Linda Evans Net Worth
Linda Evans Net Worth is
$25 Million
Linda Evans Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Linda Evans is an American actress known primarily for her roles on television. In the 1960s, she gained notice for playing Audra Barkley in the Western television series, The Big Valley. However she is most prominently known for the role of Krystle Carrington in the 1980s A... | Full Name | Linda Evans |
| Net Worth | $25 Million |
| Date Of Birth | November 18, 1942 |
| Place Of Birth | Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.72 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Author |
| Education | Hollywood High School |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Stan Herman (m. 1975–1981), John Derek (m. 1968–1974) |
| Partner | Yanni |
| Nicknames | Linda Evanstad , Linda Evenstad |
| Awards | Miss Golden Globe |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1983) |
| Movies | Tom Horn, Beach Blanket Bingo, Dynasty: The Reunion, Avalanche Express, The Klansman, The Last Frontier, The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, Those Calloways, Twilight of Honor, Mitchell, Nowhere to Run, The Dark, Krystle, She'll Take Romance, Bare Essence, Classic Cinema: Richard Burton Tripl... |
| TV Shows | European Soundmix Show, Dynasty, Hunter, The Big Valley, Hell's Kitchen |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Deep sultry voice |
| 2 | Voluptuous figure |
| 3 | Sparkling blue eyes |
| 4 | Platinum blonde hair |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on David Janssen, who died in 1980] To this day, I still miss that guy; he was one of a kind. |
| 2 | [Of John Forsythe]: When I did meet him in Bachelor Father (1957), it was a show called Crush on Bentley, and his niece that was Bachelor Father, of and I were the same age, 15 years old (Noreen Corcoran). We did the show and I had a crush on Bentley, and in the end, he fixes me up with these football players, and it was so sweet getting to know him, then, and he signed my script, because it was my first speaking part and he put on it, "Linda, you're going to be somebody someday and I found it when I was doing Dynasty," and brought on the set and say, "See John, you were psychic, you knew this was going to happen." It was so easy when I saw him when I walked on the set of Dynasty (1981). He looked at me and he said, "Mine Linda Evans, did how you're grown and how's your mother, Arlene?". And he remembered my mother's name. He remembered my real name - which is Evanstad. MGM Studios later changed it to Evans. I said, "Oh John, it's going to be so easy to love you in this part and it was Heaven to work with him, absolute Heaven, he had the most delicious sense of humor." He would make me laugh, all day long and we had so much drama, and on the script of Dynasty, and fights and things that we had to do with people, and he would constantly just joking/laughing, saying, "Come on, you can do this?". And we have to go out to get some awards and I was afraid to get up and in-front of people, when I was in junior high school - from that day, I was so shy and get up to do a book report, and he would encourage me and take my hand and walk up with me, he was extraordinary. We remained friends until he died, I talked to him like three weeks before he passed, and we talked all the time. |
| 3 | [on her on- and off-screen chemistry with John Forsythe, who played Blake Carrington]: Well, he gave me my first speaking part ever when I was 15, Bachelor Father (1957), and I had a crush on him! I played his niece's friend, and he wrote on the script, "You are going to be somebody someday." And I brought that on the set of Dynasty (1981), about the third year I found it, and I said, "John, look what you wrote.". |
| 4 | [Who paid tribute to John Forsythe]: A man who may come into work everyday so magical. This show was so serious and he was funny personally. We'd be fighting and people would be strangling each other and he made me laugh, all day long, who'll ever be forever grateful to him for that. |
| 5 | [When she was battling menopause and depression]: For the first time in my life, I understood what it was like to not be totally in control of my life. I am in a downward spiral to hell, it just got worse and worse. It was like all the lights were down low. |
| 6 | [When she won on Hell's Kitchen (2005)]: I'm glad I did it, I volunteered to be here and I said I wanted to learn and I'm going to learn. |
| 7 | All my life, I kind of had the strangest career because whenever I fell in love, I stopped working. |
| 8 | [When she had different roles to play]: After Dynasty (1981), I wanted a reality check. I wanted to get in touch with real life, you know? That kind of world is kind of outrageous. |
| 9 | [on Aaron Spelling]: Aaron Spelling went further than anyone has ever gone for television. |
| 10 | A whole family would be absurd now. But one child would be wonderful. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Credits John Forsythe as her favorite acting mentor/best friend. |
