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Erin Gray

Erin Gray

Birthday: 1950-01-07 | Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Finding Grace

as    Judge Ariel Harper

2019
A Christmas Princess

as    Queen Alice

2018
My Christmas Inn

as    Molly Anderson

2012
I Married Who?

as    Ethel Swift

2012
Nesting

as    Mrs. Deegan

2010
Hunter Prey

as    Clea

2008
Ghouls

as    Liz

2008
Loaded

as    Susan Price

2007
Nuclear Hurricane

as    Jane

2007
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss

as    Laura Sands

2002
Clover Bend

as    Beth Clayton

2001
Touched by a Killer

as    Liza Collins

1994
A Dangerous Place

as    Audrey

1994
T-Force

as    Mayor Pendleton

1993
Official Denial

as    Annie Corliss

1993
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

as    Diana Kimble

1982
Silver Spoons

as    Kate Summers Stratton

1982
Six Pack

as    Lilah

1981
The Ultimate Impostor

as    Beatrice 'Bucky' Tate

1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as    Col. Wilma Deering

1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as    Wilma Deering

1967
Malibu U

as    Dancer