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Date and Issue: Number 99 / 1984.
Wonder Woman! Lynda Carter played the part of Wonder Woman on TV for years. For five years, Lynda made Wonder Woman famous. By the time the show ended she was making a million dollars a year. Lynda is a very big star.
She has come a long way. She changed her name from Linda to Lynda when she was a little girl. "My mother named me Linda because it's Spanish and she is Spanish and Mexican," she says, 'but I changed it in grade school." Lynda was making $25 a week when she was 15 years old singing in nightclubs. 'But I wouldn't let a daughter go on the road the way my mother let me," she says.
Lynda was on her own for years. People told her that she'd never make it as a singer or actress. "Everyone tried to discourage me," Lynda says. 'They said I Was too tall, too this, too that. It's easy to forget how hard it was. When I needed encouragement the most, I never got it.'
Getting the part of Wonder Woman on TV was a big break for Lynda. And she made the most of it. When the series came to an end, Lynda and her former husband Ron Samuels threw a big party in Las Vegas. Ron, who was also Lynda's manager, put together a show at Caesar's Palace. Lynda got to sing and dance on stage for the first time in years. The show was a big success, and Lynda soon became as famous for her singing and dancing as she was for her acting. Since then, she has been in many TV musicals and movies.
Lynda plans to be in show business for a long time. It took a while for people to take her seriously, but now Lynda is a respected actress. She can make movies or TV shows, and she loves to sing. But Lynda knows that she'll always be Wonder Woman to millions of people who have watched the re-runs of the show for years. "It's in re-runs every day all over the world," she says. So the next time you watch Wonder Woman on TV, remember that Lynda Carter is a woman who has done real wonders with her life.
Questions
1. The main idea of this story is...
a. Lynda's mother is Spanish and Mexican.
b. Lynda is a big star as Wonder Woman and in other roles.
c. Lynda threw a big party after the last Wonder Woman show.
2. True or false?
a. Lynda made a million dollars the last year of Wonder Woman.
b. For years, people told Lynda she should be in the movies.
c. Lynda's former husband's name is Ron Samuels.
3. Lynda changed her first name when she was little. What was it before?
4. It sounds like
a. Lynda hated playing Wonder Woman.
b. Lynda liked playing Wonder Woman but is glad to be doing new shows.
c. Lynda wishes she could just be Wonder Woman forever.
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