Lynda CarterLynda Carter as Wonder Woman.Lynda Carter (born Lynda Jean Cordoba Carter on 24 July 1951 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actress. During her childhood she grew up as an avid reader of the Wonder woman comic books and usually imitated the idealism of a strong female character.She went to the Arcadia-itans High School in Phoenix where she found it difficult to be tall. However she decided to take up music and singing and was voted the most talented Student and decided to leave Arizona State University to pursue a career in music. As a singer she toured with several rock groups before returning to Arizona in 1972. It was her height at 5' 9" and beauty which lead her to enter a local beauty contest and she first achieved national fame when she won the title of Miss World USA in 1972, representing her home state of Arizona. After some acting classes at several New York Acting schools she began making guest appearances on Tv shows such as Starsky and Hutch, Cos and Nakia. However, her acting career did not take off until 1975, when she landed her starring role in the Wonder Woman television series of the 1970s. Her other credits include the title role in a 1983 biopic of Rita Hayworth and a variety of television specials. She has been married twice. Her first was to her former agent, Hollywood producer and manager Ron Samuels on May 28, 1977. They were divorced in 1982. The second marriage was to lawyer Robert Altman on January 29, 1984. This page about Lynda Carter includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Lynda Carter News stories about Lynda Carter External links for Lynda Carter Videos for Lynda Carter Wikis about Lynda Carter Discussion Groups about Lynda Carter Blogs about Lynda Carter Images of Lynda Carter |
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They were divorced in 1982. The second marriage was to lawyer Robert Altman on January 29, 1984. Dolores Costello is the grandmother of actress Drew Barrymore. Her first was to her former agent, Hollywood producer and manager Ron Samuels on May 28, 1977. Dolores Costello has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1645 Vine Street. She has been married twice. Her interview scenes were broadcast posthumously in 1980. Her other credits include the title role in a 1983 biopic of Rita Hayworth and a variety of television specials. She died from emphysema in Fallbrook, California in 1979. However, her acting career did not take off until 1975, when she landed her starring role in the Wonder Woman television series of the 1970s. Shortly before her death, she agreed to be interviewed for the documentary series Hollywood discussing her film career. After some acting classes at several New York Acting schools she began making guest appearances on Tv shows such as Starsky and Hutch, Cos and Nakia. She retired in 1943. It was her height at 5' 9" and beauty which lead her to enter a local beauty contest and she first achieved national fame when she won the title of Miss World USA in 1972, representing her home state of Arizona. Costello attempted to resume her career and achieved some successes, most notably in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). As a singer she toured with several rock groups before returning to Arizona in 1972. Her acting career became less of a priority for her following the birth of her children, however her marriage to Barrymore proved to be a difficult one due to his increasing alcoholism, and they were divorced in 1935. However she decided to take up music and singing and was voted the most talented Student and decided to leave Arizona State University to pursue a career in music. Costello spoke with a lisp, and found it difficult to make the transition to talking pictures, but after two years of voice coaching she was comfortable speaking before a microphone. During her childhood she grew up as an avid reader of the Wonder woman comic books and usually imitated the idealism of a strong female character.She went to the Arcadia-itans High School in Phoenix where she found it difficult to be tall. In 1926 she starred along with John Barrymore in The Sea Beast and after a two year affair, the couple married in 1928. Lynda Carter (born Lynda Jean Cordoba Carter on 24 July 1951 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actress. By the mid twenties, she had become a successful and highly regarded film personality in her own right, and as a young adult her career developed to the degree that in 1926 she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star, and had acquired the name "The Goddess of the Silver Screen". The two sisters appeared on Broadway together and their success resulted in contracts with Warner Brothers Studios. She made her first film appearances, along with her sister Helene, as a child in her father's films. Costello was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of actors Maurice and Mae Costello. Dolores Costello (September 17, 1903 - March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. |