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Biography

Lynda Carter is 5'9" tall and of Irish/Hispanic descent. She is the youngest of three siblings (one brother and one sister) and started performing…more

Born

7/24/1951, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Birth Name

Linda Jean Córdoba Carter

Gender

Female

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Star (4)

Role
- I Love the 70s
  Herself: Wonders of '70s
  - S 1: Ep 10 1979
    8/22/03
  - S 1: Ep 9 1978
    8/22/03
  - S 1: Ep 8 1977
    8/21/03
  - S 1: Ep 7 1976
    8/21/03
  - S 1: Ep 6 1975
    8/20/03
  - + 5 More Credits
- Hawkeye
  Elizabeth Shields
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Return
    5/14/95
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Bounty
    5/7/95
  - S 1: Ep 20 Hester
    4/30/95
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Plague
    3/5/95
  - S 1: Ep 18 Vengeance Is Mine
    2/26/95
  - + 17 More Credits
- Partners in Crime
  Carole Stanwyck
  - S 1: Ep 13 Double Jeopardy
    12/29/84
  - S 1: Ep 12 Getting in Shape
    12/22/84
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Strangler
    12/15/84
  - S 1: Ep 10 Fashioned for Murder
    12/8/84
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Setup
    12/1/84
  - + 8 More Credits
- Wonder Woman
  Princess Diana/(Yeoman) Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
  - S 3: Ep 24 Phantom of the Roller Coaster (2)
    9/11/79
  - S 3: Ep 23 Phantom of the Roller Coaster (1)
    9/4/79
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Man Who Could Not Die
    8/28/79
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Boy Who Knew Her Secret (2)
    5/29/79
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Boy Who Knew Her Secret (1)
    5/28/79
  - + 55 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 23: Ep 82 Show #3682
    6/3/85
  - S 21: Ep 62 Show #3462
    10/18/82
  - S 17: Ep 94 Show #3094
    7/16/79
  - S 16: Ep 82 Show #2982
    7/24/78
  - S 14: Ep 50 Show #2750
    2/25/76
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (41)

