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Linda Thorson
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Actor Born: June 18, 1947 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Biography:When leggy, 5'9" brunette actress "Linda Thorson" replaced "Diana Rigg" on the long-running British TV adventure series "The Avengers", one critic summed up Thorson as "a cute trick, but not in Diana's league." Hold on there! Though Thorson was only 20, she was no mere bubble-headed starlet. The daughter of a Canadian math and physics teacher, she was a trained dancer and an alumnus of London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She had previously won speaking and singing honors while in school, and was well on her way to a prestigious stage career when she was selected from a field of 200 actresses to play Tara King, the new partner of crimefighter John Steed("Patrick MacNee") on "The Avengers". Some fans of the series have a low regard of Thorson's contributions, citing her misguided efforts to inject more sexual tension between Tara and Steed, and her tendency to react more fearfully to dangerous... Full Biography
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