"Avengers, The" Patrick MacNee, Linda Thorson 1968 ABC
Caption: "Avengers, The" Patrick MacNee, Linda Thorson 1968 ABC
Actress
Born: June 18, 1947
Star sign: Gemini
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Known for: One Life to Live (1968), The Avengers (1961), Emmerdale (1972), The Other Sister (1999)
Source: IMDB
The adventurous Canadian-born actress, who would invariably be known as the brunette dish who replaced Diana Rigg on the highly popular The Avengers (1961) spy series, was born Linda Robinson on June 18, 1947, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The second of four children of a math and physics teacher, she made a move to England in 1965 and initially ...