Dallas Icon Linda Gray Looks Stunning at 86 – Check Her Out Now

The star looked radiant at one of her latest public appearances, attending the Farrah Fawcett Foundation’s Tex-Mex Fiesta in Dallas. Wearing her hair in her usual shoulder-length updo, Linda smiled for photographers in a silky bronze ensemble while supporting a charity set up in honor of her late friend Farrah Fawcett.

And Linda is open about the fact that she’s getting older, saying that these days she focuses less on the inevitable physical changes that come with age and more on enjoying life. In an exclusive interview with HELLO! she said, “There comes a point where you don’t care what they say about how old you are, so my whole thing is to live life to the fullest. I have so many friends who have died, and family members who have died, and my son died of cancer, and my sister, and they had a wonderful life.”

It was of course Dallas this turned Linda into an international star. She joined the series as Sue Ellen Ewing, the wife of ruthless oil tycoon J.R. Ewing, played by the late Larry Hagman when the series premiered in 1978. What initially seemed like a supporting role became one of the show’s most compelling characters as viewers watched Sue Ellen navigate her tumultuous marriage, struggles with alcohol, and increasingly complicated relationship with the Ewing dynasty.

The role earned Linda an Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe nominations, and Dallas became a worldwide phenomenon. However, Linda did not criticize this popular show. “To be honest, it was a very chauvinistic show. Producers, writers, they had a few women writers, but they were just a token,” she said.

However, long before Southfork, Linda, without even knowing it, had already become part of film history. When Linda worked as a model in the 1960s, it was Linda’s stockinged leg that appeared on the famous poster for the 1967 Dustin Hoffman film. Graduate – not like its star Anne Bancroft. Linda later said that she was paid only $25 for the shoot.

In a fortuitous moment, she went on to play Mrs Robinson herself in the West End production. Graduate more than three decades later. Linda will also return to her most famous character when Dallas was revived in 2012, reuniting with Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy for a continuation of the series. Even now, Sue Ellen clearly remains close to her heart. Linda has teamed up with Julien’s Auctions for the Women of the ’80s sale in August 2026, parting with items from her personal Dallas collection, looking back at the role that changed her life.