Paper Dolls: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in Manhattan, Paper Dolls focused on the cut-throat world of modeling and cosmetics.

Paper Dolls is duplicity, passion, greed, ambition, and glamour in the world of high fashion. The executive producer is Leonard Goldberg. Lloyd Bridges heads a powerhouse cast as Grant Harper, the manipulative patriarch of Harper Cosmetics. Dueling with him and each other are Wesley (Dack Rambo), Grant's shrewd son; Racine (Morgan Fairchild), a powerful modeling agent; David Fenton (Richard Beymer), head of Tempus Sportswear; and Julia Blake (Brenda Vaccaro), mother of supermodel Taryn Blake (Nicolette Sheridan).

Series details

• Title: Paper Dolls
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1984-09-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 1984-12-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21742
• IMDb ID: tt0086775
• TVDB ID: 77351

Cast and credited roles

• Lloyd Bridges — Grant Harper
• Dack Rambo — Wesley Harper
• Mimi Rogers — Blair Fenton-Harper
• Morgan Fairchild — Racine
• Terry Farrell — Laurie Caswell
• Richard Beymer — David Fenton
• Brenda Vaccaro — Julia Blake
• Nicollette Sheridan — Taryn Blake
• Jonathan Frakes — Sandy Parris

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-09-23; final listed air date 1984-12-25; episode order: 14.

Source and licence

Adapted from Paper Dolls 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.