| 2 | Surrogate younger wife of John Forsythe. |
| 3 | Describes John Derek and Yanni as the two great loves of her life. |
| 4 | Wore white jeans at her Mexican wedding to John Derek. |
| 5 | Two sisters, Carol and Kathy. |
| 6 | Drove Ursula Andress to the hospital on the day she gave birth to hers and Harry Hamlin's son Dimitri Hamlin. |
| 7 | Has lived in Lakewood, Washington since the early 1990s. |
| 8 | Daughter of professional dancers Alba (1904-1958) and Arlene Evanstad (1917-1969). Both of her parents died from cancer in their early 50s. |
| 9 | Was approached by David Jacobs to star on Dallas (1978), when she was under contract with Lorimar. |
| 10 | Knew John Forsythe when she was 18 years old and was friends with him until his death in 2010. |
| 11 | Lived with George Santo Pietro (1981-1984). |
| 12 | Her first acting mentor and former series' lead, Barbara Stanwyck, died on January 20, 1990, at age 82. |
| 13 | Her second acting mentor and former series' lead, John Forsythe, died on April 2, 2010, at age 92. |
| 14 | She was one of the guests at the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. |
| 15 | After her role in the drama film The Stepsister (1997), she retired from acting at age 54. |
| 16 | Friends with Heather Locklear, Joan Collins, Robert Fuller, Lee Majors, Larry Manetti and Ursula Andress. Cordial with Bo Derek. |
| 17 | Her acting mentors were the late John Forsythe and the late Barbara Stanwyck. |
| 18 | She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 20, 1987. |
| 19 | Her singing vocals in Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) was dubbed by Jackie Ward (known at the time as Robin Ward), who was one of the most popular studio singers of the 1960s-1970s. |
| 20 | Barbara Stanwyck, her television mother on The Big Valley (1965), always called her "Audra" after her character Audra Barkley, even after the series ended. She claims she learned much about acting from Stanwyck. |
| 21 | Former Miss Golden Globe. |
| 22 | In 2009, she won the fourth series of the British reality television series Hell's Kitchen (2004). |
| 23 | Regularly listed as one of the most beautiful women in America, she appeared in Playboy magazine at the behest of then-husband John Derek in 1971. Those photos were published a second time in 1982 when she was turning forty. |
| 24 | In 2006, Evans reunited with her Dynasty (1981) castmates for the non-fiction reunion special Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar (2006). |
| 25 | Due to her character's name on Dynasty (1981), she starred in an ad campaign for Crystal Light beverages, starting in 1984. |
| 26 | In 1959, she was voted an "Honorary Colonel" at the Hollywood Legion Post 43 on a gala night that featured upcoming female stars. Another girl in the group that same night was Barbara Parkins. |
| 27 | Had nine-year relationship with Yanni (1989-1998). |
| 28 | Joan Rivers once said that Linda Evans "is one of the only people in the business I've never heard anything negative about". |
| 29 | Ex-stepmother of Sean Catherine Derek, who describes Linda as her best friend. |
| 30 | Her real last name, Evanstad, is of Norwegian origin. |
| 31 | As a teenager, she guest starred in a 1960 episode of Bachelor Father: A Crush on Bentley (1960) as a girl who develops a crush on John Forsythe's character. Some twenty years later, she co-starred on the television series Dynasty (1981) as John Forsythe's wife. |
| 32 | Partner of Linda Evans Fitness Centers (15 locations) which eventually closed after she left the partnership in 2004 and began working with another fitness chain. |
| 33 | Engaged to Patrick Curtis (1960-1962). |
| 34 | Attended Hollywood High School with Stefanie Powers. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stepsister | 1997 | TV Movie | Joan Curtis Shaw Canfield |
| Dazzle | 1995 | TV Movie | Sylvie Norberg Kilkullen |
| The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | 1991 | TV Movie | Kate Muldoon |
| Dynasty: The Reunion | 1991 | TV Series | Krystle Carrington |
| She'll Take Romance | 1990 | TV Movie | Jane McMillan |
| Dynasty | 1981-1989 | TV Series | Krystle Carrington Rita Lesley |
| The Last Frontier | 1986 | TV Movie | Kate Hannon |
| North and South, Book II | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Rose Sinclair |
| Glitter | 1984 | TV Series | Linda Evans |
| Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues | 1983 | TV Movie | Kate Muldoon |
| The Love Boat | 1981-1983 | TV Series | Barbara Fields / Monica Brandon / Jessica |
| Bare Essence | 1982 | TV Movie | Bobbi Rowan |
| Tom Horn | 1980 | Glendolene Kimmel | |
| Avalanche Express | 1979 | Elsa Lang | |
| Standing Tall | 1978 | TV Movie | Jill Shasta |
| Nowhere to Run | 1978 | TV Movie | Amy Kessler |
| Hunter | 1976-1977 | TV Series | Marty Shaw |
| The Rockford Files | 1975 | TV Series | Audrey Wyatt / Claire Prescott |
