Jones.įalana posed for Playboy in 1970 and was hired by Fabergé to advertise their line of cosmetics and perfumes under the Tigress brand. She was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her work in the film The Liberation of L.B. The movie was a musical drama about the life of a self-destructive jazz musician, played by Davis.įalana’s career took off in the ’70s with guest-starring roles in TV series including The New Cosby Show and The Streets of San Francisco. She recorded her first single in 1965, My Baby, and was cast in her first film, A Man Called Adam, in 1966 opposite Sammy Davis, Jr. Lola Falana was discovered by Sammy Davis, Jr., who gave her a role in his 1964 Broadway show Golden Boy and became her mentor.
Her famous “belly button” pose (found on the back of her 1978 debut album Portrait) was a best-selling poster that year for Pro Arts. The series lasted there until 1979.Ĭarter became a poster girl with several poses produced by Pro Arts, the company responsible for giving us the famous Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit poster.
It lasted for a year on that network then moved to CBS who brought Wonder Woman into modern times. The series ran first, as just a series of special presentations, performing well in the ratings, then ABC finally took the plunge and made it into a regular series. In 1975, when she was almost ready to move back home to her native Arizona, when she won the role of Wonder Woman and she became an “overnight” success.
Her acting career was also slow to take off, with just small parts in series including Matt Helm and Starsky and Hutch. She pursued a singing career, without success. At 17 she joined two of her cousins and formed a band called The Relatives.Ĭarter went to college but dropped out after a short time. Lynda Carter’s first taste of the public spotlight was as a singer in high school.
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