Name Leigh Christian Role Actress | Parents Dorothy Mae Close Children Tao-by Aleman | |
Spouse Norbert Alerman (m. 1977–1983) Movies Beyond Atlantis, The World's Greatest Athlete Similar People John Ashley, Eddie Romero, Robert Scheerer, Jamie Blanks | ||
Leigh Christian (born October 25, 1945) is an American actress best known for her guest starring roles on many major television series during the 1970s and 1980s including The Rockford Files, Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Knight Rider, Starsky and Hutch, The Ghost Busters, amongst others.
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Personal life
Leigh Christian was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania daughter of Dorothy Mae Close; she is the oldest of six siblings. Graduating high school with high honors, she continued her education and holds an associate degree in Liberal Arts from Santa Monica College. Her interests in psychology and physical health have led her to pursue further education in those fields obtaining proficiency certificates as a Sports Nutritionist and Fitness Instructor, Educational Kinesiology techniques, and practicing Aromatherapy and Physical Therapy.
In 1977, she married, moved to Las Vegas, and gave birth to her son Tao-by A. Aleman in 1978. Christian ended her marriage in 1983, and entered the business world. She had a brief retirement in 2008; and as of 2012, she is living back in Los Angeles pursuing her acting and modeling career.
She maintains close friendships with many of the actors she has worked with over her career. Her closest friends are Sondra Currie, wife of producer/director Alan J. Levi; and actress Barbara Leigh.
Career
She began her entertainment career in Kansas City, Missouri shooting two commercials that qualified her for a SAG card when she moved to Hollywood in 1968 and she continued doing commercials throughout her career totaling over 100 shoots.
Film
Leigh had roles in Disney's The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) and two cult films: The Doll Squad (1973), directed by Ted Mikels, and Beyond Atlantis (1973), directed by the famous Filipino impresario of horror genre films, Eddie Romero. She also had a co-starring role in Butterfly (1982), the debut movie of Pia Zadora directed by Matt Cimber. Leigh's role in Beyond Atlantis as Syrene, the undersea princess, earned her a place in an Australian Film Company's documentary entitled Machete Maidens Unleashed!, due for release in America sometime around 2012.
