Erin Gray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 7, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Biography
An actress, model 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.
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Filmography
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
Movie · as Brianna
Finding Grace
Movie · as Judge Ariel Harper
A Christmas Princess
Movie · as Queen Alice
Pandora
TV · as Captain Beth Grant · 1 ep
My Christmas Inn
Movie · as Molly Anderson
Mystery Science Theater 3000
TV · as Martha Masters · 1 ep
A Perfect Christmas
Movie · as Patricia Faber
Christmas in Palm Springs
Movie · as Mayor Tomlin
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Movie · as Self
I Married Who?
Movie · as Ethel Swift
Nesting
Movie · as Mrs. Deegan
Dreams Awake
Movie · as Hope Emrys
Four Days At Dragon*Con
Movie · as Herself
Hunter Prey
Movie · as Clea
Ghouls
Movie · as Liz
Loaded
Movie · as Susan Price
My True Self
Movie · as Mrs. Ellen Fields
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
Movie · as Laura Sands
Nuclear Hurricane
Movie · as Jane
The Wedding Bells
TV · as Candy Heller · 1 ep
The Guild
TV · as Madeleine Twain · 5 eps
Siren
Movie · as Sharon Cox
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Caught in the Headlights
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
ManFast
Movie · as Gloria Day
Clover Bend
Movie · as Beth Clayton
Social Misfits
Movie · as Sharon Cox
Touched by a Killer
Movie · as Liza Collins
Serial Intentions
Movie · as Virginia Madden
The Last Producer
Movie · as Dee Freeman
Profiler
TV · as Congresswoman Karen Archer · 3 eps
Crowfoot
Movie · as Nora
A Dangerous Place
Movie · as Audrey
T-Force
Movie · as Mayor Pendleton
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Movie · as Pamela Bozanich
Burke's Law
TV · as Brenda Palmer · 1 ep
Official Denial
Movie · as Annie Corliss
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Movie · as Diana Kimble
Renegade
TV · 1 ep
The Torkelsons
TV · as Jennifer · 1 ep
Silk Stalkings
TV · 1 ep
Dark Justice
TV · 1 ep
Laker Girls
Movie · as Julie Lawrence
Evening Shade
TV · 1 ep
The New Lassie
TV · 1 ep
Baywatch
TV · as Monica Johnson · 3 eps
Addicted to His Love
Movie · as Jenny Barrett
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Movie · as Captain Terry O'Malley
Breaking Home Ties
Movie · as Carol
Jake and the Fatman
TV · 1 ep
L.A. Law
TV · as Rochelle Peters · 1 ep
Code of Vengeance
Movie · as Nadine Flowers
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Movie
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Andrea Dean · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Kate Lawson · 1 ep
The Hitchhiker
TV · as Leslie · 1 ep
Six Pack
Movie · as Lilah
Born Beautiful
Movie · as Betsy Forrest
Silver Spoons
TV · as Kate Summers Stratton · 116 eps
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
Simon & Simon
TV · 1 ep
The Fall Guy
TV · 2 eps
Coach of the Year
Movie · as Paula DeFalco
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Joy 'Digger' Doyle · 1 ep
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Movie · as Col. Wilma Deering
The Ultimate Impostor
Movie · as Beatrice 'Bucky' Tate
Winter Kills
Movie · as Beautiful Woman Three
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Movie · as Colonel Wilma Deering
B. J. and the Bear
TV · 1 ep
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV · as Wilma Deering · 37 eps
Vega$
TV · 1 ep
Evening in Byzantium
TV · as Gail McKinnon · 2 eps
The Love Boat
TV · as Maggie Cook · 1 ep
Battle of the Network Stars
TV · 3 eps
The Rockford Files
TV · as Margaret 'Alta' Hatch · 1 ep
Malibu U
TV · as Self - Dancer · 7 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep