[1] Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,[1] Linda Robinson attended Bishop Strachan School,[2] and then moved to the UK in 1965 to study acting.

[4] She was reunited with Macnee in a commercial for Laurent-Perrier champagne in the mid 1970s, which led to the series reappearing as The New Avengers,[6] although Thorson did not regain her role.

In 2002, Thorson portrayed a Supreme Court Justice in the movie Half Past Dead with Steven Seagal and Ja Rule, and appeared in the 2006 action sequel Max Havoc: Ring of Fire.

Thorson has performed in many dramatic and musical stage productions, including appearances on Broadway in Nell Dunn's Steaming and Michael Frayn's Noises Off!.

[citation needed] Thorson is bi-dialectal, speaking in her native Canadian accent when she is in North America, and Received Pronunciation when she is in the United Kingdom.