Cathy Geary Rush

Ciji was killed off after only seventeen episodes but she proved to be popular as her death caused a huge amount of backlash from fans.

When Ray committed a serious crime that resulted in a man's death, Cathy agreed to take the blame and got convicted of second degree murder.

Abby was searching for a lookalike of the late Ciji Dunne, a dead singer who had had a strong friendship with Gary Ewing when she was alive.

Horribly believing that Cathy was in fact a resurrection of the very person he killed, Tony took a misstep and was fatally impaled by a pitchfork, forever ending his reign of terror.

Gary and Cathy's relationship soured quickly when the truth about her background and Abby's deal emerged.

Cathy realized things were worse and Joshua became very abusive and attempted to kill her and himself by jumping from a building.

Cathy began rebuilding her life and focused her singing career and eventually left Knots Landing to tour.

Lisa Hartman Black portrayed two characters in Knots Landing .