Lynda Carter - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

She entered a local beauty contest and achieved her first national fame by winning Miss World USA in 1972 representing Arizona. After taking acting classes at several New York acting schools, she began making appearing on TV shows such as Starsky and Hutch, Cos and Nakia and B-movies including Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976), which featured nude scenes of her skinny dipping. However, her acting career did not take off until she landed her starring role in the Wonder Woman television series. Her earnest performance as the scantily clad superhero endeared her to fans and critics and the series lasted for three seasons. Thirty years after first taking on the role, Carter continues to be closely identified with Wonder Woman, so much so that it has proved difficult for producers to find a suitable candidate to play the character in subsequent aborted productions (work on the most recent attempt was announced in 2005). 

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Lynda Carter Photo Galleries	# of Pictures
Glamour	12
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	26
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	19
Glamour + Screen Capture	10
Screen Capture	2