Linda Christian
Nacimiento : 1923-11-13, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Muerte : 2011-07-22
Historia
Linda Christian (born November 13, 1923) is a Mexican movie actress, who filmed films in Mexican cinema and in Hollywood, her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film Tarzan and The Mermaids (1948). She is also noted for being the first Bond girl, appearing in a 1954 TV adaptation of the James Bond novel Casino Royale. In 1963 she starred in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, "An Out for Oscar".
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Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
Documentary that traces the tangled rights to Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale," the first James Bond story, which took over a half century to reach the screen in recognizable form.
Herself
The One, The Only, The Real Tarzan is a compelling look at the turbulent life of Johnny Weissmuller, the Olympic champion who became the most famous Tarzan of the movies.
Linda Christian
The Narrator
A mysterious murderer has already killed seven people using the deadly venom of a snake from Martinique which causes immediate death with the victim's face turning into a horrible mask. A young and ingenious police lieutenant is called on the case
Mother of Lorena
The son of a rich industrialist forces a woman to become his fiancée by threatening to bankrupt her parents — until an unlikely hero steps in.
Laura Vivaldi
Aided by a chauffeur and a butler, a student of humble means pretends to be wealthy in order to attract the romantic interest of a rich girl.
Lucy's Mother
A young man is chosen by a magazine company to be a modeled into a public heart-throb while being dogged by a persistant reporter out to expose the fraud the company is putting out.
Ellen Martens
Painter Peter Hartman is arrested at the scene of a murder. He soon turns out to have ties to the victim's young widow. As Inspector Stroomer begins to unravel the mystery, two very different sides of the story are presented to him. Now it is up to Stroomer to find enough photographic evidence to make out which version is the truth.
Linda, American woman
El joven andaluz Miguel se hace torero como única salida para no morirse de hambre y poder hacer fortuna. (FILMAFFINITY)
Self - Rose of England Judge
A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.
Minelli
A young German comes to Rome on vacation and is not slow to win female hearts. When the game become dangerous due to a possible marriage, the young man returns to his homeland.
Miriam Marshall
Frances, la esposa del magnate financiero Paul Andros, se dirige al aeropuerto para comenzar sus vacaciones en Jamaica. Paul tiene fama de convertir en dinero todo lo que toca, pero no ha sabido ganarse el amor de su mujer. La niebla cada vez se hace más intensa en el aeropuerto y los pasajeros tienen que esperar en la sala de espera...
Eva
When a robbery goes wrong the only survivor tries to smuggle himself across the border by hiding in a coffin. When he gets out of the coffin he finds himself locked in a morgue freezer with three dead bodies. While trying to escape the morgue and his isolation he slowly starts going mad and hallucinating. Throughout the film he is haunted or menaced by a woman who may or may not be real. Unique and strange film that gets more and more weird as it goes along.
Bianca Milan
A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a satanic cult.
Vilma Cortini
Mercedes Barock
Una niña de nueve años intenta encontrar una nueva mujer para su padre, un cantante viudo. Película de comedia italiana de 1960 dirigida por Mario Mattoli y protagonizada por Domenico Modugno.
Grace McNaughty
Elsa
Un hombre misterioso le ofrece una gran suma de dinero al dueño de un pequeño barco para que lo lleve a un puerto holandés. Cuando el capitán de la embarcación va a despertar al pasajero, descubre que ha muerto y que tiene en su poder el plano de un tesoro. (FILMAFFINITY)
Maria Ramon
A luminously beautiful, provocative young woman is rescued near a small fishing village on the Spanish coast. The scene is set for a drama of dangerous passion that threatens to tear apart the simple, tranquil life of the village forever.
Beth Hallson
Un fiscal y un cantante se enamoran de dos hermanas, pero la convivencia con su extravagante familia no será del todo agradable.
Valerie Mathis
El Deuxieme Bureau y la CIA contactan al experto jugador de cartas americano Jimmy Bond para que trabaje con ellos. Esa noche, en el Casino Royale, deberá ganarle a un hombre conocido como Le Chiffre, quien en realidad es el jefe del espionaje soviético en la región.
Princess Panthea
The Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the meantime Cyrus, king of the Persians, who has been living as a shepherd, is proclaimed king and defeats Nebuchadnezzar.
Mignonette Chappuis
A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.
Jeanne
Una banda de mineros buscadores de oro se unen para enfrentarse a un terrateniente que, además de intentar aprovecharse de ellos, está intentando sabotear el movimiento que intenta unificar el territorio de California.
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Tercera versión de Hollywood del "fenómeno Broadway" y de las vidas y amores de unos coloridos personajes a bordo de un barco-teatro en el río Mississippi a principios del siglo XX.
Mara
La última ocasión en la que Weissmuller ofrece su grito de guerra en su papel de hombre-mono. Pero no antes de cumplir la misión de rescatar a una bella sirena que es forzada a contraer matrimonio con un impostor que se hace pasar por el Dios Balu. Tarzán incluso llega a estar atrapado por un pulpo gigante cuando trata de llevar la calma a una comunidad de buscadores de perlas.
Hine-Moa
Melodrama de época en el que dos hermanas están secretamente enamoradas del mismo hombre. Una estúpida confusión hace que William tenga que casarse en contra de su voluntad, con la que él no ama. Esto hará cambiar el destino de todos, causándoles amargas desdichas.
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
A doctor answers a suicide call in a Latin nightclub.
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Comedia musical sobre un hipocondríaco que tiene que trabajar como ascensorista en un hospital.
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Por una antigua rencilla familiar, el terrateniente Braulio Valdivia recuerda a su nieto Felipe y a Manuel que deben liquidar a Fernando Iturriaga. Al mismo tiempo, desde España llega María Ángela, también nieta de don Braulio y novia desde la infancia de Manuel. La joven se enamora de Fernando, pero se compromete con Manuel para evitar el derramamiento de sangre. Peleas, fiestas y serenatas serán parte del repertorio folklórico de una trágica historia. (FILMAFFINITY)
