
Erin Gray
The very beautiful and talented model, actress, and author Erin Gray (born January 7, 1950) was one of the first models to successfully crossover into television. She is best known as "Kate Summers" on the highly watched TV show "Silver Spoons" (1982), and "Colonel Wilma Deering" on the TV show "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979). Many women admired her commanding role as Col Deering, while many men admired her beautiful looks and sexy figure. Erin Gray was born on January 7, 1950 in Honolulu. Gray moved with her family from Hawaii to California when she was eight years old and graduated from Pacific Palisades High School. She was fifteen when a chance meeting with Nina Blanchard, head of one of Hollywood's top model agencies, convinced her what she wanted to do in life. Moving to New York, she became one of the town's most sought-after models, in elite company with Farrah Fawcett, Veronica Hamel and Susan Blakely. TV viewers encountered her commercials for Breck, Max Factor, Clairol, Camay Soap and RC Cola, and a classic spot--for English Leather cologne--in which she provocatively declared, "My men wear English Leather--or they wear nothing at all!" Between modeling assignments, she studied acting with well-known coach Warren Robertson and, when movie-TV offers came in, she was ready. Universal was impressed by her performances on such series as "Police Story" (1973) and "Gibbsville" (1976) and signed her to a seven-year contract. Under that pact, the studio co-starred her as a tough-minded newspaper reporter in Irwin Shaw's Evening in Byzantium (1978) (TV). Her performance scored with both critics and audiences, and led directly to the role in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979). As a result, she has become a regular commuter between Hollywood and New York, the hub of the magazine and fashion world.
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Credits
- 2019 · Pandora as Captain Beth Grant
- 2018 · My Christmas Inn as Molly Anderson
- 2017 · Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Martha Masters
- 2013 · Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th as Self
- 2012 · TableTop as Self - Guest
- 2007 · The Guild as Madeleine Twain
- 2003 · ManFast as Gloria Day
- 2001 · Touched by a Killer as Liza Collins
- 1996 · Profiler as
- 1995 · Crowfoot as Nora
- 1994 · Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders as Pamela Bozanich
- 1994 · Burke's Law as Brenda Palmer
- 1993 · Official Denial as Annie Corliss
- 1993 · Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday as Diana Kimble
- 1992 · Renegade as
- 1991 · Silk Stalkings as
- 1991 · The Torkelsons as Jennifer
- 1991 · Dark Justice as
- 1990 · Evening Shade as
- 1989 · Baywatch as Chief Monica Johnson
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Rochelle Peters
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Andrea Dean
- 1984 · Hunter as Kate Lawson
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Leslie
- 1982 · Silver Spoons as Kate Summers Stratton
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Joy 'Digger' Doyle
- 1979 · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Wilma Deering
- 1979 · The Ultimate Impostor as Beatrice 'Bucky' Tate
- 1979 · Winter Kills as Beautiful Woman Three
- 1979 · B. J. and the Bear as
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Maggie Cook
- 1976 · Battle of the Network Stars as
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Margaret 'Alta' Hatch
- Future · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls as Colonel Wilma Deering
- 2022 · It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder as Brianna
- 2020 · Finding Grace as Judge Ariel Harper
- 2019 · A Christmas Princess as Queen Alice
- 2016 · A Perfect Christmas as Patricia Faber
- 2014 · Christmas In Palm Springs as Mayor Tomlin
- 2012 · I Married Who? as Ethel Swift
- 2012 · Nesting as Mrs. Deegan
- 2011 · Four Days At Dragon*Con as Herself
- 2011 · Dreams Awake as Hope Emrys
- 2010 · Hunter Prey as Clea
- 2008 · Ghouls as Liz
- 2008 · Loaded as Susan Price
- 2007 · Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss as Laura Sands
- 2007 · Nuclear Hurricane as Jane
- 2007 · The Wedding Bells as Candy Heller
- 2006 · I Love the '70s: Volume 2 as Self
- 2006 · Siren as Sharon Cox
- 2005 · Caught in the Headlights as Mrs. Jones
- 2002 · Clover Bend as Beth Clayton
- 2001 · Serial Intentions as Virginia Madden
- 2001 · Social Misfits as Sharon Cox
- 2000 · The Last Producer as Dee Freeman
- 1994 · T-Force as Mayor Pendleton
- 1994 · A Dangerous Place as Audrey
- 1990 · Laker Girls as Julie Lawrence
- 1989 · The New Lassie as
- 1988 · Addicted to His Love as Jenny Barrett
- 1988 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace as Captain Terry O'Malley
- 1987 · Breaking Home Ties as Carol
- 1985 · Code of Vengeance as Nadine Flowers
- 1982 · Born Beautiful as Betsy Forrest
- 1982 · Six Pack as Lilah
- 1980 · Coach of the Year as Paula DeFalco
- 1979 · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Col. Wilma Deering
- 1978 · Evening in Byzantium as Gail McKinnon
- 1967 · Malibu U as Self - Dancer
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self