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 PLACE
OF BIRTH:
Phoenix, Arizona. |
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DATE
OF BIRTH:
June 24, 1954. |
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PARENTS:
Colby Carter (antique dealer) y Jean (business woman). |
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STUDIES:
High School. Music, singing and dances. Dramatic arts. |
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ARTISTIC
DEBUT: 16 years as a singer in a band. |
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BEAUTY
CONTESTS: "Miss Phoenix" (1972); "Miss Arizona", "Miss World
U.S.A.", runner-up "Miss Universe" in London. |
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MEASUREMENTS:
94-54-92 (38-25-35). |
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CAREER:
Small roles on cinema and TV. 1975-76 "Wonder Woman". |
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NOW
AND YESTERDAY IN $: Her first salary as a singer: 90 bucks a week.
Now CBS pays her a million dollar wage for 26 episodes a year. |
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MARITAL
STATUS:
Married to famous manager Ron Samuels. Lindsay Wagner introduced
them in 1976 in a party. They marry in 1977. |
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BIRTH
OF THE CHARACTER: Diana, "Wonder Woman" comes from a comic created
by Charles Moulton in 1942. |
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THE
CHARACTER: Inspired in SUperman and Batman, Moulton gives life to
Diana as an inmortal Amazon who with her mother and sisters
runaway from the domination of Greeks and Romans, 2000 B.C. in a
mythical island called Paradise. Air Force pilot Major Steve
Trevor crash lands on the island. As Diana Prince she becomes
Major Trevor's secretary in the States where she fighst the Nazis. |
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FROM
THE COMICS TO TV: Warner Bros gets the rights to make "Wonder
Woman". They hire a blonde actress called Cathy Lee Crosby and
shoot a pilot in 1974. It's a failure. But they insisted with
another actress: Lynda Carter. The new pilot airs on November 7,
1975. Huge success. |
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FIRST
AND SECOND SEASON: During the first season (1976-77) they shoot 14
episodes. Then they switch to CBS and they make 26 episodes
(1977-78). The action set changes from teh 40s to the 70s. Lynda
is still the immortal Wonder Woman and actor Lyle Waggoner, plays
Major Steve Trevor's son. There's a 22-episode third season. |
Date and Issue: Volume XVI / Number 778 /June 28, 1978.
