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name: "Linda Thorson"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 June 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T20:16:26.460261+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Linda Thorson

Actor. Born 18 June 1947 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 June 1947, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 1961–2015
- **Also known as:** Linda Robinson
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 83 (1), 1980s 84 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action & Adventure 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861771/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83052

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) (83)

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## Biography

Linda Thorson is a Canadian actress. Born Linda Robinson in Toronto, Ontario, she moved to the United Kingdom in 1965 to study acting and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1967.

She is best known for playing Tara King, the successor to Emma Peel, in the final series of the British television series *The Avengers* (1968–69), opposite Patrick Macnee. She has since appeared in guest roles in numerous television series, including *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, *Law & Order* and *Schitt's Creek*, as well as films such as *Curtains* (1983) and *Half Past Dead* (2002). Thorson has also worked extensively in theatre.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Schitt's Creek* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Gloria Gregson — [page](https://film.one/tv/schitts-creek.md)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Fi1m 84, as Gul Ocett — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, as Tara King — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

## Also known for

- *New Amsterdam* (2018), Mrs. Monaghan
- *Half Past Dead* (2002), Judge Jane McPherson
- *Rookie Blue* (2010), Eleanor Ward
- *The Other Sister* (1999), Drew Evanson
- *Curtains* (1983), Brooke Parsons
- *Transporter: The Series* (2013), Rae Hanson
- *Father Brown* (2013), Gladys Carpenter
- *Dynasty* (1981), Dr. Mansfield

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