Biography
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.
Filmography (78)
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
2022
Finding Grace
2020
A Christmas Princess
2019
Pandora
2019
My Christmas Inn
2018
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2017
A Perfect Christmas
2016
Christmas in Palm Springs
2014
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
I Married Who?
2012
Nesting
2012
Dreams Awake
2011
Four Days At Dragon*Con
2011
Hunter Prey
2010
Ghouls
2008
Loaded
2008
My True Self
2008
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007
Nuclear Hurricane
2007
The Wedding Bells
2007
The Guild
2007
Siren
2006
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006
Caught in the Headlights
2005
ManFast
2003
Clover Bend
2002
Social Misfits
2001
Touched by a Killer
2001
Serial Intentions
2001
The Last Producer
2000
Profiler
1996
Crowfoot
1995
A Dangerous Place
1994
T-Force
1994
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
1994
Burke's Law
1994
Official Denial
1993
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
1993
Renegade
1992
The Torkelsons
1991
Silk Stalkings
1991
Dark Justice
1991
Laker Girls
1990
Evening Shade
1990
The New Lassie
1989
Baywatch
1989
Addicted to His Love
1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988
Breaking Home Ties
1987
Jake and the Fatman
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Code of Vengeance
1985
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Hunter
1984
The Hitchhiker
1983
Six Pack
1982
Born Beautiful
1982
Silver Spoons
1982
Hotel
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Coach of the Year
1980
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
The Ultimate Impostor
1979
Winter Kills
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
1979
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
Evening in Byzantium
1978
Vega$
1978
Evening in Byzantium
1978
The Love Boat
1977
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
The Rockford Files
1974
Malibu U
1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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