| Biography | Nama : Lynda Carter
Birth Name : Linda Jean Cordoba Carter
Birth Date : 07/24/1951
Birth Place : Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Height : 5' 9"
Sex : F
Nationality : American
Occupation : Actress, singer
Spouse : Ron Samuels (May 28, 1977 - 1982), Robert Altman (lawyer, since January 29, 1984)
Claim Fame : As Wonder Woman in TV series "Wonder Woman" (1975)
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.
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