Emerging from an English Jewish upbringing, Samms entered the acting world with a breakthrough as Holly Sutton on the ABC daytime drama that made her a household name in the early 1980s. After a friendly departure, she stepped into the primetime spotlight as Fallon Carrington, a role that migrated from Dynasty to its spin-off The Colbys and later returned for the series finale and a 1991 reunion s…
