BIOGRAPHIES
LYNDA CARTER
24 July, 1951 Linda Jean Cordoba Carter is born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Colby Carter and Jean (Juana) Cordoba Carter.
1956 Linda appears on the Lew King Talent Show at age 5.
1960 Linda takes her first communion in the Roman Catholic Church in Phoenix.
1961 Linda’s parents, Colby and Jean, divorce, and Linda and her older brother and sister, Vincent and Pamela, live with their mother in Scottsdale, Arizona.
1965 Lynda (she changed her name in elementary school) starts to sing at the local pizza shop, “The Pizza Inn.” She will join several local bands, “The Relatives,” “Just Us” and "The Garfin Gathering” during the next few years.
1968 Lynda and “The Garfin Gathering” play for three months at the Sahara Hotel lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lynda is only 17 and must enter the building through the kitchen.
1970 Lynda graduates from the Arcadia Titans High School in Scottsdale. During her free hours and school vacations, she has been traveling with various bands. She will go to England where she will cut a demo record, but tired of being on the road, she quits the bands and returns to her family in Arizona.
1971 Lynda attends Arizona State University.
1972 Lynda enters and wins the beauty contests for “Miss Phoenix,1972”, and “Miss Arizona, 1972.”
1972-73 Lynda wins the “Miss World USA” contest on 1 September, 1972 and travels to London for the “Miss World” finals. She loses to Miss Australia, and returns to Phoenix.
1974 The TV movie “Wonder Woman” premiers with Cathy Lee Crosby in the role.
1974-75 Lynda goes to Hollywood, California, to study acting and try for roles in TV series and movies. She also models, and is on the cover album of "Burgundy.” She has several roles in series, among them “Nakia” and "Bobbie Dee” in “Matt Helm” and has a small part as “Zelda” in the pilot “Shamus: A Matter of Wife and Death.”
1975 Lynda is chosen by Stanley Ralph Ross for the role of "Wonder Woman” in his TV movie “The New Adventures of Wonder Woman.” It airs on ABC on November, 1975.
1975 Lynda stars with Marjoe Gortner in the feature film “Bobbie Joe & the Outlaw.”
1975-76 The series “Wonder Woman” is shown on ABC in several episodes, but not on a regular basis. The shows are set during WWII, and follow the descriptions of the original comics.
1976 Lynda makes a guest appearance as “Wonder Woman” on the Olivia Newton John Special.
12 April, 1976 Lynda appears in the premier episode of “Break the Bank.”
19 Sept. 1976 Lynda appears on the premier episode of "Cos” starring Bill Cosby.
25 Sept. 1976 Lynda guest stars in the two part episode of “Starsky and Hutch.”
13 Nov., 1976 Co-stars in “Battle of the Network Stars I” on ABC.
1977 Guest stars on “The Jackson’s” on CBS.
10 Jan., 1977 Performs in “Circus of the Stars I” on CBS (she rides a horse).
21 Feb., 1977 Starts as co-host for the week of the Mike Douglas Show.
28 May, 1977 Lynda marries her manager, Ron Samuels.
5 Dec., 1977 Performs in “Circus of the Stars II” on CBS (has knives thrown at her.)
1976-1979 “Wonder Woman” is dropped by ABC, but CBS picks it up as a full season series. They change the setting to modern day, and make “Diana Prince” a member of the IADC.
May, 1978 Lynda’s first record, “Portrait” by Epic Records is put out for sale.
14 June, 1978 Performs at “Turn of the Century” in Denver for 7 nights.
19 June, 1978 Opens her first solo nightclub act at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.
1979 “Wonder Woman”, not being renewed by CBS for a 3rd season, the last show airs on 9 September, 1979.
10 May, 1979 Receives the “Cappy” award from “Stunts Unlimited” Association.

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