43 minutes ago, FlyRightOrchestraGuy said:

In particularly, I would like to know if she cleared the air about the circumstances surrounding her 1983 departure from Capitol during the interview. However, I'm too chicken to check out the interview for myself at the present time. 🐔

At about 8 minutes she mentions that the casting director who'd cast her for Friday the 13th had also cast her on Capitol. Then one of the interviewers says that his mother mentioned remembering Kimberly from Capitol.

She then says she was unhappily married to Barron Hilton Jr. John Conboy cast her in Capitol. John thought she was like a princess due to being married to a Hilton.

She then says something like, "When I left, seriously...it was like three weeks later he fired me and hired Catherine Hickland to take my part because she was married to David Hasselhoff. He had some bizarre - there was no reason to fire me."

I assume she believes that it was her leaving her husband which caused Conboy to fire her.

Edited Wednesday at 01:46 AM3 days by DRW50

33 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

At about 8 minutes she mentions that the casting director who'd cast her for Friday the 13th had also cast her on Capitol. Then one of the interviewers says that his mother mentioned remembering Kimberly from Capitol.

She then says she was unhappily married to Barron Hilton Jr. John Conboy cast her in Capitol. John thought she was like a princess due to being married to a Hilton.

She then says something like, "When I left, seriously...it was like three weeks later he fired me and hired Catherine Hickland to take my part because she was married to David Hasselhoff. He had some bizarre - there was no reason to fire me."

I assume she believes that it was her leaving her husband which caused Conboy to fire her

@DRW50 Assuming that replacing Kimberly Beck with Catherine Hickland was the right thing to do from a creative standpoint, it only bought Capitol a few more years. David Mason Daniels, who played Kimberly's significant other on Capitol, was shown the door himself in early 1985, and the soap went off in the air in March of 1987. In an October 2020 interview, Catherine indicated that she still didn't know why Kimberly left Capitol. You might want to click here to find out what A Martinez has had to say about John Conboy.

By the way, DRW50, it's my understanding that financial problems prompted Kimberly to successfully pursue the role of Trish Jarvis in the slasher film Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. Does Kimberly indicate how much the movie helped her financially and/or career-wise during the interview?

Edited Wednesday at 02:30 AM3 days by FlyRightOrchestraGuy
Wanted to bring up October 2020 interview Catherine Hickland did

2 minutes ago, FlyRightOrchestraGuy said:

By the way, DRW50, it's my understanding that financial problems prompted Kimberly to successfully pursue the role of Trish Jarvis in the slasher film Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. Does Kimberly indicate how much the movie helped her financially and/or career-wise during the interview?

She talks about the movie being the only thing a lot of people know her for, but to her it was basically near the end of her career, and she moved away from acting by the end of the decade because she didn't like being on sets and she was tired of just playing guest starring roles of women who had been sexually assaulted. They asked her if she'd been approached to be in Part V. She said she hadn't, as she would have said yes - she would have taken any role to help pay her way as she needed to help pay off her house.

5 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

She talks about the movie being the only thing a lot of people know her for, but to her it was basically near the end of her career, and she moved away from acting by the end of the decade because she didn't like being on sets and she was tired of just playing guest starring roles of women who had been sexually assaulted. They asked her if she'd been approached to be in Part V. She said she hadn't, as she would have said yes - she would have taken any role to help pay her way as she needed to help pay off her house.

@DRW50 As this previous post of mine indicates, Kimberly has admitted that she didn't take any alimony from her ex-husband, who was quite wealthy. Why was that? Yes, Kimberly did play a rape victim in a 1984 episode of T.J. Hooker known as "Death on the Line." I wonder why she didn't appear on more TV crime shows than she actually did during the 1970s. She did make guest appearances on Adam-12 and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, but...

Edited Wednesday at 07:34 PM2 days by FlyRightOrchestraGuy
Wanted to bring up title of certain "T.J. Hooker" episode

Just now, FlyRightOrchestraGuy said:

As this previous post of mine indicates, Kimberly has admitted that she didn't take any alimony from her ex-husband, who was quite wealthy.

Some women do, some women don't. It was her choice.

4 hours ago, FlyRightOrchestraGuy said:

@Vee @DRW50 @Soaplovers @soapfan770 Are you people

I'm not interested in your latest fetish for obscure horror star Kimberly Beck, or your past ones for Marcy Walker and scuba gear. I have a long memory. The answer to any and all questions you may have about her is no from me.

Stop @ing me.

Edited Wednesday at 05:03 AM3 days by Vee

On 3/10/2026 at 6:44 PM, DRW50 said:

At about 8 minutes she mentions that the casting director who'd cast her for Friday the 13th had also cast her on Capitol. Then one of the interviewers says that his mother mentioned remembering Kimberly from Capitol.

She then says she was unhappily married to Barron Hilton Jr. John Conboy cast her in Capitol. John thought she was like a princess due to being married to a Hilton.

She then says something like, "When I left, seriously...it was like three weeks later he fired me and hired Catherine Hickland to take my part because she was married to David Hasselhoff. He had some bizarre - there was no reason to fire me."

I assume she believes that it was her leaving her husband which caused Conboy to fire her.

@DRW50 @Broderick @vetsoapfan Is it safe to say that Kimberly Beck's 1983 ouster from Capitol was a business decision? Capitol struggled to grow its audience during its five-year run on CBS, did it not? Weren't CBS executives breathing down John Conboy's neck? In any case, I hope Ms. Beck hasn't harbored any significant resentment toward Catherine Hickland or David Hasselhoff. It wasn't their fault. In fact, Ms. Hickland still had to audition for the role of Julie Clegg before she finally got it.

Clarification: Hasselhoff and Hickland were an item in 1983, but it wasn't until March 24, 1984, that they officially became a married couple.

Edited 34 minutes ago34 min by FlyRightOrchestraGuy
Wanted to tag Broderick and vetsoapfan