"and boring. Roger Moore was also criticised for playing Bond against type, in a style more reminiscent of Sean Connery, although Lee's performance received acclaim. Danny Peary wrote that ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" ""lacks invention ... is one of the least interesting Bond films"" and ""a very laboured movie, with Bond a stiff bore, Adams and Britt Ekland uninspired leading ladies"". Peary believes that the shootout between Bond and Scaramanga in the funhouse ""is the one good scene in the movie, and even it has an unsatisfying finish"" and also bemoaned the presence of Clifton James, ""unfortunately reprising"
"his unfunny redneck sheriff from ""Live and Let Die."""" Chris Nashawaty of ""Entertainment Weekly"" argues that Scaramanga is the best villain of the Roger Moore James Bond films, while listing Mary Goodnight among the worst Bond girls, saying that ""Ekland may have had one of the series' best bikinis, but her dopey, doltish portrayal was a turnoff as much to filmgoers as to fans of Ian Fleming's novels"". ""The Times"" put Scaramanga as the fifth best Bond villain in their list, and Ekland was the third in their list of the top 10 most fashionable Bond girls. ""Maxim"" listed Goodnight"
"Jim Phantom, who was 19 years younger than her, aged 23. They had a son, Thomas Jefferson (born in 1988). They divorced in 1992. In the 1970s, Ekland was one of the most photographed and talked-about celebrities in the world. In 1980, her best-selling autobiography, ""True Britt"", was published. While Rod Stewart's domestic partner, Ekland inspired his hit song ""Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"" 1977's overall #1 song. The song features a French spoken part from Ekland. In 2004, Ekland was portrayed by Charlize Theron in ""The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"". She accompanied Theron to the Cannes"
"an Emmy as Best Supporting Actor for the role. Ian Richardson (who starred as the evil Francis Urquhart in the TV series House of Cards) plays the faithful Mr MacKellar, who manages the estate and becomes Henry Durie's friend and confidant; Finola Hughes plays Alison Graeme; and a youthful Timothy Dalton, later James Bond, stars as Colonel (or Captain) Francis Burke, an Irish adventurer who befriends the Master. The action starts in 1745, when Bonnie Prince Charlie lands in Scotland and the last Jacobite rebellion breaks out. James, the Master of Ballantrae, is a brave but foolish and hot-headed young"
"Giorgi Kvinitadze. In November 2003, d'Abo married Hugh Hudson, the Oscar-nominated British director of ""Chariots of Fire"" (1981). In 2007, d'Abo had surgery for a brain haemorrhage from which she recovered. Maryam d'Abo Maryam d'Abo (born 27 December 1960) is an English film and television actress, perhaps best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"". Born in London to Georgian mother Nino Kvinitadze (born 1920), a daughter of Giorgi Kvinitadze, and Anglo-Dutch father Peter Claude Holland d'Abo (1917–1995), d'Abo was raised in Paris and Geneva.</small> She decided to be an actress at"
"Film Festival, where she became highly emotional when she saw the film. In the 2018 film ""My Dinner with Hervé"", Ekland was played by Helena Mattsson. Britt Ekland Britt Ekland (; born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress and singer. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including critically acclaimed roles in William Friedkin's ""The Night They Raided Minsky's"" (1968), and the British crime film ""Get Carter"" (1971), which established her as a movie sex symbol. She also starred in the British cult horror film ""The Wicker Man"" (1973) and appeared"
"Maryam d'Abo Maryam d'Abo (born 27 December 1960) is an English film and television actress, perhaps best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"". Born in London to Georgian mother Nino Kvinitadze (born 1920), a daughter of Giorgi Kvinitadze, and Anglo-Dutch father Peter Claude Holland d'Abo (1917–1995), d'Abo was raised in Paris and Geneva.</small> She decided to be an actress at the age of 11. She studied at Drama Centre London, while working as an advertising model. D'Abo made her screen debut in the low-budget science fiction horror film ""Xtro"" (1982), playing"
"Sarah Hadland Sarah Hadland (born 20 February 1971) is an English actress best known for her role as Stevie Sutton in the BBC One BAFTA-nominated comedy television series ""Miranda"" (2009–2015). Hadland appeared as the Ocean Sky receptionist in the 2008 James Bond film ""Quantum of Solace"". Her other movie roles include ""Magicians"" (2007), ""Leap Year"" (2010) and ""Learners"" (2007). Hadland appeared in the comedy-drama television series ""Moving Wallpaper"" (2008–2009) as script writer Gillian McGovern, and had roles in the British comedy TV shows ""That Mitchell and Webb Look"" (2008–2010), ""Horrible Histories"" (2009–2010, 2012–2013), ""The Job Lot"" (2013–2015) and ""Brotherhood"" (2015)."
