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| 3 | Linda [[StageName Thorson]] (born Linda Robinson on June 18, 1947 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress who has performed mostly on television and stage. |
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| 5 | She's best known for playing Tara King, the successor of Emma Peel (Creator/DianaRigg) as the partner of John Steed (Creator/PatrickMacnee) in the final two seasons of the British series ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' in 1968 and 1969, of which she's the last surviving main cast member. |
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| 7 | She has appeared in many other TV series such as ''[[Franchise/TheSaint Return of the Saint]]'', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues'' and ''Series/TheTransporter'', and she had a recurring role on ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'' as Rosemary King. She also made a guest appearance on ''Series/SchittsCreek''. |
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| 9 | !!Tropes & Trivia about her works: |
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| 11 | * DyeingForYourArt: When she started working on ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'', she was asked to bleach her hair blonde to distinguish Tara King from Emma Peel. A dye failure ruined her hair and she had to wear a wig for several episodes. She was also told to lose weight, so she was given diet pills. |
| 12 | * RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: In some episodes of Season 6 of ''The Avengers'', Tara's hair is very short. This is because the above-mentioned dye failure forced her to wear a wig. The short hair was Linda's growing back. One episode even has characters arguing about [[DyeHard what color Tara's hair is]]. |
| 13 | * StageNames: Her professional surname "Thorson" comes from shortening the surname of her first husband, Barry Bergthorson. |
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