Jenna Wade

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Jenna Wade was a character in the popular American television series Dallas, played most notably by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (1983-1988). The character of Jenna was briefly played by Morgan Fairchild in 1978 and Francine Tacker in 1980.

Jenna was Bobby Ewing's first true love, before Pam. Years before Bobby ever met Pam, Jenna was engaged to Bobby but ditched him at the altar when she ran off to Italy and married Italian count, Renaldo Marchetta. Jenna subsequently gave birth to a daughter, Charlotte (nicknamed "Charlie") and, for years, Jenna never revealed who was Charlie's biological father. However, in 1984, Jenna confessed that Marchetta was actually Charlie's father. Jenna was engaged to Bobby in 1985 but he broke up with her to remarry his ex-wife Pam. In 1986, Jenna found herself pregnant with Bobby's child, however, at that time, Bobby had reunited with his former wife, Pam. Jenna decided to raise the child as a single mother and, in 1987, she gave birth to Bobby's son, Lucas named after her father Lucas Wade. Jenna later married Bobby's half-brother, Southfork ranch foreman Ray Krebbs. The next year, after problems with the now-teenage Charlie, Jenna escorted Charlie to Europe to attend boarding school. After returning to Dallas, she and Ray decided to relocate permanently to Switzerland.