Linda Ann Gray (born September , ) is an American film, stage and
television actress, director, producer and former model, best known
for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry
Hagman's character J.R. on the CBS television drama series Dallas
(â€", -), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award
for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The role also earned
her two Golden Globe Award nominations.Gray began her career in the s
in television commercials. In the s, she appeared in numerous TV
series before landing the role of Sue Ellen Ewing in . After leaving
Dallas in , she appeared opposite Sylvester Stallone in the film
Oscar. From to , she played a leading role in the Fox drama series
Models Inc., and also starred in TV movies, including Moment of Truth:
Why My Daughter? () and Accidental Meeting (). She went on to reprise
the role of Sue Ellen in Dallas: J.R. Returns (), Dallas: War of the
Ewings (), and in the TNT series Dallas (â€"), which continued the
original series.On stage, Gray starred as Mrs. Robinson in The
Graduate in the West End of London in , then on Broadway the following
year. In , she starred as Aurora Greenaway in the world premiere
production of Terms of Endearment at the Theatre Royal, York and
stayed with the production when it toured the United Kingdom. After
the second Dallas was cancelled in , Gray again took to the stage,
this time in the role of the Fairy Godmother in a London production of
Cinderella.Linda Gray was born in Santa Monica, California. She grew
up in Culver City, California, where her father Leslie, who was a
watchmaker, had a shop.
television actress, director, producer and former model, best known
for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry
Hagman's character J.R. on the CBS television drama series Dallas
(â€", -), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award
for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The role also earned
her two Golden Globe Award nominations.Gray began her career in the s
in television commercials. In the s, she appeared in numerous TV
series before landing the role of Sue Ellen Ewing in . After leaving
Dallas in , she appeared opposite Sylvester Stallone in the film
Oscar. From to , she played a leading role in the Fox drama series
Models Inc., and also starred in TV movies, including Moment of Truth:
Why My Daughter? () and Accidental Meeting (). She went on to reprise
the role of Sue Ellen in Dallas: J.R. Returns (), Dallas: War of the
Ewings (), and in the TNT series Dallas (â€"), which continued the
original series.On stage, Gray starred as Mrs. Robinson in The
Graduate in the West End of London in , then on Broadway the following
year. In , she starred as Aurora Greenaway in the world premiere
production of Terms of Endearment at the Theatre Royal, York and
stayed with the production when it toured the United Kingdom. After
the second Dallas was cancelled in , Gray again took to the stage,
this time in the role of the Fairy Godmother in a London production of
Cinderella.Linda Gray was born in Santa Monica, California. She grew
up in Culver City, California, where her father Leslie, who was a
watchmaker, had a shop.
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