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Lynda
Lynda is a spelling variation of the feminine given name Linda. Notable people with the name include: People Arts and entertainment * Lynda Adams, later Hunt (1920–1997), Canadian diver * Lynda Baron (1939–2022), British television actress * Lynda Barry (born 1956), American cartoonist and author * Lynda Bellingham (1948–2014), Canadian-born British actress * Lynda Bryans (born 1962), Northern Irish television presenter and journalist * Lynda Carter (born 1951), American television actress who played ''Wonder Woman'' in the 1970s * Lynda Chouiten, Algerian writer in French * Lynda Day George (born 1944), American television actress popular in the 1960s and 1970s * Lynda Trang Đài (born 1968), Vietnamese American singer * Lynda Ghazzali, Malaysian porcelain painter * Lynda Gibson (1956–2004), Australian comedian and actress * Lynda Goodfriend (born 1953), American actress * Lynda Kay, American contralto singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and business owner * Lynda La Pla ...
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Lynda Thomas
Lynda Aguirre Thomas (born 21 December 1981), known professionally as Lynda, is a Mexican musician, singer, songwriter and activist. She achieved recognition in her native Mexico during the 1990s and early 2000s. She was signed to EMI Capitol Records and released four studio albums. Her last album, ''Polen'', was released in 2001 and she retired shortly afterwards. Early life and musical debut Thomas was born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on 21 December 1981. In 1989, she took part in the TV singing contest ''Fantasía Musical'' featured in Siempre en Domingo. Soon after, she moved to Mexico City and was supported by her sister Alissa (Rosangel), "Max" Di Carlo, Tino Geizer and her husband Carlos Lara, by then, he was her brother-in-law. The song "Cantemos Juntos", was released in 1989 under Melody records and later included on the LP compilation ''Los Triunfadores de Fantasía Musical''. Career 1995–1998 In 1994, Thomas signed with EMI-Capitol. In 1995, at th ...
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Lynda
Lynda is a spelling variation of the feminine given name Linda. Notable people with the name include: People Arts and entertainment * Lynda Adams, later Hunt (1920–1997), Canadian diver * Lynda Baron (1939–2022), British television actress * Lynda Barry (born 1956), American cartoonist and author * Lynda Bellingham (1948–2014), Canadian-born British actress * Lynda Bryans (born 1962), Northern Irish television presenter and journalist * Lynda Carter (born 1951), American television actress who played ''Wonder Woman'' in the 1970s * Lynda Chouiten, Algerian writer in French * Lynda Day George (born 1944), American television actress popular in the 1960s and 1970s * Lynda Trang Đài (born 1968), Vietnamese American singer * Lynda Ghazzali, Malaysian porcelain painter * Lynda Gibson (1956–2004), Australian comedian and actress * Lynda Goodfriend (born 1953), American actress * Lynda Kay, American contralto singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and business owner * Lynda La Pla ...
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Lynda Carter
Lynda Jean Cordova Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World USA 1972 and finished in the top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant. Carter is best known as the star of the live-action television series ''Wonder Woman'', in the role of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman. The role was based on the DC comic book fictional superhero character of the same name, and aired on ABC and later on CBS from 1975 to 1979. Early life Carter was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Juanita (''née'' Córdova) and Colby Carter. Accessed September 23, 2011. Her father is of English and Scots-Irish ancestry, and her mother, whose family hailed from Mexico, is of Mexican, Spanish, and French descent. She has one brother, Vincent and one sister, Pamela. Carter made her public television debut on ''Lew King's Talent Show'' at age 5. During high school, Carter performed in a band called Just Us. The band played a marimba, ...
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Lynda Weinman
Lynda Susan Weinman (born January 24, 1955) is an American business owner, computer instructor, and author, who founded an online software training website, lynda.com, with her husband, Bruce Heavin. Lynda.com was acquired by online business network LinkedIn in April 2015 for $1.5 billion. Weinman, with self-taught computer skills, worked in the film industry as a special effects animator, and became a faculty member at Art Center College of Design, UCLA, American Film Institute, and San Francisco State University multimedia studies program teaching computer graphics, animation, interactive design, and motion graphics. She has also written several books. Education Weinman graduated with a degree in humanities from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 1976. Career A year after graduating, Weinman opened two retail stores, ''Vertigo on Melrose'' and ''Vertigo on Sunset'' in Los Angeles. They closed in 1982. Weinman worked for Dreamquest and as an independent c ...
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Lynda Barry
Linda Jean Barry (born January 2, 1956) is an American cartoonist. Barry is best known for her weekly comic strip ''Ernie Pook's Comeek''. She garnered attention with her 1988 illustrated novel ''The Good Times are Killing Me'', about an interracial friendship between two young girls, which was adapted into a play. Her second illustrated novel, ''Cruddy'', first appeared in 1999. Three years later she published ''One! Hundred! Demons!'', a graphic novel she terms "autobifictionalography". ''What It Is'' (2008) is a graphic novel that is part memoir, part collage and part workbook, in which Barry instructs her readers in methods to open up their own creativity; it won the comics industry's 2009 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. In recognition of her contributions to the comic art form, Comics Alliance listed Barry as one of twelve women cartoonists deserving of lifetime achievement recognition, and she received the Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. ...
