
Shadow of the Vampire
Bare Essence is an American television soap opera which aired on the NBC network during the 1982-1983 season. The series revolved around Tyger Hayes' efforts to succeed in the business world. In the first episode, her new husband Chase Marshall is killed in a racing car accident. Chase's father Hadden opposes Tyger's efforts to join the family business, Kellico, but she is encouraged by Hadden's sister Margaret to try her hand with a new line of perfumes. Ava, the widow of Hadden's other son, is concerned that any success Tyger might have will undermine her son Marcus' position in the company. Both Ava and Marcus' wife Muffin plotted to undermine Tyger's success. To this end, Ava eventually seduces and marries Hadden. Tyger's mother, Lady Bobbi Rowan, falls in love with a Greek millionaire, Niko Theopolous, who wants to exact revenge on the Marshalls.
Cast

Ian McShane
Niko Theophilus

John Malkovich
F. W. Murnau

Willem Dafoe
Max Schreck

Jonathan Frakes
Marcus Marshall

Michael Nader
Alexi Theophilus

Udo Kier
Albin Grau

Jennifer O'Neill
Lady Bobbi Rowan

Cary Elwes
Fritz Arno Wagner

Catherine McCormack
Greta Schröder

Genie Francis
Patricia 'Tyger' Hayes

Eddie Izzard
Gustav von Wangenhein

Jessica Walter
Ava Marshall