"(1969), a crime drama, based on a novel by Harold Robbins, co-starring Alex Cord. She then starred in a string of Italian films, ""Machine Gun McCain"" (1969), ""The Conspirators"" (1969), and as Antigone in ""The Cannibals"" (1970). In 1971, she was cast as a leading lady and gun moll in the iconic crime film ""Get Carter"", opposite Michael Caine, which firmly established her as a blonde bombshell. The 1970s also saw Ekland in several horror films, including ""What the Peeper Saw"" (1972) as a disturbed bride; the Agatha Christie adaptation ""Endless Night"" (1972), playing the friend and companion of an"
"Jane Seymour (actress) Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951), is an English-American actress. Best known for her performances in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973); ""Somewhere In Time"" (1980); ""East of Eden"" (1981); ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" (1982 film); ""Onassis: The Richest Man in the World"" (1988); ""War and Remembrance"" (1988); the French epic ""La Révolution française"" (1989) as the ill-fated queen Marie Antoinette; ""Wedding Crashers"" (2005); and the American television series ""Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"" (1993–1998), she has earned an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a star on the Hollywood"
"ring was presented to Seymour in April 2016 in Singapore while she was there to star in ""The Vortex"". Jane Seymour (actress) Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951), is an English-American actress. Best known for her performances in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973); ""Somewhere In Time"" (1980); ""East of Eden"" (1981); ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" (1982 film); ""Onassis: The Richest Man in the World"" (1988); ""War and Remembrance"" (1988); the French epic ""La Révolution française"" (1989) as the ill-fated queen Marie Antoinette; ""Wedding Crashers"" (2005); and the American television series ""Dr. Quinn,"
"In a Radio Times review of the play, the critic described Bond as ""stage royalty"" and ""hilarious."" In October and November 2017, Bond appeared in the English language premiere of Florian Zeller's modern French farce, ""The Lie"", once again alongside her husband, Alexander Hanson, at an Off-West End theatre called the Menier Chocolate Factory. In 1989, Bond starred as Mary MacKenzie, a young Scottish woman, in the television adaptation of Oswald Wynd's novel ""The Ginger Tree"", and was featured in ""Erik the Viking"", an independent fantasy film with Tim Robbins in the title role. She appeared in a 1990 adaptation"
"franchise. However, Jim Windolf of ""Vanity Fair"" noted that unlike previous Bond girls, Sévérine's name was not constructed from a double entendre. Commentators were divided on how Sévérine compared to previous female characters in ""James Bond"" films. John Boone of ""Entertainment Tonight"" wrote that she was not as fully realized as Vesper Lynd's role in the 2006 film ""Casino Royale"", but felt she was a more promising character than Mary Goodnight from ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1974) and Octopussy from the 1983 film of the same name. In contrast, ""The New Daily""s Susannah Guthrie dismissed Sévérine, along with"
"Kelli Berglund Kelli Berglund (born February 9, 1996) is an American actress, model, dancer and singer. She is known for portraying Bree Davenport, a bionic teenager with lightning speed, in the Disney XD series ""Lab Rats"", and its spinoff """". In 2014 she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, ""How to Build a Better Boy"", where she portrays Mae Hartley, a tech-savvy young woman who along with her best friend, devises a plan to create the perfect boyfriend. Berglund began her career at a young age as a series regular on TLC's ""Hip Hop Harry"". TV appearances also include"
