Linda Evans Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Linda Evans Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American

actress known primarily 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

(1965â€"1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington in

the 1980s ABC primetime soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from

1981 to 1989.Evans, the second of three daughters, was born Linda

Evenstad in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1942, to Arlene (née Dart;

1917â€"1969) and Alba Evenstad (1904â€"1958), both of whom were

professional dancers. "Evenstad" was the name of the small farm in

Nes, Hedmark, in Norway from where her paternal great-grandmother

emigrated to the United States in 1884 with her young son (Evans's

grandfather) and a few relatives. When Evans was six months old, the

family moved from Hartford to North Hollywood. She attended Hollywood

High School, where she was a sorority sister of future actress Carole

Wells. Her introduction to drama came through classes that she took

"as a form of therapy, to cure her of her shyness." When she started

her professional career, she changed her last name to "Evans".Evans's

first guest-starring role was on a 1960 episode of Bachelor Father.

The series starred John Forsythe, with whom she would costar 20 years

later on Dynasty. After several guest roles in The Adventures of Ozzie

and Harriet between 1960 and 1962, and guest appearances on television

series such as The Lieutenant and Wagon Train, Evans gained her first

regular role in 1965 in The Big Valley. 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

semiregular cast member during the last two seasons.On December 31,

1967, John Derek recruited his wife to operate one of his cameras

after he had been commissioned by daredevil Evel Knievel to film his

motorcycle jump of the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Evans

captured the iconic images of Knievel's devastating crash as the jump

failed.
Linda Evans Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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