Linda Cristal
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| - | '''Linda Cristal''' <ref name="twp">{{cite book |last1=Aaker |first1=Everett |title=Television Western Players, 1960Ð1975: A Biographical Dictionary |date=2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476662503 |pages=112-113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltUkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1886&dq=%22Linda+Cristal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS95qqrfvfAhUFOa0KHb8_AQUQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Linda%20Cristal%22&f=false |accessdate=20 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref> 23 February 1931 – 27 June 2020)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Grimes|first=William|date=28 June 2020|title=Linda Cristal, Who Starred in ‘High Chaparral,’ Dies at 89|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/obituaries/linda-cristal-dead.html|url-status=live|access-date=28 June 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-FWWY-F?i=4020&cc=1849628 California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976]</ref><ref name=LamparskiR-1989-p44>{{cite book|last=Lamparski, Richard|title=Whatever became of-- ?|year=1989|publisher=Crown Publishers|isbn=978-0-517-57150-7|page=44}}</ref><ref name="ship">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL4-C9DC-V?cc=2691993 Passenger list: "In 1947 she was 16 years old".]</ref> was an Argentine actress. She appeared in a number of [[Western (genre)|Western]] films during the 1950s, before winning a [[Golden Globe Award]] for her performance in the 1958 comedy film ''[[The Perfect Furlough]]''. | + | '''Linda Cristal''' was an [[Argentine actress]]. She appeared in a number of [[Western (genre)|Western]] films during the 1950s, before winning a [[Golden Globe Award]] for her performance in the 1958 comedy film ''[[The Perfect Furlough]]''. |
| - | From 1967 to 1971, Cristal starred as Victoria Cannon in the NBC series ''[[The High Chaparral]]''.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=458|edition=2nd}}</ref> For her performance she won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]] in 1970, and received two [[Emmy Award]] nominations. | + | From 1967 to 1971, Cristal starred as Victoria Cannon in the NBC series ''[[The High Chaparral]]''. For her performance she won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]] in 1970, and received two [[Emmy Award]] nominations. |
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| - | Rumored to be the daughter of a French father and an Italian mother (however, documents indicate they were Spanish: Antonio Moya and Rosario P.<ref name="ship"/>), Cristal was born in [[Rosario, Argentina|Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina]].{{citation needed|date = June 2020}} Her father was a publisher who moved the family to [[Montevideo, Uruguay]] due to political issues. She was educated at the Conservatorio Franklin in Uruguay.<ref name="twp"/> | + | |
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| - | ==Career== | + | |
| - | [[File:Leif Erickson Linda Cristal High Chaparral 1970.JPG|thumb|Leif Erickson and Cristal in ''The High Chaparral'']] | + | |
| - | Cristal appeared in films in Argentina and Mexico before taking on her first English-language role as Margarita in the 1956 Western film ''[[Comanche (1956 film)|Comanche]]''.<ref name="twp"/> Following her [[Golden Globe Award]] for [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|New Star of the Year]] in ''[[The Perfect Furlough]]'' (1958), Cristal went on to roles in ''[[Cry Tough (film)|Cry Tough]]'' (1959), ''[[Legions of the Nile]]'' (1959), ''[[The Pharaohs' Woman]]'' (1960), and was asked by [[John Wayne]] to play the part of Flaca in his epic ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]'' (1960). In 1961 she had a key role in the western ''[[Two Rode Together]]''.{{cn|date=June 2020}} | + | |
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| - | Along with these and other film roles, Cristal appeared in episodes of network television series. She played a kidnapped Countess opposite [[Eric Fleming]] and [[Clint Eastwood]] in a 1959 episode of ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''. She also had a role as a female [[matador]] in [[NBC]]'s ''[[Tab Hunter|The Tab Hunter Show]]''. She also appeared in a 1964 episode, "City Beneath the Sea", on ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' and numerous other television episodes.{{cn|date=June 2020}} | + | |
