Lynda Carter

Lynda Carter was born Linda Jean Córdoba Carter in Phoenix, Arizona. Her father, Colby Carter, was a white American, and her mother, Juana Córdoba, was Mexican. Carter grew up an avid reader of the Wonder Woman comic books. After starting as a student at Arizona State University, and after being voted the most talented student she dropped out in order to pursue a career in music. She toured as a singer with several rock groups before returning to Arizona in 1972. Later that year Carter entered a local beauty contest and achieved her first national fame by winning Miss World USA. As the United States entrant in the Miss World pageant she reached the semi-finals.







Next came acting classes in New York and eventually she began making appearances on TV shows such as Starsky and Hutch, Cos and Nakia and the B-movies including Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, her acting career however, did not take off until she landed her starring role in the Wonder Woman television series. Her earnest performance 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.

The original Wonder Woman Opening


Catfight! Wonder Woman vs. Nazi Linda Day George


Carter's other credits include the title role in a 1983 biopic of Rita Hayworth and a variety of television specials. She also starred in a couple of short-lived TV series, including Partners in Crime with Loni Anderson. During the late 1970s, she recorded the album Portrait and made numerous guest appearances on variety television programs in a musical capacity. She also sang two of her songs in the Wonder Woman episode "Amazon Hot Wax."

Lynda Carter on The Muppet Show!


Lynda Carter also sang Rubber Band Man on The Muppet Show


Lynda Carter - Battle of the Network Stars



If you want to check out Lynda Carter's album visit Wonderland for samples.

Toto (Don't it feel like Paradise) By Lynda Carter


In 2001, Carter was cast in the low-budget comedy feature Super Troopers as Vermont Governor Jessman. The writer-stars of the film, the comedy troop Broken Lizard with member Jay Chandrasekhar directing, had specifically sought Carter for the role, with plans to approach other television actresses of the 1970s had Carter declined. Carter had her first appearance in a major feature film in a number of years in the 2005 big-screen remake of The Dukes of Hazzard, also directed by Chandrasekhar. She also appears in the 2005 movie Sky High as Principal Powers, the head of a school for superheroes. The script allowed for Carter to poke fun at her most famous character when she states: "I don't know what else I can do for you kids. I'm not Wonder Woman."

Carter has also done voiceover work for video games, performing voices for the Nord and Orsimer (Orc) females in two computer games from The Elder Scrolls series. These are The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. These games were developed by Bethesda Softworks, of which her husband Robert Altman (not to be confused with the late Hollywood director) is Chairman and CEO.

Found this picture on my random wanderings online, anyone happen to know if it's real? I know Lynda was naked in Bobby Joe & the Outlaw but this is not from the movie but it doesn't look fake either...