Maravilla original

Cathy Lee Crosby

Antes de Lynda Carter ya Cathy Lee Crosby se probaba el disfraz de Mujer Maravilla, en 1974, aunque más conservador, cubriendo todo su cuerpo y sin mostrar demasiado. No se parecía al personaje de la revista, es cierto, pero Cathy Lee también tenía lo suyo y hacía suspirar a los jóvenes de aquellos tiempos. En vocabulario: Wondrous

Cathy Lee appeared in Barnaby Jones…

In the late ´60s she found herself on the It Takes a Thief TV series with Robert Wagner…

They developed a different Wonder Woman that fit the more traditional presentation of the character as created by William Moulton Marston…

Cathy Lee Crosby is an American actress and former professional tennis player. She achieved TV and film success in the 1980s and was a co-host of the television series That's Incredible!

In 1975 she guest starred as Helen of Troy in the scifi/horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Crosby starred in the movie Trackdown (1976) with James Mitchum, and in Coach (1978) with Michael Biehn, in which she played the coach of a high school basketball team who falls for one of her players. She starred in the horror movie The Dark (1979), opposite William Devane, and appeared in the 1982 TV miniseries World War III, with Rock Hudson and David Soul. In earlier years, Crosby appeared in Barnaby Jones; episode titled "Murder in the Doll's House".

Crosby starred in the movie Untamed Love (1994), and appeared in the film Ablaze (2001), opposite Ice-T and Tom Arnold.

Cathy Lee in 1984

Whatever happened to the original Wonder Woman

First Wonder Woman in 1974 Cathy Lee Crosby. Cathy Lee was a tennis player and was able to play in Wimbledon. She took part in the TV series It Takes a Thief with Robert Wagner.

When you think of Wonder Woman on TV this is probably not the image that immediately comes to your mind. However, we back in 1974, when Wonder Woman finally made her life action television debut; this is what we retreated to.

Instead of being a brunette Wonder Woman was a blonde and the outfit, well, it was different. Let´s just say that it was not what we were used to see in the comic books. But her name was still Diana Prince and she still fought crime, so it was good enough for me plus she was portrayed by the lovely Cathy Lee Crosby, so really...

Cathy Lee was born and raised in Southern California. Her parents had found success in the entertainment industry and she, from a very young age, had shown great promise as a tennis player. She was so good in fact at the sport that she was able to turn professional and actually played at Wimbledon twice. In her mid-20´s Cathy Lee made the decision to retire for the sport and focus on her new passion, acting. Because of her athleticism and her natural beauty Cathy Lee didn´t seem to have much difficulty in getting offers.

In the late ´60s she found herself on the It Takes a Thief TV series with Robert Wagner. In 1973 she starred with Walter Mattau, Bruce Dern and Louis Gossett Jr. in The Laughing Policeman. But it was the role of Wonder Woman, in 1974, costarring Ricardo Montalban, that really caught my attention. The movie, let´s just say it wasn´t great. It was patterned after the… in the comics where Diana Prince lost all of her super powers and became a government agent.

This version of Wonder Woman was kind of like in the American version of Diana Rigg, Emma Peel, from the British program The Avengers.

Anyway, I remember being excited when I saw the TV guide and then someone less excited… (2 minutes)

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Wonder Woman is a 1974 American made-for-television superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, directed by Vincent McEveety and starring Cathy Lee Crosby. The film was a pilot for an intended television series being considered by ABC. Ratings were described as "respectable but not exactly wondrous," and ABC did not pick up the pilot. Instead, Warner Brothers and ABC developed a different Wonder Woman television concept that fit the more traditional presentation of the character as created by William Moulton Marston, turning away from the 1968–1972 era that had influenced the pilot.

Vocabulario

Wondrous: inspiring a feeling of wonder or delight; marvellous.

"This wondrous city"

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