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My Take
Linda Evans is one of those faces I associate instantly with a whole era of American television. She put in years as Audra Barkley on The Big Valley in the late 1960s, but it's Krystle Carrington on Dynasty that really cemented her, an eight-season run through the 1980s that made her a household name. What strikes me is the longevity: a Hartford-born performer with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame who carried two long-running shows across two very different decades. That kind of staying power on network TV is harder to pull off than it looks, and she made it seem effortless.
Overview
Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American actress well known for her roles on television. In the 1960s, she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck), in the Western television series The Big Valley (1965–1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Linda Evans
- Name (Japanese)
- リンダ・エヴァンス
- Reading
- りんだ・えゔぁんす
- Born
- November 18, 1942 (age 83)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Horse
- Origin
- Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Hollywood High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.