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name: "Linda Cristal"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 February 1931"
died: "27 June 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T03:46:10.134997+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Linda Cristal

Actor. Born 23 February 1931 in Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina. Died 27 June 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 February 1931, Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina
- **Died:** 27 June 2020
- **Also known as:** Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Cristal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437034, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94776

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Alamo*](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md) (50)

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## Biography

Linda Cristal (born Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges) was an Argentine-American actress. Born on 23 February 1931 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, she studied at the Conservatorio Franklin in Uruguay before beginning her career in Mexican films in the early 1950s. She made her Hollywood debut in *Comanche* (1956) and appeared in Westerns including *The Perfect Furlough* (1958), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.

Cristal played Flaca in John Wayne’s *The Alamo* (1960) and Elena de la Madriaga in *Two Rode Together* (1961). She starred as Victoria Cannon in the NBC series *The High Chaparral* (1967–1971), winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1970 and receiving two Emmy nominations. She also appeared in *Bonanza*, *Mr. Majestyk* (1974) and *The Love Boat*. Cristal died on 27 June 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Alamo* (1960), Fi1m 50, as Flaca — [page](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Condominium* (1980), series, as Carlotta Churchbridge
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Elvira Monteverde
- *Love and the Midnight Auto Supply* (1977), as Annie
- *The Dead Don't Die* (1975), as Vera LaValle
- *El chofer* (1974), series, as Julia
- *Mr. Majestyk* (1974), as Nancy Chavez
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Search* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Marshal of Madrid* (1972), as Cesla Dobbs
- *Panic in the City* (1968), as Dr. Paula Stevens
- *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as Victoria Cannon
- *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1964), series, Actor
- *Slave Girls of Sheba* (1963), as Olivia
- *Two Rode Together* (1961), as Elena de la Madriaga
- *The Pharaohs' Woman* (1960), as Akis
- *The Alamo* (1960), as Flaca — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md)
- *Legions of the Nile* (1959), as Cleopatra alias Berenice
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Teresa
- *Cry Tough* (1959), as Sarita
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Louise
- *The Perfect Furlough* (1958), as Sandra Roca
- *The Fiend Who Walked the West* (1958), as Elena Hardy
- *The Last of the Fast Guns* (1958), as Maria O'Reilly
- *El diablo desaparece* (1957), Actor
- *Enemigos* (1956), Actor
- *Comanche* (1956), as Margarita
- *El 7 leguas* (1955), as Blanca
- *With the Devil in the Body* (1954), Actor
- *The Magnificent Beast* (1953), Actor
- *El lunar de la familia* (1953), Actor
- *Fruto prohibido* (1953), as Julia (sin créditos)
- *Genio y figura* (1953), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Linda Cristal](https://film.one/media/person/1240058/gallery-2f7c30cb6c56.jpg) Linda Cristal — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Linda_Cristal.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Linda Cristal as Victoria Cannon from the television program The High Chaparral.](https://film.one/media/person/1240058/gallery-a16b0e6514e1.jpg) Photo of Linda Cristal as Victoria Cannon from the television program The High Chaparral. — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Linda_Cristal_The_High_Chaparral_1967.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo of Linda Cristal from the television program The High Chaparral. (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1240058/gallery-73aed276c478.jpg) Publicity photo of Linda Cristal from the television program The High Chaparral. (1968) — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Linda_Cristal_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Eric Fleming and Linda Cristal from the television program Rawhide. Gil Favor (Fleming) battles to keep a Spanish countess (guest star Cristal) safe. (1959)](https://film.one/media/person/1240058/gallery-edbbd629ede5.jpg) Photo of Eric Fleming and Linda Cristal from the television program Rawhide. Gil Favor (Fleming) battles to keep a Spanish countess (guest star Cristal) safe. (1959) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Eric_Fleming_Linda_Cristal_Rawhide_1959.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Linda Cristal](https://film.one/media/person/1240058/gallery-af7841e84887.jpg) Linda Cristal — Image via TMDB
- ![Photo of Leif Erickson and Linda Cristal from the television program The High Chaparral (1970)](https://film.one/media/person/1240058/gallery-cde2e29a2f15.jpg) Photo of Leif Erickson and Linda Cristal from the television program The High Chaparral (1970) — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Leif_Erickson_Linda_Cristal_High_Chaparral_1970.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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