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Linda Evans(I)

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Actress Linda Evans has personified beauty and grace to American television viewers for over five decades, from her role as Audra Barkley, a daughter of the Old West on The Big Valley (1965) (1965-1969 on ABC) to the glamorous Krystle Carrington on Dynasty (1981) (1981-1989 on ABC) to Hell's Kitchen (2004), the British competitive cooking reality show she won in 2009.

Linda became one of the most celebrated female television stars of the 1980s. For her role as Krystle, wife of an oil multimillionaire played by John Forsythe and good girl counterpart to Joan Collins' evil Alexis, Linda was nominated five times for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a TV Drama series (every year from 1982 to 1986). She won in 1982, sharing the honor with Barbara Bel Geddes of rival primetime television soap opera Dallas (1978). Linda won five People's Choice Awards as Favorite Actress in a Drama Series in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead actress in a Drama Series in 1983. For her contribution to the television industry, Linda has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Blvd.

Linda was born on November 18, 1942, as Linda Evenstad in Hartford, Connecticut, the second of three daughters to parents who were professional dancers. When Linda was six months old, her family moved to Hollywood.

At age 14, Linda was encouraged to take drama classes to overcome her shyness. At 15, she joined a friend who was auditioning for a television commercial. Linda got the part.

A short time later, Linda earned her first guest-starring role on a major television series, Bachelor Father (1957), starring John Forsythe, whose career would become eternally tied to Linda when they portrayed the powerful Carringtons on Dynasty. She went on to guest-star on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952), Wagon Train (1957), My Favorite Martian (1963) and other staples of the 1960s before landing the role of Audra, daughter of Big Valley matriarch Victoria Barkley, played by Barbara Stanwyck.

Between her Audra years and her portrayal of Krystle, Linda was rarely off the airwaves, guest starring on shows that ranged from McCloud (1970) to The Rockford Files (1974), from the miniseries North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986) to the primetime drama Hunter (1976), co-starring Linda as secret agent Marty Shaw.

After Dynasty, Linda decided there was something more to life than Hollywood and moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she began an extraordinary journey of self-discovery.

But she returned to performing frequently, starring in the stage play, Legends, and winning the Hell's Kitchen competition while working under Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White.

Linda's often lavish and luxurious life has rivaled Krystle Carrington's. She has dined with queens and presidents, been romanced by the rich and famous, and today, what Linda treasures most is the wisdom she has gained along the way.
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Linda Evans in McCloud (1970)
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Known for

Dynasty (1981)
Dynasty
6.3
TV Series
  • Krystle Carrington
  • Rita Lesley
Lee Majors, Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, and Richard Long in The Big Valley (1965)
The Big Valley
7.6
TV Series
  • Audra Barkley
Gordon Ramsay in Hell's Kitchen (2004)
Hell's Kitchen
6.7
TV Series
  • Self - Contestant
The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards
2.5
TV Special
  • Self - Winner & Accepting Television Dramatic Program
  • 1986

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Actress

  • Udo Kier in Swan Song (2021)
    Swan Song
  • Das Traumschiff (1981)
    Das Traumschiff
  • The Stepsister (1997)
    The Stepsister
  • Linda Evans, Lisa Hartman, James Farentino, Bruce Greenwood, and Cliff Robertson in Dazzle (1995)
    Dazzle
  • The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)
    The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
  • Heather Locklear, Kathleen Beller, Maxwell Caulfield, Joan Collins, John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Al Corley, John James, Robin Sachs, and Emma Samms in Dynasty: The Reunion (1991)
    Dynasty: The Reunion
  • Linda Evans in She'll Take Romance (1990)
    She'll Take Romance
  • Dynasty (1981)
    Dynasty
  • The Last Frontier (1986)
    The Last Frontier
  • North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986)
    North & South: Book 2, Love & War
  • David Birney and Morgan Brittany in Glitter (1984)
    Glitter
  • Linda Evans in Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983)
    Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
  • Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)
    The Love Boat
  • Bare Essence (1982)
    Bare Essence
  • The Fall Guy (1981)
    The Fall Guy

Soundtrack

  • Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
    Beach Blanket Bingo
    • (uncredited)

Videos9

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Swan Song
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Swan Song
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Tom Horn
Avalanche Express
Trailer 1:47
Avalanche Express
The Big Valley: Season 2
Trailer 2:06
The Big Valley: Season 2
The Big Valley: Clip 1
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The Big Valley: Clip 1
The Big Valley: Clip 2
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The Big Valley: Clip 2
Official Trailer
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    • November 18, 1942
    • Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    • Stan HermanJuly 4, 1975 - 1979 (divorced)
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    (10/3/92) Appeared on TV Special "Bob Hope's Star-Studded Spoof of the New TV Season" - GRated - With Glamour, Glitter & Gags", with Bob Hope, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Tom Selleck, Brooke Shields, Ricky Schroder, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary.
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    • 1 Portrayal
    • 1 Interview
    • 5 Articles
    • 17 Pictorials
    • 84 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Joan Rivers once said that Linda Evans "is one of the only people in the business I've never heard anything negative about".
  • Quotes
    A whole family would be absurd now. But one child would be wonderful.
    • Platinum blonde hair
    • Dynasty
      (1981)
      $40,000 per episode (season 5)

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