- Linda Christian
Infobox Actor
name = Linda Christian
birthname = Blanca Rosa Welter
birthdate = birth date and age|1924|11|13
birthplace =Tampico ,Tamaulipas ,Mexico
spouse =Tyrone Power (1949-1956)Edmund Purdom (1962-1963)Linda Christian (born Blanca Rosa Welter on
November 13 ,1924 (some sources cite 1923) inTampico ,Tamaulipas ,Mexico ) is aHollywood movie actress whose career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the lastJohnny Weissmuller Tarzan film "Tarzan and The Mermaids" (1948). She is also noted for being the firstBond girl , appearing in a 1954 TV adaptation of theJames Bond novel "Casino Royale". In 1963 she starred in an episode ofThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour called "An Out for Oscar."Christian's mother was of Spanish, French and German descent, and her father was a Dutch executive with Royal Dutch/Shell.
She was first offered a movie contract after film scouts saw a picture of her at the beach taken by
Andre de Dienes .Linda Christian is famous for having wed (and
divorce d) fellow movie actorTyrone Power . She and Power are the parents of actressTaryn Power and singerRomina Power , one half of the famous singing duo Al Bano & Romina Power fromItaly .Linda Christian was also briefly married to the
Rome -based British actor (and one-time heartthrob)Edmund Purdom .Her younger sister, the late Ariadna Welter (1930-1998), was a well-known actress in the
Mexican cinema . Her most celebrated role was as 'Carlota Cervantes' inLuis Buñuel 's 'Ensayo de un Crimen' ("The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz ") in 1955. Ariadna continued to appear in movies and onsoap opera s in Mexico in her later years until her death in 1998.Christian's autobiography, "Linda", was published in 1962.
She is the subject of a well-known photograph published in the January 1, 1949 issue of Vogue, which can be seen on the Conde Nast web site (CondeNastStore.com).
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Persondata
NAME= Christian, Linda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Welter, Blanca Rosa
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1924-11-13
PLACE OF BIRTH=Tampico ,Tamaulipas ,Mexico
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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