Lynda Day George
Lynda Day George in publicity picture for 1973 telefilmShe Cried Murder
Born	Lynda Louise Day (1944-12-11)December 11, 1944 (age 80)[1] San Marcos, Texas, U.S.
Years active	1961–1989
Spouses	Joseph Pantano ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1970)​ Christopher George ​ ​ (m. 1970; died 1983)​ Doug Cronin ​ ​ (m. 1990; died 2010)​
Children	2

Lynda Louise Day George (bornLynda Louise Day; December 11, 1944) is an American television and film actress whose career spanned three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was a cast member onMission: Impossible (1971–1973). She was also the wife of actorChristopher George.

Day George was born inSan Marcos, Texas. Originally known as Lynda Day, she began her career in the 1960s with theEileen Ford modeling agency working as a top model in print and TV commercials, and then on Broadway starring inThe Devils oppositeJason Robards andAnne Bancroft.^[2] Bancroft acted as a mentor to Day, who described working on the play as formative to her acting.^[3] She auditioned for the filmBye Bye Birdie but was not cast.^[3] She then moved toLos Angeles and began a long television career with guest roles on many series of the 1960s, includingRoute 66,Flipper, T.H.E. Cat,Here Come the Brides,The Green Hornet,Mannix,The Fugitive,The Invaders,It Takes a Thief,The Virginian,Good Morning World,Lancer andBonanza. She starred in the first of the two Universal/NBC TV-pilot films based around psychiatrist/supernatural investigator Dr. David Sorrell (played byLouis Jourdan),Fear No Evil in 1969.^[3] She had her first major role as Amelia Cole in a short-lived 1970–1971 television series,The Silent Force, and later starred in the television pilot forCannon in 1971. That same year, she was cast as Casey in the critically acclaimed seriesMission: Impossible, garnering aGolden Globe nomination in 1972 and anEmmy Award nomination in 1973. During the show's last season, she missed ten episodes because of her maternity leave and was temporarily replaced byBarbara Anderson.^[3]

She first met actorChristopher George while they were both models at Eileen Ford.^[4] They starred together in the 1966independent filmThe Gentle Rain, Day's first role in a theatrical film, by which time she was married to her first husband.^[3] While working together again in the 1970John Wayne filmChisum, Day and Christopher George became romantically involved and were married on May 15, 1970; Day divorced her first husband earlier that year.^[3]

Thereafter, she became Lynda Day George and co-starred in multiple television films with her husband over the next 10 years, includingThe House on Greenapple Road (1970),Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976), andCruise Into Terror (1978). They also worked together in episodes ofThe F.B.I. (1970),Mission: Impossible (1971),McCloud (1975),The Love Boat (1977), andVega$ (1978). They guest-starred in television'sWonder Woman in 1976, with Lynda playing villainFausta Grables, the Nazi Wonder Woman.^[5][6] The many co-star roles came about because she and her husband had the same agent, who was aware that they enjoyed working with one another.^[3]

She continued her television work throughout the 1970s with guest roles on television seriesThe Immortal, which starred husband Christopher;Police Story;Kung Fu;Marcus Welby, M.D.; andBarnaby Jones. She appeared with her husband on an episode ofCelebrity Bowling in 1975. She played supporting roles inRich Man, Poor Man;Roots; andOnce an Eagle. In 1977, she appeared on the game showsMatch Game '77 andTattletales, the latter with her husband Christopher.

Her movie career is noted for severalhorrorcult films in which she co-starred with her husband Christopher, includingDay of the Animals (1977),Pieces (1982), andMortuary (1983). She also co-starred withJohn Saxon in the 1980 horror filmBeyond Evil.

Christopher George died of a heart attack on November 28, 1983, at the age of 52.^[3] Lynda worked only sporadically after that, in guest roles onFantasy Island (appearing several times on the series, playing a different character each time);Murder, She Wrote;Hardcastle and McCormick; andBlacke's Magic. She was also a regular guest on various religious television programs. In one of her final performances, Lynda reprised the role of Casey (now given the full name Lisa Casey) on an episode of the revivedMission: Impossible television series in 1989.^[3]

In 2021, George announced that she was ready to return to acting.^[7] As of 2023, however, no new roles have been announced.^[3]

She was first married to Joseph Pantano from 1963 to 1970, with one son, Nicky. She left Pantano to marry Christopher George.^[8] She was married to him from May 15, 1970, until his death on November 28, 1983, and they had one daughter, Krisinda Casey.^[3] They filed suit to have Nicky Pantano legally declared as Christopher's natural son.^[3] In 1990, Lynda George married actor and producer Doug Cronin, who died of cancer on December 4, 2010; they resided inLos Angeles andGardiner, Washington.^[9][10][11]

On January 17, 2020, during an interview with entertainment correspondent Ed Robertson ofTV Confidential, George announced that she was collaborating with a biographer on a memoir centered on her acting career. The working title isLynda Day George: A Hollywood Memoir.^{[citation needed]} Her biographer co-author died in 2021, but in 2023 George said she is still resolved that the book will eventually be published, and that her agent is working on finding another co-author and a publisher.^[3]

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