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was Jill Masterson. A minor role of Bonita Brandt in the film.
was played by Nadja Regin of Serbia. The extremely successful and beautiful
Thunderball was the next Bond Movie American actress
featuring Domino Derval Jill St John was a
who starts off as the well-established actress
mistress of the villain in many light-hearted
Emilio Largo. Bond of romances and comedies,
course finds ways to when she appeared as
convert her to his side. Tiffany Case in Diamonds
The role was essayed Are Forever. The title
by the French beauty song was again by Shirley
Claudine Auger. Bassey.
The French actress was Miss France in 1958. The movie also featured
She had played some roles in TV and films. the Americans Lana
Her role in Thunderball greatly accelerated Wood as Plenty O’Toole,
her career in films. Lola Larson as Bambi,
This film of course had other beauties Trina Parks as Thumper
around Bond. The character of Paula Caplan and the French actress
was essayed by Martine Beswick of British Denise Perrier in
parentage, based in Jamaica then. She had significant roles in the
appeared in From Russia with Love also as film.
another character. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service saw the
The Italian beauty Luciana Paluzzi, The introduction of George Lazenby as James
British actress Molly Peters and Maryse Bond. The leading lady
Guy Mitsouko from France all had some was Teresa “Tracy”
significant presence in Thunderball. di Vicenzo played by
The movie also has the title song by the the British beauty
husky voiced Shirley Bassey, which went Diana Rigg. She is also
on to achieve some nominated as the leading
fame on its own. Bond girl in some polls.
You Only Live Her character marries
Twice saw the James Bond and finally
introduction of gets killed in the movie.
Asian actresses in Diana Rigg was already
leading roles. Mie a very well-established
Hama from Tokyo actress of British films and theatre, with a
played Kissy Suzuki great career, before appearing as a Bond girl.
in the film. For instance, she was the leading lady of The
Akiko Wakabayashi of Japan playing Avengers, the highly popular TV series
the role of Aki and Tsai Chin from China The other two women in the film were the
playing Ling were the other two Asian ladies English actress Angela Scoular playing
in this film. In addition, the German actress Ruby Bartlett and the role of Nancy played
Karin Dor played the negative role of Helga by the Hungarian actress Catherine Schell.

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