Linda Moon was born in Dallas, Texas; her father was 3⁄4 Cherokee, and her English-Irish mother was descended from Carrie Nation.
After graduating from high school, she modeled for Neiman Marcus for seven years and married Ronnie George Redfearn, with whom she had two sons.
After that marriage ended, she moved to Los Angeles to work as the fashion coordinator at an I. Magnin store, and soon began acting full time.
Redfearn's first prominent role was as the "resident Indian" on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In starting in 1970.
[1] Other guest roles include appearances in The Quest, Police Woman, The White Buffalo, and the 1977 miniseries How the West Was Won.