Erin Gray

The very beautiful and talented model actress 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 Hollywoods top model agencies convinced her what she wanted to do in life Moving to New York she became one of the towns most soughtafter 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 spotfor English Leather colognein which she provocatively declared My men wear English Leatheror they wear nothing at all Between modeling assignments she studied acting with wellknown coach Warren Robertson and when movieTV 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 sevenyear contract Under that pact the studio costarred her as a toughminded newspaper reporter in Irwin Shaws 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