Tracy Scoggins relishes her role on "Dante's Cove"

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Chatted up a slew of cast members from "Dante's Cove" last week including the sensational Tracy Scoggins who is an absolute hoot as Grace, a member of a coven of witches called the "Tresum." I''ve been a fan of Tracy's going back to when she was on "Dynasty" as Monica Colby which she also played for three seasons on the "Dynasty" spinoff "The Colbys" where her castmates included Barbara Stanwyck and Charlton Heston, among others.

At 53, Tracy still looks stunning and has been mighty busy since her days on "The Colbys." She was a regular on the sci-fi series "Babylon 5" and the western series "Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years" as well as a juicy recurring role on "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman." That is in addition to a slew of guest spots on various TV series and some movie roles.

At the core of "Dante's Cove," recently renewed for a third season by here! television, is the deadly game of revenge between Grace and her former fiancee Ambrosius who on the day of their wedding centuries earlier, she caught him having sex with their butler. She imprisoned Ambrosius in the body of an old man and since then, have been engaged in real doozy of a battle for each other's soul.

"Can you tell I'm having fun? I'm having a blast," Tracey told me. " I like being a pioneer in things which this sort of is being one of the first gay and lesbian nighttime soap operas. I couldn't ask for a more fun character. I mean, I COULD ask, but that would be really ungracious of me!" (laughs).

At this point, I cannot hold back. I say to her: "You look so SMASHING on the show like when you wore that red dress and showed up at Hotel Dante.
"What they try to do with my character is, she was very well dressed in the 1840s and they try to have that a continuing thread when she gets her way into the future," she explained.

I ask, "Is Grace evil or is she just misunderstood? I mean, I know she's been hurt."
"I don't think anyone's black or white," Tracey said. " I don't think anyone's good or evil. Her heart is so scarred, she's just such damanged goods that she just has trouble caring about anyone anymore. It's about power and revenge and I think it comes from a scarred heart. I think that's why the audience can relate to her because everyone's been betrayed and everyone's felt like putting a spell on somebody."