“The show’s head writer Ron Carlivati had a character [Paulina] in mind.

“That’s really what you want as an actor someone to create a character just for you.

The idea of it being [ongoing] appealed to me.”

Jackee Harry

However, it wasn’t necessarily the promise of big stories that convinced Harry to join “DOOL.”

Instead, it was the character description.

“She’s rich!

Jackee Harry

I’m Dominique Deveraux [the role played by the late Diahann Carroll].

I’m Joan Collins [Alexis]!”

And Paulina certainly is rich and glamorous and a self-made woman.

What could be better than that?