Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 07, 1950
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Credits
77 titles
Erin Gray
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
Brianna
Finding Grace
Judge Ariel Harper
A Christmas Princess
Queen Alice
Pandora
Captain Beth Grant
My Christmas Inn
Molly Anderson
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Martha Masters
A Perfect Christmas
Patricia Faber
Christmas in Palm Springs
Mayor Tomlin
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Self
I Married Who?
Ethel Swift
Nesting
Mrs. Deegan
Four Days At Dragon*Con
Herself
Dreams Awake
Hope Emrys
Hunter Prey
Clea
Ghouls
Liz
My True Self
Mrs. Ellen Fields
Loaded
Susan Price
The Guild
Madeleine Twain
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
Laura Sands
Nuclear Hurricane
Jane
The Wedding Bells
Candy Heller
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Self
Siren
Sharon Cox
Caught in the Headlights
Mrs. Jones
ManFast
Gloria Day
Clover Bend
Beth Clayton
Serial Intentions
Virginia Madden
Social Misfits
Sharon Cox
Touched by a Killer
Liza Collins
The Last Producer
Dee Freeman
Profiler
Congresswoman Karen Archer
Crowfoot
Nora
T-Force
Mayor Pendleton
A Dangerous Place
Audrey
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Pamela Bozanich
Burke's Law
Brenda Palmer
Official Denial
Annie Corliss
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Diana Kimble
Renegade
Silk Stalkings
The Torkelsons
Jennifer
Dark Justice
Evening Shade
Laker Girls
Julie Lawrence
The New Lassie
Baywatch
Chief Monica Johnson
Addicted to His Love
Jenny Barrett
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Captain Terry O'Malley
Breaking Home Ties
Carol
Jake and the Fatman