Linda Thorson
Birthday: Born in 1947-06-18 in Toronto, Canada
Deathday: Alive
Linda Thorson (born Linda Robinson) is a Canadian actress, most famous for her work as Tara King in The Avengers.
TV Credits
St. Elsewhere
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St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions....
Thriller
Character: Toni Tanner
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits....
Spenser: For Hire
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Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode....
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Character: Helen Richmond
Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s ur...
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Gul Ocett
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds....
Moonlighting
Character: Agent Gregory
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other....
Vital Signs
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Vital Signs is a British television drama series airing on ITV from 2006. It stars Tamzin Outhwaite as a supermarket check-out operator who decides to become a doctor. The series co-stars William Beck, Fraser Ayres, Eve Best, Claudie Blakley, Lucinda Dryzek, Beth Goddard, Alfie Hunter, Brooke Kinsella, Harry Lloyd, Peter Rnic and Steven Waddington. The filming of the show is based in numerous London hospitals and medical schools; predominantly the show has been shot in St George's Hospital and M...
Dynasty
Character: Dr. Mansfield
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo....
Emmerdale
Character: Rosemary King
The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village....
Silent Witness
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Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes....
The Paul O'Grady Show
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The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4, where the show was produced by Olga TV. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, and occasionally viewer competitions....
Return of the Saint
Character: Diamond
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts....
The Equalizer
Character: Industrial Spy
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them....
The Bronx Zoo
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The Bronx Zoo is a 1987 NBC drama series directed by Allan Arkush and Paul Lynch. It lasted two seasons before cancellation....
Lime Street
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Lime Street is an American action/drama series that aired on the ABC television network during the 1985 television season. The series was created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who also served as executive producer alongside husband Harry Thomason and series star Robert Wagner. Robert Wagner is half of a crackerjack team of insurance investigators. A colorful British bachelor (John Standing) is the other half, and he resides in a castle outside London. This Lloyd's of London-type duo travel all o...
FX: The Series
Character: Cassandra Delarossa
Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?...
Emily of New Moon
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Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and Vision TV cable channels. The series, produced by Salter Street Films, was based on the Emily of New Moon series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series consisted of three seasons of thirteen episodes and one season of seven episodes, for a tota...
The Hardy Boys
Character: Gloria Estabrook
When Frank and Joe Hardy arrive in Bridgeport, they set out to uncover the truth behind the recent tragedy that has changed their lives. In doing so, they stumble upon something much more sinister - something only the Hardy Boys can stop....
The Avengers
Character: Tara King
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters)....
Stars in der Manege
Character: Self
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Tales from the Darkside
Character: Elizabeth Eaton
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes....
New Amsterdam
Character: Mrs. Monaghan
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunde...
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Character: Geena Sinclair
Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s ur...
Transporter: The Series
Character: Rae Hanson
The adventures of professional transporter Frank Martin, who can always be counted on to get the job done—discreetly. Operating in a seedy underworld of dangerous criminals and desperate players, his three rules are: Never change the deal, no names, and never open the package. Occasionally, complications arise and rules get broken....
Die Rudi Carrell Show
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Law & Order
Character: Martha Taylor
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place....
Rookie Blue
Character: Eleanor Ward
Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he burned out on the job. The series follows Andy and her four colleagues -- Dov Epstein, Gail Peck, Traci Nash and Chris Diaz -- as they experience the trials, triumphs and tribulations of police work, as well as its effect on their personal lives....
Empty Nest
Character: Janice Brattle
Widowed pediatrician Harry Weston is a miracle worker when it comes to dealing with his young patients, but he's more challenged by the other people surrounding him: daughters Barbara and Carol; his wisecracking office assistant, nurse LaVerne Todd; and obnoxious neighborhood mooch Charley Dietz. Thank goodness he always finds a friendly shoulder (and a warm, wet tongue) in Dreyfuss, his enormous dog....
Schitt's Creek
Character: Gloria Gregson
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke....
The Listener
Character: Mrs. Slatterly
Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares with no one, has made him a bit of a loner. Until now, Toby has kept his ability hidden, exploring its possibilities only with his long time mentor and confidante Dr. Ray Mercer....
Discorama
Character: Self
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Father Brown
Character: Gladys Carpenter
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries....
The BAFTA Awards
Character: Self
BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including children's entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK and in Los Angeles, USA....
Sacrée soirée
Character: Self
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St. Elsewhere
Character: Mrs. Cochrane
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions....
