Linda Thorson
Linda Thorson was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 18th, 1947 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 76, Linda Thorson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Linda Thorson (born Linda Robinson on 18 June 1947) is a Canadian actress best known for her appearances in The Avengers (1968-1969).
Thorson, along with the other three actresses from the series, Honor Blackman, Joanna Lumley, and Diana Rigg, received a special BAFTA award at the 2000 BAFTA Television Awards for her appearance in The Avengers.
Personal life
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, she attended Bishop Strachan School in 1965 and then moved to the United Kingdom to study acting. On July 1, 1967, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with an Honours Diploma, as well as speaking and singing awards (soprano). Bergthorson, the last name of her first husband, is based on her profession.
She was married to American news anchor and producer Bill Boggs, with whom she has a son; they divorced after 19 years. Gavin Mitchell, a production designer, married her in November 2005 but separated in 2011.
Thorson is bi-dialectal, speaking in her native Canadian accent when she is in North America and at a point of pronunciation when she is in the United Kingdom, and she is at her best when she is in the United Kingdom.
Career
Thorson is best known for her role as Tara King (succeeding Diana Rigg as Emma Peel) in the last series of the British TV adventure series, The Avengers, with the original star Patrick Macnee. She was reunited with Macnee in a commercial for Laurent-Perrier champagne in the mid 1970s which led to the series reappearing as The New Avengers, although Thorson did not regain her role.
Since then, she appeared in character roles in many TV series and films, including Thriller, Return of the Saint, Valentino, The Greek Tycoon, the cult horror film Curtains, Blind Justice, Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty, and Marblehead Manor.
She appeared from 1989 to 1992 in the daytime drama One Life to Live as Julia Wheaton Medina. She also appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation, playing female Cardassian starship commander Gul Ocett in the 6th-season episode "The Chase" (1993). From 1998 to 2000, she played Isabel in the Canadian series Emily of New Moon.
In 2002, she portrayed a Supreme Court Justice in the movie Half Past Dead with Steven Seagal and Ja Rule, and appeared in the 2006 action sequel Max Havoc: Ring of Fire. Throughout 2006–07, Thorson played the villainous Rosemary King in the ITV series Emmerdale.
Thorson has performed in many dramatic and musical stage productions, including appearances on Broadway in Nell Dunn's Steaming and Michael Frayn's Noises Off!. In 1971, she starred alongside Michael Crawford and Anthony Valentine in the London West End hit show No Sex Please, We're British and later appeared as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre, Regents Park, London. She also played Hester Salomon in a UK tour of Equus opposite Simon Callow. In the summer of 2008, she appeared at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in the Lerner & Loewe musical, Gigi.
In 2013, Thorson appeared onstage in Tracy Letts's play August: Osage County about a dysfunctional family in Oklahoma. In 2014, she was slated to appear in Jon Robin Baitz's play Other Desert Cities.
In 2013, Thorson produced a new stage play called The Goodbye Bird written by Colleen Murphy.