Lee Grant played Stella Chernak, a woman from the wrong side of the tracks whose brother died in a skirmish with Rodney Harrington (Ryan O'Neal), ol' man Peyton's grandson and the brother of Norman, whose girlfriend had once been in a sexually abusive relationship with Stella's brother. Stella...
At the risk of being a shameless self-promoter... I highlighted some of my selections for the most memorable moments of the series here:
http://jacksonupperco.com/2015/02/25/ten-memorable-moments-from-peyton-place-season-one/...