Linda Cristal, the Golden Globe-winning actress who portrayed Victoria Cannon, the wife of Leif Erickson's character, on the 1967-71 NBC Western The High Chaparral, has died. She was 89.
Cristal died Saturday at her home in Beverly Hills, her son Jordan Wexler told
The New York Times.
On the big screen, Cristal appeared with Jock Mahoney in
The Last of the Fast Guns (1958), with John Wayne in
The Alamo (1960), with James Stewart in John Ford's
Two Rode Together (1961) and with Charles Bronson in
Mr. Majestyk (1974).
In 1959, she won her first Golden Globe — as most promising newcomer (female) — for her turn as an Argentine beauty who takes a trip to Paris with Tony Curtis' character in the comedy
The Perfect Furlough (1958), directed by Blake Edwards.
She appeared in 96 episodes of
The High Chaparral, as the strong-willed daughter of a powerful Mexican rancher and young wife of Erickson's "Big John" Cannon. She was nominated for two Globes, winning in 1970, and two Emmys, for her performance.
Linda Cristal, Actress on 'The High Chaparral,' Dies at 89
She was one of the main reasons I used to watch
The High Chaparral 
RIP Linda Cristal
