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The British beauty Jane Seymour played
the role of Solitaire in
Live and Let Die. This
movie saw Roger Moore
essaying the role of
Bond.
She was born as Joyce
Penelope Wilhelmina
Frankenberg of Polish
and Dutch descent, but changed her name to
make it easier in Britain.
As usual, there are other beauties in this
Bond film also like the American Gloria
Hendry playing Rosie Carver and British
actress Madeline Smith playing Caruso.
Then came The Man With the Golden Gun
and Britt Ekland from
Sweden. She was a
poster girl for beautiful,
big-eyed Scandinavian
blondes and played
the role of Mary
Goodnight.
She was playing
several roles in Italian films, when she met
and married the British actor Peter Sellers.
After a few forgettable films, she had two
successful English films before appearing as
a Bond girl.
Maud Adams playing Andrea Anders had
also a significant role in the film. She played
the role of Octopussy in the film by the same
name at a later date.
The English actress Carmen du Sautoy
playing Saida and the French actress
Francoise Therry playing Chew Mee were
the other two beauties in this film.
The Spy Who Loved Me saw the American
beauty Barbara Bach playing the role of the
Russian secret agent Anya Amasova.
She started her career in Italian films and
then moved to Hollywood. In 1981 she met
Ringo Starr and has been married to him
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since then.
The English actresses
Sue Vanner playing a log
cabin girl and Caroline
Munro playing Naomi
and finally the Bosnian
actress Olga Bisera
playing Felicaa were the
other Bond women in this film.
Moonraker was actually the second
novel written by Ian Fleming. The film got
released much later than the early Bond
films. This feature the American beauty Lois
Chiles in the role of Holly Goodhead. It also
features the French actress Corinne Cléry as
Corinne Dufour, Emily Bolton from Aruba
as Manuela and the Moroccan actress Leila
Shenna as an air hostess.
Lois Chiles had a very successful career in
Hollywood already, when she landed the role
in Moonraker.
For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and The
Living Daylights were the other original Ian
Fleming novels, which got made into movies.
All the other Bond films were made into
films form other authors.
All Bond stories and films have several
female characters in leading, supporting or
villainous roles. While Fleming’s Bond girls
have individual traits, they also have some
things in common. The typical Bond girl is in
her early to mid-twenties. Bond, on the other
hand seems to be perennially in his mid-
thirties. Bond girls possess splendid figures
and tend to dress in a slightly masculine,
assertive fashion, wearing little jewellery.
Of course, in the films there were wide
variations to the standard theme.
The films were never meant to be arty or
for great critical reviews, But, for a whole
generation of filmgoers, Bond films were
fantastic to watch and the beautiful ladies
left an indelible impression.
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