Lindsay Wagner: Gorgeous Blonde Icon of the 1970s

Born 1949 in Los Angeles, California, American actress Lindsay Wagner worked as a model in Los Angeles and gained some television experience by appearing as a hostess in Playboy After Dark, and she was also a contestant on the game show The Dating Game in 1969. She began acting professionally in 1971 and has maintained a lengthy acting career in a variety of film and television productions to the present day.

Wagner is best known for her leading role in the American science-fiction television series The Bionic Woman (1976–1978), in which she portrayed action character Jaime Sommers. She first played this role on the hit series The Six Million Dollar Man. The character became a popular-culture icon of the 1970s. For this role, Wagner won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Dramatic Role in 1977.

Wagner was one of the hottest blonde bombshells of the 1970s. In 1984, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce presented Wagner with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, category ‘Film’, located at the north side of the 6700 block of Hollywood Boulevard. In 2012, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to Wagner.

Take a look at these fabulous photos to see the beauty of young Lindsay Wagner in the 1970s.