Linda Thorson
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Linda Thorson (born Linda Robinson, June 18, 1947, Toronto, Ontario), is a Canadian actress on TV and films, mostly in the UK and USA.
An alumna of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), her professional name is based upon her first married name, Mrs Barry Bergthorson.
She is best remembered for her role as Tara King (succeeding Diana Rigg) in the last season of the British TV adventure series, The Avengers, with the original star Patrick Macnee. She is 5'-9" tall.
Since then, she appeared in character roles in many TV series and films, including Thriller, Return of the Saint, The Greek Tycoon (1978), and Sweet Liberty (1986). She had a lengthy run in the daytime drama One Life to Live as Julia Medina. She also appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation - 'The Chase' (1993) (playing a Cardassian starship captain - Gul Ocett) in the early 1990s.
She was married to the American news anchorman and producer Bill Boggs with whom she had a son called Trevor, but they divorced. She married Gavin Mitchell on 20th November 2005.
Linda Thorson currently appears in the popular UK soap opera Emmerdale, playing the scheming millionairess Rosemary King.
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