By Carmenlita Castillo
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American actress well known for her roles on television. In the 1960s, she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck), in the Western television series The Big Valley (1965–1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC primetime soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989.
Evans, the second of three daughters, was born Linda Evenstad in Hartford, Connecticut, on November 18, 1942, to Arlene (née Dart) and Alba Evenstad, both of whom were professional dancers. “Evenstad” was the name of the small farm in Nes, Hedmark, in Norway from where her paternal great-grandmother emigrated to the United States in 1884 with her young son (Evans’ grandfather) and other relatives. She has two sisters. When Evans was six months old, the family moved from Hartford to North Hollywood. She attended Hollywood High School, where she was a sorority sister of future actress Carole Wells. Her introduction to drama came through classes that she took “as a form of therapy, to cure her of her shyness.” When she started her professional career, she changed her last name to “Evans”.
Evans has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
From a word of five letters, take two and leave one.
Stone. Alternate answers include: Clone, Drone, Prone, Phone
Born
- Carl Maria von Weber (composer) –
- Asa Gray (botanist) –
- Elizabeth Gilmer (journalist) –
- Clarence Day (author) –
- George Wald (chemist) –
- Imogene Coca (actress) –
- Alan Shepard, Jr. (astronaut) –
- Mickey Mouse (cartoon character) –
- Margaret Atwood (author) –
- Linda Evans (actress) –
- Elizabeth Perkins (actress) –
- Owen Wilson (actor) –
- David Ortiz (baseball player) –
Died
- Chester Arthur (21st U.S. president) –
- Marcel Proust (novelist) –
- Niels Bohr (physicist) –
- Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (patriarch of the Kennedy family) –
- Cab Calloway (bandleader) –
- Norma Connolly (actress) –
- James Coburn (actor) –
Events
- William Tell shot an apple off of his son’s head –
- Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer discovered Antarctica –
- Mark Twain’s, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was published –
- U.S. railroads adopted four standard time zones –
- Standard Railway Time went into effect for most North American railroads –
- The animated short, Steamboat Willie, was released featuring Mickey Mouse –
- Ben-Hur, the film epic starring Charlton Heston, premiered in N.Y.C. –
- The Chrysler Corporation announced the discontinuation of its DeSoto line of cars, in production since 1928 –
- First commercial push-button telephone introduced, in Pennsylvania –
- Bill Watterson’s comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, made its debut –
Weather
- A magnitude 7.2 earthquake caused a deadly tsunami near Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland. –
- 72 degrees F in Youngstown, Ohio –
- New York State received 6 to 16 inches of snow –
- Twenty inches of lake effect snow fell east of Cleveland, Ohio –
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