Linda Thompson (actress) Biography
Linda Thompson (Linda Diane Thompson) is an American songwriter/lyricist, former actress and beauty pageant winner; but she is perhaps best known as a cast member of Hee Haw as one of the “Hee Haw Honeys.” She was a longtime girlfriend of Elvis Presley before marrying Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner (now known as Caitlyn Jenner), and David Foster, musician, record producer, composer, songwriter and arranger.
Linda Thompson Age
Linda Thompson was born on May 23, 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Linda Thompson is 68 years old as of 2018.
Linda Thompson Net worth
Linda Thompson has an estimated net worth of $10 million dollars.
Linda Thompson Body Measurements
Height |
175 cm (5 ft 8.9 in) |
Weight |
57 kg (126 lb) |
Bra size |
34D |
Chest size |
91 cm (35 in) |
Waist size |
64 cm (25 in) |
Hips size |
91 cm (35 in) |
Shoe size |
9 US |
Linda Thompson Family
Linda Thompson was born in Memphis, Tennessee United States to Sanford Abel Thompson (father) and Margie White Thompson (mother). Her older brother, Sam, was one of Elvis Presley’s bodyguards.
Linda Thompson Husband
In 1980, Thompson began a relationship with former Olympic Gold Medal decathlete Bruce Jenner (now known as Caitlyn Jenner). The couple married on January 5, 1981 in Oahu, Hawaii. They have two sons together, Brandon and Sam Brody, known as Brody. The couple separated in 1986 and divorced thereafter. On June 22, 1991, she married Canadian composer and record producer David Foster; but she filed for their divorce in 2005. Linda was in a relationship with Elvis from 1972 to 1976. In 1981, she married Bruce Jenner and had two kids with him. However they divorced in 1984.
On July 6, 1972, he attended a private movie screening hosted by Elvis Presley at the Memphian Theater in Memphis. She and Elvis hit it off and subsequently dated for 4 years before breaking up around Christmas 1976. They broke up because, like Elvis’ ex-wife Priscilla, wanted a “normal” life which was not possible with Elvis. However, they broke up on good terms and remained good friends until Elvis’ death.
Linda Thompson Honors and awards
Thompson won a BMI Film & TV Award in 1994 for Most Performed Song from a Film (“I Have Nothing”), composed by Thompson and David Foster for the soundtrack for The Bodyguard. She shared Special Recognition Awards in 1997 and 2004 with several others for work related to the Olympics, including lyrics for the official 1996 Olympic theme song, “The Power of the Dream”, sung by Celine Dion.
Linda Thompson Wealth
Linda’s wealth comes from songwriting, but she has worked on many TV shows as well. Some of her more famous songs have been played in the movies, Bodyguard and Pretty Woman. Linda got international fame as the long time girlfriend of Elvis Presley after he spilt from his wife. In 1977, she was seen on the TV series “Hee Haw”. She has appeared in many others such as Fantasy Island, Beverly Hills, 90210, The Fall Guy, and Vega$ among others. She has also worked in many movies such as the Rabbit Test, Three on a Meathook, RoboCop 2.
Thompson had a small role in the movie Bodyguard. She wrote lyrics for the theme song I Have Nothing – she is better known for this. She won a nomination for an Academy Award for the Best Original Song in a Motion Picture. She has also appeared in a workout video by her then husband Bruce Jenner. Linda featured in four documentaries about Elvis Presley, and in Princes of Malibu, a reality show about the efforts of her then husband to improve her two sons. She is now seen as herself in the reality series “The Hills”, and “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”. In 1991, she married David Foster, but again filed for divorce in 2005.
Linda Thompson songwriter/lyricist
Linda Thompson Thompson was Miss Shelby County (1969) In September 1970, she was named “Miss Mid-South Fair” at Memphis. Some of her other titles are, “Miss Liberty Bowl”, “Memphis State’s Golf Queen”, “Miss Okra” (Bells, Tennessee), and MSU’s Homecoming Court. In 1970, Thompson was named “Miss Memphis State University” and was third runner-up in the 1970 Miss Tennessee pageant (which is the state preliminary to the Miss America pageant).
