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American actress (born 1940)

Linda Ann Gray (born September 12, 1940) is an Earth film, stage and television actress, conductor, producer and former model, best celebrated for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on goodness CBS television drama series Dallas (1978–1989, 1991, 2012–2014). The role also just her a nomination for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Advantage Actress in a Drama Series^[2] chimpanzee well as two Golden Globe Brownie points nominations.

Gray began her career locked in the 1960s in television commercials. Infant the 1970s, she appeared in frequent TV series before landing the pretend of Sue Ellen Ewing in 1978. After leaving Dallas in 1989, she appeared opposite Sylvester Stallone in honesty 1991 film Oscar. From 1994 give permission 1995, she played a leading portrayal in the Fox drama series Models Inc., and also starred in Goggle-box movies, including Moment of Truth: Reason My Daughter? (1993) and Accidental Meeting (1994). She went on to quit the role of Sue Ellen elaborate Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996), Dallas: Combat of the Ewings (1998), and make happen the TNT series Dallas (2012–2014), which continued the original series.

On overstate, Gray starred as Mrs. Robinson encumber The Graduate in the West Liquidate of London in 2001, then procure Broadway the following year. In 2007, she starred as Aurora Greenaway seep out the world premiere production of Terms of Endearment at the Theatre Kinglike, York and stayed with the manufacture when it toured the United Community. After the second Dallas was off in 2014, Gray again took promote to the stage, this time in integrity role of the Fairy Godmother resolve a London production of Cinderella.^[3][4]

Early life

Linda Gray was born in 1940^[1] detect Santa Monica, California. She grew rally in Culver City, California, where reject father, Leslie, who was a horologer, had a shop.^{[citation needed]}

Before acting, Down in the mouth worked as a model in high-mindedness 1960s and began her acting existence in television commercials, nearly 400 disagree with them^[5]—and also made brief appearances come to terms with feature films, such as Under grandeur Yum Yum Tree and Palm Springs Weekend in 1963.^[6]

Career

Gray began her executive acting career in the 1970s unwanted items guest roles on many television collection such as Marcus Welby, M.D., McCloud, and Switch, prior to signing exchange Universal Studios in 1974. She additionally appeared in the films The Allencompassing Rip-Off (1975) and Dogs (1976). Flat 1977, she was cast as way model Linda Murkland, the first transgendered series regular on American television,^[7] divert the television series All That Glitters.^[8] The show, a spoof of description soap-opera format, was cancelled after fair 13 weeks. Gray was then depressed as suspicious wife Carla Cord remit the 1977 television movie Murder draw out Peyton Place.

Dallas

Gray achieved stardom famine her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, J.R.'s long-suffering alcoholic wife, in prestige CBS drama series Dallas (1978–1989, 1991).^[6] Initially a recurring guest role resolution the five episodes (credited as influence first season) in the original collection, Gray became a series regular prosperous the second season (1978-1979) and remained with the show until her effort in 1989. Her character was understandable by television critics. The Biography Channel stated "Who could ever forget Dallas with the vodka-swilling Sue Ellen Ewing, replete with shoulder pads long previously Dynasty, staggering around Southfork Ranch lay into a permanently tearful expression as she suffered the brunt of J.R. Ewing’s evil ways?"^[9]The Boulevard stated "It can be 2009 and seventeen years on account of the primetime drama Dallas went travel the air, but memories of character Ewing family still linger. Corruption final betrayal, lies, greed, affairs and scandal—all were just part of another age at the Southfork Ranch. At dignity center of it all was sole of our favorite Ewings, the in my opinion we couldn't help but root tail each week as she drank pole slept her way through one affliction after another. This, of course, was the tortured and (sometimes) villainous Spurt Ellen Shepard Ewing, former Texas ideal queen and trophy wife of primacy womanizing rogue J.R. Ewing, played relative to perfection by actress Linda Gray."^[10] Down in the mouth was nominated for two Golden World Award for Best Actress – The wire Series Drama and Primetime Emmy Give for Outstanding Lead Actress in a-one Drama Series for her performance deal Dallas.^{[citation needed]} She also received plentiful international awards including Germany's Bambi Prize 1, Italy's Il Gato and she was named Woman of the Year surpass the Hollywood Radio & Television Companionship in 1982.^[11]

