Trivia

Joan Rivers once said that Linda Evans "is one of the only people in the business I've never heard anything negative about".

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.

Dated Lee Majors after his separation from Farrah Fawcett in 1979, and businessman Richard Cohen (an ex-husband of Tina Sinatra) and financier Dennis Stein (an ex-fiancé of Elizabeth Taylor) in the mid-1980s.

Her real last name, Evanstad, is of Norwegian origin.

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.

Drove Ursula Andress to the hospital on the night she gave birth to hers and Harry Hamlin's son Dimitri Hamlin. Linda's personal assistant Bunky Young located Harry on the set of King of the Mountain (1981) and brought him there in time for the occasion.

Attended Hollywood High School with Stefanie Powers.

Describes John Derek and Yanni as the two great loves of her life.

Because to her character's name on Dynasty (1981), she starred in an advertising campaign for Crystal Light beverages, starting in 1984.

Currently resides in Rainier, Washington, on a 70-acre property that she shares with her sister, nephew and ex-stepdaughter.

Former Miss Golden Globe.

Her best friends are Sean Catherine Derek and Bunky Young. When Linda retired from acting and moved to Washington state, Sean and Bunky moved there too.

Her parents were professional dancers Alba and Arlene Evenstad. Alba died in 1958 and Arlene in 1970, both at only 53 years old.

As a teenager, she guest starred in a 1960 episode of A Crush on Bentley (1960) as a girl who develops a crush on John Forsythe's character. Some 21 years later, she co-starred on the soap opera Dynasty (1981) as Forsythe's wife and was friends with him until his death on April 1, 2010.

In 2009, she won the fourth series of the British reality television series Hell's Kitchen (2004).

Cohabited with Yanni (1989-1998).

Met future husband John Derek right after the pilot for The Big Valley (1965) aired. Derek called the series' producers to ask if he could photograph Evans. She moved in with him by the end of 1965 and scaled back her career considerably during their eight years together as a couple. They separated on Christmas Day 1973 following the disclosure of his affair with Bo Derek, who had turned 17 just a month earlier.

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.

Became a step-grandmother at age 26 when her nineteen-year-old stepson Russell Derek and his wife Lynette had a girl, Alyce, on June 28, 1969.

In 2006, Evans reunited with her Dynasty (1981) castmates for the non-fiction reunion special Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar (2006).

Two sisters: Carol Davidson (1941-2022) and Kathy Evenstad (born 1951).

She was one of the guests at the wedding of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

She was awarded with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 20, 1987.

Ex-stepmother of Sean Catherine Derek.

Was approached by David Jacobs to star on the soap opera Dallas (1978), when she was under contract with Lorimar Productions.

Partner of Linda Evans Fitness Centers (15 locations) which eventually closed after she departed from the partnership in 2004 and began working with another fitness chain.

Cohabited with George Santo Pietro (1981-1984).

Arrested for DUI in her home state of Washington. After extensive blood tests the ticket was amended to reckless driving. Went unpublicized for three years until dash cam footage surfaced online in March 2017. (May 2014)

Engaged to Patrick Curtis (1960-1962).

Is a member of Ramtha (J.Z. Knight)'s School of Enlightenment.

Turned down the role of Cindy in A Swingin' Summer (1965), which went to Quinn O'Hara.

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.

Moved from Connecticut to California when she was six months old.