Lindsay Wagner celebrates the 50th anniversary of Bionic Woman with heartfelt speech

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By HEIDI PARKER, US DEPUTY SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR

Published: 09:47 EST, 15 January 2026 | Updated: 10:49 EST, 15 January 2026

Lindsay Wagner has celebrated the 50 year anniversary of her show Bionic Woman.

'Today is the day — Happy 50th Anniversary to The Bionic Woman!' she wrote on her Instagram account on Wednesday.

She said in a video, 'Here we are 50 years from 1976, happy anniversary... I say happy anniversary to you [the fans] because without your support all these years we wouldn't be here, and I am so grateful.'

On the popular show - which aired for three seasons from 1976 until 1978 - she played tennis player Jaime Sommers who is rebuilt using technology after a sky-diving accident then becomes a government special agent.

Her frequent costar was Lee Majors' Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man.

The 76-year-old actress will the beloved series with Bionic 50, a virtual event offering never-before-released signed photos and signed printed copies of the final episode script, On The Run.

Wagner told People the virtual event is a celebration.

'[The fans] always want to ask me questions about, "How did you do this [in the show?]" but for me, I like to hear their stories. So I'm offering these video chats to have them call in and also talk to me about what it was like for them watching the show and [asl] "Who did you watch it with and what did you do and what did you think?"'

Wagner continued: 'Some of them are funny, some of them are very sweet, some of them are very kind of sad but but feel good in a way — that the show could bring somebody who was growing up in a very difficult family and they could escape into Bionic and think about Jamie and feel like somebody had their back.'

The Bionic Woman series is a spin-off from the 1970s Six Million Dollar Man television science fiction action show.

Though Bionic Woman was on-screen for only three seasons (from 1976 until 1978), it made a big impression on audiences.

This series is based on the adventures of Sommers, who almost dies while sky diving.

She is rebuilt bionically, just like her former fiancé, Steve Austin, who is the Six Million Dollar Man, played by Farrah Fawcett's ex-husband Lee Majors.

Sommers agrees to use her special skills - like being able to hear from far away and also being capable of running 60mph - to help the US government.

Often Lee would guest-star on Wagner's show. She also had a German Shepherd named Maximillian.

She got her break as a contestant on the game show The Dating Game in 1969; one of her potential suitors, whom she did not choose, was TV actor Roger Ewing.

Wagner landed a role on Adam-12, Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (co-starring Lee Majors), The FBI, Sarge and Night Gallery.

Between 1971 and 1975, she appeared in five episodes of Universal's Marcus Welby, MD and two episodes of The Rockford Files.

In 1973, Wagner was cast in Two People, which was her first feature film and her first lead role.

She also co-starred in The Paper Chase the same year.

In 1975, she got a role on Six Million Dollar Man then began the spin-off series, The Bionic Woman, in January 1976.

Following the cancellation of The Bionic Woman in 1978, Wagner joined the 1980 miniseries Scruples then co-starred as Sylvester Stallone's ex-wife in his 1981 movie Nighthawks.

In 1983, she also appeared in an episode of Lee Majors's series The Fall Guy.

Wagner was then in the action movie Ricochet (1991) and Buckaroo: The Movie (2005) then Four Extraordinary Women (2006).

In 2010, Wagner began Warehouse 13 then Alphas in 2011.

She appeared in Grey's Anatomy as Alex Karev's mother, Helen Karev, over two seasons.

In 2021, Wagner starred in the holiday romance film Christmas at the Ranch with Amanda Righetti. Wagner appeared in commercials as a spokesman for Southern California's regional Ford Motor Company dealerships from 1987 through 2000.

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