Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges[1] (24 February 1931[1] – 27 June 2020[2][3]), known professionally as Linda Cristal (Spanish: [kɾisˈtal]), was an Argentine-American actress.

The daughter of a French father and an Italian mother, Cristal was born as Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges on 24 February 1931 near Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[1] Following her Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in The Perfect Furlough (1958), Cristal went on to roles in Cry Tough (1959), Legions of the Nile (1959), The Pharaohs' Woman (1960), and was asked by John Wayne to play the part of Flaca in his epic The Alamo (1960).

She played a kidnapped Countess opposite Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood in a 1959 episode of Rawhide.

She was coaxed out of retirement when she became the last cast member to be added as a regular on the NBC series The High Chaparral (1967-1971).