Deborah Shelton

Deborah Shelton is an American actress who took the Miss USA 1970 crown while representing Virginia. Born in Washington, D.C., she grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was studying at Old Dominion University when she won the pageant, then moved to New York City to train as an actress and work in commercials. After Blood Tide (1982), she appeared in Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984) and guested on many series, among them Fantasy Island, The A-Team, Cheers and The Love Boat. She is best known as Mandy Winger, one of J. R. Ewing's mistresses on Dallas, a part she played from 1984 to 1987 and reprised in 2013. She also played Juliette Hollister in The Yellow Rose and later appeared on Nip/Tuck, and she returned to the Miss USA stage in 1991 and 1992 to offer commentary.