Alexis Colby - Background

Background

She was born Alexis Marissa Morell in either May or June of 1937 in London, but she was schooled in Switzerland.

She was a painter and attended the Royal Academy of Arts, but dropped out after nearly a year and worked as an artist's model in Brussels.

In 1954, Alexis met Blake Carrington when she was 17, and three days later, Blake proposed to Alexis and within a month, they were married. In February or March of 1957, Alexis gave birth to their first child, Adam Alexander. On the morning of September 29, 1957, Adam was kidnapped. When Alexis reached out to Blake for support, she was met with coldness. He threw himself into building his company, Denver-Carrington, and feeling neglected she reached out and started an affair with Cecil Colby.

Eventually, she became pregnant and did not know the paternity of the child. She later gave birth to Fallon Marissa, who would later turn out to be Blake's. Alexis became jealous of the attention that Blake showered their daughter and the jealousy remained even after Alexis gave birth to their third born, Steven Daniel, because in the back of her mind, Alexis was upset with Blake for calling off the search for Adam and he was now trying to replace their first son with Steven.

During the final years of their marriage, Blake went on several business trips often leaving Alexis alone for weeks on end. She started an affair with Roger Grimes, the estate manager of the Carrington Estate, who encouraged Alexis to pursue her dream as a paint and built her a studio on the grounds. One particular afternoon, Blake found the two in bed

She had a one-night with her cousin, Sable's husband, Jason Colby during the late 1970s.

During the early 1980s, she had an affair with Zachary Powers aboard his yacht. She later went to live in Acapulco until she was called to testify against her ex-husband in court.