Happy Birthday Lynda Carter! She won Miss World USA in 1972. Her first television role was in the television drama, Nakia, playing Helen Chase. Her iconic part was the title role in Wonder Woman (1975-1979). In 1978, Carter released her first album, Portrait, and she sung two songs in the Wonder Woman episode, “Amazon Hot Wax” (1979). She played actress Rita Hayworth in the 1983 tv movie, Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess. In the frontier series based on James Fenimore Cooper, Hawkeye (1994-1995), Carter played Elizabeth Shields. She played Governor Jessman in the comedy Super Troopers (2001). Then, she starred in Sky High (2005), the high school for kids with super powers, playing Principal Powers. Carter played Pauline in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005).
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| Photo of Lynda Carter at her Walk of Fame ceremony, 2018, photo by the author. |
In the 2007 episode, “Progeny” for the Smallville series, Carter played Moria Sullivan, the mother of Chloe Sullivan given powers by Kryptonite. Carter began playing President Olivia Marsdin in the Supergirl series. In October 2006, on Wonder Woman’s 75th birthday, Lynda Carter attended an UN ceremony. It named Wonder Woman Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls with Gal Gadot. This was withdrawn after criticism in December. In 2009, Cater released another album, At Last. She returned to the role of Governor Jessman in Super Troopers 2 (2018). On April 3rd, 2018, Lynda Carter was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She released another album, Red Rock N’ Blues, that year. Happy Birthday Lynda Carter!
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