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Linda Purl Net Worth, Age, Husband, Children, Parent, Movie

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Robert Clark

Updated on January 05, 2026

Linda Purl Net Worth, Age, Husband, Children, Parent, Movie – American actress and singer Linda Purl is best known for her roles as Ashley Pfister on Happy Days, Sheila Munroe in the 1982 horror movie Visiting Hours, Helene, Pam Beesly’s mother in The Office, and Charlene Matlock, Ben Matlock’s daughter, in the first season of Matlock.

Linda Purl biography

She grew up there and attended the Toho Geino Academy of Acting. Purl appeared in several plays at Tokyo’s Imperial Theatre, including Louis in The King and I, Bet in Oliver!, and Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker.

Purl returned to the United States when he was 15 years old. In Washington, Connecticut, she attended Wykeham Rise School, a private boarding school for girls that specializes in creative and performing arts.

She had a role on the soap opera The Secret Storm while she was still in high school. Purl left Finch College to study under Marguerite Beale in England before returning to the United States of America.

Linda Purl has appeared in several television shows, beginning with the daytime soap opera drama The Secret Storm. She starred as newlywed Molly Beaton in the ABC western drama series The Young Pioneers, set in Dakota Territory in the 1870s and based on Rose Wilder Lane’s novels, in 1978. She also co-starred with Shaun Cassidy in the 1979 television film Like Normal People.

In 1979, she also appeared in Women at West Point. She played two characters on Happy Days: Gloria, Richie’s occasional girlfriend in season two, and Ashley, Fonzie’s consistent girlfriend eight seasons later. She also played secret agent Kate Del’Amico in the short-lived series Under Cover, and Brett Robin in the series Robin’s Hoods.

Purl has appeared on numerous occasions in the international touring production of Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners. Marc Sinden directed her in November 2007 at the Théâtre Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo as part of Sinden’s British Theatre Season in Monaco.

Purl debuted as Amanda in a production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie at the Cleveland Play House in Cleveland, Ohio in 2008.

After leaving Matlock, Purl pursued a career in jazz music, releasing several albums, including Out of This World – Live.

Linda Purl age

Linda was born on September 2, 1955. Her age, as of 2022, was 67 years.

Linda Purl height

Her height is 1.65 meters.

Linda Purl family

She was born to Jewish parents, Raymond Charles Arthur Purl, a chemical industry executive, and Marshelline “Marshie” Purl. Mara is her sister.

Beatrice Saville, her grandmother, founded the Actors’ Equity Association. Purl moved to Japan with her family when she was five years old, where her father worked for Nippon Unicar.

Linda Purl husband

Purl has been married for four times and had four divorces. Her first marriage was to Desi Arnaz Jr., the son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, in 1979. It is on record that she filed for divorce on January 3, 1980, and the divorce was finalized later that year.

She married screenwriter William Broyles Jr. on November 5, 1988, and later divorced him.

Purl married British screenwriter and producer Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland, on July 23, 1993, and they have a son, Lucius, born on February 6, 1995.

They eventually divorced. She married James Vinson Adams on July 15, 2006. She has been in a relationship with Patrick Duffy since 2020.

Linda Purl children

Linda Purl has one child and the name of the child is Lucius Carey.

Linda Purl parents

She was born to Marshie Purl and Ray Purl.

Linda Purl movies

Some of the movies that she has starred include Broken Halos, The Swing of Things, Bender, Fear of the Dark, The Perfect Tenant, Mighty Joe Young, Born Free: A New Adventure, Natural Causes, Body Language, Visiting Hours, and The High Country.

Linda Purl net worth

Linda Purl’s reported net worth is $5 million.