Patricia Shepard was the mother of Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Gray) and Kristin Shepard (who was played on the original Dallas TV series by Mary Crosby) and grandmother of John Ross Ewing III and Christopher Ewing. She appeared in a total of 10 episodes of the original CBS-TV series Dallas, making her first appearance in the episode For Love or Money in Season 2 (episode #15). The part of Patricia Shepard was played in all of the episodes by veteran TV/film and stage actress Martha Scott.