Bare Essence: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bare Essence was a primetime soap drama series that continued where the Bare Essence miniseries left off. When Chase Marshall, the head of his family's perfume empire got murdered, his wife "Tyger" has to fight off the shameless attempts by Chase's heirs to "cut her out" from his estate. The series continued with Tyger developing her own perfume company and the ongoing questions of "Who murdered Chase" and "Why was Chase murdered"?

Series details

• Title: Bare Essence
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 1982-10-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 1983-06-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 50674
• IMDb ID: tt0084981
• TVDB ID: 70950

Cast and credited roles

• Genie Francis — Patricia 'Tyger' Hayes
• Ian McShane — Niko Theophilus
• Jennifer O'Neill — Lady Bobbi Rowan
• Jessica Walter — Ava Marshall
• Michael Woods — Sean Benedict

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1982-10-04; final listed air date 1983-06-13; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bare Essence on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.