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| - | Cristal semi-retired in 1964 to raise her two children. She was coaxed out of retirement when she became the last cast member to be added as a regular on the NBC series ''[[The High Chaparral]]'' (1967-1971). Her performance in the series, as Victoria Cannon, earned her two more Golden Globe nominations (winning [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress - Television Drama]] in 1968) and two [[Emmy Award]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Linda Cristal |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/linda-cristal |website=Golden Globe Awards |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |accessdate=20 January 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031440/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/linda-cristal |archivedate=20 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Linda Cristal |url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/linda-cristal |website=Emmy Awards |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |accessdate=20 January 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217235545/http://www.emmys.com/bios/linda-cristal |archivedate=20 January 2019}}</ref> | + | |
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| - | Cristal worked sparingly after ''The High Chaparral'', with a few television and film roles, such as the film ''[[Mr. Majestyk]]'' (1974) and the television miniseries ''[[Condominium (miniseries)|Condominium]]'' (1980). She last appeared in the starring role of Victoria "Rossé" Wilson on the Argentine television series ''Rossé'' (1985).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reichardt |first1=Nancy M. |title=LINDA CRISTAL NOT THE `RETIRING` TYPE|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-10-09-8802070064-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=24 June 2020|date=9 October 1988}}</ref> | + | |
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| - | Cristal's 1950 marriage was annulled after five days. On 24 April 1958, in Pomona, California, she married Robert Champion, a businessman. They divorced on 9 December 1959. In 1960, she married Yale Wexler, a former actor who worked in real estate. They divorced in December 1966.<ref name=twp/> | + | |
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| - | Cristal died at her home in [[Beverly Hills, California]] on 27 June 2020.<ref name=":0" /> | + | |
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Linda Cristal was an Argentine actress. She appeared in a number of Western films during the 1950s, before winning a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1958 comedy film The Perfect Furlough.
From 1967 to 1971, Cristal starred as Victoria Cannon in the NBC series The High Chaparral. For her performance she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1970, and received two Emmy Award nominations.
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Filmography
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Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1952 | Cuando levanta la niebla | amiga de Silvia | Uncredited |
| 1953 | Fruto de tentación | Julia | Uncredited |
| 1953 | El lunar de la familia | Rosita | |
| 1953 | La bestia magnifica (Lucha libre) | Uncredited | |
| 1953 | Genio y figura | Rosita | |
| 1954 | Con el diablo en el cuerpo | Emilia | |
| 1955 | El 7 leguas | Blanca | |
| 1955 | La venganza del diablo | Uncredited | |
| 1956 | Comanche | Margarita | |
| 1956 | Enemigos | Chabela | |
| 1957 | El diablo desaparece | Laura | |
| 1958 | The Last of the Fast Guns | Maria O'Reilly | |
| 1958 | The Fiend Who Walked the West | Ellen Hardy | |
| 1958 | The Perfect Furlough | Sandra Roca | |
| 1959 | Siete pecados | Irene | |
| 1959 | Cry Tough | Sarita | |
| 1959 | Legions of the Nile | Cleopatra alias Berenice | |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Flaca | |
| 1960 | The Pharaohs' Woman | Akis | |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together | Elena de la Madriaga | |
| 1963 | Slave Girls of Sheba | Olivia | |
| 1968 | Panic in the City | Dr. Paula Stevens | |
| 1974 | Mr. Majestyk | Nancy Chavez | |
| 1977 | Love and the Midnight Auto Supply | Annie |
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Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1959 | Rawhide | Louise | Episode: "Incident of a Burst of Evil" |
| 1961 | The Tab Hunter Show | Gitana | Episode: "Holiday in Spain" |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Melina Gounaris | Episode: "City Beneath the Sea" |
| 1967-1971 | The High Chaparral | Victoria Cannon | 96 episodes |
| 1971 | Cade's County | Celsa Dobbs | Episode: "A Gun for Billy" |
| 1974 | Police Story | Estrella | Episode: "Across The Line" |
| 1974 | El chofer | Julia | telenovela |
| 1975 | The Dead Don't Die | Vera LaValle | TV movie |
| 1980 | Condominium | Carlotta Churchbridge | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | The Love Boat | Evita Monteverde | Episode: "The Duel" |
| 1985 | Rossé | Victoria "Rossé" Wilson | Argentina, lead character |
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