Linda Evans Biography

Fast Facts

• A junior high-school English teacher suggested she take acting classes to overcome extreme shyness
• Made TV debut in 1961 on Bachelor Father
• Its star, John Forsythe, later played her husband on Dynasty
• In 1964, she decided to change her last name from Evanstad to Evans after being cast in The Big Valley
• In the '90s, she helped launch Linda Evans Fitness Centers, a chain of women-only gyms in California
• Reunited with Dynasty costar Joan Collins in a 2006-2007 touring production of the James Kirkwood play Legends! Won the U
• K
• version of Hell's Kitchen in 2009