Linda Cristal

Linda Cristal

Date of Birth: February 23, 1931
Date of Passing: June 27, 2020
Birthplace: Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Obituary: Hollywood Reporter

Linda Cristal was an Argentine-born actress.

Cristal appeared in films in Argentina and Mexico before landing a role in George Sherman's Comanche (1956).

She went on to appear on the big screen in The Last of the Fast Guns (1958), The Perfect Furlough (1958), Siete pecados (1959), Legions of the Nile (1959), The Alamo (1960), The Pharaohs' Woman (1960), Two Rode Together (1963), Panic in the City (1968), and Mr. Majestyk (1974).

Linda Cristal was an Argentine-born actress.

Cristal appeared in films in Argentina and Mexico before landing a role in George Sherman's Comanche (1956).

She went on to appear on the big screen in The Last of the Fast Guns (1958), The Perfect Furlough (1958), Siete pecados (1959), Legions of the Nile (1959), The Alamo (1960), The Pharaohs' Woman (1960), Two Rode Together (1963), Panic in the City (1968), and Mr. Majestyk (1974).

Cristal is perhaps best known for her role as Victoria Cannon in the television series The High Chaparral, a role for which she earned Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (1968), and a Leading Role (1971).

Cristal also had recurring roles in several other television productions including General Hospital, Rossé, Condominium, and El chofer, and she guest starred in The Love Boat, The Dead Don't Die, Police Story, Cade's County, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Rawhide.

Cristal died June 27, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California. She was 89.

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