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Date and Issue: Number 77, November 11, 1989.
Actress Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman in the popular TV series of that name, has swapped the bright lights and glamour of Hollywood, for the quiet life of motherhood in Washington DC.
The former beauty queen, winner of Miss USA in 1972, moved to the US capital five years ago with her lawyer husband Robert Altman. Now she spends her time looking after their 21-month-old son James Clifford - and she's loving every minute of it.
If you'd told me years ago that I'd be living in Washington , I'd have said you were mad," says the 38 year-old actress. "But I really like my life now."
Since Jamie was born on 14 January 1988, Lynda has appeared in Murder Takes All, a Mike Hammer TV film, with Stacey Keach, yet to be shown in Britain. And she's hoping her career will go in a new direction: "I am starting to be considered for plays and m, as opposed to only TV work, and I am studying drama in New York four or five days a week, which is probably one of the most rewarding experiences of my career.
"Now I really feel that I've got my priorities right in life. When I became somebody's mother, I gained an entirely different perspective on my own life. You become less wrapped up with yourself and start thinking about your responsibilities.
I am more serious about things now. I suppose I've grown up. And my instinct is that my acting will take on a new dimension, too. I have a different kind of commitment to my work than I had before."
Her last five years in Hollywood were difficult: "The only thing that made me happy during that period was work - and I worked mostly non-stop. My ex-husband, Ron Samuels, was also my manager, which meant that I was the breadwinner," she says.
"If I didn't work, no money came in. Whether he could buy a new car depended on whether I did well. I'm not bitter about it, but I'm realistic. A woman can't grow under those circumstances.
"I thought about having children at the time, but I wasn't ready. I'd never met a man I wanted to have a child with, until I met Robert. When we married, it was the first time in my life somebody was taking care of me. I'd always been the strong one.
"I don't have to work now, work because I want to." The family home is a brick house which sits on a hill in a leafy Maryland suburb. The couple had u built in Georgian style , with high-ceilinged rooms, and a grand hall with sweeping staircase. There's a tennis court and swimming pool in the seven-acre garden.
Lynda has found her quieter life has brought new interests: "I read a couple of books a week now, and I'm the Red Cross National Chairman for Infants' and Children's Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation."
Lynda also still works at keeping her famous figure: "I have always had to watch what I eat and I really think the only way to lose weight is to count calories. I have a gym downstairs and a pool. I also play tennis, race-walk and have a pair of roller-skates."
Little Jamie can already read some letters of the alphabet, and Lynda is ustly proud. of his achievements.
"I know every mother thinks her child is a genius," she says, "but he is quite advanced for his age. I used to talk to Jamie before he was born. We decorated his room in primary colours. instead of pastels, and play all kinds of music as a stimulus. He s very inquisitive and doesn't like to be restrained, so he never had a playpen.
"Mothers can talk about their children forever," Lynda laughs. "My husband makes a face at me when I get on the subject of Jamie. If we have guests over and start, Robert says 'Lynda!' then he runs his forefinger across his throat and says, `Cut!' "
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