Complex sentence: The story began with the feuding between the familial matriarchs: kindly and down-to-earth Clarissa Tyler McCandless (Constance Towers) and vituperative and vindictive Myrna Clegg (Carolyn Jones; Marla Adams; Marj Dusay).
Split into simpler sentences: The story began with the feuding between the familial matriarchs. Kindly Clarissa Tyler McCandless (Constance Towers) and vituperative and vindictive Myrna Clegg (Carolyn Jones; Marla Adams; Marj Dusay).