Ms. Cristal won a Golden Globe in 1970 as best actress in a drama series for her work on the show. Image The cast of “The High Chaparral,” from left, Mark Slade, Leif Erickson, Ms. Cristal, Cameron Mitchell and Henry Darrow. In several interviews, Ms. Cristal said that her father came into conflict with a criminal gang and fled with his family to Montevideo, Uruguay. She later made eight films with the actor and producer Raúl de Anda, using the name Linda Cristal. “I never became a big star, but then I wouldn’t have been a big nun either,” she told Look magazine in 1960.

Source: New York Times June 28, 2020 18:22 UTC