Role
- The Joy Behar Show
  Herself - Guest Panelist
  - S 2010: Ep 11 Lynda Carter & Alicia Silverstone
    10/13/09
- The Wendy Williams Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 37 Episode 37
    7/21/09
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 205 October 10, 2008
    10/10/08
- Smallville
  Moira Sullivan
  - S 6: Ep 18 Progeny
    4/19/07
- The Paul O'Grady Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 18 Episode 18
    10/5/05
- Law & Order
  Lorraine Dillon
  - S 16: Ep 2 Flaw
    9/28/05
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Lorraine Dillon
  - S 7: Ep 2 Design
    9/27/05
- 20/20
  Herself - Actor
  - S 26: Ep 46 Choking Games
    7/29/05
- Hope & Faith
  Summer
  - S 1: Ep 9 Phone Home for the Holidays
    11/21/03
- The View
  Guest Co-Host
  - S 6: Ep 121 March 5, 2003
    3/5/03
- One Hit Wonders
  Interviewee (archive footage)
  - S 1: Ep 17 VH1's One Hit Wonders Presents: Star Tracks
    1/18/03
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 23 Lynda Carter
    5/5/02
- The Zack Files
  Record Executive
  - S 2: Ep 4 Groovin'
    10/8/01
- So Graham Norton
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 16 Episode 32
    3/10/00
- Intimate Portrait
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 45 Loni Anderson
    11/16/99
- Work With Me
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Best Policy?
    10/6/99
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 120 March 31, 1997
    3/31/97
  - S 7: Ep 20 September 23, 1994
    9/23/94
  - S 4: Ep 47 November 5, 1991
    11/5/91
  - S 4: Ep 34 October 17, 1991
    10/17/91
- One On One With John Tesh
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 31 October 21, 1991
    10/21/91
- The Chuck Woolery Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 23 October 16, 1991
    10/16/91
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
  Helen Durant
  - S 4: Ep 2 Murder Takes All
    5/21/89
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 37: Ep 4 Bob Hope With His Easter Bunnies & Other Friends
    4/19/87
  - S 36: Ep 1 Bob Hope Buys NBC?
    9/17/85
  - S 33: Ep 7 Happy Birthday, Bob!
    5/23/83
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 6: Ep 6 Show #0824
    2/11/87
- Good Morning America
  Herself
  - S 12: Ep 245 December 9, 1986
    12/9/86
- Entertainment Tonight
  Herself
- The Midnight Special
  Herself, host
  - S 9: Ep 19 Host: Lynda Carter
    2/6/81
- American Music Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 8: Ep 8 The 8th American Music Awards
    1/30/81
- The Dick Emery Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Dick Emery Hour
    12/3/80
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 154 May 2, 1980
    5/2/80
  - S 6: Ep 103 February 12, 1980
    2/12/80
  - S 6: Ep 78 January 7, 1980
    1/7/80
  - S 4: Ep 102 February 10, 1978
    2/10/78
  - S 3: Ep 32 November 3, 1976
    11/3/76
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Muppet Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 15 Lynda Carter
    2/14/80
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself/Co-host
  - S 18: Ep 72 December 14, 1979
    12/14/79
  - S 18: Ep 71 December 13, 1979
    12/13/79
  - S 18: Ep 69 December 11, 1979
    12/11/79
  - S 18: Ep 68 Week of December 10, 1979
    12/10/79
  - S 17: Ep 23 October 20, 1978
    10/20/78
  - + 10 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 70 December 12, 1979
    12/12/79
  - S 18: Ep 50 Week of November 12, 1979
    11/12/79
  - S 16: Ep 166 May 18, 1978
    5/18/78
  - S 16: Ep 23 October 5, 1977
    10/5/77
  - S 16: Ep 16 Week of September 26, 1977
    9/26/77
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 15: Ep 194 June 27, 1978
    6/27/78
  - S 15: Ep 42 November 1, 1977
    11/1/77
  - S 13: Ep 154 April 23, 1976
    4/23/76
- Circus of the Stars
  Performer
  - S 1: Ep 2 SPECIAL #2
    12/5/77
  - S 1: Ep 1 Special #1
    1/10/77
- The Jacksons
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 7 Episode #11
    3/2/77
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 34 January 3-9, 1977 (2)
    1/3/77
  - S 11: Ep 25 November 29-December 3, 1976 (NBC-TV)
    11/29/76
- Battle of the Network Stars
  ABC Team
  - S 1: Ep 1 Special #1
    11/13/76
- Starsky And Hutch
  Vicky
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Las Vegas Strangler (1)
    9/25/76
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Las Vegas Strangler (2)
    9/25/76
- Cos
  Self
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/19/76
- Matt Helm
  Bobbi Dee
  - S 1: Ep 12 Panic
    12/27/75
- Nakia
  Helen Chase
  - S 1: Ep 10 Roots of Anger
    11/30/74
- The Caroline Rhea Show
  Herself
  - — March 7, 2003

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- In late 2005, Lynda Carter took the role of Matron Mama Morton in the West End production of Chicago.
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- After returning to the screen with "Sky High" and "The Dukes of Hazzard" and then doing TV guest appearances on shows such as "Law and Order: SVU" as well as "Smallville," Ms. Carter returned to stage work May 1, 2007 when she headlined "An Intimate Evening with Lynda Carter" at the Empire Plush Room at the York Hotel in San Francisco.
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- Lynda attended every day of the BCCI scandal trial of her husband Robert Altman and his law partner, Clark Clifford.
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- Lynda Carter: Mexican food is my weakness. Thank God I live in Washington where it's horrible. They put in some tomatoes and bell peppers and call it salsa!
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- Lynda Carter: (Regarding life before Wonder Woman) To tell you the truth, I couldn't pay my next month's rent when I got the part. I was thrilled to have a pilot of my own.
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- Lynda Carter: (On updating the Wonder Woman TV series from World War II to the 1970's) I think they (CBS) wanted to retool it and modernize it when they bought it, so they weren't just buying the same show.
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