Linda Christian
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Linda Christian (born Blanca Rosa Welter on November 13, 1924 (some sources cite 1923) in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico) was a Hollywood movie actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She is also noted for being the first James Bond girl, appearing in a 1954 TV adaptation of the Bond novel Casino Royale.
Christian's mother was of Spanish-French-German descent, and her father was a Dutch executive with Royal Dutch/Shell.
Linda was first offered a movie contract after film scouts saw a picture of her at the beach taken by Andre de Dienes.
Linda Christian is famous for having wed (and divorced, although both were Catholics) fellow movie actor Tyrone Power. She and Power are the parents of actress Taryn Power and singer Romina Power, one half of the famous singing duo Al Bano & Romina Power from Italy.
Linda Christian was also briefly married to the Rome-based British actor (and one-time heartthrob) Edmund Purdom.
Her younger sister, the late Ariadna Welter (1930 - 1998), was briefly an actress.
Her autobiography, Linda, was published in 1962.