| Mitchell | 1975 | Greta | |
| McCoy | 1975 | TV Series | |
| The Big Rip-Off | 1975 | TV Movie | |
| McMillan & Wife | 1975 | TV Series | Nicole Avery |
| Klansman | 1974 | Nancy Poteet | |
| Harry O | 1974 | TV Series | Marian Sawyer |
| Nakia | 1974 | TV Series | Samantha Lowell |
| Mannix | 1974 | TV Series | Lorna Wilder |
| Banacek | 1974 | TV Series | Cherry Saint-Saëns |
| McCloud | 1973 | TV Series | Geri March |
| Female Artillery | 1973 | TV Movie | Charlotte Paxton |
| Childish Things | 1969 | Pat Jennings | |
| The Big Valley | 1965-1969 | TV Series | Audra Barkley |
| My Favorite Martian | 1965 | TV Series | Sally Farrow |
| Beach Blanket Bingo | 1965 | Sugar Kane | |
| Wagon Train | 1965 | TV Series | Martha Temple |
| Those Calloways | 1965 | Bridie Mellott | |
| Dr. Kildare | 1964 | TV Series | Student Nurse #1 |
| Twilight of Honor | 1963 | Alice Clinton | |
| The Lieutenant | 1963 | TV Series | Nan Hiland |
| The Eleventh Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Joan Clayton |
| Buttons and Her Beaus | 1962 | TV Movie | Buttons |
| The Untouchables | 1962 | TV Series | Gert Littlesmith |
| Outlaws | 1962 | TV Series | Wilma Neely |
| The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Linda / Shirley / Sally / ... |
| Bachelor Father | 1960 | TV Series | Liz McGavin |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Blanket Bingo | 1965 | performer: "He's My New Love", "He's My Fly Boy" - uncredited |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulevard Bio | 1993 | TV Series | Herself |
| Wetten, dass..? | 1992 | TV Series | Herself |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 1989-1990 | TV Series | Herself |
| Bob Hope's Birthday Spectacular in Paris | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant | 1988 | TV Movie | Herself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck | 1987 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant | 1987 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Hour Magazine | 1983-1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 16th Annual Shelby Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Drama / Comedy Special |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Favourite Female Television Performer and Accepting Television Dramatic Program |
| The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a TV-Series Drama |
| The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1985 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Favourite Female Television Performer and Accepting Award for Favourite Television Dramatic Program |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | 1985 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1985 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Drama / Comedy Special |
| The ABC All-Star Spectacular | 1985 | TV Movie | Herself - Actress |
| exclusiv | 1985 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Night of 100 Stars II | 1985 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1985 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a TV-Series Drama |
| The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Herself - Co-Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special |
| The Love Boat | 1984 | TV Series | Herself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish | 1984 | TV Special documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| The 10th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Favourite Female Television Performer and Accepting Award from Favourite TV Dramatic Program |
| The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a TV-Series Drama |
| The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series & Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston | 1983 | TV Special | Herself - (uncredit) |
| The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Favourite Female Television Performer |
| The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a TV-Series Drama |
| George Burns and Other Sex Symbols | 1982 | TV Special | Linda Evans |
| Star-Studded Spoof of the New TV Season, G-Rated, with Glamour, Glitter and Gags | 1982 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1982 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1982 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Favourite Female Performer in New TV Series |
| Night of 100 Stars | 1982 | TV Special | Herself |
| Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny | 1982 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Winner |
| Magic with the Stars | 1982 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 7th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards | 1982 | TV Special | Herself |
| Circus of the Stars #6 | 1981 | TV Special | Herself - Ringmaster |
| The Fall Guy | 1981 | TV Series | Herself |
| Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Look at the Fall Season: It's Still Free and Worth It! | 1981 | TV Special | |
