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Date of birth: 7 January 1950,
Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
For five years on nightly network NBC TV, Erin Gray was the American public's image of the ideal woman. Her Kate in Silver Spoons managed to have it all-- marriage, family and business career. And for the two years before that she had redefined our public image of the "beauty with brains," when Buck Rogers in the 25th Century became a hit series, her sleek, sophisticated "Colonel Wilma Deering" became a role model, and Erin Gray became a household word.
Erin's success as the face that launched some of America's most glamorous beauty products was already legendary before she made the dramatic career change from model to actress. She was the original "I'm Worth It" woman for L'Oreal, one of the first Sports Illustrated models, the Maxi Girl for Max Factor, and the Bloomingdale's spokeswoman for ten years. So it was no surprise that she made her acting debut in a starring role, in the critically acclaimed television mini-series Evening in Byzantium. Ms. Gray continued to develop her style in starring roles in many Movies-Of-The-Week, including Born Beautiful, Starman, Laker Girls, Coach of the Year, Police Story and Code of Vengeance, as well as starring opposite Kenny Rogers in the Feature Film Six Pack.
All of this was perfect preparation for Silver Spoons, in which Ms. Gray met and mastered the triple-challenge of the television sitcom-comedy, television, and live audiences -- and at the same time broke every previous "type casting" stereotype. She further honed her "live audience" skills by doing theater, performing leading roles in California Suite and Six Rooms River View, and not only achieving critical success with Social Security, but bringing audiences to their feet with standing ovations. In the summer of 1997 Erin starred in the play La Moure N.D.58458 at The Bitter Truth Theater in Los Angeles, as part of the cutting edge NOHO Arts Festival. Her on-line interview appears at www.tv-now.com.
Ms. Gray co-starred in Breaking Home Ties with Jason Robards, and in The Avenging Ace and Addicted To His Love opposite Barry Bostwick.
In four fascinating roles Ms. Gray was again able to express her versatility and range. In an intriguing psychological episode of the USA Cable mystery series The Hitchhiker, she plays a psychotic killer. In the second role she plays the "evil duchess" opposite John Rhys-Davies in Oscar Wilde's classic The Princess and the Dwarf. In a third, she plays a brilliant and twisted femme fatal in Dark Justice. The fourth role, in Dancers of Mozambique, showcases Erin as an American writer who is desperately tries to finish her latest novel while hiding out in a French chateau, who becomes involved in a murder mystery in a hilariously funny farce starring opposite France's leading comedic actor Thierry Le Hermite.
In the mid-nineties Erin starred in three feature films: Jason Goes To Hell, Dangerous Place and T-Force, as well as the first original movie for the USA/Sci-Fi Networks, Official Denial, and Honor Thy Father and Mother, the controversial Fox-produced film of the Menendez Trial, in which she played the intense prosecutor, Pam Bozanich. Recent guest-starring roles were in CBS' Crowfoot, the series Heaven Help Us and the very popular Baywatch as Chief Monica Johnson.
Currently Erin is guest-starring in a recurring role as Congresswoman Karen Archer in NBC's highly acclaimed drama Profiler, as well as playing the coldhearted Nicole Devlin in ABC's Port Charles.
Within the last year Erin completed filming five feature films: The Last Producer with Burt Reynolds, Woman's Story, Social Misfits, Touched By A Killer and Delicate Instruments.
In addition to raising two children, Erin and partner Mara Purl have co-written Act Right, a professional guide for actors. Erin and her husband, noted Director of Photography Richard Hissong, are currently producing a video on one of her favorite subjects, Chi Kung and Tai Chi.
Possessing a highly developed sense of public service, Ms. Gray is a spokesperson for the National Coalitions Against Domestic Violence and a board member for Haven House, the oldest battered women's shelter in the U.S. She has co-produced and written public service annoucements with Women in Film. For over a decade Erin has been speaking out against domestic violence, a topic that is close to her heart. She also takes time to host programs like Lifetime Cable's Drug and Alcohol Intervention Program, to give motivational speeches, and to speak at seminars across the country regarding stress management and how to find balance in a hectic world.
Erin also teaches Chi Kung and Tai Chi classes at UCLA for donations for the Theatre of Hope for Abused Women. Erin is the recipient of seven community service awards, such as the Leadership Award for the County of Los angeles, the Guardian Angel Award for Mothers Against Sexual Abuse, the YMCA's Women of Achievement Award of Distinction and the 1999 Women's Peace Power Media Award.
Special Weapons and Tactics (2002) .... The Mayor
Manfast (2001) .... Gloria Day
Touched by a Killer (2001) .... Liza Collins
Serial Intentions (2001) .... Virginia Madden
Delicate Instruments (2000) .... Jessica Livingston
Social Misfits (2000)
Woman's Story, A (2000)
Last Producer, The (2000) .... Dee Freeman
... aka Final Hit, The (2002) (USA: video title)
"Port Charles" (1997) TV Series .... Nicole Devlin (1999-2000)
... aka "Port Charles: Fate" (2000) (USA: second season title)
... aka "Port Charles: Miracles Happen" (2001) (USA: sixth season
title)
... aka "Port Charles: Secrets" (2002) (USA: seventh season
title)
... aka "Port Charles: Superstitions" (2002) (USA: eighth season
title)
... aka "Port Charles: Tainted Love" (2001) (USA: fourth season
title)
... aka "Port Charles: Tempted" (2001) (USA: fifth season title)
... aka "Port Charles: Time In a Bottle" (2001) (USA: third
season title)
"Profiler" (1996) TV Series .... Congresswoman Karen Archer
(1999-2000)
Crowfoot (1995) (TV) .... Nora
Dangerous Place, A (1994) .... Audrey
Official Denial (1994) .... Annie Corliss
T-Force (1994) .... Mayor Pendleton
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1994)
(TV) .... Bozanich
... aka Honor Thy Father and Mother: The Menendez Killings (1994) (TV)
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) .... Diana Kimble
... aka Friday the 13th IX (1993)
"Image Workshop, The" (1991) TV Series .... Host
Danseurs du Mozambique, Les (1991) (TV) .... Kathryn Saint
... aka Myth That Wouldn't Die, The (1991) (TV)
Laker Girls (1990) (TV) .... Julie Lawrence
Addicted to His Love (1988) (TV) .... Jenny Barrett
... aka Sisterhood (1988/II) (TV)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988) (TV) .... Captain Terry
O'Malley
Breaking Home Ties (1987) (TV) .... Carol
... aka Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties (1987) (TV)
Code of Vengeance (1985) (TV) .... Nadine Flowers
... aka Dalton (1985) (TV)
Born Beautiful (1982) (TV) .... Betsy Forrest
"Silver Spoons" (1982) TV Series .... Kate Summers Stratton
Six Pack (1982) .... Lilah
Coach of the Year (1980) (TV) .... Paula DeFalco
"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979) TV Series .... Colonel
Wilma Deering
Ultimate Impostor, The (1979) (TV) .... Beatrice Tate
... aka 72 Hour Dead Line, The (1979) (TV) (USA)
Winter Kills (1979) .... Beautiful Woman #3
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) .... Colonel Wilma Deering
Evening in Byzantium (1978) (TV) .... Gail McKinnon
Buck Rogers (1977)
... aka Planet Outlaws (1999) (USA: video box title)
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