In the late ’70s, Gray was in high-demand as a television model and decided she wanted to act. She moved to Los Angeles and soon began booking roles on popular TV series, including Maud and The Rockford Files. Within a few years, she landed the part of a no-nonsense officer in a futuristic movie-turned-weekly-sci-fi-series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
When that show ended after two years, she took on the very different character of Kate Summers-Stratton, the love interest on the sitcom Silver Spoons, a job she loved because filming hours—built around the school schedule of young star Ricky Schroeder—gave her more time to spend with her young son.
