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Acting

Linda Purl

Career: Active from 1966 to 2025, busiest in 1979 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 40
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: Crazy Mama
70/100

Characters

2

The characters Linda Purl played, best-known titles first.

Linda Purl as Ashley Pfister

Linda Purl as Charlene Matlock

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Linda Purl Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wonder
2.0, average 3.4
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Mystery 3
Domestic Thriller 2
Survival 2
Disturbing 2
Psychological Suspense 2
Heartwarming 2
Crime Thriller 2
Legal Drama 2
Social Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

97

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Threat Level Midnight

as Sexy Nurse

2020s

7 titles · average score 58

Hollywood Grit

67

as Eleanor Rhodes

Paul's Promise

54

as Minnie Holderfield

Hacks

86

TV show · as Kathy

Doomsday Mom

54

as Kay Woodcock

Viral Vignettes

TV show · as Judy

Broken Halos

as Blondie

The Swing of Things

30

as Sherry Fairfax-Rothstein

2010s

6 titles · average score 67

The Oath

67

TV show · as Gwenn

Bender

39

as Mrs. Thomas

Designated Survivor

68

TV show · as Julia Rombauer

Stalked at 17

52

as Lauren

Homeland

82

TV show · as Elizabeth Gaines

Threat Level Midnight

96

as Sexy Nurse/Helene Beesly

2000s

14 titles · average score 60

Lie to Me

71

TV show · as Meredith Spencer

True Blood

72

TV show · as Barbara Pelt

Maid of Honor

58

as Laci Collins

The Office

76

TV show · as Helene Beesly

Bones

67

TV show · as Mrs. Diana Annenburg

Criminal Intent

53

as Kirsten Sorensen

Stranger at the Door

53

as Kathleen Norris

Desperate Housewives

76

TV show · as Lillian Allen

Frozen Impact

44

as Dr. Christy Blanchard

Cold Case

73

TV show · as Diane Moore (2005)

Crossing Jordan

69

TV show · as Joan

The Perfect Tenant

42

as Jessica Michaels

1990s

21 titles · average score 51

Port Charles

48

TV show

The Absolute Truth

as Jean Douglas

Robin's Hoods

TV show · as Brett Robin

Natural Causes

51

as Jessie McCarthy / Jessie MacCarthy

Incident at Deception Ridge

50

as Helen Davis

Accidental Meeting

41

as Maryanne Bellmann

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Sally

Walker, Texas Ranger

53

TV show · as Barbara Conway

Body Language

54

as Norma Suffield

TV show · as Kate Del'Amico

Before the Storm

as Kate Del 'Amico

Web of Deceit

as Lauren Hale

1980s

20 titles · average score 56

Viper

as Laura Maculla

In Self Defense

as Susan Andrews

The Bold and the Beautiful

47

TV show · as Lucy

Samson and Delilah

as Delilah (voice)

Pleasures

as Eve Harper

Matlock

54

TV show · as Charlene Matlock / Charlene Matlock (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Last Days of Pompeii

45

TV show · as Nydia

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Crystal Wendle / Laura Callan

Visiting Hours

31

as Sheila Munroe

Money on the Side

51

as Annie Gilson

The High Country

as Kathy

The Adventures of Nellie Bly

as Nellie Bly

1970s

24 titles · average score 64

Like Normal People

69

as Virginia Rae Hensler

The Flame Is Love

as Emmaline Nevada 'Vada' Holtz

Women at West Point

as Jennifer Scott

Black Market Baby

as Anne Macarino

A Last Cry for Help

as Sharon Muir

The Young Pioneers

TV show · as Molly Beaton

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Anne Lester

Little Ladies of the Night

50

as Hailey Atkins

Young Pioneers

as Molly Beaton

Young Pioneers' Christmas

as Molly Beaton

Happy Days

78

TV show · as Gloria / Ashley Pfister

The Waltons

65

TV show · as Vanessa

1960s

3 titles · average score 58

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Ruth Martin

Medical Center

67

TV show · as Leslie

as Farrington's Daughter

1950s

1 title · average score 33

The Secret Storm

33

TV show