Linda Purl

Born: 1955-09-02

Linda Purl (born September 2, 1955) is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for portraying Charlene Matlock on Matlock.


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Crazy Mama

as Cheryl
Released: 1975-06-01

Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their...

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Mighty Joe Young

as Dr. Ruth Young
Released: 1998-12-25

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas...

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The Swing of Things

as Sherry Fairfax-Rothstein
Released: 2020-07-02

Bad weather diverts Tom and Laura Jane from their Bahamas dream wedding. So, with friends,...

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Visiting Hours

as Sheila Munroe
Released: 1982-05-21

A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the...

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Stalked at 17

as Lauren
Released: 2012-10-27

When 17 year old Angela fell for Chad, he promised to love her forever. When she got pregnant...

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Fear of the Dark

as Sandy Bilings
Released: 2003-09-28

Twelve year old Ryan Billings has been diagnosed with an acute fear of the dark. He spends each...

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Body Language

as Norma Suffield
Released: 1992-07-15

The ambitious Betsy is happy: she gets promoted to a leading management position. Her happiness...

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Rapunzel

as Rapunzel
Released: 1990-01-01

A Hallmark adaptation of Rapunzel.

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Born Free: A New Adventure

as Eleanor Porter
Released: 1996-04-27

Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers...

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Young Pioneers

as Molly Beaton
Released: 1976-03-01

Pilot for TV series of the same name released in 1978. The film told the tale of Molly and David...

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Frozen Impact

as Dr. Christy Blanchard
Released: 2003-03-14

A plane, carrying the liver destined for a child's transplant, crashes in a hailstorm.

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Secrets

as Jane Adams
Released: 1992-04-06

Producer Mel Wexler is putting together "Manhattan," a night-time soap opera that will...

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Doomsday Mom

as Kay Woodcock
Released: 2021-06-26

Lori Vallow gained national attention when her children, JJ and Tylee, were reported missing...

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The Absolute Truth

as Jean Douglas
Released: 1997-04-30

A television newswoman (Seymour) must betray a friend in order to expose a presidential...

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The Walking Major

as Rose Allen
Released: 1970-06-06

U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan,...

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Criminal Intent

as Kirsten Sorensen
Released: 2005-01-01

Devon Major thought that his share of difficulties were over. Having gone through a difficult...

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The Night the City Screamed

as Brenda Farrell
Released: 1980-12-14

A massive blackout plunges a major American city into a night of terror.

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Broken Halos

as Blondie
Released: 2020-10-06

A former police officer begins experiencing haunting visions and hearing voices he believes to...

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Like Normal People

as Virginia Rae Hensler
Released: 1979-04-13

An intellectually-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love, and are determined to get...

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Addicted to His Love

as Cassie Robbins
Released: 1988-03-27

Larry Hogan, using various aliases, meets middle-aged women through dating services and personal...

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Dark Mansions

as Shellane Victor
Released: 1986-08-23

A woman hired to write the history of a wealthy family stays at the family's estate in Oregon....

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Money on the Side

as Annie Gilson
Released: 1982-09-29

Three middle-class housewives who are having money problems join a prostitution ring.

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The Flame Is Love

as Emmaline Nevada 'Vada' Holtz
Released: 1979-10-15

In this melodrama from Barbara Cartland's 1975 bestseller, a turn-of-the-century American...

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Jory

as Amy Barron
Released: 1973-01-01

Jory is a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse-drive after his father is killed by a drunkard....

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Natural Causes

as Jessie McCarthy
Released: 1994-04-01

An American links her mothers death in Bankok to a plot involving Vietnamese refugees.

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Incident at Deception Ridge

as Helen Davis
Released: 1994-09-15

When a double-crossing husband runs off with his wife's ransom money, her kidnappers come after...

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Midas Valley

as Sarah Corey
Released: 1985-06-27

Set in Silicon Valley, California, follows the lives of a group of people involved in the...

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The Adventures of Nellie Bly

as Nellie Bly
Released: 1981-06-11

A "Classics Illustrated" account of pioneer female journalist Nellie Bly, who became a legend...

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Man of Miracles

as Joan Wolrod
Released: 1999-03-28

In the sleepy town of Vine Creek, preacher and volunteer fireman Joe Cass wakes up to realize...

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Samson and Delilah

as Delilah (voice)
Released: 1986-12-30

From Hanna-Barbera's animated series depicting the tales of the bible, "Samson and Delilah"...

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The Perfect Tenant

as Jessica Michaels
Released: 2000-07-24

Twenty years ago Danny Summer found his father hanging from the rafters on Christmas Eve. Ever...

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Maid of Honor

as Laci Collins
Released: 2006-01-02

While driving in the road, Richard Wynn crashes his car and his beloved wife Carrie Wynn dies....

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Having Babies

as Laura Gorman
Released: 1976-10-17

The story of four couples who are about to have children using the Lamaze method.

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Viper

as Laura Maculla
Released: 1988-01-01

After Laura's husband James is murdered, she decides to find out who did it and why. She finds...

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Pleasures

as Eve Harper
Released: 1986-03-31

Three related women have summer romances in this drama. The first has recently been deserted by...

