Linda Evans
Linda Evans | |
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Born | Linda Evenstad November 18, 1942 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Education | Hollywood High School |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1960–1997; 2020–present |
Known for | |
Spouses | |
Partner(s) | Patrick Curtis (1960–1962) George Santo Pietro (1980–1984) Yanni (1989–1998) |
Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American actress known primarily for her roles on television. In the 1960s she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by
Early life
Evans, the second of three daughters, was born Linda Evenstad in
Career
Evans' first guest-starring role was on a 1960 episode of
On December 31, 1967, John Derek recruited his future wife to operate one of his cameras after he had been commissioned by daredevil Evel Knievel to film his motorcycle jump of the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Evans photographed Knievel's devastating crash after the jump failed.[8]
Throughout the 1970s, Evans continued to appear on television largely in guest roles. She appeared in a slew of detective shows such as
In films, Evans co-starred with
Evans was next cast as Krystle Carrington in
Evans won a
Evans was hired as a spokesperson for the beverage Crystal Light due to her character's name.[7]
Evans left Dynasty in 1989, four months before the series came to an end, after only appearing in six episodes of the 22-episode ninth and final season.[24] After leaving Dynasty, Evans semiretired from acting and made only occasional television appearances. Instead, she devoted her time to fitness issues and set up a small chain of fitness centers. In the 1990s, Evans hosted infomercials for Rejuvenique, a mask for toning facial muscles. She had previously written the Linda Evans Beauty and Exercise book in 1983. She also kept in touch with Forsythe, until he died on April 1, 2010, and she was devastated by his death. Evans first met Forsythe as an unfamiliar actress aged 18, for her first speaking part: Her agent "signed me up for Bachelor Father and John Forsythe gave me my first speaking part."[25]
In 1991, Evans returned to the role of Krystle Carrington for the television miniseries Dynasty: The Reunion.[26] Following this, she appeared in three made-for-TV movies in the 1990s, but then retired from screen acting altogether in 1997.[27]
In 2005, actress Melora Hardin portrayed Evans in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalized television movie based on the creation and behind-the-scenes production of Dynasty.[28]
In 2006, Evans reunited with her Dynasty castmates for the nonfiction reunion special Dynasty: Catfights and Caviar. She then starred in the stage play Legends opposite her former Dynasty rival Collins. In 2009, Evans appeared in and won the British TV program
In 2021 Evans returned to acting, taking a small role in the critically acclaimed movie Swan Song.[30]
Evans has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.[24]
Personal life
In her late teens, Evans was engaged to Patrick Curtis, who later became a press agent and married Raquel Welch.[31] Subsequently, Evans has been married and divorced twice. Her first marriage was to actor, photographer, and film director John Derek. They started dating in 1965, married in 1968, and separated on Christmas Day 1973,[32] when Derek disclosed his affair with 17-year old Mary Cathleen Collins (30 years his junior), who become known as Bo Derek after they married.[33][34] Evans' second marriage was to Stan Herman, a property executive, from 1975 to 1979.[35] She then lived with restaurant owner George Santo Pietro, from 1980 to 1984.[36][37] Evans also dated The Big Valley castmate Lee Majors for a brief period following her second divorce, as well as businessmen Richard Cohen (an ex-husband of Tina Sinatra) and Dennis Stein (a former fiancé of Elizabeth Taylor) during the mid-1980s. In 1989, Evans began a relationship with new-age musician Yanni, which lasted until 1998.[38]
Her best friends are her ex-stepdaughter, television writer Sean Catherine Derek, and Bunky Young, Evans' former assistant and friend of over 40 years, who died in 2021.[39] She is also close with John Derek's second wife, actress Ursula Andress,[40] a sometime houseguest at her home in Beverly Hills.[41][42]
After being diagnosed with
Evans appeared in Playboy magazine at the behest of her then-husband John Derek in 1971. As she gained tremendous fame on Dynasty, the photos were published a second time in 1982.[47]
