Linda Christian

Overview

Linda Christian was born Blanca Rosa Welter, to a Dutch father, Gerardus Jacob Welter, and a Mexican-born mother, Blanca Rosa Vorhauer. Her Father was an executive with Royal Dutch Shell and Christian traveled extensively as a result living in South Africa, Romania, Germany, France, Switzerland, England, and Palestine at various times during her childhood This was beneficial in that the little girl - a very good pupil at school - eventually was able to speak seven languages. She also turned into a shapely young lady who won a beauty contest. She started studying medicine in Palestine but had to be repatriated to the USA due to the international situation. She landed in Los Angeles and naturally considered a movie career there. She studied drama but got only minor parts for years. She really became famous when she married Tyrone Power, and her career somewhat improved. But it is scandal more than her film roles that long made her a favorite of the celebrity press rather than of specialized movie magazines.
- IMDb mini biography by: Guy Bellinger

In his autobiography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways" Errol Flynn says he met Linda Welter in a Mexico City bar and took her to Acapulco. She told him she had never been to the US and wanted to go. He offered a contract and, after she got to Hollywood, paid Dr. Bill Wallace to fix her teeth. Flynn had once played Fletcher Christian, and changed her name to Linda Christian.
Was the very first "James Bond" girl, appearing in a TV adaptation of the Bond novel "Casino Royale" in 1954, Casino Royale (1954).
During the late 1940s she roomed with Ruth Roman and five other aspiring actresses. They called the residence "The House of Seven Garbos.".
Attended universities in Mexico, Venezuela, Palestine, South Africa, Holland and Italy.
Mother of actress Taryn Power and actress Romina Power.

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