Jane Wyman appeared in almost every episode of the series, for eight seasons, plus the first two and last three episodes of the ninth season, for a total of 208 of the 227 episodes of the series, missing 19 episodes (mostly in the final season) due to health problems. She is left in a coma for several months before making a full recovery and returning home. James, who tries to smother her with a pillow. Towards the end of the series, Angela is almost killed by Charley St. She later marries her old flame, billionaire Peter Stavros, and life-long friend Frank Agretti. During the course of the series, Angela marries her devious lawyer Phillip Erikson, becoming a widow a short time later when he dies in a plane crash.

Richard is later revealed to be her long lost son. Determined to preserve and expand Falcon Crest for her heirs, she ruthlessly combats any challengers, with her nephew Chase and Douglas' allegedly illegitimate son Richard proving the most formidable of her opponents. She has two daughters, Julia and Emma, from her first marriage to newspaper owner Douglas Channing, and goes on to marry three more times. Main characters Angela Channing (née Gioberti), later Erikson, Stavros, Agretti – Jane Wyman (1981–90 208 episodes) Angela is the tough, tyrannical matriarch of Falcon Crest and a powerful woman in Tuscany Valley, who is the principal character of the series.

^ Thompson is initially recurring before being added to the opening credits from 'Time Bomb' ( ep.

^ Phillips is added to the opening credits from 'Flesh & Blood' ( ep.

^ Taylor departs in 'Madness Descending' ( ep.

^ Beecroft is added to the opening credits from 'Dust to Dust' ( ep.

He returns to the opening credits from 'The Return' ( ep.

^ Cullen is initially recurring before being added to the opening credits from 'Hot Spots' ( ep.

^ Olin departs in 'Shattered Dreams' ( ep.

^ Martine Beswick takes over the role in 'Ingress & Egress' ( ep.

^ Douglas departs in 'Confessions' ( ep.^ Freeman departs in 'Retribution' ( ep.

She returns to the opening credits from 'Decline and Fall' ( ep.

^ Ladd departs in 'There Goes the Bride' ( ep.

She returns briefly later in the season as Melissa's look-a-like Samantha Ross.

^ Alicia departs in 'Dust to Dust' ( ep.

^ Delores Cantú initially plays the character in 'For Love or Money' ( ep.

She returns to the opening credits from 'Lord of the Valley' ( ep.

^ Dalton departs in 'Ashes to Ashes' ( ep.

^ Sparks departs in 'Farewell, My Lovelies' ( ep.

The following is a list of characters from Falcon Crest, an American primetime television soap opera which aired from 1981 to 1990.

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