Teri Ann Linn
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Teri Ann Linn is an American actress and singer who was also popular in Finland and Italy. She pioneered the role of Kristen Forrester Dominguez on The Bold and the Beautiful
, a role she played from 1987-1994. She returned for a guest appearance from April to September 1997. She then returned to the show as a series regular again in April 1999, signing a two-year contract. She again exited the role in the fall 1999 when then head writer, Bradley Bell informed Teri Ann Linn that Kristen was no longer needed in the show's current storylines and that she would be let go. She was released from her contract and written off the show's canvas in November 1999. She made appearances on Hawaii Five-O
, Magnum, P.I.
, Herman's Head
, Hill Street Blues
, Mike Hammer
, Flamingo Road, Dallas
, and T. J. Hooker
.
and fourth runner-up to Miss USA 1981
, Linn was also a semi-professional tennis player and played in charities with Farrah Fawcett
.
Known for big hair in the eighties, Linn later appeared with a more sophisticated look in a movie, Pure Danger, which also featured Marcus Chong
. In another movie, Fallout, with Daniel Baldwin
, she plays a NASA computer engineer with square-rimmed glasses.
The quasi-debut CD Teri received positive reviews among crossover audiences (going gold on the European charts) for its Paris Hilton
-like "sexy dance cuts", a more successful effort than her earlier European-only CD, Love is The Answer.
A schoolmate of US President Barack Obama
at Punahou School
in Honolulu, Hawaii, Miss Linn was quoted in an Italian daily saying "He had a cute afro", "He dressed like John Travolta", and "He must not have been very good at tennis, or we would have played tennis together."
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
, a role she played from 1987-1994. She returned for a guest appearance from April to September 1997. She then returned to the show as a series regular again in April 1999, signing a two-year contract. She again exited the role in the fall 1999 when then head writer, Bradley Bell informed Teri Ann Linn that Kristen was no longer needed in the show's current storylines and that she would be let go. She was released from her contract and written off the show's canvas in November 1999. She made appearances on Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,...
, Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network....
, Herman's Head
Herman's Head
Herman's Head is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from 1991 to 1994. The series stars William Ragsdale as the titular character, Herman Brooks.-Synopsis:...
, Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...
, Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer
Michael "Mike" Hammer is a fictional detective created by the American author Mickey Spillane in the 1947 book I, the Jury .-Description:...
, Flamingo Road, Dallas
Dallas (TV series)
Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
, and T. J. Hooker
T. J. Hooker
T.J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982 on ABC and ran on the network until May 4, 1985...
.
Miss Hawaii USA 1981
A former Miss Hawaii USAMiss Hawaii USA
The Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...
and fourth runner-up to Miss USA 1981
Miss USA 1981
Miss USA 1981, the 30th Miss USA pageant, was televised live on May 21, 1981 from the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi on CBS.The pageant was won by Kim Seelbrede of Ohio, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Jineane Ford of Arizona...
, Linn was also a semi-professional tennis player and played in charities with Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett was an American actress and artist. A multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she first appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels, in 1976...
.
Acting career
Although generally cast as the nice, pretty girl, People Magazine quoted her as saying "No problem creating bitchiness; everybody has it in them."Known for big hair in the eighties, Linn later appeared with a more sophisticated look in a movie, Pure Danger, which also featured Marcus Chong
Marcus Chong
Marcus Chong is an American actor most noted for his role as Tank in the science fiction film The Matrix....
. In another movie, Fallout, with Daniel Baldwin
Daniel Baldwin
Daniel Leroy Baldwin is an American actor, producer and director. He is the second oldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all of whom are actors. Daniel Baldwin is known for his role as Detective Beau Felton in the popular NBC TV series Homicide: Life on the Street...
, she plays a NASA computer engineer with square-rimmed glasses.
The quasi-debut CD Teri received positive reviews among crossover audiences (going gold on the European charts) for its Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...
-like "sexy dance cuts", a more successful effort than her earlier European-only CD, Love is The Answer.
A schoolmate of US President Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
at Punahou School
Punahou School
Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii...
in Honolulu, Hawaii, Miss Linn was quoted in an Italian daily saying "He had a cute afro", "He dressed like John Travolta", and "He must not have been very good at tennis, or we would have played tennis together."