"Sara Botsford Sara Botsford (born August 4, 1951) is a Canadian television and film actress. She plays Marilla in the 2016 ""Anne of Green Gables"" TV movie, opposite Martin Sheen, and plays Lady Covington in the Nickelodeon YTV series ""RIDE"". She is probably best known for her role of Ann Hildebrand in the television series ""E.N.G."" for which she won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. Prior to that role, her most remembered role would be the wickedly evil character of Lillith McKechnie, AKA Isabella, on the daytime drama ""As the"
"American heiress; and as a hallucinatory figure in the anthology film ""Asylum"" (1972) opposite Charlotte Rampling. Her most iconic horror role came in the 1973 cult horror film ""The Wicker Man"", in which she played a Pagan villager and seductress; however, her voice was dubbed in the film to disguise her Swedish-accented English. Other roles included in the thriller ""The Ultimate Thrill"" (1974) and the British drama ""Baxter!"" (1973). On television, she was cast in the TV film ""The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War"" (1973) opposite Lee Majors. Ekland's next prominent role came when she was cast"
"Lynda Boyd. Sara Botsford Sara Botsford (born August 4, 1951) is a Canadian television and film actress. She plays Marilla in the 2016 ""Anne of Green Gables"" TV movie, opposite Martin Sheen, and plays Lady Covington in the Nickelodeon YTV series ""RIDE"". She is probably best known for her role of Ann Hildebrand in the television series ""E.N.G."" for which she won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. Prior to that role, her most remembered role would be the wickedly evil character of Lillith McKechnie, AKA Isabella, on the daytime drama"
"Christina Hendricks Christina Rene Hendricks (born May 3, 1975) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her starring role as Joan Holloway on the AMC period drama series ""Mad Men"" (2007–2015) and as Beth Boland in the NBC crime drama series ""Good Girls"" (2018–present). Hendricks has also appeared as Saffron in the Fox space western series ""Firefly"" (2002–03), Celine/""Chair"" in the Comedy Central period sitcom ""Another Period"" (2015–16), and as Trudy in the SundanceTV drama series ""Hap and Leonard"" (2016). Her notable film credits include ""Drive"" (2011), ""God's Pocket"" (2014), ""Lost River"" (2014), ""The Neon Demon"""
"""Superbad"" (2007), ""Zombieland"" (2009), ""Easy A"" (2010), ""Crazy, Stupid, Love"" (2011), ""The Help"" (2011), ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" (2012), ""The Amazing Spider-Man 2"" (2014), ""Birdman"" (2014), ""La La Land"" (2016), ""Battle of the Sexes"" (2017), and ""The Favourite"" (2018). Stone has been nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress for ""Birdman"" and Best Actress for ""La La Land"" and three British Academy Film Awards: BAFTA Rising Star Award, Best Supporting Actress for ""Birdman"", and Best Actress in a Leading Role for ""La La Land"", winning both of her nominations for ""La La Land"". She won Best Actress in a Comedy"
"as British author Enid Blyton in the TV film ""Enid"" (2009). Bonham Carter began her film career, playing the title character in ""Lady Jane"" (1986), and playing Lucy Honeychurch in ""A Room with a View"" (1985). Her other film roles include Ophelia in ""Hamlet"" (1990), ""Where Angels Fear to Tread"" (1991), ""Howards End"" (1992), Elizabeth Lavenza in ""Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"" (1994), Woody Allen's ""Mighty Aphrodite"" (1995), Marla Singer in ""Fight Club"" (1999), Bellatrix Lestrange in the ""Harry Potter"" series (2007–11), Skynet in ""Terminator Salvation"" (2009), Miss Havisham in ""Great Expectations"" (2012), Madame Thénardier in ""Les Misérables"" (2012), the Fairy Godmother"
