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American actress

Person · Open Library

Works
63

Top works

  • Veg for All Seasons
  • It's a Journey (You're Not Alone)
  • Land o' Goodness
  • Man and Animal, Victims of Their Subconscious Mind, and the Way to Freedom
  • Beloved Partnership

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Film & TV

Acting · Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American actress well known for her roles on television. In the 1960s, she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck), in the Western television series The Big Valley (1965–1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC primetime soap opera Dynasty, a role she played…

Known for

  • Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed — Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)2023
  • This Is Joan Collins — Self (Archive Footage)2022
  • Swan Song — Rita Parker Sloan2021
  • The Dark, Krystle — Krystle (archive footage)2013
  • Oddity Archive — Self (archive footage)2012
  • Did you leave us, Blake? — Self2002
  • I Love the 80s2002
  • The Stepsister — Joan Curtis Shaw Canfield1997
  • Leute heute — Self1997
  • Dazzle — Sylvie Norberg Kilkullen1995

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1929-08-16
Active to
1980-09-15
1950s1960s1970samericancool jazzhard bop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
510
Total plays
1,671

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Key facts

Born
Linda Evenstad , ( 1942-11-18 ) November 18, 1942 (age 83) , Hartford, Connecticut , U.S.
Education
Hollywood High School
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1960–1997; 2020–present
Known for
Dynasty The Big Valley Avalanche Express Tom Horn
Spouses
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Partner s
Patrick Curtis (1960–1962), George Santo Pietro (1980–1984), Yanni (1989–1998)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Linda
Family name
Evans
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Hartford
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Linda Evans in Tadashi Shoji 02.jpg
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Commons category
Linda Evans
date of birth
1942-11-18
start of work period
1960-00-00
name in native language
Linda Evans
birth name
Linda Evenstad
writing language
English language
end of work period
1997-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Keenan Wynn, Evans and Jack Ging in television's The Eleventh Hour (1963) Original cast of The Big Valley (1965) with Evans (Audra), Barbara Stanwyck (Victoria) standing in front of Richard Long (Jarrod), Peter Breck (Nick), Lee Majors (Heath) and Charles Briles (Eugene) Evans in The Big Valley, 1965 With George Peppard in Banacek, 1974 Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American actress well known for her roles on television. In the 1960s, she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck), in the Western television series The Big Valley (1965–1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989.

Early life

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