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Linda Thorson is a Actor Canadienne born on 18 june 1947 at Toronto (Canada)

Linda Thorson

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Birth name Linda Robinson
Nationality Canada
Birth 18 june 1947 (76 years) at Toronto (Canada)

Linda Thorson (born Linda Robinson on 18 June 1947) is a Canadian actress, best known for playing Tara King in The Avengers (1968–69). For her role in The Avengers, Thorson received a special BAFTA at the 2000 BAFTA TV Awards along with the other three actresses from the series, Honor Blackman, Joanna Lumley and Diana Rigg.

Biography

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, she attended Bishop Strachan School, and then moved to the UK in 1965 to study acting. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on 1 July 1967. Her professional name is based upon her first married name, Mrs Barry Bergthorson.

She was married to the American news anchorman and producer Bill Boggs with whom she has a son; they divorced. She was married to production designer Gavin Mitchell in November 2005, but divorced in 2011.

Thorson is bi-dialectal, speaking in her native Canadian accent when she is in North America, and an English accent when she is in the United Kingdom.

Usually with

Alan Alda
Alan Alda
(1 films)
Ken Russell
Ken Russell
(1 films)
Shannon Tweed
Shannon Tweed
(1 films)
Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Linda Thorson (15 films)

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Actress

Max Havoc - Ring of Fire, 1h29
Directed by Terry Ingram
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Mickey Hardt, Christina Cox, Linda Thorson, Dean Cain, Brenna O'Brien, Rae Dawn Chong
Roles Denise Blaine
Rating35% 1.7542851.7542851.7542851.7542851.754285
Retired kickboxing champion Max Havoc still works as a sports photographer for a magazine. Max shall take photographs of Suzy Blaine, a tennis celebrity. But when he arrives at a hotel in the outskirts of Seattle, a little boy named Emile steals the suitcase which contains his costly camera and further equipment. During his escape the young thief loses a piece of his clothing with a label that points to a very old mission in a no-go area.
The Wives He Forgot
Directed by Mario Azzopardi
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Molly Ringwald, Mark Humphrey, Shannon Sturges, Maxim Roy, Ellen Dubin, Linda Thorson
Roles Eva
Rating48% 2.421762.421762.421762.421762.42176
Charlotte, avocate malchanceuse, soigne un homme amnésique tombé dans son cabinet. Ils tombent amoureux, mais découvrent qu'il est bigame. Charlotte le défend, croyant en sa rédemption, mais découvre que ses épouses complotent sa chute.
Straight Into Darkness, 1h35
Directed by Jeff Burr
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Scott MacDonald, Linda Thorson, James LeGros, Daniel Roebuck, David Warner
Roles Maria
Rating49% 2.455892.455892.455892.455892.45589
When two American GIs desert their platoon in the final days of World War II, they find themselves struggling against all odds to stay alive. Their journey brings them together with a band of orphans who are expertly trained killing machines to try to defeat a Nazi battalion.Produced by Mark Hanna and Chuck Williams. Directed by Jeff Burr.
Touch of Pink, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about Islam, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jimi Mistry, Suleka Mathew, Kris Holden-Ried, Kyle MacLachlan, Veena Sood, Brian George
Roles Giles's mother
Rating63% 3.198523.198523.198523.198523.19852
Alim is a young gay man. Born in Kenya and raised in Toronto, he moved to London to get away from his conservative upbringing. He faces the hardships of coming out to his widowed mother Nuru, as well as hardships in his relationship with his boyfriend Giles. Alim has an imaginary friend (or maybe a guardian angel or ghost friend, depending on how literally or symbolically one takes the film) who is supposedly Cary Grant, who gives Alim advice when Alim is in trouble. Unfortunately, the advice often seems to make more trouble.
Half Past Dead, 1h38
Directed by Don Michael Paul
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Prison films, Gangster films, Se déroulant à Alcatraz
Actors Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Nia Peeples, Tony Plana, Hannes Jaenicke
Roles Judge Jane McPherson
Rating46% 2.3063152.3063152.3063152.3063152.306315
In San Francisco, Sasha Petrosevitch (Steven Seagal) is a Russian car thief who's brought in by criminal Nick Frazier (Ja Rule) to work for crime boss Sonny Eckvall (Richard Bremmer), who apparently shot and killed Sasha's wife. After some time, FBI Special Agent Ellen "E. Z." Williams (Claudia Christian) and her team show up to nail Nick, but things go bad, and Sasha gets shot.
The Other Sister, 2h9
Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt, Poppy Montgomery, Joe Flanigan
Roles Drew Evanson
Rating63% 3.1997653.1997653.1997653.1997653.199765
After receiving a well-earned certification from a sheltered boarding school, Carla Tate (Juliette Lewis), an ambitious and mildly mentally challenged young woman, returns home to her over-protective and slightly snobby mother Elizabeth (Diane Keaton). Elizabeth seems to act as if she is embarrassed about her daughter's disability. During family discussions, Elizabeth adopts an uneasy attitude. Her father Radley (Tom Skerritt) is a dentist and recovering alcoholic. Carla's ambition is to seek more independence from her family by earning a diploma from a trade school. When Carla meets another mentally challenged student, Daniel McMann (Giovanni Ribisi), they become friends and soon fall in love. Envying Danny's freedom, Carla convinces her parents she is capable of living on her own and moves into her own apartment. After a time, Carla and Danny become sexually active together.
Our Mother's Murder, 1h37
Directed by Bill L. Norton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Holly Marie Combs, Roxanne Hart, Sarah Chalke, Andrew Johnston, Jonathan Scarfe, Myriam Sirois
Rating66% 3.3430653.3430653.3430653.3430653.343065
