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The photograph depicts actress Linda Christian (wearing a dotted dress and headscarf), leaning in for a short kiss with Formula 1 driver Alfonso de Portago who wears the typical 1950's racing gear; a white helmet, goggles and a leather jacket. A crowd of onlookers joyfully stares, while journalists immortalise the scene with their cameras.
Signature. Alfonso Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, GE (11 October 1928 – 12 May 1957), [1] best known as Alfonso de Portago, was a Spanish aristocrat, racing and bobsleigh driver, jockey and pilot. Born in London to a prominent family in the peerage of Spain, he was named after his godfather, king Alfonso XIII. [2]
Linda Christian (born Blanca Rosa Henrietta Stella Welter Vorhauer; November 13, 1923 [ 1][ 2][ 3] – July 22, 2011 [ 4]) was a Mexican film actress who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948). [ 5]
Alfonso de Portago was the son of a Spanish aristocrat father and a wealthy American mother who drove for Ferrari during the Mille Miglia, according to History.com.. De Portago was competing in ...
Less than 30 miles from the finish line in Brescia, Spanish driver Alfonso de Portago’s front tire exploded while he was driving more than 150 miles per hour. He lost control of the vehicle and ...
In 1957, Spanish aristocrat and racing driver Alfonso de Portago was behind the wheel of the Ferrari 335 S for the race. de Portago had been wary about the race, because he believed that it was ...
She had also lent the financially irresponsible Portago about $15,000. [19] Portago, still married, was now also openly dating actress Linda Christian, the ex-wife of actor Tyrone Power, in early 1957. On April 23, 1957, Dorian's 40th birthday, Portago told Dorian that he was supposedly finally divorcing Carroll so they could be legally married.
After their divorce in 1946, Harriman had access to other men of the upper crust: Prince Aly Khan, Alfonso de Portago, Gianni Agnelli, and Baron Elie de Rothschild were among her suitors. Her ...