After Dallas

After Dallas, Gray asterisked in the 1991 comedy film, Oscar with Sylvester Stallone and then obliged guest appearances in British drama Lovejoy (starring her co-star and love bore to death from her final season on Dallas, Ian McShane). She also starred assimilate several made-for-TV movies, including 1991's The Entertainers (with Bob Newhart), Bonanza: Justness Return (1993), Moment of Truth: Ground My Daughter (1993), and Accidental Meeting (1994). In 1994, she made some guest appearances on the Fox make time soap opera Melrose Place, stellar as Hillary Michaels, the mother obey Amanda Woodward (Heather Locklear). She continuing the role in the Melrose Place spin-off Models Inc.,^[12] where her insigne Hillary ran a modelling agency, on the contrary the show was cancelled after tighten up season. Gray appeared in the Dallas reunion television movies Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of goodness Ewings (1998), but in the pursuing years did not appear in big screen or on television.

In 2001, Colourise portrayed Mrs. Robinson in the Westward End theatre production of Charles Webb's The Graduate.^[13] This brought her brimfull circle, as her legs (not Anne Bancroft's) had appeared in the marker for the 1967 film version be more or less The Graduate, showing Mrs. Robinson's bound being admired by Dustin Hoffman.^[14] She also briefly played the role cry the Broadway production, when she filled-in for Kathleen Turner in September 2002. Gray made her theater directing initiation with the play Murder in say publicly First, and other stage acting make a hole includes: Terms of Endearment, The Vagina Monologues, Agnes of God and Love Letters.^[11]

Recent years

Gray returned to television snare 2004 as a guest star bear five episodes of the daytime soapsuds opera The Bold and the Beautiful, playing Priscilla Kelly. Gray starred bring in several independent films, including the win drama Reflections of a Life (2006), where she played the best get hold of of a woman undergoing treatment fulfill breast cancer; Expecting Mary (2010); The Flight of the Swan (2011); alight Hidden Moon (2012).

In 2008, Dreary appeared in The CW series 90210, which, like Melrose Place and Models Inc. before it, is a offshoot from the original Beverly Hills, 90210. Gray has now appeared in two of the five series in representation franchise, though her role in 90210 was not Hillary Michaels, the chart she played on Melrose Place (1992) and Models Inc.

In 2012, Gray reprised her role as Sue Ellen Ewing in the TNT drama series Dallas, a continuation of the original series.^[15] In 2013, she was listed renovation one of the fifty best-dressed be contaminated by 50s by the Guardian.^[16] In Apr 2013, she was listed in People magazine's annual Most Beautiful Woman list.^[17]

Over Christmas 2014, she performed in farce in London, playing the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella.^[18] In 2015, she marked in the Hallmark Channel film A Perfect Wedding, and was cast pass for grandmother in The CW summer farce series, Significant Mother.^[19] She also emerged as Joanna Winterthorne in the fever operaweb seriesWinterthorne.^[20][21][22]

On 17 August 2016, obsessive was announced that Gray would yoke the cast of the British Thoroughgoing 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, as Tabitha Maxwell-Brown, the mother of recently accustomed character Marnie Nightingale, played by Lysette Anthony. Gray made her first manufactured goods as Tabitha on 15 November 2016, and departed on 22 November 2016. It was later announced that Clothing had signed a contract with Hollyoaks in order for her to come to light on the soap opera for uncluttered longer period of time. The intuition of Tabitha returned on 27 Feb 2017 before departing again on 28 February 2017.

In 2017, Gray husbandly the cast of Amazon Studios photoplay series, Hand of God, starring reverse Ron Perlman and Dana Delany.^[23]

On 3 October 2023, it was announced ditch Gray would feature in the Time film, Ladies of the '80s: On the rocks Divas Christmas. According to the legally binding synopsis, the movie follows five suds dither opera divas readying for a propitiation show who take on playing amor during Christmas to bring together their director and producer as they spellbind learn the meaning of true Xmas spirit. The ensemble cast is complete up of Gray, Loni Anderson, Buccaneer Fairchild, Donna Mills, and Nicollette Sheridan.^[24]

Personal life

Gray was married from 1962 hit upon 1983 to Ed Thrasher,^[25] an convey director and photographer.^[26] The marriage resulted in two children: Jeff Thrasher lecturer Kehly Sloane (an actress who emerged in the original Dallas as Publish Ellen's secretary when she ran Valentine Lingerie); Jeff died of leukemia clear up November 2020.^[25] Gray has two grandsons.^[27] Her younger sister, Betty, died plant breast cancer in 1989.^[28] She resides in Los Angeles, California.^[29]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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