Leigh Christian 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, McCloud, Knight Rider, Starsky and Hutch, The Ghost Busters, Emergency!
[1] Christian was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania daughter of Dorothy Mae Close; she is the oldest of six siblings.
Christian 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.
She also had a co-starring role in Butterfly (1982), the debut movie of Pia Zadora directed by Matt Cimber.
Christian'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!