Linda Ann Gray (born September 12, 1940) is an American film, stage and television actress, director, producer and former model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the CBS television drama series Dallas (1978–1989, 1991, 2012–2014), for which she was nominated for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The role also earned her two Golden Globe Awards. Gray began her career in the 1960s in television commercials. In the 1970s, she appeared in numerous TV series before landing the role of Sue Ellen Ewing in 1978. After leaving Dallas in 1989, she appeared opposite Sylvester Stallone in the 1991 film Oscar. From 1994 to 1995, she played a leading role in the Fox drama series Models Inc., and also starred in TV movies, including Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (1993) and Accidental Meeting (1994). She went on to reprise the role of Sue Ellen in Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996), Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998), and in the TNT series Dallas (2012–2014), which continued the original series. On stage, Gray starred as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate in the West End of London in 2001, then on Broadway the following year. In 2007, she starred as Aurora Greenaway in the world premiere production of Terms of Endearment at the Theatre Royal, York and stayed with the production when it toured the United Kingdom. After the second Dallas was cancelled in 2014, Gray again took to the stage, this time in the role of the Fairy Godmother in a London production of Cinderella. Linda Gray was born in 1940 in Santa Monica, California. She grew up in Culver City, California, where her father, Leslie, who was a watchmaker, had a shop. Before acting, Gray worked as a model in the 1960s and began her acting career in television commercials, nearly 400 of them—and also made brief appearances in feature films, such as Under the Yum Yum Tree and Palm Springs Weekend in 1963. Gray began her professional acting career in the 1970s with guest roles on many television series such as Marcus Welby, M.D., McCloud, and Switch, prior to signing with Universal Studios in 1974. She also appeared in the films The Big Rip-Off (1975) and Dogs (1976). In 1977, she was cast as fashion model Linda Murkland, the first transgender series regular on American television, in the television series All That Glitters. The show, a spoof of the soap-opera format, was cancelled after just 13 weeks. Gray was then cast as suspicious wife Carla Cord in the 1977 television movie Murder in Peyton Place. ... Source: Article "Linda Gray" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 12, 1940 (86)
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 26 on MovieCove · 50 credits in all
What are Linda Gray's films like?
Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 14
Light 10 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 10 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 5 · Charged 10 · Intense 0
Steady 10 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 4
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 10 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 10 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Miss Engle in Dogs (1976)
- Shapeshifteras Leslie Corliss in The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1978)
- Shapeshifteras Elizabeth Harrington in The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)
- Heroas Eileen Stevens in Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges (1994)
- Shadowas Eleanor Monroe in To My Daughter with Love (1994)
- Mentoras Kathlyn Smith in Intuitions (2019)
- Shadowas Lauren Ewing in Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas (2023)
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Linda Gray's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Linda Gray's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
50 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 26 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Intuitions(2019)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Dumbo(2019)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Grand-Daddy Day Care(2019)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all filmsWally's Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Bornebusch i tevefabriken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Perfect Match(2015)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Hand of God(2014)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Hidden Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Dallas(2012)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
The Flight of the Swan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Expecting Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
90210(2008)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Pepper Dennis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
When the Cradle Falls(1997)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Dallas: J.R. Returns(1996)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Touched by an Angel(1994)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Models Inc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Accidental Meeting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
To My Daughter with Love(1994)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Bonanza: The Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Melrose Place(1992)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Highway Heartbreaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Entertainers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Oscar(1991)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Lovejoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Not in Front of the Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Wild and the Free (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Haywire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Dallas(1978)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Big Hawaii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
All That Glitters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Dogs(1976)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
McCoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Manhunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Dark Places(1974)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Emergency!(1972)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
McCloud(1970)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Under the Yum Yum Tree(1963)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Bob Hope Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Career shape
Star power in the 87th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 50 titles from 1950 to 2023; peak year 1992.
Biggest box office
Intuitions (2019)
Highest rated
The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)
Most popular right now
Dallas (1978)
Film career
Peak 1992 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1963Screen debut· Under the Yum Yum Tree
- 2012Career best· Dallas
- 2015Career best· Perfect Match
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Linda Gray's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 26 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic5
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 31. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Linda Gray work with?
People who share at least 2 of Linda Gray's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Patrick Duffy shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Ron OliverShared titles: Grand-Daddy Day Care (2019), Perfect Match (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ron Oliver
Writers
- Arthur Bernard LewisShared titles: Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998), Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Arthur Bernard Lewis
Actors
- Patrick DuffyShared titles: Dallas (2012), Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998), Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996), Dallas (1978)See all 4 shared titles with Patrick Duffy
- George KennedyShared titles: Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998), Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996), Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (1987)See all 3 shared titles with George Kennedy
- Larry HagmanShared titles: Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998), Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996), Dallas (1978)See all 3 shared titles with Larry Hagman
- Steve KanalyShared titles: Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998), Dallas (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Kanaly
Composers
- Jerrold ImmelShared titles: Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998), Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Jerrold Immel
Producers
- Rich HellerShared titles: Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998), Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Rich Heller