Evans was arrested in May 2014 for driving under the influence of a prescription drug.[48]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1963 | Twilight of Honor | Alice Clinton | Alternative title: The Charge is Murder |
1965 | Those Calloways | Bridie Mellott | |
1965 | Beach Blanket Bingo | Sugar Kane | |
1969 | Childish Things | Pat Jennings | Alternative title: Confessions of Tom Harris |
1974 | The Klansman | Nancy Poteet | |
1975 | Mitchell | Greta | |
1979 | Avalanche Express | Elsa Lang | |
1980 | Tom Horn | Glendolene Kimmel | |
2021 | Swan Song
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Rita Parker Sloan |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1960 | Bachelor Father
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Liz McGavin | Episode: "A Crush on Bentley" |
1960–1962 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Various | 5 episodes |
1962 | Outlaws | Daughter | Episode: "All in a Day's Work" |
1962 | The Untouchables | Gert Littlesmith | Episode: "The Ginnie Littlesmith Story" |
1962 | Buttons and Her Beaus | Buttons | Television film |
1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Joan Clayton | Episode: "Where Ignorant Armies Clash" |
1963 | The Lieutenant | Nan Hiland | Episode: "The Two Star Giant" |
1964 | Dr. Kildare | Student Nurse #1 | Episode: "A Nickel's Worth of Prayer" |
1965 | Wagon Train | Martha Temple | Episode: "Herman" |
1965 | My Favorite Martian | Sally Farrow | Episode: "Martin's Favorite Martian" |
1965–1969 | The Big Valley | Audra Barkley | Series regular; 112 episodes |
1973 | Female Artillery | Charlotte Paxton | Television film |
1973 | McCloud | Geri March | Episode: "Butch Cassidy Rides Again" |
1974 | Banacek | Cherry Saint-Saens | Episode: "Rocket to Oblivion" |
1974 | Mannix | Lorna | Episode: "The Ragged Edge" |
1974 | Nakia | Samantha Lowell | Television film (pilot for TV series Nakia) |
1974 | Harry O | Marian Sawyer | Episode: "Guardian at the Gates" |
1975 | McMillan & Wife | Nicole Avery | Episode: "Night Train to L.A." |
1975 | The Rockford Files | Claire Prescott / Audrey Wyatt | Episodes: "Claire" and "The Farnsworth Stratagem" |
1975 | McCoy | Episode: "The Big Ripoff" | |
1977 | Hunter | Marty Shaw | Series regular; 13 episodes |
1978 | Nowhere to Run | Amy Kessler | Television film |
1978 | Standing Tall | Jill Shasta | Television film |
1981 | The Fall Guy | Herself | Episode: "Colt's Angels" |
1981–1984 | The Love Boat | Various | 7 episodes |
1981–1989 | Dynasty | Krystle Carrington | Series regular (seasons 1-8), recurring (season 9); 204 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (1982) People's Choice Awards for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program (1982) People's Choice Awards for Favorite Female TV Performer (1983–1986) Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actress in a Prime Time (1984–1985) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (1983–1986) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1983) Nominated—Soap Opera Digest Award for Favorite Super Couple: Prime Time (1986, 1989) |
1982 | Bare Essence | Bobbi Rowan | Television miniseries, 11 episodes |
1983 | Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues | Kate Muldoon | Television film |
1984 | Glitter | Herself | Episode: "Pilot" |
1985–1986 | Dynasty | Rita Lesley
|
Recurring role; concurrent to her contract role |
1986 | North and South, Book II | Rose Sinclair | Television miniseries |
1986 | The Last Frontier | Kate Hannon | Television miniseries Australia/US, 2 episodes |
1990 | She'll Take Romance | Jane McMillan | Television film |
1991 | Dynasty: The Reunion | Krystle Carrington | Television miniseries, 2 episodes |
1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | Kate Muldoon | Television film |
1995 | Dazzle | Sylvie Norberg Kilkullen | Television film |
1997 | The Stepsister | Joan Curtis Shaw Canfield | Television film |
1997 | European Soundmix Show | Host | |
2007 | Where Are They Now | Herself - Guest | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
2016 | The Morning Show | Herself - Guest | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
2020 | Das Traumschiff | Herself | Episode: "Kapstadt" |
2021 | Studio 10 | Herself - Guest | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
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External links
- Official website
- Linda Evans at IMDb
- Linda Evans at the Internet Broadway Database
- Linda Evans at AllMovie
- Linda Evans at the TCM Movie Database