Lynda Carter turns 75 today, marking five decades since she first stepped into one of television's most iconic roles.
Before she was Wonder Woman, Carter was crowned Miss World USA in 1972 and took acting classes in New York, where one of her classmates was future CBS president Les Moonves. By the time she landed the title role in 1975, her savings from years of touring with a band were nearly gone. "I had $25 in the bank" the day she got the part, Carter has said, after learning that actress Joanna Cassidy had dropped out of the role.
The show ran for three seasons, and Carter's performance, paired with an instantly recognizable costume and theme song, became something fans never forgot. Looking back on the role decades later, Carter said it offered something rare. "There is something about the character where in your creative mind for that time in your life where you pretended to be her... it felt like you could fly," she said.
Fans have echoed that same sentiment for decades. One person recalled dressing up as Wonder Woman "nearly every year" of their childhood, while another admitted they were "obsessed" with the show growing up. One longtime fan summed up Carter's reputation simply: "100% class act. One of the few celebs that no one has a bad word to say about."
Even as she's taken on dozens of roles since, including a recurring part as a U.S. president on Supergirland a cameo as Asteria in Wonder Woman 1984, Carter has said she's never wanted to distance herself from the character that made her famous. "I knew very early on that this character is much more than me," she said. "To try to divorce myself from the experiences that other people have of the character is silly."
Today, decades after she first put on the costume, Carter's Wonder Woman remains one of the most enduring superhero performances in television history.
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