Erin Gray
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Andrea Dean
1984
Series
The Love Boat
Maggie Cook
1977
Series
Magnum, P.I.
Joy 'Digger' Doyle
1980
Series
Baywatch
Chief Monica Johnson
1989
Series
L.A. Law
Rochelle Peters
1986
Series
The Rockford Files
Margaret 'Alta' Hatch
1974
Series
Simon & Simon
1981
Series
Hotel
1982
Series
Renegade
1992
Series
Hunter
Kate Lawson
1984
Series
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Series
Silk Stalkings
1991
Series
Profiler
Congresswoman Karen Archer
1996
Series
The Fall Guy
1981
Series
Vega$
1978
Series
The Guild
Madeleine Twain
2007
Series
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Wilma Deering
1979
Series
The Hitchhiker
Leslie
1983
Series
Silver Spoons
Kate Summers Stratton
1982
Series
Burke's Law
Brenda Palmer
1994
Series
The Torkelsons
Jennifer
1991
Series
Dark Justice
1991
Series
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Series
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Series
Evening Shade
1990
Series
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Martha Masters
2017
Series
Pandora
Captain Beth Grant
2019
Film
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Diana Kimble
1993
Series
The Wedding Bells
Candy Heller
2007
Series
The New Lassie
1989
Series
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Self
2006
Film
A Dangerous Place
Audrey
1994
Film
Six Pack
Lilah
1982
Film
Born Beautiful
Betsy Forrest
1982
Film
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Self
2013
Film
Ghouls
Liz
2008
Film
Loaded
Susan Price
2008
Film
Winter Kills
Beautiful Woman Three
1979
Film
Finding Grace
Judge Ariel Harper
2020
Film
Touched by a Killer
Liza Collins
2001
Malibu U
Self - Dancer
1967
Film
Clover Bend
Beth Clayton
2002
Series
Evening in Byzantium
Gail McKinnon
1978
Film
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Col. Wilma Deering
1979
Film
Hunter Prey
Clea
2010
Film
Laker Girls
Julie Lawrence
1990
Film
Christmas in Palm Springs
Mayor Tomlin
2014
Film
The Last Producer
Dee Freeman
2000
Film
T-Force
Mayor Pendleton
1994
Film
Evening in Byzantium
Gail McKinnon
1978
Film
A Christmas Princess
Queen Alice
2019
Film
Crowfoot
Nora
1995
Film
Nuclear Hurricane
Jane
2007
Film
ManFast
Gloria Day
2003
Film
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Captain Terry O'Malley
1988
Film
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
Laura Sands
2007
Film
Code of Vengeance
Nadine Flowers
1985
Film
I Married Who?
Ethel Swift
2012
Film
My Christmas Inn
Molly Anderson
2018
Film
The Ultimate Impostor
Beatrice 'Bucky' Tate
1979
Film
Official Denial
Annie Corliss
1993
Film
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
Brianna
2022
Film
Breaking Home Ties
Carol
1987
Film
Addicted to His Love
Jenny Barrett
1988
Film
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Pamela Bozanich
1994
Film
Coach of the Year
Paula DeFalco
1980
Film
A Perfect Christmas
Patricia Faber
2016
Film
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Film
Dreams Awake
Hope Emrys
2011
Film
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Colonel Wilma Deering
1979
Film
Caught in the Headlights
Mrs. Jones
2005
Film
Nesting
Mrs. Deegan
2012
Film
Social Misfits
Sharon Cox
2001
Film
Siren
Sharon Cox
2006
Film
My True Self
Mrs. Ellen Fields
2008
Four Days At Dragon*Con
Herself
2011
Film
Serial Intentions
Virginia Madden
2001