| Portia Fitzsimmons | |
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| Portia Fitzsimmons | |
| Continuity: | Dark Shadows |
| Type: | Minor character |
| Gender: | Female |
| Introduction: | Dark Shadows: 193 |
| Actor: | Lovelady Powell |
Portia Fitzsimmons was a minor character featured in the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Played by actress Lovelady Powell, she made a single appearance in 1967 in episode 193.
Biography[]
Portia Fitzsimmons was the owner of an art gallery in Collinsport, Maine. She developed an interest in the work of a local artist named Sam Evans, but had no desire to take in any of his modern pieces. She was only interested in paintings that he had crafted going back ten to twelve years earlier. She revealed that the style used in those works was coming back into fashion and she gave Sam a deadline of one week with which to gather together twelve or more paintings from that era.
Sam struggled to retrieve the paintings, which had since been given to Roger Collins. Roger, ever irritated by Sam Evans, refused to give them back, and admitted that he did not even know where there were any longer. [1]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Portia Fitzsimmons was created by director John Sedwick and writer Ron Sproat based upon concepts developed by Art Wallace and series creator Dan Curtis.
- Actress Lovelady Powell is also known for performing the songs "The Aim of the Game Is Mainly to Complain", "Bye, Bye Blackbird", "Love Me Lady" and "Cherry Pies Ought to Be You" on the premiere episode of The Danny Kaye Show.