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My Take
What strikes me about Linda Cristal is the quiet audacity of her career. A girl from Buenos Aires walking into 1950s Hollywood, holding her own in Westerns, and then snatching a Golden Globe for The Perfect Furlough is no small feat for an outsider. Her long run as Victoria Cannon on The High Chaparral tells me she had staying power, not just a lucky break. I admire that she later wrote her own memoir, refusing to let others narrate her life. In an era far less welcoming to immigrant actresses, she carved a real place for herself, and that grit earns my respect.
Overview
Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges (24 February 1931 – 27 June 2020), known professionally as Linda Cristal (Spanish: [kɾisˈtal]), was an Argentine-American actress. She appeared in a number of Western films during the 1950s, before winning a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1958 comedy film The Perfect Furlough. From 1967 to 1971, Cristal starred as Victoria Cannon in the NBC series The High Chaparral.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Linda Cristal
- Name (Japanese)
- リンダ・クリスタル
- Reading
- りんだ・くりすたる
- Born
- February 23, 1931 – June 27, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / autobiographer / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Autobiographer — see all → · More people from Argentina →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.