Merete Van Kamp

Merete Van Kamp is a Danish born actress and singer. Merete Van Kamp is the daughter of a German ballerina mother and an aluminum company executive father who divorced when she was 8 years old. She attended Swiss and French boarding schools. Van Kam's first film role was in the 1983 espionage thriller The Osterman Weekend, directed by Sam Peckinpah playing opposite John Hurt. She was then chosen from 700 hopefuls to play the lead roles of Princess Daisy Valenski and Dani Valenski in the NBC blockbuster TV miniseries Princess Daisy, written by Judith Krantz. In 1985 she was a series regular in the TV series Dallas, playing Grace Van Owen in the 1985–86 season. She guest-starred in several episodes of Hotel and Remington Steele and has appeared in many feature films, including You Can't Hurry Love with Bridget Fonda, and Mission Kill, with Robert Ginty and Olivia d'Abo, directed by David W...