Linda Evans was born on Linda Evenstad; November 18,1942 and is an American actress known primarily for her roles on television.
26 Facts About Linda Evans
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Linda Evans is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC primetime soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989.
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Linda Evans has two sisters: Carol Davidson and Kathy Evenstad.
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When Linda Evans was six months old, the family moved from Hartford to North Hollywood.
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Linda Evans attended Hollywood High School, where she was a sorority sister of future actress Carole Wells.
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Linda Evans' first guest-starring role was on a 1960 episode of Bachelor Father.
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Linda Evans was next cast as Krystle Carrington in Aaron Spelling's opulent new primetime soap opera, Dynasty, which premiered in January 1981.
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Linda Evans won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series for her Dynasty role in 1981, and was nominated every year from 1982 to 1985.
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Linda Evans was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1983.
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Linda Evans won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program in 1982, and for Favorite Female TV Performer in 1983,1984,1985, and 1986.
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Linda Evans won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1984 and 1985.
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Linda Evans was hired as a spokesperson for the beverage Crystal Light due to her character's name.
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Linda 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.
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Linda Evans had previously written the Linda Evans Beauty and Exercise book in 1983.
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Linda Evans kept in touch with Forsythe, until he died on April 1,2010, and she was devastated by his death.
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In 1991, Linda Evans returned to the role of Krystle Carrington for the television miniseries Dynasty: The Reunion.
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In 2006, Linda Evans reunited with her Dynasty castmates for the nonfiction reunion special Dynasty: Catfights and Caviar.
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Linda Evans then starred in the stage play Legends opposite her former Dynasty rival Collins.
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In 2009, Linda Evans appeared in and won the British TV program Hell's Kitchen, working under Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White.
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Linda Evans has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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Linda Evans then lived with restaurant owner George Santo Pietro, from 1980 to 1984.
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Linda Evans dated The Big Valley castmate Lee Majors for a brief period following her second divorce, as well as businessmen Richard Cohen and Dennis Stein during the mid-1980s.
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In 1989, Linda Evans began a relationship with new-age musician Yanni, which lasted until 1998.
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Linda Evans is close with John Derek's second wife, actress Ursula Andress, a sometime houseguest at her home in Beverly Hills.
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Linda Evans appeared in Playboy magazine at the behest of her then-husband John Derek in 1971.
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Linda Evans was arrested in May 2014 for driving under the influence of a prescription drug.