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This Mexican-born actress never became as well-known for her onscreen roles as she did for her off-screen escapades. The daughter of a petroleum engineer, Christian grew up in Venezuela, South Africa, Holland, Switzerland and Palestine. By the mid-1940s she was working as a model for Lilly Dache and actor Errol Flynn urged her to try Hollywood. Christian was put under contract by MGM in 1946, but she only had small roles in two films for that company: "Holiday in Mexico" (1946) and "Green Dolphin Street" (1947)....

Filmography

Amore Inquieto di Maria - ( / 1987 / Released / )
The Beauty Jungle - ( Herself / 1966 / Released / Continental Distributing Inc )
The Moment of Truth - ( American Woman / 1965 / Released / Rizzoli )
The V.I.P.s - ( Miriam Marshall / 1963 / Released / )
Athena - ( Beth Hallson / 1954 / Released / )
Green Dolphin Street - ( / 1947 / Released / )
TV Credits
Last of the Private Eyes ( 1963 / Released ): Actor
Climax! ( 1954 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

This Mexican-born actress never became as well-known for her onscreen roles as she did for her off-screen escapades. The daughter of a petroleum engineer, Christian grew up in Venezuela, South Africa, Holland, Switzerland and Palestine. By the mid-1940s she was working as a model for Lilly Dache and actor Errol Flynn urged her to try Hollywood. Christian was put under contract by MGM in 1946, but she only had small roles in two films for that company: "Holiday in Mexico" (1946) and "Green Dolphin Street" (1947). After appearing in RKO's "Tarzan and the Mermaids" (1948), she married actor Tyrone Power in 1949, with whom she had two daughters.

Christian made a handful of low-budget films while married to Power: "Battle Zone" and "The Happy Time" (both 1952), "Slaves of Babylon" (1953) and "Athena" (1954). More newsprint was given to her 1955 divorce, in which she received a sizable settlement, as well as gifts from a millionaire boyfriend. When Power died in 1958, Christian showed up at his funeral, photographers in tow, against his widow's wishes; she also fought his will and won another financial windfall. Christian briefly tried TV appearing on a "Climax!" episode in the 1950s and co-starred in a comedy pilot with Bob Cummings, "Last of the Private Eyes" (NBC, 1963). She married and quickly divorced British actor Edward Purdom (1962-63), and appeared in a few more films, including the British-made "Thunderstorm" (1956), "The House of the Seven Hawks" (1959) and "The Beauty Jungle" (1964), and the US-made "The Devil's Hand" (1961) and the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton vehicle "The VIP's" (1963). Christian moved to Rome, where she appeared in "The Moment of Truth" (1965) and--after a long retirement and a nervous breakdown--"Amore Inquisito di Maria" (1987).


Profession(s):
Actor, model
Sometimes Credited As:
Blanca Rosa Welter
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Family
cousin:Katy Jurado (Born January 16, 1924)
daughter:Romina Power (born on October 2, 1951)
daughter:Taryn Power (born on September 13, 1953)
husband:Tyrone Power (married in 1949; divorced in 1955)
husband:Edmund Purdom (married in 1962; divorced in 1963)
sister:Ariadne Welter (has one)
Companion(s)
Marquis Alfonso de Portago , Companion , ```..engaged when he died in racecar accident in 1957

Milestones (Back to top)
1987 Appeared in feature, "Amore Inquieto di Maria"
1969 Suffered nervous breakdown and was hospitalized in Rome
1963 Last US film, "The VIP's"
1963 Appeared in NBC TV pilot, "Last of the Private Eyes"
1958 Tyrone Power died; attended funeral against widow's wishes and fought will
1949 Married Tyrone Power
1946 Discovered while working as a fashion model and signed by MGM; made film debut in "Holiday in Mexico"


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