Other
Characters: Edith Collins 1840,
Nurse House of Dark Shadows, Violet Chavez Collins
Return to Collinwood
The
beautiful, yet insecure Beth Chavez is a servant at Collinwood
and in love with Quentin Collins. Ironically, Beth is compensated
well by Edward Collins to secretly care for Quentin's insane
wife Jenny, who is locked in the Tower Room and serving as
the covert contact to the lady looking after the estranged
couple's twins. A twist of events has Beth ally with the malefic
Count Petofi and soon her dreams of marrying Quentin dissipate
into the tragedy of nightmare...
Terry
Crawford was born Terrayne Crawford in Boston, Massachusetts.
Her birth date is February 13th. She is sometimes credited
as Terry though prefers the more formal Terrayne both on and
off the screen.
Her
interest in drama began at an early age, writing and acting
out plays with her sisters. The proceeds collected from the
neighbourhood kids attending the amateur productions was used
by the Crawford girls to attend a Saturday matinee at the
local movie theatre. "I would come out, especially from
the musicals, just dancing in the street," she recalls.
Terrayne
was accepted to Brown University and looking forward to pursuing
a major in experimental psychology. However, she was victim
of a car accident and broke her arm. The recovery period gave
her a chance to think and change the course of her career.
With a few hundred dollars in her pocket, she moved to New
York City and pursued acting jobs to fund her education at
Hunter College.
Her
professional debut was on stage in the 1962 New York City
World's Fair production of To Broadway With Love. Terrayne's
other theater credits include Harold Arlen Songbook, The
Apple Tree, Macbeth, Loop The Loop and a Broadway bow
for By Jupiter.
While
appearing on Dark Shadows, Terrayne spent her off-camera
time in the dressing room preparing term papers for her evening
classes at college. Besides
her other daytime drama credit on The Catlins, Terrayne
appeared in about 25 nationally run commercials including
Pfeifer Salad Dressing, Fresca, Diet Mazola, A-1 Steak Sauce,
Lysol, Taylor Zippers, Brandiff, Hudson Tissues, Noilly Prat
and the promotion for Milton Bradley's Barnabas Collins Dark
Shadows board game.
Her
primetime guest appearances include Trials of O'Brian,
East Side-West Side, Coronet Blue, Cliff Dwellers and
the television film Maid in America.
Terrayne
also saw some action on the big screen in Sharky's Machine,
Sam's Song, Midnight Cowboy, Luv, The Tiger Makes Out, A Fine
Madness, Mister Buddwing and a cameo as Todd Jennings'
nurse in House of Dark Shadows.
In
the 1970s she decided to "follow guidance" from
within and depart from acting to concentrate on teaching and
counselling with a focus on non-violent conflict. Terrayne
was ordained a minister and created the organization, which
promoted human awareness and growth, called Inner Light Ministry.
In
2002, Terrayne returned to the small screen for guest role
as a "friendly woman" on an episode of General
Hospital.
Today,
Terrayne Crawford supports the human rights of children and
youth through her organization One World Media at the United
Nations in New York, Geneva, Vienna and Paris. She encourages
her Young Media Partners (reporters aged 13-26) to express
themselves using their skills in order to create an ethical
and peaceful society.
In
2003, Terrayne revisited Dark Shadows in the Return
to Collinwood reunion audio play. She played Violet Collins,
the wife of David Collins.
With
thanks to Terrayne Crawford
Biography
written by Vera Marano
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