Glamorous blonde actress Linda Evans became a star thanks to two television series – the ‘60s western show “The Big Valley:” (ABC, 1965-69) and twenty years later, the wildly popular primetime soap opera “Dynasty” (ABC, 1981-89) – but had it not been for her high school principal, she might have never acted at all.The only child of two professional dancers, Evans was born Linda Evanstad in Hartford, CT on Nov. 18, 1942. The family relocated to North Hollywood when she was six months old. Evans enjoyed a childhood among future stars, including fellow Hollywood High School classmate, Stephanie
