ACTRESS LINDA CHRISTIAN AND 35 YEAR OLD BRITISH ACTOR EDMUND PURDOM WERE MARRIED N MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, MARCH 24, IN A MOONLIGHT CEREMONY AT THE HOME OF THE MEXICAN HEALTH MINISTER, DR. JOSE ALVAREZ AMEZQUITA, LINDA'S STEPFATHER.

THE CIVIL CEREMONY WAS CONDUCTED IN SPANISH. SENORA ALVAREZ AMEZQUITA, LINDA'S MOTHER, TRANSLATED FOR THE BRIDEGROOM. LINDA SIGNED THE REGISTER WITH HER MAIDEN NAME, BLANCA ROSA WELTER.

FIFTY GUESTS WERE AT THE CANDLELIGHT RECEPTION ON THE LAWN OF THE MOUNTAINSIDE HOME. LATER THE COUPLE DROVE TO THE BEACH RESORT OF ACAPULCO, MEXICO, FOR A WEEK'S HONEYMOON.

FOR LINDA, 37, THIS WAS HER SECOND MARRIAGE. HER FIRST WAS TO FILM STAR TYRONE POWER, WHO DIED ON LOCATION IN ROME, IN 1958. PURDOM HAS BEEN MARRIED TWICE BEFORE -- TO BALLET DANCER TINA PHILLIPS AND FORMER ARTIST ALICIA DARR. BOTH MARRIAGES ENDED IN DIVORCE.