Movie Credits
Straight Into Darkness
Character: Maria
The movie encompasses several different elements-the perils of war, a touch of macabre, sadness and redemption....
The Other Sister
Character: Drew Evanson
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college....
The Greek Tycoon
Character: Angela
A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president....
Joey
Character: School Principal
A high-school guitarist contends with an unhappy home environment while working to get his band noticed by a music promoter....
Curtains
Character: Brooke Parsons
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer....
The Wives He Forgot
Character: Eva
When a man, beaten and bloody, stumbles into the law office of Charlotte, she discovers that he has amnesia. She takes him in as a guest, hoping that his memory will recover once his wounds heal, and the two fall in love. But everything changes when his wife comes to get him. When another woman comes forward claiming to be Jay's wife as well, he's put on trial for bigamy and Charlotte has to defend him....
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Character: Cory Fuhrman
A shopkeeper is condemned by the police and the press for sleeping with a suspected terrorist....
The Gladiator
Character: Woman in Class
A road warrior vigilante avenges his brother's death at the hands of a crazy motorist by using his souped-up pickup to apprehend drunken drivers and others who abuse their driving privileges....
Lion vs The Little People
Character: Gayle Bennet
Lion vs The Little People is a documentary comedy about the greatest internet hoax of all time. In 2005, a hoax news post masquerading as a bonafide BBC news website article, announced a fight had taken place between a lion and an army of 42 fighting dwarfs. The hoax spread like wild fire across the internet before eventually being accepted to be fake. While the article’s veracity has been diminished, the myth lives on in this outrageous deadpan comedy....
Two Wrongs
Character: Judy
Sarah, a single mother working as an in-home nurse, confronts a parents worst nightmare when her daughter is abducted and she has to do the unthinkable to find her....
Touch of Pink
Character: Giles's mother
Alim is a gay man living in London to escape the domineering eye of his conservative Muslim mother, Nuru, back in Canada. Alim keeps his homosexuality secret from his mother, so when she comes for a surprise visit, he and his boyfriend, Giles, must put on a straight facade to hide the truth....
The Second Time Around
Character: Katherine
Seniors unexpectedly fall for each other over a shared love of music....
Half Past Dead
Character: Judge Jane McPherson
A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold....
Valentino
Character: Billie Streeter
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom....
Olympus Force: The Key
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Olympian gods watch the Earth and resolve to fight a group of terrorists who stole a diskette containing a secret that can destroy the world....
Blind Justice
Character: Pamela
Fact-based story about an innocent man who endured a 14 month nightmare. Arrested for armed robbery, kidnapping and rape, he is forced to endure the ruthlessness of a police and legal system that becomes convinced that they have the right man....
Stephen King's Monster Stories
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Flanagan
Character: Andrea
Aging New York cabbie Flanagan still has hopes of making it as a stage actor. He can recite any Shakespeare sonnet and is facile with accents, but he can't land an agent or a job. During the course of one summing-it-all-up day, he drives his cab around the city dealing with fare evaders, an insolent stage manager determined to keep him from auditioning for his choice director, his estranged wife who has a new lover, his mistress who seems awfully close to her "drawing teacher", and two teenage s...
Sweet Liberty
Character: Grace James
Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes infatuated with Faith who will play the female lead in the movie. At the same time, he is fighting with his crazy mother who thinks the Devil lives in her kitchen, and his girlfriend who is talking about commitment....
Best Christmas Party Ever
Character: Petra
With the holidays approaching, a young party planner arranges a special Christmas party for a New York toy store. When a powerful corporation threatens to shut her down, she decides to follow her heart, moving forward with the party plans and finding true love in time for Christmas....
Mind Prey
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A mentally deranged man takes his former psychiatrist and her two children hostage in revenge for the torment he feels he suffered while being incarcerated at a hospital. Computer program developing detective, Lucas Davenport, is on the case....
Lady Killer
Character: Toni Tanner
A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her....
Max Havoc: Ring of Fire
Character: Denise Blaine
Sports reporter Max Havoc, a former kickboxer, travels to Seattle. There he encounters orphans who are threatened by an unscrupulous broker because he wants to build a hotel on the grounds of their home. Max takes up the fight with him....
The Vows We Keep
Character: Simone
An event planner must organize the perfect wedding for her sister in less than a month when she finds out that the Rosewood, a historic inn and beloved wedding venue, is being sold....
Roger Delgado: The Master
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A biography of actor Roger Delgado, featuring previously unseen photographs, rare excerpts from his many BBC TV appearances and interviews with those who knew and loved him....