Linda Christian

Linda Christian was born Blanca Rosa Welter on November 13, 1924 (some sources state 1923) in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, where her father was a Dutch executive with Shell Oil. Linda Christian is famous for having wed (and divorced, although both were Catholics) fellow movie actor Tyrone Power. She and Power are the parents of actress Taryn Power and singer Romina Power, one half of the famous singing duo Al Bano & Romina Power from Italy.

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Christian was also briefly married to the Rome-based British actor (and one-time heartthrob) Edmund Purdom.

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Her sister, the late Ariadna Welter (c.1930-1998), was briefly an actress.

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Her autobiography, Linda, was published in 1962.

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1924: 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar)....

Shell Oil: REDIRECT Royal Dutch Shell...

Tyrone Power: Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. (May 5, 1914–November 15, 1958), usually credited simply as Tyrone Power, was an American film actor who appeared in dozens of films in the 1930s to 1950s, usually as a swashbuckling hero, but often as a protagonist with a dark side....

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