lindsay wagner became an icon. she won an emmy as the bionic woman in the '70s.aster and stronger with her bionic strength. she became a government agent. >> fast-forward, she is still on the big screen. she is playing in a biblical drama called "sampson." she is the mother of that icon. you have to go down memory lane with us. we brought our bionic woman doll. this has been in hoda's closet since she was 10 years old. do you have fond memories of it? >> oh, sure. fond and grueling, when you're the sole star. they don't do that a lot. it's a lot of groups that are starring in a show. everything is on you. and we didn't have all the special effects that you can do things today. you know, second units where they go out and they do the stuntwork and you do the acting part. we did everything. it was just tough. >> you were so ahead of your time. we're talking about how you would say things to the director and things like, i don't want to be a guy in a skirt. i want to be who i am. that took courage, didn't it, to stand up then and talk about those things? >> yeah. i