She was one of the first female icons in the science fiction world, wowing television audiences in the late 1970s with her sparkling spandex jumpsuits.
Her standout role in the 1979 theatrical film, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, made her a screen siren on the hit NBC series that ran until 1981.
The trailblazing former model later traded her space boots for stilettos to play the sensible and elegant Kate Summers in the 1980s sitcom Silver Spoons.
But this week the actress was barely recognizable as she went grocery shopping in Los Angeles.
The television star seemed keen to fly under the radar, wearing dark sunglasses and a baseball cap.
Can you guess who it is?
This pioneer for women in the science fiction world in the late 1970s and 1980s was almost unrecognizable during a rare sighting this week in Los Angeles
The actress was spotted at a car wash on Tuesday. She sat on a bench with her tablet while waiting for her BMW
The now 74-year-old Erin Gray, who made her name as the confident Colonel Wilma Deering in Buck Rogers, goes almost unnoticed.
That wasn’t always the case. During her heyday, when she commanded spaceship Ranger 3 with actor Gil Gerard, she was allegedly harassed.
The legendary actress was spotted in a rare public sighting on Tuesday as she stopped by a local car wash, according to exclusive photos from DailyMail.com.
Erin appears to be embracing her natural gray hair and kept it low key in a sporty all-black ensemble, wearing a black puffer coat, pants, sneakers and a small crossbody bag.
She sat outside on an outdoor bench with her tablet while waiting for her BMW.
Gray was known for wearing a shiny Lycra onesie on the hit TV series that ran from 1971 to 1981, and is credited with helping to start the spandex craze of the 1980s.
She became one of the first women to star in science fiction films before starring in the 1980s sitcom Silver Spoons with Ricky Schroeder.
Legendary actress Erin Gray’s standout role as Colonel Wilma Deering’s confident NBC sci-series Buck Rogers in the 25th century made her a screen siren in her iconic spandex suit. She is pictured on the left in 2015
The former sci-fi starlet, now 74, went virtually unnoticed as she stopped by a car wash in LA
She appears to be embracing her natural gray hair and kept it low key in a sporty all-black ensemble, wearing a black puffer coat, pants, sneakers and a small crossbody bag.
Gray, who splits her time between her native California and New York, has largely kept out of the spotlight in recent years.
She remained active in the science fiction universe in the years after her big break, guest-starring on the Star Trek Continues web series in 2014 and an episode of the comedy film review series Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 2017.
She has a son from her first marriage to Ken Schwartz and a daughter with second husband Richard Hissong.
Buck Rogers was created by Philip Francis Nowlan, and the character first appeared in Nowlan’s 1928 novel Armageddon (2419 AD)
Gray co-starred with lead actor Gil Gerard and Wilfrid Hyde-White in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century during its two seasons
She later starred in the 1980s sitcom Silver Spoons with Ricky Schroeder, Joel Higgins, Alfonso Ribeiro and Franklyn Seales.
The character was turned into a comic strip, which debuted in 1929, syndicated by the John F. Dille Co.
The story follows a man trapped in a coal mine during a cave-in, only to wake up 500 years in the future where he is tasked with helping in a war between gangs over what was once the United States of America.
The strip ran until 1967 and also spawned a number of comic books, radio adaptations and two TV shows, one in 1950 and the other in 1979, both of which were fairly short-lived.
In 2021, George Clooney is said to be looking to revive the beloved science fiction series as an executive producer through his company Smokehouse Pictures.