1. Linda Thorson was born on Linda Robinson; June 18,1947 and is a Canadian actress known for playing Tara King in The Avengers.
14 Facts About Linda Thorson
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Linda Thorson graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with an Honours Diploma, including speaking and singing honours, on July 1,1967.
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Linda Thorson is best known for her role as Tara King in the last series of the British TV adventure series, The Avengers, with the original star Patrick Macnee.
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Linda Thorson was reunited with Macnee in a commercial for Laurent-Perrier champagne in the mid 1970s, which led to the series reappearing as The New Avengers, although Thorson did not regain her role.
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Since then, Linda Thorson appeared in character roles in many TV series and films, including Thriller, Return of the Saint, Valentino, The Greek Tycoon, the cult horror film Curtains, Blind Justice, Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty, and Marblehead Manor.
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Linda Thorson appeared from 1989 to 1992 in the daytime drama One Life to Live as Julia Wheaton Medina.
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Linda Thorson appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation, playing female Cardassian starship commander Gul Ocett in the 6th-season episode "The Chase".
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In 2002, Linda Thorson portrayed a Supreme Court Justice in the movie Half Past Dead with Steven Seagal and Ja Rule, and appeared in the 2006 action sequel Max Havoc: Ring of Fire.
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Linda Thorson played Hester Salomon in a UK tour of Equus opposite Simon Callow.
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In 2013, Linda Thorson appeared onstage in Tracy Letts's play August: Osage County about a dysfunctional family in Oklahoma.
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In 2013, Linda Thorson produced a new stage play called The Goodbye Bird written by Colleen Murphy.
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Linda Thorson was married in 1984 to the American news anchorman and producer Bill Boggs with whom she has a son; they divorced after 19 years.
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Linda Thorson was married to production designer Gavin Mitchell in November 2005, but divorced in 2011.
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Linda Thorson is bi-dialectal, speaking in her native Canadian accent when she is in North America, and Received Pronunciation when she is in the United Kingdom.