LINDA CRISTAL BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Linda Cristal was born on February 23rd, 1934 in Buenos Aires, Argentina with the birth name Marta Victoria Moya Burges. As a young child her parents immigrated to Uruguay after her father who was a publisher became involved in a political dispute. When she was only 13 years old her parents were killed in a road accident.
In 1950 she was discovered by a Mexican producer and director, Miguelito Aleman and begins working in the film industry. Some of her earlier film work were roles in, "Comanche" (1956) and "The Perfect Furlough" (1958). She then returned to Mexico to film, "Simon Boliver" (1960) and continued to travel back and forth between the United States and overseas to work in the industry.
She is most well known for her performance in "The High Chaparral" (1967) television series and some of her later work in, "Mr. Majestyk" (1964). In 1985 she went back to Argentina to star in a soap opera called, "Rossé" and then remained in her native country.
Linda Cristal married a total of three times and her first marriage was annulled. Her second time to marry was to Robert E. Champion in 1958 and they were also only together one year. She then married Yale Wexler in 1960 and they had two children together before divorcing in 1966.
In 1985 Cristal retired from the industry completely.
Filmography
1985 Rossé
1981 Fantasy Island
1981 The Love Boat
1980 Condominium
1979 Barnaby Jones
1977 Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
1975 The Dead Don't Die
1974 Police Story
1974 Mr. Majestyk
1974 El chofer
1972 Search
1972 Call Holme
1971 Bonanza
1971 Cade's County
1967-1971 The High Chaparral
1968 Panic in the City
1967 The Iron Horse
1966 T.H.E. Cat
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1963 Le verdi bandiere di Allah
1963 Alcoa Premiere
1963 General Hospital
1961 Two Rode Together
1961 The Tab Hunter Show
1960 La donna dei faraoni
1960 The Alamo
1960 Legions of the Nile
1959 Cry Tough
1959 Seven Sins
1959 Rawhide
1958 The Perfect Furlough
1958 The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958 The Last of the Fast Guns
1957 El diablo desaparece
1956 Enemigos
1956 Comanche
1955 La venganza del Diablo
1955 El 7 leguas
1954 With the Devil in the Body
1953 Genius and Figure
1953 The Magnificent Beast
1953 The Spot of the Family
1953 Forbidden Fruit
1952 Cuando levanta la niebla