Today, Wonder Woman is one of the world’s most popular comic-book characters but that hasn’t always been the case. Before the Israeli actress Gal Gadot was cast as the classic heroine, Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman and her secret alter-ego, Diana Prince, in the beloved 1970s TV show which helped turn the superhero into a cultural icon.
But although it may seem as though being Miss Universe and portraying wonder woman mean you live a glamorous, easy life, the road to success wasn’t so simple for Carter, who had to deal with hardships that shaped who she is today.
Join us to unravel Carter’s unusual life story, the dilemmas that were a part of her life and to finally answer the pressing question of why she wasn’t a part of the new Wonder Woman production.
Starting Out Young
Lynda Carter’s greatest breakthrough may have been her casting in Wonder Woman, but her career in entertainment started much earlier.
Her first television appearance actually took place way back in 1956, when she was just five years old, nearly twenty years before the debut of the Wonder Woman television show. She appeared on Lew King’s Talent Show – but not as an actress. Lynda Carter – who at the tender age of five still went by her birth name of Linda Jean Córdova Carter – was, above all, interested in singing.