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This article is about the actress. For the Playboy Playmate, see Lindsay Wagner (model). Lindsay Elizabeth Wagner (born March 14, 1988 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American model who is a Playboy
Lindsay Wagner

Born Lindsay Jean Wagner
22 June 1949 (1949-06-22) (age 58)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse(s) Lawrence Mortorff (1990-1993)
Henry Kingi (1981-1984)
Michael Brandon (1976-1979)
Allan Rider (1971-1973)

Lindsay Jean Wagner (born June 22, 1949) is an Emmy Award winning American actress, best known for her role as Jaime Sommers in the 1970s TV series The Bionic Woman. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For the pornstar with the same name see Michael Brandon (porn star Michael Brandon (born April 20, 1945) is an American Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works For the reimagined version of the character from the 2007 television series see Jaime Sommers (Bionic Woman. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U The Bionic Woman is an American television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man.

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Biography

Wagner was born in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. When she was seven years old, her parents divorced and her mother moved with her to the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock, near Pasadena. Eagle Rock is an artistic neighborhood in northeastern Los Angeles California. Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Wagner might have been able to begin her acting career as a teenager when she was offered a lead role in a TV series at age 13, but was advised by family friend James Best to wait until she was older. James Best (born July 26 1926, Powderly Kentucky) is an American Actor best known for his role as bumbling Sheriff Rosco

Another move with her mother and stepfather (Ted Ball) brought her to Portland, Oregon, where she attended David Douglas High School and appeared in a number of school plays. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. David Douglas High School (DDHS is a public high school hosting students between 9th and 12th grades She studied at the University of Oregon, overcoming dyslexia to become a successful student. The University of Oregon (UO is a public, Coeducational Research university in Eugene Oregon, United States. Dyslexia is considered to be a Learning disability. It manifests primarily as a difficulty with written language particularly with Reading and Spelling

Career

Wagner worked as a model in Los Angeles, and gained some television experience by appearing as a hostess in Playboy After Dark. A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. Playboy After Dark was an American Television show hosted by Hugh Hefner. However, it was not until she contacted a friend at Universal Studios and was cast in a small part in Marcus Welby, M.D. that her acting career took off. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Marcus Welby MD is a popular Medical drama that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969 to July 29, 1976 Her appearances helped her win roles in the films Two People and The Paper Chase. The Paper Chase is a 1970 Novel, as well as a 1973 film based on the novel and a Television series based on the movie Wagner played a total of four different roles on the Marcus Welby, M. D. series between 1971-75, as well as a recurring guest role in The Rockford Files. The Rockford Files is an American Detective ( Private investigator) Television Drama that had its first run on the

In 1975, Wagner then played Jaime Sommers, a former tennis pro who was the childhood sweetheart of Six Million Dollar Man, Steve Austin (played by Lee Majors). For the reimagined version of the character from the 2007 television series see Jaime Sommers (Bionic Woman. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) The Six Million Dollar Man is an American Television series about a fictional Cyborg working for the OSI (which was usually said to refer Steve Austin is a fictional character created by Martin Caidin for his 1972 novel Cyborg, who later became a 1970s television icon as portrayed by Lee Majors (born April 23, 1939) is an American Actor, primarily known for several high profile roles on television in the 1960s 70s and In a two-part episode entitled "The Bionic Woman", Jaime was critically injured in a skydiving accident and, at Steve's request, she was equipped with bionic limbs similar to his own (with the exception of his bionic eye, as Jaime was equipped with a bionic ear instead). Parachuting, also known as skydiving is where a person jumps from enough height so that he can deploy a fabric Parachute and land safely Bionics (also known as biomimetics, biognosis, Biomimicry, or bionical creativity engineering) is the application of biological Unfortunately, Jaime's body rejected her new bionics and she later died.

This was intended to be Wagner's last role under her Universal contract, but public response to the character was so overwhelming that Jaime was "brought back to life" with her own spin-off series, The Bionic Woman (it was discovered that Jaime hadn't really died but had been put into cryogenic suspension until she could be cured). A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing The Bionic Woman is an American television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. Like Steve, Jaime became an agent for the U. S. Government agency, the O.S.I., though, suffering from amnesia, she could not remember her love for Steve. Office of Special Investigations (OSI was the name of a department of the Central Intelligence Agency. Amnesia (from Greek) is a condition in which Memory is disturbed However, the two would team up for several crossover episodes thoughout the series' run. The role earned Wagner an Emmy Award for "Best Actress in a Dramatic Role" in 1977.

Following the cancellation of The Bionic Woman in 1978, Wagner continued to act, predominantly in television mini-series and made-for-TV movies. The Bionic Woman is an American television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. These included the highly rated 1980 mini-series Scruples, as well as three made-for-TV Bionic reunion movies with Lee Majors between 1987 and 1994. Lee Majors (born April 23, 1939) is an American Actor, primarily known for several high profile roles on television in the 1960s 70s and Also in the 1980s, Wagner starred in two more weekly television series; Jessie (1984) and A Peaceable Kingdom (1989), though both of these were short-lived.

Wagner continues to act to this day, though in less prominent roles. Her most recent projects have included the 2005 telemovie, Thicker than Water, with Melissa Gilbert, Buckaroo: The Movie (2005), and, Four Extraordinary Women (2006). Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress, Writer and producer, primarily in Movies and

In 1987, Wagner wrote a series of books with Robert M. Klein about using acupressure to achieve results akin to a surgical facelift. Acupressure A facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy (literally surgical removal of wrinkles) is a type of cosmetic surgery procedure used to give a more youthful

Wagner also appears in infomercials for Select Comfort's Sleep Number bed. Select Comfort ( is a US-based manufacturer that bills itself as "the leading U

More recently, Wagner has given seminars and workshops for her self-help therapy, "Quiet the Mind & Open the Heart", which promotes spirituality and meditation.

Personal life

Wagner has been married four times. From 1971–73, she was married to music publisher Allan Rider. From late 1976–79, she was married to the actor Michael Brandon. For the pornstar with the same name see Michael Brandon (porn star Michael Brandon (born April 20, 1945) is an American In 1981, she married stuntman Henry Kingi whom she met on the set of The Bionic Woman. Wagner had two sons with Kingi; Dorian (b. 1982) and Alex (b. 1986). Wagner married TV producer Lawrence Mortorff in 1990, but they divorced a couple of years later.

Wagner is related to Dallas star Linda Gray, as Gray's ex-husband is Ed Thrasher, one of Wagner's uncles. Dallas is a highly popular long-running American prime-time television Soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991 Linda Ann Gray (born September 12, 1940 in Santa Monica California) is an American actress, best known for her Emmy-nominated She and Gray also played romantic rivals in the television movie The Two Worlds of Jenny Logan (1979), a project which was purchased for distribution in Japan and Europe only after the addition of a semi-nude scene (the only part of Wagner's career she openly regrets). The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan is a 1979 American Television movie that stars Lindsay Wagner in the title role

Civic activities

Wagner is on the board of directors of the Teen Talking Circles Project[1] and is an active supporter of Girls Talking Circles [2].

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