The actresses became friends through a mutual friend who was decorating Taylor's home
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- Linda Gray and Elizabeth Taylor became friends through a mutual friend who was decorating Taylor’s home
- The two actresses bonded quickly and gave each other playful nicknames based on their personalities and traits
- Gray described Taylor as funny and called her “a bawdy broad,” while Taylor nicknamed Gray “the b—- with the long legs”
Linda Gray is opening up about her close friendship with Elizabeth Taylor — and the nicknames the two had for one another.
Gray, who played Sue Ellen Ewing on Dallas for 14 seasons, said in a recent interview with the Celebrity Drop podcast that the two first connected via a mutual friend who was decorating Taylor's home.
"We met through mutual friends," Gray, 85, shared. "He was a decorator, a dear friend of mine, and he was doing Elizabeth's house, and they were great friends."
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She continued: "He had a home in the Hamptons [and] so he invited me to come and also Elizabeth to come and I thought, 'Well, this is great coincidence and wonderful.' "
The two actresses quickly connected, with Gray sharing that they even came up with nicknames.
"So, we get to talk together, have a little chat and have fun. And she said, 'Oh, she's the b—- with the long legs,' " Gray — whose legs were made famous on the cover of the film poster for 1967's The Graduate, shared.
She continued: "But anyway, we got to be friends and it was lovely.
Of Taylor, Gray — who rose to fame as Sue Ellen Ewing on Dallas for 12 seasons — added, "She was absolutely — she was funny and 'a bawdy broad' is what I called her and she called me 'the b—- with the long legs.' I called her 'a bawdy broad' and that was fun."
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Taylor died of congestive heart failure at age 79 on March 23, 2011.
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