Lindsay Wagner

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Biography

Lindsay Wagner makes little distinction between her life as an actress, advocate, mother or author. What unites these various parts is a commitment through her work and her personal life to exploring and advancing human potential. Lindsay first came to prominence in the critically-acclaimed role of Susan Fields in _The Paper Chase . She has also been heavily involved in human rights, domestic violence, animal welfare and the environment. From 2003-2006, in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lindsay co-facilitated a counseling group for convicted batterers and their families. Her work utilized a range of psychological and spiritual techniques. For the public, Lindsay facilitates experiential "Quiet the Mind & Open the Heart" workshops and retreats. These programs are designed to help overcome our own personal challenges, while accessing the peace and joy that is naturally within us. Lindsay offers these programs to the public as well as special interest groups as a way of sharing, that which has greatly impacted her life.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·producer·soundtrack
  • Nationality
  • United States
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 22 June 1949
  • Place of birth
  • Los Angeles
  • Residence
  • Dungeness· Washington
  • Spouses
  • Michael Brandon
  • Education
  • Mt. Hood Community College·David Douglas High School·University of Oregon

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Ex-niece of Linda Gray.

Before Kate Mulgrew was chosen, Wagners name was often mentioned as a possible replacement for Genevive Bujold as Captain Kathryn Janeway on the television series "Star Trek: Voyager" .

The scar on her right upper lip is the result of an automobile accident she suffered in 1976.

Spokesperson for Sleep Number beds (2003-2009).

Mother, with ex-husband/stuntman Henry Kingi , of two sons: Dorian Kingi and Alex Kingi. Her ex-stepson is stuntman Henry Kingi Jr..

Was scheduled to be a passenger on American Airlines Flight 191 from Chicago to Los Angeles on May 25, 1979, but she felt uneasy about flying on that plane. Wagner skipped the flight, which crashed only minutes after takeoff, killing everyone on board.

Lived in Portland, Oregon and attended David Douglas High School as a teenager.

Daughter of Marilyn Ball , a retired building contractor and production consultant on daughter Lindsays, Police Story: Burnout and The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story .

Father Bill Wagner was a school photographer.

Wagners acting career evolved pretty much by accident. She had been a regular babysitter for "The Dukes of Hazzard" star James Best s children when he recommended that she attend his acting classes.

First worked with actor Lee Majors when she guest-starred on his television series "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" in 1971. A few years later, she became famous as "The Bionic Woman" , a role that she first played on the television series "The Six Million Dollar Man" , where Majors played the title role.

Agreed to act as the Bionic Woman in Bionic Ever After? only on the condition that her character marries the Six Million Dollar Man, since felt it was unfair that the fans had been waiting almost 20 years for the marriage to take place. The producers acquiesced, and the television movie ends with a wedding.

Youngest actress to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Cousin of Kehly Sloane and Jeff Thrasher.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6767 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

She was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Star on May 12, 2012.

(November 2006) Featured in commercials for the "Sleep Number Bed". The hostess is Colleen Needles Steward.

Presents her "Quiet the Mind & Open the Heart" holistic workshops and retreats around the world.

(April 2009) Released her first meditation CD "Open to Oneness".

(February 2010) Conducts holistic workshops and retreats, where the emphasis is to find a positive perspective on life by embracing body, mind and spirit.

Lindsay Wagner was the primary guest star on the very first episode (the pilot, actually episode ZERO) of "The Rockford Files" . Through much of the 1980s, James Garner and Lindsay Wagner were considered the king or queen, respectively, of quality television movies and mini-series of that period.

Longtime friend of Richard Anderson.

Playboy Playmate of the Month November 2007.

Quotes

As I got older and more educated about things like chemicals in food and how beef is processed, I simply stopped eating certain things because it felt like the right thing to do.

When we shift our perception, our experience changes.

Once you go inside and weed through the muck, you will find the real beauty, the truth about yourself. .

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