{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Leigh Christian | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = | alma_mater = | known_for = {{hlist|Beyond Atlantis|Butterfly|The Doll Squad|The World's Greatest Athlete}} | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1968-1987 }} '''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!'' (S5Ep12), amongst others. Christian also appeared in Barnaby Jones in 1975.<ref>Barnaby Jones "Trap Play"(01/07/1975).</ref>
== Career == 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 continued doing commercials throughout her career, totaling over 100 shoots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagaftra.org/iactor/LeighChristian.pdf|title=Leigh Christian SAG-AFTRA|page=2|access-date=January 6, 2024}}</ref>
=== Film === Christian 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. 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!'' (2010).
=== Television === {{div col}} *''The Rockford Files'' *''McCloud'' *''Hawaii Five-O'' *''The Six Million Dollar Man'' *''Knight Rider'' *''Starsky and Hutch'' *''The Ghost Busters'' *''Barnaby Jones'' *''Hunter'' *''The Fall Guy'' *''T. J. Hooker'' *''Jessie'' *''Matt Houston'' *''Emergency!'' *''Sword of Justice'' *''Toma'' *''Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law'' *''Griff'' *''Flying High'' *''Night Gallery'' *''The D.A.'' *''Marcus Welby M.D.'' *''Cannon'' *''Chase'' *''Vega$'' {{div col end}}
;Movies of the Week include: *''Intimate Agony'' *''Delta County U.S.A.'' *''Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping''
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0160045}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Christian, Leigh}} Category:Actresses from Pittsburgh Category:American television actresses Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Living people Category:Santa Monica College alumni Category:21st-century American women Category:Year of birth missing (living people)