Who was the first actress to appear as Wonder Woman on TV?
We look back at the cheesy effects of Adam West's "Batman" and laugh, but it was a wild success and TV execs knew it. So it's no surprise that they kept diving into the comic catalogue to find other superheros they could bring to the silver screen. And Wonder Woman, with her instantly recognizable costume, complete with stars, stripes, and those bullet-deflecting bracelets, was a natural choice. Who was the first actress to leave Paradise Island and portray Wonder Woman on TV?
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Correct Answer: Cathy Lee Crosby
Cathy Lee Crosby landed the Wonder Woman gig in 1974, starring in an ABC movie that basically ignored everything cool about the comic book character. Instead of an Amazon warrior princess with super strength, we got a blonde government agent in what looked like jazzy workout wear doing karate chops. The whole thing flopped, and a year later we were rewarded with Lynda Carter's portrayal. Decades later, DC Comics actually made Crosby's bizarre version official by sticking her Wonder Woman on Earth-462 in their multiverse.
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