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Lynda Kay
Lynda Kay Parker, known as Lynda Kay, is an American contralto singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and business owner. Born in Dallas, Texas, she began her entertainment career appearing in stage plays and commercials. Lynda Kay is now a professional musician and an official endorsee of Gretsch guitars. Personal life Lynda Kay is married to Coffin Case founder Jonny Coffin. Together, they own the Coffin and Vampira brands. Jonny Coffin started Coffin Case in his garage in 1996, first creating one for himself and subsequently receiving requests for custom cases by Slash, Keith Richards, and Kirk Hammet, among others. The consumer line of Coffin Case began in 2000 and continues to this day. Education In 1990, Lynda Kay earned her Bachelor of Arts from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas studying Political Science and Theater Arts, and returned a year after graduation to attend Texas Tech School of Law receiving her Juris Doctor in 1994. Career Lynda Kay's most ...
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Lynda Topp
Dame Lynda Bethridge Topp (born 14 May 1958), is one half of the Topp Twins, a music comedy duo of New Zealand, the other member being her twin sister Jools Topp. Lynda Topp has been singing and entertaining with her sister for decades, touring live music and comedy performances as well as TV and film. Both sisters were appointed Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours. Background and personal life On 14 May 1958, Jean Topp gave birth to twin sisters Lynda and Jools in Huntly, New Zealand. They have an older brother Bruce and their father is Peter. Lynda Topp grew up with her family on a dairy farm in Waikato. Topp attended Ruawaro Combined School during the 1960s and early 1970s. Lynda and Jools started singing together for other people when they were five years old, when they were nine their brother bought them a guitar from money he had saved up. After leaving school in 1976, Jools and Lynda Topp joined the New Zealand Territo ...
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Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham, OBE ( ; 31 May 194819 October 2014) was an English actress, broadcaster and author. She acted in television series such as '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''Doctor Who'', '' Second Thoughts'' and '' Faith in the Future''. She was also known for her appearances as the mother in the long-running series of " Oxo Family" British TV advertisements between 1983 and 1999, and as a panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show ''Loose Women'' between 2007 and 2011. Early life Bellingham was born Meredith Hughes in Montreal to a single mother, but was given up for adoption because she was born out of wedlock in a strict church-going family. She was adopted when she was four months old. Bellingham was educated at Aylesbury High School and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Film and television Acting Bellingham made her television début as a nurse in an ITV afternoon soap opera of the 1970s, ''General Hospital''. Her early film credits included roles in ' ...
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Lynda Lemay
Lynda Lemay (born 25 July 1966 in Portneuf, Quebec) is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter. Through her mother she is a descendant of Zacharie Cloutier. After winning regional awards in 1989 she went to France and regularly tours in Quebec and France, including at the Paris Olympia. Her recording "Live" was nominated as one of the best-selling Francophone albums at the 2000 Juno Awards. Discography Albums Compilation albums Awards and recognition * 1995: 4 Félix Award nominations: Female Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year (''Y''), Songwriter of the Year, Concert of the YearGala de l'ADISQ – 1995
* 1996: nomination: Artist with best recognition outside Quebec
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Lynda La Plante
Lynda La Plante, CBE (born Lynda Titchmarsh; 15 March 1943) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the ''Prime Suspect'' television crime series. Early life Lynda La Plante was born Lynda Titchmarsh on 15 March 1943 in Newton, Lancashire. La Plante's older sister Dail was killed in a road accident, at the age of five, before she was born. Raised in Liverpool, La Plante trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After finishing her studies, using the stage name Lynda Marchal, she appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in a variety of productions, as well as popular television series including ''Z-Cars'', ''Educating Marmalade'', ''The Sweeney'', '' The Professionals'', and '' Bergerac''. As an actress she is perhaps best remembered as the hay-fever suffering ghost Tamara Novek in the BBC children's series ''Rentaghost''. In 1974, La Plante took her first scriptwriting job on the ITV children's series ''The Kids from ...
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Lynda Day George
Lynda Louise Day George (born December 11, 1944) is an American television and film actress whose career spanned three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was a cast member on '' Mission: Impossible'' (1971–1973). She was also the wife of actor Christopher George. Life and career George was born in San Marcos, Texas. Originally known as Lynda Day, she began her career in the 1960s with the Eileen Ford modeling agency working as a top model in print and TV commercials, and then on Broadway starring in '' The Devils'' opposite Jason Robards and Anne Bancroft. She then moved to Los Angeles and began a long television career with guest roles on many series of the 1960s, including ''Route 66'', '' Flipper'', ''Here Come the Brides'', ''The Green Hornet'', ''Mannix'', '' The Fugitive'', ''The Invaders'', '' It Takes a Thief'', '' The Virginian'', '' Good Morning World'', ''Lancer'' and ''Bonanza''. She starred in the first of the two Universal/NBC TV-pilot films based around p ...
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Lynda Baron
Lilian Ridgway (24 March 1939 – 5 March 2022), known professionally as Lynda Baron, was an English actress and singer. She is best known for having played Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the BBC sitcom ''Open All Hours'' (1976–1985) and its sequel, ''Still Open All Hours'' (2013–2016), Auntie Mabel in the award-winning children's series ''Come Outside'' (1993–1997), and the part of Linda Clarke in ''EastEnders'' in 2006 and from 2008 to 2009, with a brief return in 2016. Early life Lilian Ridgway was born on 24 March 1939 in Urmston, Lancashire. Her father, Cyril, was a painter and decorator. By the age of five, she was attending local ballet classes, and soon began appearing on stage. She attended Flixton Girls School in Urmston and then trained as a dancer at the Royal Academy of Dance. Early in her career, she appeared in repertory theatre and several West End venues. Career Television Baron's early television roles included small parts in ''Crossroads'' (1978), ''Up Pompe ...
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