Beautiful CrestHe, the Argentine actress who carried out almost his entire career in Hollywood and achieved popularity with the role of Victoria Cannon in the television series The great Chaparral, died at 89, on Saturday in California. The causes are unknown.
The Argentine Association of Actors reported it through a message published on their social networks, where together with a photo of Linda Cristal, her work in the world mecca of cinema is highlighted.
“In 1985, #LindaCristal made the soap opera in our country Rossé and participated in acts and events of the union. Our condolences to his family and friends, accompanying them in this hard time, “can be read on Twitter.
Argentine actress Linda Cristal died in the US. She pursued a successful film and television career in Hollywood. She is remembered throughout the world for her work in the series “El Gran Chaparral”. pic.twitter.com/FfLrd8Ulrg
– Argentine Actors Association (@actoresprensa) June 29, 2020
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In addition to his daily presence in homes in different parts of the world with the popular series, the actress had an extensive career in which she was directed by comedian Blake Edwards, John Ford and John Wayne, among others. Shared scenes alongside actors like Tony Curtis and Charles Bronson.
She was born in Rosario, Santa Fe with the name María Teresa Moya and emigrated with her family to Uruguay when she was a girl. After a traffic accident in the neighboring country, her father, an Italian magazine editor and her mother, of French origin, died. She was the only survivor. She was orphaned at 13 years old. Her brother took her care and supported her when she said she wanted to be an actress.
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After studying singing and dancing at the Franklin Conservatory in Montevideo, the actress moved to Mexico with her first husband, actor Tito Gómez, with the intention of entering a more important film market.
Linda Cristal’s Latin beauty and features, as she was renamed in the northern country, opened the doors of Hollywood, especially embodying an Argentine diva who stood between the couple formed by Tony Curtis and Janet Leight, in Vacation without clothes. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe for Best New Actress.
The popularity came from the hand of The great Chaparral, a series from the 1960s that competed with Bonanza among the preferences of the Argentine public.
Linda Cristal also occupied several pages in magazines for her romances with Adam West and Cary Grant, among other figures.. It was also rumored that she was one of Rock Hudson’s made-up girlfriends to hide her homosexuality. Linda remarried in the late 1960s to Yale Wexler, an actor with a golden cradle. With her she had two children, Jordan and Gregory.
The actress returned to the country in the late ’60s as a guest on several television programs and finally, in the’ 80s, led the cast of the soap opera Rossé, along with a young Gustavo Bermúdez.
After that, he gradually moved away from the cameras and chose a quiet life in California, with some vacation periods in his native country.
