Appeared in the Broadway and TV productions of "Peter Pan" with Mary Martin in the mid-1950s.
Learned to speak English and Spanish as a child.
In 1954, she made her Broadway debut as an Indian American dancer in Peter Pan (starring Mary Martin as Peter Pan). Linda Dangcil was only 12 years old.
Her father was of Filipino descent while her mother was of Mexican, French, and Belgian ancestry.
Attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, California, USA.