In Spring 1989, Alex (Holly Marie Combs) and Annie Morrell (Sarah Chalke) finish prep school and return home to start college. Their mother, publishing heiress Anne Scripps (Roxanne Hart) welcomes them in her New York mansion. Anne has recently divorced her husband Tony (Ryan Michael) and is still struggling with the divorce. Nonetheless, she is happy with her new boyfriend, much younger Scott Douglas (James Wilder), a volatile-tempered young man whom she marries only months after their first meeting.
Joey
Joey (1986)
, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Neill Barry, James Quinn, Linda Thorson, Rick Shapiro, Joe Dallesandro
Roles School Principal
Rating67% 3.395063.395063.395063.395063.39506
Joey King Sr. (James Quinn) was part of a successful singing group in the 1950s and now works at a gas station and is a borderline alcoholic. His son, Joey Jr. (Neill Barry) has started a rock band with his teenage friends which triggers anger in his father and he takes away his son's guitar.
Sweet Liberty, 1h46
Directed by Alan Alda
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lillian Gish, Saul Rubinek
Roles Grace James
Rating57% 2.8996452.8996452.8996452.8996452.899645
College history professor Michael Burgess (Alan Alda) is about to have his fact-based historical novel about The American Revolution turned into a Hollywood motion picture being filmed in the North Carolina town where he lives.
Blind Justice, 1h40
Directed by Rod Holcomb
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Tim Matheson, Mimi Kuzyk, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Lisa Eichhorn, Tom Atkins, John Kellogg
Roles Pamela
Rating58% 2.914812.914812.914812.914812.91481
The average world of an average man turns upside down when he is arrested as the prime suspect in a series of rapes and robberies. In a gripping tale, professional photographer Jim Anderson (Tim Matheson) becomes trapped in a web of circumstantial evidence. After a zealous policeman arrests Anderson for indecent exporsure for taking an impromptu leak during his morning run, he is soon fingered by witnesses as the criminal in relation to the rapes and robberies, despite his innocence. For the next 14 months, his life is hell. The case against him is so strong and his resemblance to the criminal is so exact, he begins to question his own innocence. Wrongly-accused and suffering the growing suspicions of his loyal wife (Mimi Kuzyk), Anderson begins to crack under the strain of clearing his name. He is forced to endure the ruthlessness of a police and legal system that becomes convinced that they have the right man. It also examines the personal impact that comes from such an assault. Too much circumstantial evidence surrounds the case, and too much information leaks out to the public; even if Matheson beats the rap, he'll be ruined in his community. Police Officer Kramer (Tom Atkins) is determined to bring him to justice, whilst Carolyn Shetland (Lisa Eichorn) is Anderson's defense attorney.
The Gladiator, 1h44
Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Ken Wahl, Nancy Allen, Brian Robbins, Robert Culp, Stan Shaw, Rick Dees
Roles Woman in Class
Rating53% 2.6584852.6584852.6584852.6584852.658485
A homicidal maniac is on the loose in Los Angeles, killing motorists at random with his "death car". After losing his brother Jeff to the twisted assassin known as "Skull", Rick Benton takes it upon himself to hunt down the reckless drivers that fill the streets at night. Being a master mechanic, Rick spends his time converting his pick-up truck into an armed and dangerous vehicle. With speed to take on the fastest car and strength to make sure in a one-on-one situation, he will be the only survivor. The cops soon find out about the vigilante known only as the "Gladiator" and do all they can to catch him before his citizen's arrests go one step too far.
Flanagan
Flanagan (1985)
, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Philip Bosco, Geraldine Page, Linda Thorson, Olympia Dukakis, Brian Bloom, Steven Weber
Roles Andrea
Rating63% 3.1855053.1855053.1855053.1855053.185505
Aging New York cabbie James Flanagan (Philip Bosco) still hopes to succeed in becoming a stage actor.
Curtains
Curtains (1983)
, 1h30
Directed by Richard Ciupka
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Films about television
Actors John Vernon, Linda Thorson, Samantha Eggar, Lynne Griffin, Lesleh Donaldson, William Horace Marshall
Roles Brooke Parsons
Rating55% 2.798742.798742.798742.798742.79874
Samantha Sherwood, a beautiful actress and muse for director Jonathan Stryker, has herself committed to a mental institution as method preparation for the titular role of a mentally unstable woman in a film called Audra. Once finding out Stryker is letting a new group of girls audition for the role of Audra, she escapes the asylum for revenge.
The Greek Tycoon, 1h47
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, James Franciscus, Raf Vallone, Edward Albert, Joss Ackland
Roles Angela
Rating54% 2.7035152.7035152.7035152.7035152.703515
The film focuses on the courtship and marriage of aging Greek Theo Tomasis, who rose from his humble peasant roots to become an influential mogul who owns oil tankers, airlines, and Mediterranean islands and longs to be elected President of Greece, and considerably younger Liz Cassidy, the beautiful widow of the assassinated President of the United States. The two first meet when she is visiting his island estate with her husband James, the charismatic Senator from the state of Massachusetts. Theo immediately is attracted to her and, despite the fact she obviously is happily married, begins to woo her aboard his yacht while her husband is deep in conversation with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. As the plot unfolds, Theo's beloved son Nico dies in an accident, his wife Simi commits suicide, James becomes President and appoints his brother John Attorney General, and Theo ends his affair with Paola to comfort and eventually marry grieving widow Liz.
Valentino
Valentino (1977)
, 2h8
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Erotic, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Ann Kendal, Seymour Cassel
Roles Billie Streeter
Rating60% 3.0485553.0485553.0485553.0485553.048555
The film begins with a mock newsreel sequence showing the chaos around the death of 31-year-old film star Rudolph Valentino (Rudolph Nureyev). Thousands of fans mob the funeral home until order is restored, at which point the important women in Valentino's life come to mourn. Each remembers him via flashbacks.