"use three Bond girls: The first should die ""preferably in Bond's arms"" early, the second a villain whom Bond seduces before she dies in an unusual and gory way midway, and the third survives to the end of the film. In several, the Bond girl is revealed, after her tryst with Bond, to be a villainess. Examples are Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) in ""Never Say Never Again"" (1983), Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) in ""The World Is Not Enough"" (1999), and Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) in ""Die Another Day"" (2002). As of 2013 there have been only two films in which"
"performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series ""A Fine Romance"" from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series ""As Time Goes By"". Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in ""GoldenEye"" (1995), a role she continued to play in James Bond in films through to ""Spectre"". She has starred in many acclaimed films since then, and won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for ""Shakespeare in Love"". Judi"
"and Richard Cottrell's ""Ruling the Roost"" (Georges Feydeau) at the Cambridge Arts Theatre in October 1972. Annette Badland Annette Badland (born 26 August 1950) is an English actress known for a wide range of roles on TV, radio, stage acting and film. She has played Margaret Blaine in the BBC science fiction series ""Doctor Who"", Doomsday Dora in ""The Sparticle Mystery"", Birdie Henshall in the drama series ""Cutting It"", Mavis in season 6 of ""Skins"", Ursula Crowe in children's science fiction/fantasy series ""Wizards vs Aliens"", Mrs. Glenna Fitzgibbons in season 1 of ""Outlander"" and Babe Smith in soap opera ""EastEnders""."
"appeared in the film adaptation of Agatha Christie's ""Death on the Nile"" as the murder victim Linnet Ridgeway Doyle, and in 1979, she appeared in what is perhaps her most famous role, that of NASA astronaut, scientist and Bond girl Dr. Holly Goodhead opposite Roger Moore's James Bond in ""Moonraker"". It was Moore´s fourth performance as Bond, the final 1970's Bond film and the third (and final) Bond film which Lewis Gilbert directed, as he had previously directed ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967, Sean Connery) and ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977, Roger Moore). Chiles had initially been approached to"
"played Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 James Bond films, also has a stand-out scene as a girl who can be bought. The screenplay was written by fellow blacklisted writer Ben Barzman, adapted from the play ""Someone Waiting"" by Emlyn Williams. David Graham, a recovering alcoholic, returns to England with only 24 hours to save his son, Alec, from hanging for the murder of Alec's girlfriend, Jenny Cole. A neglectful, absentee father who has missed the entire trial while he was in rehab in Canada, Graham discovers his son, awaiting execution, at first refuses to even see him and, when"
"continues to live with her parents, Mark and Michelle Berglund, and younger sister, Kirra. She is a graduate of Moorpark High School's independent study program. In her spare time, she enjoys swimming and photography. Kelli Berglund Kelli Berglund (born February 9, 1996) is an American actress, model, dancer and singer. She is known for portraying Bree Davenport, a bionic teenager with lightning speed, in the Disney XD series ""Lab Rats"", and its spinoff """". In 2014 she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, ""How to Build a Better Boy"", where she portrays Mae Hartley, a tech-savvy young woman who"
"portrayed by Ursula Andress). ""Entertainment Weekly"" put ""Bond bathing suits"" on its end-of-the-decade, ""best-of"" list, saying, ""And you thought spies were supposed to be inconspicuous! Halle Berry's orange bikini in Die Another Day (2002) and Daniel Craig's supersnug powder blue trunks in ""Casino Royale"" (2006) suggest that neither 007 star can keep a secret."" Monica Bellucci in Spectre became the oldest Bond girl at the age of 50, although she stated that she does not consider herself to be a ""Bond girl"", but a ""Bond woman"". Roald Dahl said that when writing ""You Only Live Twice"", he was advised to"
