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Actor Born: November 18, 1942 in Hartford, CT Biography:While attending Hollywood High School, Linda Evanstad accompanied a nervous classmate to an audition for a Canada Dry TV commercial. Impressed by the brunette, wholesomely pretty Evans, the ad-agency director invited her to read as well. After this and two subsequent commercial spots, Evans began making the TV guest-star rounds on such series as Bachelor Father, Ozzie and Harriet, "The Untouchables" and The 11th Hour. Her fortunes improved when she cut the "stad" off her last name and dyed her hair blonde. As "Linda Evans", she made her first important film appearance as kidnapped pop singer Sugar Kane in the 1963 confection "Beach Blanket Bingo"; that same year, she was signed to an MGM contract, though she spent much of it on loan-out to other studios. From 1965 to 1969, Evans was co-starred on the TV western "The Big Valley" as the ever-imperiled Audra Barkley. Thereafter, her life and career was... Full Biography
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