During the 1980s Linda Evans and her Dynasty co-star, , became the two most celebrated female television stars of the decade, displaying an on-screen adversarial chemistry.
In the 1960s, she gained notice for playing Audra Barkley in the Western television series, The Big Valley 1965—1969.
She set up a small chain of fitness centers, and in the 1990s, Evans hosted for Rejuvenique, a mask for toning facial muscles.
The Dynasty star reveals she never intended the intimate shots her husband took of her to hit the pages of - but when he needed money, she agreed to free them up for the men's magazine in 1971.
After she left Dynasty Evans semi-retired from acting and only made occasional television appearances.
To bring her out of her shyness her parents insisted that she take drama at school.