"Kate Mara Kate Rooney Mara ( ; born February 27, 1983) is an American actress and fashion model. She is known for her roles as reporter Zoe Barnes in the Netflix political drama ""House of Cards"" (2013–2014; 2016), computer analyst Shari Rothenberg in the Fox thriller series ""24"" (2006) and Ben Harmon's vengeful mistress Hayden McClaine in the FX horror miniseries """" (2011). She made her film debut in 1999 with ""Random Hearts"". She has since appeared in ""Brokeback Mountain"" (2005), ""We Are Marshall"" (2006), ""Shooter"" (2007), ""Transsiberian"" (2008), ""Stone of Destiny"" (2008), ""The Open Road"" (2009), ""Transcendence"" (2014), ""The"
"Spielberg extensively and served as President of Lucasfilm. Trainor introduced the two. Trainor died on May 20, 2015, at her home in Montecito, California from complications of pancreatic cancer. Mary Ellen Trainor Mary Ellen Trainor (July 8, 1952 – May 20, 2015) was an American character actress best remembered as Dr. Stephanie Woods (an LAPD psychiatrist) in the ""Lethal Weapon"" films and as Irene Walsh (Mikey and Brand's mom) in ""The Goonies"". She also appeared in numerous other well-known films including ""Romancing the Stone, The Monster Squad, Die Hard, Death Becomes Her, Forrest Gump,"" and ""Freaky Friday."" Trainor was born"
"Britt Ekland, Per Oscarsson and George Sanders. It is based on the novel ""Endless Night"" by Agatha Christie. She made two films for Sidney Hayers, ""What Changed Charley Farthing?"" (1974) and ""Deadly Strangers"" (1975). After ""The Kingfisher Caper"" in 1975, co-written by Boulting, Mills dropped out of the film industry for a few years. In 1981 Mills returned to acting with a starring role in the UK television mini-series ""The Flame Trees of Thika"", based on Elspeth Huxley's memoir of her childhood in East Africa. The series was well received, prompting Mills to accept more acting roles. She then returned"
"Annette Badland Annette Badland (born 26 August 1950) is an English actress known for a wide range of roles on TV, radio, stage acting and film. She has played Margaret Blaine in the BBC science fiction series ""Doctor Who"", Doomsday Dora in ""The Sparticle Mystery"", Birdie Henshall in the drama series ""Cutting It"", Mavis in season 6 of ""Skins"", Ursula Crowe in children's science fiction/fantasy series ""Wizards vs Aliens"", Mrs. Glenna Fitzgibbons in season 1 of ""Outlander"" and Babe Smith in soap opera ""EastEnders"". Badland plays Hazel Woolley in BBC Radio ""The Archers"". Supplied the voice of Pig in the"
"in a publicity role for the Chiquita bananas. Her first film role was as a fashion model in ""Puzzle of a Downfall Child"" (1970), which fared poorly at the box office. In 1976, she earned her first Golden Globe nomination (""New Star of the Year -- Actress"") for her role in ""The Master Gunfighter"". She later played in such films as ""The Island of Dr. Moreau"", ""Lone Wolf McQuade"", ""Condorman"", ""Point of Impact"", ""Tryst"" and ""Embryo"". For her portrayal of the villainess Fatima Blush in the James Bond film ""Never Say Never Again"", she earned a 1984 Golden Globe nomination"
"Jillian Murray Jillian Murray is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Portlyn on ""Sonny with a Chance"", Olivia on MTV's ""Awkward"", Gwen Adams in ""American High School"", Lex Mitchell in ""Forget Me Not"", Brandi Cox in """", and as the body model for Dr. Liara T'Soni for the ""Mass Effect"" video game series. She played Dr. Heather Pinkney in the first two seasons of the CBS medical drama ""Code Black"". Murray was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Wyomissing in Berks County, Pennsylvania. In 1998, she and her parents moved to Tucson, Arizona; Murray"