- Born
- Birth nameLinda Joyce Bloodworth
- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason was born on April 15, 1947 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Designing Women (1986), Bridegroom (2013) and Evening Shade (1990). She has been married to Harry Thomason since July 23, 1983.
- SpouseHarry Thomason(July 23, 1983 - present)
- Her first TV script was co-written with Mary Kay Place for the TV series M*A*S*H (1972).
- When developing the series, Designing Women (1986), she wrote the scripts for the first 35 episodes.
- In 1989, she set up the Claudia Company (a foundation named after her mother) to provide accelerated educational programs for high school girls in Missouri and Arkansas.
- Linda and her husband became the unofficial media advisers for Arkansas governor Bill Clinton, an old friend, during his run for the presidency in 1992. Linda produced the documentary film on Clinton, The Man from Hope (1992), shown at the Democratic National Convention in July 1992, and suggested that Clinton walk from the basement of Macy's, in Manhattan, to Madison Square Garden, the site of the convention, on the night of his nomination.
- She and her husband head the production company Mozark Productions.
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