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BOND GIRLS TRIVIA
For a complete list of Bond girls and the characters they played, go here.
WIKIPEDIA link here
As usual we will proceed directly to the trivia.
Ursula Andress (as Honey Ryder) designed the bikini she wore in her opening scene in Dr.No. The song Bond sings is “Underneath the mango tree” as she comes out of the sea on the island of Crab Key. She was not impressed by Dr. No; after filming was over she called it "ghastly". Julie Christie was considered for the role, but ultimately the producers decided she wasn't voluptuous enough.
Sylvia Trench (Dr.No) played by Eunice Grayson is the first bond girl to bed him. Eunice Grayson is the only Bond
girl to appear twice in bond movies playing the same role. The character appears first in "Dr'No" and then in
“From Russia with Love”. It was originally supposed to be a recurring character in all Bond movies.
The only actress to play the role of a Bond girl twice is Maud Adams. She plays the role of Andrea Anders, the
villain's girlfriend in "The Man With The Golden Gun" and later played the title role in "Octopussy". She also
appears in “A View To A Kill” uncredited as an extra on Roger Moore's insistence.
Barbara Bach (Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me) later married the Beatle Ringo Starr. In the movie
she plays agent XXX of the KGB.
Lynn-Holly Johnson (Bibi in For your Eyes only) is a professional skater who won the silver medal in the 1974
US figure skating championship.
Jill St. John became the first American Bond girl with her role of Tiffany Case in 'Diamonds are Forever'. In the
movie, she explains to Bond that she was named Tiffany because she was born on the first floor of Tiffany's, the
jeweler's, in New York while her mother was looking for a wedding ring.
Trina Parks (as Thumper in 'Diamonds..') is the first black Bond Girl. Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver in Live and
Let Die plays a more substantial role and is often credited to be the first.
Cassandra Harris, who plays Countess Lisl Von Schlaugh in 'For Your Eyes Only', married actor Pierce Brosnan in
1980 who would later go on to play James Bond.
Teresa Di Vicenzo (played by Diana Rigg) is the only Bond girl to marry him but is killed on the day of marriage.
On her grave is inscribed “We have all the time in the world”. That is the title of the song by Louis Armstrong in
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
Daniela Bianchi (Tatyana Romanova in From Russia with Love) was Miss Italy in 1960, and first runner-up in the
Miss Universe pageant. In the movie she takes a train journey with Bond where they pose as Mr & Mrs Somerset. ( He as David, she as Caroline)
Claudine Auger ( Domino in "Thunderball") was a Miss France at the age of 15.Her voice was dubbed for the film because her English was bad. Raquel Welch was originally cast as Domino,however Richard Zanuck the 20th
Century Fox Production Chief asked Albert Broccoli to release her from contract as a favor so she could star in
the movie 'Fantastic Voyage'.
Tanya Roberts (Stacey Sutton in 'A View To A Kill') later played the lead role in the movie 'Sheena, Queen of
the Jungle'.
Britt Ekland ( Mary Goodnight in The Man With The Golden Gun) was going out with crooner Rod Stewart at
the time of shooting. She is said to be responsible for his ridiculous dress sense (consisting of silk dungarees and flashy jump suits) in the 70's.
Halle Berry became the first Academy Award-winner to be a Bond Girl, she won the award while shooting the
latest movie "Die Another Day". Kim Basinger (Never Say Never Again) won an Oscar for _LA Confidential (1997) and thus doesn't qualify for that distinction.