Lindsay Wagner: Difference between revisions

Wagner was born in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bionic Woman Zeroes In on Series|author=Scott, Vernon|date=December 10, 1975|work=Los Angeles Times|page=G30|quote=Lindsay, born in Los Angeles 26 years ago, is a poised, confident young woman who did some teaching in a private school while working as an actress.|id={{ProQuest|157811604}}}}</ref> Following her parents' divorce,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner's attitudes spawned by hard childhood|author=Beck, Marilyn|date=March 11, 1976|page=26|quote=Her parents divorced while she was still young, and it's only as an adult that she has finally established a meaningful relationship with her father.|id={{ProQuest|1937151105}}}}</ref> her mother remarried, and the family moved to the Northwest, where Wagner graduated from [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]'s [[David Douglas High School]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Elisa|date=February 1, 2010|title=Bionic Woman' star to speak in Vancouver on domestic violence|url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2010/feb/01/bionic-woman-star-wagner-to-speak-in-vancouver/|work=[[The Columbian]]|access-date=June 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205160650/http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/feb/01/bionic-woman-star-wagner-to-speak-in-vancouver |url-status=live |archive-date=February 5, 2010 }}</ref><ref>[http://daviddouglashighschool.org/alumni/8073838/lindsay-wagner.html "Lindsay Wagner"]. DavidDouglasHighSchool.org. Retrieved October 1, 2023.</ref>

After graduation, Wagner spent a couple of months in France before enrolling at the [[University of Oregon]] for one year. Wagner then transferred to [[Mt. Hood Community College]], Gresham, for six months before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tv Talk 2: Exploring Tv Territory|last=Herz|first=Peggy|publisher=Scholastic; First edition|year=1976}}</ref> She was diagnosed with [[dyslexia]].<ref>{{cite news|titlework=USAToday.com|worktitle=Lindsay Wagner defeats dyslexia|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2002/05/01-wagner.htm|access-date=August 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/w5mS |archive-date=May 30, 2012 | date=May 1, 2002|quote="When Carolyn Brenner, founder of Tikvah, described dyslexia to me," says Wagner, "I realized that's what I have. I looked back at my life and saw it had informed everything. I was intelligent but couldn't get through a book.}}</ref>