Bobby Jacoby
Brian Cunningham
1980-85

Bobby was 7 years old when he began in the role of Brian, Abby and Jeff Cunningham's son. Bobby continues acting today. His credits include the Tremors movies, Can't Hardly Wait, Meet the Applegates {photo on left, courtesy Star Galaxy}, and The Zoo Gang {photo on right, courtesy Braces Gallery}.

Rhianna Janette
Meg Mackenzie
1990-93

Rhianna is best known for playing the role of Meg. Her other showbiz work includes small guest starring roles on shows such as thirtysomething.

Emily Ann Lloyd
Elizabeth "Betsy" Gibson Ewing
1990-93

Emily also had a role in Kindergarten Cop in 1990. She played Jennifer. Emily has a well-known brother. Eric Lloyd is the little boy who played Tim Allen's son in The Santa Clause.

In 1996, Emily nabbed her first large TV sitcom role as Sarah Kramer on the NBC show Something So Right. The show lasted less than a season, but was later picked up by another network and a few more episodes were taped. {Photos courtesy http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/4875/}

 

Kathryn and Tiffany Lubran
Elizabeth "Betsy" Gibson Ewing
1987-90

Kathryn and Tiffany held the role of Betsy for three years. They began in the 1987-88 season, when the characters of Betsy and Bobby were aged from about age 2 to 4.

Their career included roles where they played one character, as well as roles where they appeared as two different characters. From March through June 1994, they appeared in Tom Arnold's sitcom, Tom, as his daughters. Kathryn played Charlotte Graham while Tiffany played Emily Graham

Danny Ponce
Jason Avery
1983-85

Jason is the oldest son of Richard Avery and Laura Murphy Avery Sumner. Luis Daniel Ponce got his first series regular role starring as the third Jason. After his run on "Knots" came to a close, he played Jason Bateman's little brother, Willie Hogan, on the various incarnations of "The Hogan Family" sitcom in the mid-'80s. Most recently, the Waltham, Mass.-born actor was seen in the TV film "Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage." Ponce's sister, LuAnne Ponce, also works as an actress in the television and film industry. {bio courtesy Soapnet}

 
Francesca Smith
Meg MacKenzie
1997

Francesca played Meg in the 1997 reunion movie, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac. She is best known for her voice work on the Nickelodeon shows Recess (as Ashley Boulet/Upside-Down Girl/Swinger Girl) and Hey Arnold! (as Helga G. Pataki/Sheena/Gloria). {Photo courtesy The Toon Obsession}

Morgan and Whitney White
Meg MacKenzie
1987-89

Morgan and Whitney began playing Meg, the daughter of Greg {William Devane} and Laura {Constance McCashin}, as a baby.

After the death of Laura, Greg decided to let Mac and Karen raise Meg because she reminded him too much of his dead wife. Greg initially told Mac and Karen he was going away for the week, so they took care of him. However, he was still in Knots Landing. Of course that was later discovered and they kept her permanentally. Morgan and Whitney were recast in 1989 when the show wanted more experienced actresses in the role.

 

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