Lindsay Jean Wagner is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the 1970s television series The Bionic Woman, though she has maintained a lengthy career in a variety of other film and television productions since.
David Douglas High School, University of Oregon, Mount Hood Community College
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Lawrence Mortorff (m. 1990–1993)
Children
Dorian Kingi, Alex Kingi
Parents
William Nowels Wagner, Marilyn Louise Wagner
Siblings
Blake McGrath
Nicknames
Lindsay Jean Wagner , Lindsay Jean Ball
Awards
Emmy Award for The Best Actress in a Dramatic Role (1977)
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, TV Land Superest Super Hero Award
Movies
"The Dating Game" (1969), "The Bionic Woman" (1976-1978), "Nighthawks" (1981), "Warehouse 13", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Callie and Son" (1981), "Two Kinds of Love" (1983), "Ricochet" (1991)
TV Shows
"Playboy After Dark", "Adam-12", "Sarge", "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law", "The F.B.I.", "The Paper Chase", "Two People", "Night Gallery", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "The Rockford Files"
Star Sign
Cancer
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[on the 2007 TV remake of Bionic Woman (2007), which was canceled after 8 episodes] On a technical level, it was very good, but I don't think they understood the show. It was steeped in that old-school thinking. It was like a lot of things today, angry and dark.
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It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.
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No matter who rejects you, don't lose touch with your higher self, with the higher powers, with anything that you can find which is of the light, that will give you strength in those times when you feel so lonely.
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There is only one issue: man's lack of experience in feeling his Divine self and his innate connection with the Divine. All other issues stem from this.
Lindsay Wagner was the primary guest star on the very first episode (the pilot, actually episode ZERO) of The Rockford Files (1974). Through much of the 1980s, James Garner and Lindsay Wagner were considered the king or queen, respectively, of quality television movies and mini-series of that period.
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Is an Independent Associate of Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
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Conducts holistic workshops and retreats, where the emphasis is to find a positive perspective on life by embracing body, mind and spirit. [February 2010]
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Released her first meditation CD "Open to Oneness". [April 2009]
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Presents her "Quiet the Mind & Open the Heart" holistic workshops and retreats around the world. [2007]
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Featured in commercials for the "Sleep Number Bed". The hostess is Colleen Needles Steward. [November 2006]
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She was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Star on May 12, 2012.
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She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6767 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Youngest actress to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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Agreed to act as the Bionic Woman in Bionic Ever After? (1994) only on the condition that her character marries the Six Million Dollar Man, since felt it was unfair that the fans had been waiting almost 20 years for the marriage to take place. The producers acquiesced, and the television movie ends with a wedding.
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Said that actor Lee Majors was upset with the studio when she got a better deal than him for starring on The Bionic Woman (1976). However, when the studio also gave him a good deal for starring on The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), he calmed down and she and Majors became friends.
Wagner's acting career evolved pretty much by accident. She had been a regular babysitter for The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) star James Best's children when he recommended that she attend his acting classes.
Lived in Portland, Oregon and attended David Douglas High School as a teenager.
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Was scheduled to be a passenger on American Airlines Flight 191 from Chicago to Los Angeles on May 25, 1979, but she felt uneasy about flying on that plane. Wagner skipped the flight, which crashed only minutes after takeoff, killing everyone on board.
The scar on her right upper lip is the result of an automobile accident she suffered in 1976.
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Before Kate Mulgrew was chosen, Wagner's name was often mentioned as a possible replacement for Geneviève Bujold as Captain Kathryn Janeway on the television series Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
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