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No, actress Linda Christian portrayed the femme fatale in the 1954 live CBS one-hour TV version of Casino Royale that starred Barry Nelson as "Card Sense" Jimmy Bond. Christian had been a contract player for MGM and was once married to screen heartthrob Tyrone Power. She passed away this week after a battle with cancer at age 87.
Linda Christian was born in Mexico in 1923, the daughter of a Dutch engineer and a Mexican woman. Her real name is Blanca Rosa Welter, and Linda beauty became, starting the conquest of Hollywood. While still in high school, she wanted to become a doctor, but met the actor Errol Flynn and he convinced Blanca that she would succeed in films.
Jul 24, 2011 · Linda Christian, who was a Hollywood starlet in the 1940s when she married actor Tyrone Power and later become the first Bond girl in a TV adaptation of Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale," died Friday ...
Linda Christian. Actress. 13 November 1923 to 21 July 2011. An American actress once married to Tyrone Power, Christian appeared in such films as Up In Arms (1944), Green Dolphin Street (1947), Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948), The Happy Time (1952) and The VIPs (1964). She was also the first Bond girl, in the CBS adaptation of Casino Royale (1954).
Jul 25, 2011 · Linda Christian, the curvy Mexican movie star who is best remembered as the original Bond girl in a 1954 small-screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, died in Palm Desert, Calif. on Friday.
The Kiss of Death, Cavriana, 12 May 1957. The Kiss of Death ( Italian: Il Bacio della Morte ), also known as The Last Kiss ( Italian: L’Ultimo Bacio ), is a black and white photograph by an unknown author, taken on 12 May 1957. It depicts the moment in which Linda Christian kisses Alfonso de Portago at a brief stop during the 1957 Mille ...
Jul 23, 2011 · Linda Christian Obituary. PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Linda Christian, the Hollywood starlet of the 1940s who married heartthrob Tyrone Power and went on to become the first Bond girl, has died ...
