Actress Linda Christian died of colon cancer in Palm Springs, California, on July 22, 2011. She was 87. She was born Blanca Rosa Henrietta Stella Welter Vorhauer in Tampico, Mexico, on November 13, 1923, the daughter of a Dutch oil executive and his German-Mexican wife. She travelled the world with her family as a child, and became fluent in several languages. She made her film debut in the early 1940s and appearing in small roles in several films. She was featured as Mora in 1948's "Tarzan and the Mermaids" with Johnny Weissmuller. Christian was married to actor Tyrone Power from 1949 until their divorce in 1956. She was seen in several films in the 1950s including "Show Boat", "Slaves of Babylon", "The House of Seven Hawks", and "Rebel Flight to Cuba". She was the leading lady in the first screen adaptation of a James Bond adventure, co-starring with Barry Nelson and Peter Lorre in "Casino Royale" for television's "Climax!" in 1954. She also appeared in an episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour", and starred as cult leader Bianca Milan in the off-beat 1962 horror film "The Devil's Hand" with Robert Alda. She largely retired from the screen in the mid-1960s.
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