Erin Gray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 7, 1950 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Credits
- 77
An actress, model 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
2022Movie
Brianna
Finding Grace
2020Movie
Judge Ariel Harper
A Christmas Princess
2019Movie
Queen Alice
Pandora
2019TV
Captain Beth Grant
My Christmas Inn
2018Movie
Molly Anderson
Mystery Science Theater 3000
2017TV
Martha Masters
A Perfect Christmas
2016Movie
Patricia Faber
Christmas in Palm Springs
2014Movie
Mayor Tomlin
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013Movie
Self
I Married Who?
2012Movie
Ethel Swift
Nesting
2012Movie
Mrs. Deegan
Four Days At Dragon*Con
2011Movie
Herself
Dreams Awake
2011Movie
Hope Emrys
Hunter Prey
2010Movie
Clea
Ghouls
2008Movie
Liz
My True Self
2008Movie
Mrs. Ellen Fields
Loaded
2008Movie
Susan Price
The Guild
2007TV
Madeleine Twain
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007Movie
Laura Sands
Nuclear Hurricane
2007Movie
Jane
The Wedding Bells
2007TV
Candy Heller
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006TV
Self
Siren
2006Movie
Sharon Cox
Caught in the Headlights
2005Movie
Mrs. Jones
ManFast
2003Movie
Gloria Day
Clover Bend
2002Movie
Beth Clayton
Serial Intentions
2001Movie
Virginia Madden
Social Misfits
2001Movie
Sharon Cox
Touched by a Killer
2001Movie
Liza Collins
The Last Producer
2000Movie
Dee Freeman
Profiler
1996TV
Congresswoman Karen Archer
Crowfoot
1995Movie
Nora
T-Force
1994Movie
Mayor Pendleton
A Dangerous Place
1994Movie
Audrey
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
1994Movie
Pamela Bozanich
Burke's Law
1994TV
Brenda Palmer
Official Denial
1993Movie
Annie Corliss
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
1993Movie
Diana Kimble
Renegade
1992TV
Silk Stalkings
1991TV
The Torkelsons
1991TV
Jennifer
Dark Justice
1991TV
Evening Shade
1990TV
Laker Girls
1990Movie
Julie Lawrence
The New Lassie
1989TV
Baywatch
1989TV
Monica Johnson
Addicted to His Love
1988Movie
Jenny Barrett
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988Movie
Captain Terry O'Malley
Breaking Home Ties
1987Movie
Carol
Jake and the Fatman
1987TV
L.A. Law
1986TV
Rochelle Peters
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985Movie
Code of Vengeance
1985Movie
Nadine Flowers
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Andrea Dean
Hunter
1984TV
Kate Lawson
The Hitchhiker
1983TV
Leslie
Born Beautiful
1982Movie
Betsy Forrest
Silver Spoons
1982TV
Kate Summers Stratton
Hotel
1982TV
Six Pack
1982Movie
Lilah
Simon & Simon
1981TV
The Fall Guy
1981TV
Coach of the Year
1980Movie
Paula DeFalco
Magnum, P.I.
1980TV
Joy 'Digger' Doyle
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
1979Movie
Colonel Wilma Deering
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979TV
Wilma Deering
The Ultimate Impostor
1979Movie
Beatrice 'Bucky' Tate
Winter Kills
1979Movie
Beautiful Woman Three
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979Movie
Col. Wilma Deering
B. J. and the Bear
1979TV
Vega$
1978TV
Evening in Byzantium
1978TV
Gail McKinnon
The Love Boat
1977TV
Maggie Cook
Battle of the Network Stars
1976TV
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Margaret 'Alta' Hatch
Malibu U
1967TV
Self - Dancer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self