People all over the world know Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing from the hit soap opera Dallas. There were more than 300 episodes of her on the show. Even though she had a successful job, Gray also had a lot of personal problems. This is Linda Gray’s story. She’s still going strong at age 82.There have been many times in the history of TV and movies when actors and actresses gave truly outstanding performances.
I don’t know about you, but when those artists give truly great performances, it seems like they were made for those roles and no one else could do them justice. For instance, could you picture someone else playing Charles Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie? Or, would Mary Poppins have been just as good with someone else playing Bert? These parts can be found in a lot of different places, but let’s talk about one more.
I personally can’t picture watching the famous and popular TV show Dallas without Linda Gray playing Sue Ellen Ewing. Many of us are glad she got the part.. One could even say that Linda Gray’s life has been like riding a roller coaster. Gray has dealt with a serious illness, drug abuse, and problems at school. Linda Gray when she was young. Gray had a hard time when she was a little girl and was told she had polio.
Her grandfather had already been told he had the virus, which was very sad for her folks. But Linda didn’t think it was a big deal.through a marriage that wasn’t very fulfilling. She has had hard times, but she has always come back stronger, eager to make the most of her life and have a long, successful career. Gray had a role on Dallas with Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy. Now, she talks about how she feels about working with Hagman as an actress and how they get along so well on set.
When he was 17, “they didn’t know what it was, and he was always in a wheelchair,” she remembered. “Whenever my family heard the news, they went crazy, but I wasn’t.” I believed I could get a wheelchair like Grandpa.Gray grew up in California’s Culver City, where her dad ran a watch shop. Being on stage since she was a child was in her blood. She put on shows in the streets of her neighborhood. Linda played Cinderella in a play at Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles when she was a student there.
Her father gave her and her sister Betty the security they needed.In her 2015 book The Road to Happiness Is Always Under Construction, Linda Gray wrote, “He didn’t offer emotional support though.” They said, “He was just there, like a piece of furniture. But that was another time.” “You didn’t tell your dad about your boyfriend’s problems.” Please don’t. But he was happy for my work.”Some people thought Marge drank too much, and soon the two younger sisters had to take over the house.
Lisa wrote, “She wasn’t falling down drunk, and she never yelled.” “She wasn’t mean; she was just lost in her own thoughts. I started cooking for her because she forgot to buy food.” “Neither my sister nor I liked her.” With time, Marge finally quit drinking by going to Alcoholics Anonymous. Linda thinks that her mother’s drinking was caused by being upset and not being able to express herself creatively. She became determined to not end up like her mother did.
“Bad marriage nightmare Being close to Hollywood as a child in Culver City meant that you could see a lot of movies and TV shows. Linda Gray and her friends used to hang out at the studios after school and get autographs from stars like Spencer Tracy and Tyrone Powers.Gray wanted to become a doctor when he was young.
She changed her mind, though, because she grew up near movie studios and knew right away she wanted to be an actor. When Gray was in her teens, she worked as a model for several airlines and beauty brands. Linda Gray married photographer Edward Lee Thrasher when she was only 21 years old. But for Linda, the marriage turned into a bit of a nightmare. Her job search and future in show business were put on hold. She became a wife and then a mother instead.
They had a son named Jeff Thrasher in 1960, and a girl named Kehly six years later. She says that Ed didn’t say much. The family moved to Santa Clarita, and Linda still lives there. But she was determined to get her own job. Linda said that their marriage was emotionally cold. It made her feel alone. She said, “It broke me, but I just thought, ‘Well, I can make this work somehow.'”
“I left my husband after 21 years,”Linda Gray played lead roles in an amazing 308 episodes of Dallas. What did she do after the show, though?She went on to star in more TV shows, and in 2012, when Dallas was picked up for two more seasons, she returned to the part of Sue Ellen Ewing. A Special Award was also given to Gray at the 2014 USA Film Festival. She is 82 years old now. But she still looks beautiful as ever!But one thing is certain: she knows how to deal with bad things and use them to fuel her continued progress.