelique angle and not gone off on all of the wild and elaborate sub-plots such as Adam and Eve, Dr. Eric Lang, the leviathans, and others.

[@googleuser7454]

I agree. I really enjoyed the first years (especially the Phoenix) and even the 1795/1897 storyline as those focused on the Collins family and had very interesting and intricate drama and intrigue. DS had the ability to be mature and genuinely scary/creepy but fell into tropes and re using old plot points when character development could have given the show more life. Even some of the crazier stories like the Leviathan had potential but got wasted

[@cdsouthsidec1]

@@googleuser7454 Very true, I agree.

[@fucheduck]

love the actress but never knew how to pronounce her last name.

[@sturoc0]

I remember seeing her testify during the Klaus von Bulow trial !!! Now that was weird and the trial was set in New England ! Crazy that she got hooked up with HIM !

[@SuperPussyFinger]

Hooked up with him? It’s widely believed that she pushed von Bulow to murder his wife. She’s also accused of having something to do with the murder of her second husband. There was something disturbingly off about her; especially because she is so estranged from Dark Shadows fandom. Now I understand why. She has more scandalous things to do than worry about a goofy TV show.

[@skipeastport5529]

@@SuperPussyFinger you have no idea what you’re talking about. Your comments are totally untrue.

[@Atomank68]

@whitehoustexas. If you can't believe that, then chew on this: If not for their meager budgets then, the producers could have the endless classic suites that make up New York City classic structures; Grand Hotels, fabled town mansions, etc. from the last century.Why, at the then Pierre and Waldorf hotels the guest couldn't get through the lobbies common suites because of constant movie, and photograph assignments by outside vendors. And "Petticoat Junction"was filmed in a water tower in NYC!

[@Atomank68]

You must understand that Ms. Alexandra Isle has an Old world, very European soul. She really doesn't understand American pop culture and much of what she considers its silliness. She is really much like the actress Katherine Mulgrew of "Star Trek Voyager", reading Shakespeare, listening to Mahller. while sipping a fine wine, in like, good company. Very much more an affinity to the past than the present. Very unlike actress Alice Krige, who seems to thrive in the Sci-Fi\Horror genre. Curious.

[@bobbyshaddoe3004]

Atomank68 funny how she possesses the same old world charm that Carolyn Stoddard once described to Barnabas Collins.

[@cdsouthsidec1]

@@bobbyshaddoe3004 True.

[@tapeduk]

Alexandra has her own cult following

[@billbergendahl2911]

She became involved with Claus von Bulow.

[@dennybenz5846]

I love dark shadows so much and still watch it till day but her character was so boring.

[@cdsouthsidec1]

True

[@trissloan2340]

Never liked Moltke as the leading lady. She was not pretty or attractive as a young lady to fulfill the lead.Wished she had gone with her initial instinct and not ever entered dramatic art.