She took a less substantial role in "Death Hunt" (1981), which reunited her with Lee Marvin, and also appeared in "Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen." Earlier that year, she had been the first choice to play the character Krystle Carrington on the television series "Dynasty", but deciding she wanted to spend more time with her daughter, she turned it down; the role instead went to Linda Evans. In the mid-1980s, Dickinson declined the role of Sable Colby on the "Dynasty" spin-off, "The Colbys".