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Little Ladies of the Night

as Hailey Atkins
Released: 1977-01-16

The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working...

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W.C. Fields and Me

as Ingenue
Released: 1976-03-31

In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his...

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Bender

as Mrs. Thomas
Released: 2016-10-14

The unsettling true story of America's first serial-killing family. A troubled doctor searches...

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Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs

as Beverly
Released: 1988-11-22

In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly,...

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Stranger at the Door

as Kathleen Norris
Released: 2004-06-21

Katherine "Kathy" is happily married to businessman Greg Norris and lives in his beautiful home...

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Web of Deceit

as Lauren Hale
Released: 1990-10-17

After making a name for herself on the West Coast, a defense lawyer returns to her hometown of...

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The High Country

as Kathy
Released: 1981-03-13

A sensitive portrait of love, uniting two disillusioned misfits running away from the societies...

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In Self Defense

as Susan Andrews
Released: 1987-05-22

A witness is terrorized by the killer against whom she testified.

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Women at West Point

as Jennifer Scott
Released: 1979-02-27

A fictionalized drama about the first women to enter the U.S. Military Academy in 1976 and the...

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Outrage!

as Arlene Robbins
Released: 1986-01-01

After a technicality results in the release of a man being tried for the rape and murder of a...

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Young Pioneers' Christmas

as Molly Beaton
Released: 1976-12-17

A young couple and their neighbours celebrate Christmas in 1874 on the Dakota prairie. Despite...

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Before the Storm

as Kate Del 'Amico
Released: 1991-01-01

A follow up to Under Cover aka The Company(1991. Linda Purl is again Kate Del 'Amico, National...

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Black Market Baby

as Anne Macarino
Released: 1979-10-18

A young college girl becomes pregnant, and she and the baby's father are targeted by a...

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Paul's Promise

as Minnie Holderfield
Released: 2022-10-21

Set in the peak of the 1960s Civil Rights movement, “Paul's Promise” is the inspiring true story...

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A Last Cry for Help

as Sharon Muir
Released: 1979-01-19

Sharon appears to be a normal 17-year-old girl with good grades, many friends, and a wonderful...

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Bones

as Mrs. Diana Annenburg
First aired: 2005-09-13

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special...

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The Office

as Helene Beesly
First aired: 2005-03-24

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional...

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The Office

as Sexy Nurse
First aired: 2005-03-24

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Ruth Martin
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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True Blood

as Barbara Pelt
First aired: 2008-09-07

Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic, blood vampires have progressed from...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Crystal Wendle
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Terry Shannon
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Laura Callan
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Homeland

as Elizabeth Gaines
First aired: 2011-10-02

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile...

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Walker, Texas Ranger

as Barbara Conway
First aired: 1993-04-21

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in...

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Lisa Tate
First aired: 1985-09-29

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...

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Designated Survivor

as Julia Rombauer
First aired: 2016-09-21

Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States...

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Matlock

as Charlene Matlock
First aired: 1986-03-03

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...

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Burke's Law

as Kelly Harris
First aired: 1994-01-07

Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from...

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The Bold and the Beautiful

as Lucy
First aired: 1987-03-23

Continuing drama combining romance and intrigue set against the glittering backdrop of Beverly...

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Jack's Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-26

Jack Evans is a retired jazz musician who runs a restaurant where romances tend to start.

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The Waltons

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-14

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World...

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Hacks

as Kathy
First aired: 2021-05-13

Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and...

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Happy Days

as Gloria
First aired: 1974-01-15

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

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Happy Days

as Ashley Pfister
First aired: 1974-01-15

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

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What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-12-08

Sam Ashley, a graduate of 1965 class of Bret Harte High School, who was now a teacher at the...

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Cold Case

as Diane Moore (2005)
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Crossing Jordan

as Joan
First aired: 2001-09-24

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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The Last Days of Pompeii

as Nydia
First aired: 1984-05-06

This seven-hour British-Italian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 epic, set against the...

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The Manions of America

as Deirdre O'Manion
First aired: 1981-09-30

Epic mini-series chronicling the lives of two 19th-century families -- one Irish, the other...

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Sons and Daughters

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-11

Sons and Daughters is a 9-episode 1974 CBS series launched from the pilot television movie...

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Eleanor and Franklin

as Alice Roosevelt, Age 14-20
First aired: 1976-01-11

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of...

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The Oath

as Gwenn
First aired: 2018-03-08

Explore a gang world we've never seen before: gangs that are made up of the very men and women...

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Robin's Hoods

as Brett Robin
First aired: 1994-08-22

Brett Robin is a prosecution official who is determined society is not always best served by...

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First Monday

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-01-15

A newcomer to the Supreme Court finds himself a pivotal force on an often deadlocked bench,...

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Viral Vignettes

as Judy
First aired:

Twelve one-act comedies that introduced us to 21 unique characters – stuck at home during the...

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Beacon Hill

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-08-25

Short lived soap opera about rich family and their servants in 1920s Boston.

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Port Charles

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-06-02

Port Charles is an American television. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital In the...

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