Lindsay Wagner | |
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Wagner at Phoenix Comicon 2016
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Born |
Lindsay Jean Wagner June 22, 1949 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Residence | Dungeness, Washington |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Oregon |
Occupation | Actress, model, author, singer, adjunct professor |
Years active | 1971–present |
Known for | The Bionic Woman |
Height | 5ft 9in (175 cm) |
Spouse(s) |
Allan Rider (m. 1971; div. 1973) Michael Brandon (m. 1976; div. 1979) Henry Kingi (m. 1981; div. 1984) Lawrence Mortorff (m. 1990; div. 1993) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Ed Thrasher (uncle) |
Lindsay Jean Wagner (born June 22, 1949) is an American film and television actress, model, author, singer, acting coach, and adjunct professor. Wagner is best known for her portrayal of the 1970s television leading female science fiction action character Jaime Sommers, who takes on special high-risk government missions using her superhuman bionic powers in the American television series The Bionic Woman (1976–1978). She first played this role on the 1970s American television series The Six Million Dollar Man. The Jaime Sommers character also became a pop culture icon of the 1970s. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she reprised the role in several bionic reunion television movies.
Wagner earned an Emmy Award in 1977 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Dramatic Role for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the The Bionic Woman television series.
Wagner began acting professionally in 1971, and has maintained a lengthy acting career in a variety of film and television productions to the present day.
Wagner was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Marilyn Louise (née Thrasher) and William Nowels Wagner. When she was seven years old, Wagner's parents divorced and her mother moved with her to the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock, near Pasadena. Another relocation with her mother and stepfather, Ted Ball, brought Wagner to Portland, Oregon, where she attended David Douglas High School and appeared in a number of school plays. Wagner attended the University of Oregon for part of her freshman year before she transferred to Mount Hood Community College for a short period of time.