| The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1981 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
| Battle of the Network Stars X | 1981 | TV Special | Herself - ABC Team |
| Dinah! | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1979 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| The New Steve Allen Show | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
| Home & Family | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The '80s: The Decade That Made Us | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Fox and Friends | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Pioneers of Television | 2011-2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself / Audra Barkley from the Big Valley |
| Fashion News Live | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Wendy Williams Show | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Nate Berkus Show | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Rachael Ray | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| This Morning | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hell's Kitchen | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - Contestant |
| Caiga quien caiga | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Gylne tider | 2006-2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The British Soap Awards 2006 | 2006 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The British Soap Awards 2006: The Party | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
| Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar | 2006 | TV Movie | Herself / Krystle Carrington |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| Larry King Live | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 30th Annual People's Choice Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| Intimate Portrait | 2000-2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling | 1998 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| ¿Qué apostamos? | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 1993 World Music Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entertainment Tonight | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Krystle Carrington |
| The Dark, Krystle | 2013 | Short | Krystle |
| The Found Footage Show | 2010 | TV Series | Herself (2010) |
| House of Boys | 2009 | Krystle Carrington (uncredited) | |
| La tele de tu vida | 2007 | TV Series | Krystle Carrington |
| Retrosexual: The 80's | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| When Shoulderpads Ruled the World | 2002 | TV Special | Krystle Carrington |
| John Wayne: On Board with the Duke | 1997 | Video documentary | Herself |
| Derrick contre Superman | 1992 | TV Short | Greluche |
| Dynasty | 1988 | TV Series | Krystle Carrington |
| Our Time | 1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1969 | TV Series | Bridie Mellott |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | On 20 August 1987. At 6834 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1986 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Female TV Performer | |
| 1985 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Female TV Performer | Tied with Joan Collins |
| 1985 | Soap Opera Digest Award | Soap Opera Digest Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Prime Time Serial | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1984 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Female TV Performer | |
| 1984 | Soap Opera Digest Award | Soap Opera Digest Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Prime Time Soap Opera | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1983 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Female TV Performer | Tied with Loretta Swit |
| 1982 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1982 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program | |
| 1964 | Miss Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Soap Opera Digest Award | Soap Opera Digest Awards | Favorite Super Couple: Prime Time | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1986 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1986 | Soap Opera Digest Award | Soap Opera Digest Awards | Favorite Super Couple on a Prime Time Serial | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1985 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1984 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1983 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1983 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Dynasty (1981) |
| 1966 | Gold Medal | Photoplay Awards | Most Promising New Star (Female) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Bravo Otto Germany | Bravo Otto | Best Female TV Star (TV-Star w) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Bravo Otto Germany | Bravo Otto | Best Female TV Star (TV-Star w) |
Known for movies
Dynasty (1981-1989)
as Krystle Carrington / Rita Lesley
The Big Valley (1965-1969)
as Audra Barkley
Tom Horn (1980)
as Glendolene Kimmel
Mitchell (1975)
as Greta