Alexandra Moltke

Alexandra Moltke (born Alexandra Grevina von Moltke
February 11, 1945 - some sources say 1947) is a Danish actress who played Victoria Winters in the original Dark Shadows. Alexandra was born in Sweden to Danish parents, and growing up as a U.N. brat (her father was a permanent member of the Danish mission to the United Nations) heightened her sensitivity to injustice - something that would later emerge in her work as a documentary maker.
During the series' initial casting, Alexandra's strong resemblance to Joan Bennett (reportedly, Bennett mistook Moltke for one of her own daughters when she first saw her from a distance) changed the series' original plans that Victoria would be the product of an affair between Paul Stoddard and an unidentified woman, instead making her the illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. Although this was never confirmed onscreen as the series moved from its original gothic focus towards the supernatural, the audio play Return to Collinwood confirmed that Victoria was in fact Elizabeth's daughter.
Alexandra married Philip Henry Isles II (of the Lehman banking family) while she was on the show, and castmate Nancy Barrett was among her bridesmaids. She eventually left the show when she became pregnant with her son, Adam Isles, and decided not to return after giving birth because she had become tired of what she saw as Victoria's blandness and hoped that a new, more challenging role might be written for her instead. This never happened, and after the role was recast twice (with Betsy Durkin and Carolyn Groves) Victoria Winters was abruptly written out within 40 episodes of Moltke's departure. In a happy twist, Alexandra gave birth to her son on June 27, 1969 - the third anniversary of the series' premiere!
In the late 1970s Alexandra was the mistress of Claus von Bülow, and was claimed to be a motive for two alleged attempts by him to murder his wife in 1980 (for which he was convicted, but later cleared on appeal). In the film about the case, Reversal of Fortune, she was played by Julie Hagerty (uncredited). Alexandra and Philip Isles divorced in 1976, and she later married surgeon Alfred Jaretzki III (1991-2014 (his death)).
Alexandra Moltke is now a documentary filmmaker whose films include The Power of Conscience: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews (1994), Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998), Porraimos: Europe's Gypsies in the Holocaust (2002) and The Healing Gardens of New York (2006).
In an interesting coincidence, she and fellow castmate John Karlen both have sisters named Victoria, and sons named Adam.
== Appearances ==
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== External links ==
Alexandra Moltke article - The Dally Reporter, June 23, 1966
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