Linda Gray went on to reprise the role of Sue Ellen in Dallas: JR Returns, Dallas: War of the Ewings, and in the TNT series Dallas, which continued the original series.
23 Facts About Linda Gray
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On stage, Linda Gray starred as Mrs Robinson in The Graduate in the West End of London in 2001, then on Broadway the following year.
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Linda Gray was born in 1940 in Santa Monica, California.
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Linda Gray grew up in Culver City, California, where her father, Leslie, who was a watchmaker, had a shop.
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Linda Gray appeared in the films The Big Rip-Off and Dogs.
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Linda Gray was then cast as suspicious wife Carla Cord in the 1977 television movie Murder in Peyton Place.
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Linda Gray achieved stardom for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, JR's long-suffering alcoholic wife, in the CBS drama series Dallas.
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Linda Gray starred in several made-for-TV movies, including 1991's The Entertainers, Bonanza: The Return, Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter, and Accidental Meeting.
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Linda Gray continued the role in the Melrose Place spin-off Models Inc.
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Linda Gray appeared in the Dallas reunion television movies Dallas: JR Returns and Dallas: War of the Ewings, but in the following years did not appear in movies or on television.
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In 2001, Linda Gray portrayed Mrs Robinson in the West End theatre production of Charles Webb's The Graduate.
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Linda Gray briefly played the role in the Broadway production, when she filled-in for Kathleen Turner in September 2002.
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Linda Gray made her theater directing debut with the play Murder in the First, and other stage acting work includes: Terms of Endearment, The Vagina Monologues, Agnes of God and Love Letters.
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Linda Gray returned to television in 2004 as a guest star in five episodes of the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, playing Priscilla Kelly.
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Linda Gray starred in several independent films, including the award-winning drama Reflections of a Life, where she played the best friend of a woman undergoing treatment for breast cancer; Expecting Mary ; The Flight of the Swan ; and Hidden Moon.
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In 2008, Linda Gray appeared in The CW series 90210, which, like Melrose Place and Models Inc before it, is a spin-off from the original Beverly Hills, 90210.
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Linda Gray has now appeared in three of the five series in the franchise, though her role in 90210 was not Hillary Michaels, the character she played on Melrose Place and Models Inc.
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In 2012, Linda Gray reprised her role as Sue Ellen Ewing in the TNT drama series Dallas, a continuation of the original series.
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Linda Gray appeared as Joanna Winterthorne in the soap opera web series Winterthorne.
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On 17 August 2016, it was announced that Linda Gray would join the cast of the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, as Tabitha Maxwell-Brown, the mother of recently established character Marnie Nightingale, played by Lysette Anthony.
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Linda Gray made her first appearance as Tabitha on 15 November 2016, and departed on 22 November 2016.
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In 2017, Linda Gray joined the cast of Amazon Studios drama series, Hand of God, starring opposite Ron Perlman and Dana Delany.
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Linda Gray was married from 1962 to 1983 to Ed Thrasher, an art director and photographer who designed many iconic album covers throughout the 1960s and 1970s.