CRISTAL, LINDA

(1936 - )

   dark-haired Argentine actress (real name, Victoria Maya) who began appearing in Mexican films with 1952's La bestia magnífica (The Magnificent Beast). She was promoted to leading roles in a number of pictures produced by Raúl de Anda (such as Con el diablo en el cuerpo - With the Devil in the Flesh, 1954), but soon moved on to make Hollywood movies like Comanche (1956) and Cry Tough (1959), where she was almost always type-cast as a "fiery Latin." Also well-known for her TV series, "The High Chaparral."