Her character: Professor Inga Bergstrom in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) So her Bond character died, but she most certainly thrived. Hatcher, 50, found fame years later, in 2004, when she appeared in Desperate Housewives, a huge global hit. Sadly, her husband, media magnate villain Elliot Carver, finds out about their encounter, and the next thing Bond knows, she's dead. Her Bond: Pierce Brosnan Paris is a former lover of Bond's, who makes the fatal mistake of falling back in love with 007. Her character: Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Tula, now 61, made the best of it with an autobiography, a Playboy spread and appearances in pop videos, before settling down to married life in Atlanta, Georgia. After the film's London premiere, the News of the World ran a story headlined "James Bond Girl Was a Boy". But she has one significant claim to fame: she was the only transgender Bond girl.
Tula merely sunned herself beside a pool. Her character: Caroline Cossey, aka Girl by Pool in For Your Eyes Only (1981) Trina Parks has been more successful, working as an actress and singer, including a season in the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, an annual revue whose performers were all 55 or over. Their Bond: Sean Connery Bambi and Thumper are the semi-naked bodyguards barring Bond's way to their boss, the villain Willard Whyte.Īfter Thumper knees Bond in the crotch, he gets his revenge, by almost drowning the girls in Whyte's pool.įor Lola "Bambi" Larson, this marked her only screen appearance of any note. The actresses: Lola Larson and Trina Parks But it does not sell any tapes of her lines: they were dubbed on afterwards.Ģ. She called her autobiography Golden Girl, and her website offers signed snaps of her. She retired from acting to raise her sons. That image put Eaton, now 78, on the cover of Life magazine. Jill is lying dead, painted in gold on the bed beside him. But he wakes to find that Goldfinger has taken his revenge. Naturally, she switches her allegiance to Bond. Her Bond: Sean Connery Having appeared in three Carry On films, Shirley Eaton became an iconic Bond girl, not for the way her character lived, but how she died.īond meets Jill Masterson when she is helping her boss, Auric Goldfinger, cheat at cards. Her character: Jill Masterson in Goldfinger (1964) So what became of the actresses who played the Barely-There Bond Girls? No, these girls make fleeting appearances, yet have often been some of the most memorable characters in the franchise. These aren't the ones he drags around amid explosions, bullets and car chases, only to drive, float or orbit off into the sunset as the credits roll. At last, middle-aged women were being seen as sexy, too.īut when the film was released last week, cinema-goers were surprised to find that Bellucci's part lasts only a few minutes, before she is discarded for 30-year-old Lea Seydoux.īellucci, it seems, belongs to a very specific group in the 007 canon: the Barely There Bond Girl. Quantum ( Mr.The casting of 51-year-old Monica Bellucci as the oldest ever Bond girl, in Spectre, caused a media sensation. Alvarez, General Han, General Li, General Dong & Van Bierk) | Graves Corporation ( Gustav Graves, Miranda Frost, Zao, Vladmir Popov, Mr. Bullion, Giulietta da Vinci, Mikhail Arkov, Trukhin & Lachaise) | King Industries ( Elektra King, Renard, Gabor, Sasha Davidov, Mr. Kaufman, General Chang, Timblin, Satoshi Isagura, Jeff Hobbs, Philip Jones, Tom Wallace, Mary Golson, Beth Davidson & Tamara Steel) | Janus Syndicate ( Alec Trevelyan, Xenia Onatopp, Arkady Ourumov & Boris Grishenko) |Ĭarver Media Group Network ( Elliot Carver, Stamper, Henry Gupta, Captain Scott, Stealth Ship Crew, Dr. Urban Rehabilitators ( Paul McDaggett & Ōtomo) | Nuke Cult ( Cain, RoboCop 2, Angie & Hob) | Wavekrest Marine Research ( Franz Sanchez, Sanchez Cartel, Milton Krest, Colonel Heller, William Truman-Lodge, Dario, Ed Killifer, Joe Butcher, Perez, Braun & Clive) | Killer Klowns ( Jumbo, Fatso, Shorty, Rudy, Slim, Spike, Bibbo, Chubby, Baby Killer Klowns, & Klownzilla) | Zorin Industries ( Max Zorin, Scarpine, Hans Glaub, May Day, Jenny Flex, Pan Ho & Bob Conley) | Octopus Cult ( Octopussy, Magda, Kamal Khan, Gobinda, Mischka and Grischka & General Orlov) | Ligget County Sheriff Department ( Will Teasle, Art Galt, Ward, Mitch Rogers, Balford & Shingleton) | Bechmann) |Īlan Yates' Crew ( Jack Anders, Mark Tomaso & Faye Daniels) |
Stromberg Shipping Line ( Karl Stromberg, Jaws, Liparus Captain, Liparus Crew, Naomi, Sandor, Professor Markovitz & Dr. The Ultimate Depravity ( President Curval, The Duke of Blangis, Bishop & The Banker Durcet) | Kananga, Tee Hee, Baron Samedi, Adam, Whisper, Dambala, Rosie Carver & Leroy) | Dent, Miss Taro, Annabel Chung & Three Blind Mice) |Īuric Enterprises ( Auric Goldfinger, Jill Masterson, Oddjob, Pussy Galore, Kisch, Mr.
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