starring
LINDA GRAY
Born in LOS ANGELES on September 12, 1941, SUE ELLEN´s performer went to school just in front of the MGM Studios, where DALLAS would be shot. Professional model and actress since she was 17, participated in over 400 TV commercials (playing any part, from a busy housewife to a beauty queen) and one of the most important radio soaps in USA. ..
At 32 she began to take Drama lessons at Nôtre-Dame East L.A. Academy. “But only with DALLAS - she said - I felt I was doing what I really wanted to for the first time.”
Married to ED TRASHER since 1963, she saw how her 20 years of happy marriage fell apart just when became famous as SUE ELLEN EWING, J.R.´s miserable wife. Before divorce, in 1981, she had been named WOMAN OF THE YEAR by the Hollywood Radio and TV Society. She stated then: “DALLAS has given me, above all, the chance to know better how to value the time I spend with my husband.”
In spite of these words, it was DALLAS what led TRASHER to give her a ultimatum: her family or her career. LINDA´s choice is known by all of us. Her job and her two kids JEFF and KEHLY gave her enough strength to go ahead.
Currently, LINDA does not mind to be recognized as SUE ELLEN:
“SUE ELLEN had come more than full circle. She was her own person, she was standing J.R., she had her own company, a wonderful man from London, she had all the right things going for her. I thought I´d rather end on a high upbeat note than try to rehash something and have Sue Ellen start drinking again or whatever they might do to me. I thought it was just time to bail out of here.”
SUE ELLEN made her rich and famous, allowed her to direct several episodes and even her big dream of playing on stage, both in USA and EUROPE. Now she alternates this with the charge of U.N.´s Good Will Ambassador, following the steps of late AUDREY HEPBURN. “As I´ve got older, I´ve eventually found out that happiness is the most valuable thing.”
CAREER:
Movies:
-Reflections of a Life (2006)
-Star of Jaipur (1998)
-OSCAR (1991)
-Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) (voice)
-Dogs (1976)
... aka Slaughter (1976)
-That Lucky Touch (1975)
-Palm Springs Weekend (1963) (uncredited)
-Under The Yum Yum Tree (1963)
Television:
-Pepper Dennis (2006) episode “Heiress Bridenapped: Film at Eleven” (#1.4)
-Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork (2004) Documentary
-A&E Biography: Larry Hagman (2004) Documentary
-TV Land Moguls (2004) Documentary
-The Bold and the Beautiful (2004) (episodes # 1.4252 a 4297) Daytime Serial
-Intimate Portrait: Linda Gray (2003) Documentary
-After Dallas (2002) Documentary
-Still Cher (2002) Documentary (voice)
-Doing Dallas (2000)
-Intimate Portrait: Lindsay Wagner (1999)
-Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998)
-When the Cradle Falls (1997)
-Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996)
-Touched by an Angel (1994) episode "The Portrait of Mrs. Campbell" (# 2.20)
-Models, Inc. (1994-5) Series
-Melrose Place (1994) Series
-Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges (1994)
-Accidental Meeting (1994)
-To My Daughter with Love (1994)
-Bonanza: The Return (1993)
-Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (1993)
-Highway Heartbreaker (1992)
-Lovejoy (1991) episodes "Riding in Rollers" (# 2.11) and "Black Virgin of Vladimir" (# 2.12)
-The Entertainers (1991)
-Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (1987)
... aka Gambler III: The Legend Continues, The
-Not in Front of the Children (1982)
-Body Human: The Loving Process (1981) Documentary
-The Wild and the Free (1980)
-Haywire (1980) Miniseries
-The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)
-DALLAS (1978-89, 91) Series (original cast) (and co-direction)
-The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1978)
-Emergency!" (1976, 78) episodes "That Time of Year" (#6.4) and "The Steel Inferno" (# 7.1)
-Big Hawaii (1977) episode "Pipeline" (# 1.3)
-All That Glitters (1977) TV Series
-Murder in Peyton Place (1977)
-Switch (1975) episode "Camera Angels" (# 2.17)
-The Big Rip-Off (1975)
-McCloud (1976) episode "It Was the Fight Before Christmas"
(# 7.2)
-Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974) episode "The Resident" (# 6.14).
LARRY HAGMAN