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Carol Potter said in 1992 of the ever-forgiving
matriarch. True, as a protective dad, Jimbo
had it out with Dylan more than once, but un-
til the couple left the zip code for Hong Kong
when Jim landed a promotion as a trust-fund
manager in season 5, the Walsh abode was
a stable home away from home surrounded
by Beverly Hills dysfunction, where the gang
gathered for Christmas, slumber parties or
just a good cry. When Kelly was humiliated
by her coked-up mom at a mother-daughter
fashion show, it was Cindy who wrapped her
arms around her, despite the fact that theteen once gave her the stink eye for asking
what her curfew was.
For Eckhouse, a Chicago-born actor who
had small parts in big ’80s fi lms like Fatal
Attraction and Big, and Carol Potter, who
had appeared on L.A. Law, their limited
roles on Beverly Hills, 90210 could be
frustrating. “All I did in one recent episode
was separate the recyclable plastic and glass
on-camera,’’ Potter told People in 1991. “I
hardly ever leave that house.” Post-90210,
Eckhouse, who’s been married since 1982
and has two sons, became a familiar charac-
ter actor on shows like The Good Wife and
Masters of Sex. After her departure from the
series, Potter led a quiet life with her second
husband, actor Jeff rey Josephson, and after
earning a counseling degree ( just like Cindy
Walsh!) went into practice in L.A. as a psy-
chotherapist while still making occasional
appearances on TV and stage.THE WHOLESOME
COUPLE FROM
MINNESOTA MOVED
TO BEVERLY HILLS,
WHERE THEIR HOME
WAS A CENTER OF
CALM IN A STORM OF
TEEN DRAMA
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