These ladies set the bitchy bar high, long before Desperate Housewives ever existed. Donna Mills was Abby Fairgate, a prissy prima donna on Knots Landing. Pamela Bellwood played emotional everywoman Claudia Blaisdel Carrington on '80s mega-drama Dynasty. Competing for men with her was gold digger Sammy Jo, played by Heather Locklear- who revived her diva days as bad girl Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place.
—Peter Hays