Thompson was Miss Tennessee Universe in 1972, which is also known as Miss Tennessee USA and under the Miss USA and Miss Universe umbrella: I was Miss Tennessee. I was Miss Tennessee Universe in 1972, and Elvis was Elvis. And I was invited to go to the Memphian Theater, which he rented out after midnight to screen films. … So, I was invited to go to the theater. And Miss Rhode Island, Jeannie LaMay, was my roommate in the Miss USA pageant. She was living in Memphis. And she and I went to the theater and were introduced to him properly.
Jeanne LeMay Dumas, Thompson’s best friend, recounts this first meeting with Elvis in an interview for her book, Elvis, Linda and Me” and later became Elvis’ personal secretary. Dumas said: Like most people, I was a huge Elvis fan and never dreamed I’d get to meet him, much less have the experiences I ended up sharing with him and Linda. I’ve always in my heart felt it was fate, destiny, whatever you want to call it, that first brought me and Linda Thompson together as roommates at a beauty pageant in Puerto Rico. She was Miss Tennessee and I was Miss Rhode Island.
Linda Thompson Actor
In 1977, Linda Thompson became a regular actor host on the television series Hee Haw. She later had small one-episode roles in such television series as CHiPs, Starsky & Hutch, Vega$, Fantasy Island, The Fall Guy and Beverly Hills, 90210. He starred in several television pilots, including “Mars Base One” and “Two for Two”. She appeared in several films, including Rabbit Test (1978) and Original Intent (1991). She had a small role in The Bodyguard (1992).
She appeared as Linda Jenner in a workout video by then-husband Bruce Jenner (now known as Caitlyn Jenner), had four documentaries about Elvis Presley between 1997 and 2004, and in the short-lived Princes of Malibu, a reality series about then-husband David Foster’s efforts to improve her two sons and herself.
Linda Thompson Songwriting
Linda Thompson began her career as a lyricist with the Kenny Rogers single “Our Perfect Song” from his album The Heart of the Matter (1985). Thompson collaborated with composer Richard Marx on Josh Groban’s first hit record, “To Where You Are”, with composer Steve Dorff on the Celine Dion hit “Miracle”, with Andreas Carlsson for “Drowning” by the Backstreet Boys, and composer
David Foster was on several compositions, including “No Explanation” for the film Pretty Woman (1990), and “I Have Nothing” for the film The Bodyguard (1992), for which they were nominated both for the Academy Award for Best Song in 1993 and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television in 1994, and “Grown-Up Christmas List”.
In 1999, Linda Thompson, Clint Eastwood and Carole Bayer Sager wrote “Why Should I Care” for the film True Crime. In 2001, she wrote “Drowning” for the American boyband Backstreet Boys. In 2011, Thompson, Foster and Jackie Evancho collaborated on the title track for Evancho’s album Dream With Me. He and Foster received the 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for “Aren’t They All Our Children” for “The Concert for World Children’s Day”, which aired November 14, 2002.
Linda Thompson Honors and awards
Linda Thompson won a BMI Film & TV Award in 1994 for Most Performed Song from a Film (“I Have Nothing”), composed by Thompson and David Foster for the soundtrack for The Bodyguard. She shared Special Recognition Awards in 1997 and 2004 with several others for work related to the Olympics, including lyrics for the official 1996 Olympic theme song, “The Power of the Dream”, sung by Celine Dion
Linda Thompson look alike with Caitlyn Jenner
Linda Thompson Movies
- The Bodyguard
1992 - RoboCop 2
1990 - Three on a Meathook
1972
Linda Thompson Songs
- To Where You Are Josh Groban · 2001
- I Have Nothing Whitney Houston
- Voices That Care David Foster · 1991
- Tell Him (Duet with Barbra Streisand) Celine Dion · 1997
- Love Lights the World David Foster · 1994
- Why Should I Care Diana Krall · 1999
- You’re Still You Josh Groban · 2001
- All I Know of Love Barbra Streisand · 2002
- Dream With Me Jackie Evancho · 2011
- Tell Him David Foster
- Goodbye Air Supply · 1993
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