Profile
Linda Evans
Actress
Female
Born
Nov 18, 1942
Age
70
Hometown
Hartford, Connect...
Linda Evans is an American actress. She is known primarily for her roles on television, and rose to fame playing Audra Barkley in the 1960s Western TV series, The Big Valley (1965–1969). Her most prominent role was that of Krystle Carrington in the 1980s… Read More
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Romance
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George Santo PietroDated 1983
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Stan HermanMarried 1975 - 1981
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Patrick CurtisDated 1960 - 1962
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Big Hair, Big Shoulders And Big Money: Linda Evans On '80s ExcessNPR - Apr 15, 2013
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Linda Evans Works To End Senior HungerFox News - Feb 28, 2013
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Toshio Meronek: Want Real Safety? Try Jobs And Housing. "Ban The Box" 2.0Huffington Post - Sep 18, 2012
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Jay Weston: Nobu Malibu May Be Hottest, Most Exciting New Restaurant In Nation!Huffington Post - Aug 27, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1942
Birth
Born on November 18, 1942.
TEENAGE
1960
17 Years Old
Evans' first guest-starring role was on a 1960 episode of Bachelor Father, which starred her future screen husband, John Forsythe.
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TWENTIES
1968
25 Years Old
Evans has been married twice, first to actor and film producer John Derek from 1968 to 1974.
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1969
26 Years Old
Playing Audra Barkley, daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck), Evans was credited in the series until it ended in 1969, though she was only a semi-regular castmember during the last two seasons.
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THIRTIES
Evans' second marriage was to Stan Herman, a property executive, from 1976 to 1981.
1980
37 Years Old
In 1980, Evans was cast as Krystle Carrington in Aaron Spelling's opulent new primetime soap opera, Dynasty.
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Evans was nominated five times for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a TV Drama series (every year from 1982 to 1986), winning in 1982 in a tie with Barbara Bel Geddes of rival soap Dallas.
FORTIES
1983
40 Years Old
She had previously written the "Linda Evans Beauty and Exercise" book in 1983.
1985
42 Years Old
After being diagnosed with idiopathic edema, Evans began investigating alternative healing, delving into Eastern philosophy and naturopathy. In 1985 she became involved with controversial metaphysical teacher J. Z. Knight and her Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, and eventually moved to Rainier, Washington to be closer to Knight and her school.
1989
46 Years Old
In 1989, Evans began a relationship with new age musician Yanni, which lasted until 1998.
1991
48 Years Old
In 1991, she returned to the role of Krystle Carrington for the TV miniseries Dynasty: The Reunion.
FIFTIES
1997
54 Years Old
Following this, she appeared in three made-for-TV movies in the 1990s, but then retired from screen acting altogether in 1997.
LATE ADULTHOOD
2005
62 Years Old
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.
2006
63 Years Old
In 2006, Evans reunited with her Dynasty castmates for the non-fiction reunion special Dynasty: Catfights and Caviar.
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2009
66 Years Old
In 2009 Evans appeared in and won the British TV program Hell's Kitchen, working under Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White.
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