Bond girls - what character did Jane Seymour play in the film 'Live and Let Die'?
"well as adding eight additional tracks also extended several of the original ones, such as ""Bond Meets Solitaire"". Except as noted, all tracks composed by George Martin. Live and Let Die (soundtrack) Live and Let Die is the soundtrack to the eighth James Bond film of the same name. It was scored by George Martin. The title song was written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Paul McCartney and Wings. It was the first Bond film score not to involve John Barry. The music for most of the Bond films through ""Diamonds Are Forever"" had been scored by"
"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,"
"Live and Let Die (film) Live and Let Die is a 1973 British spy film, the eighth in the ""James Bond"" series to be produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, it was the third of four Bond films to be directed by Guy Hamilton. Although the producers had wanted Sean Connery to return after his role in the previous Bond film ""Diamonds Are Forever"", he declined, sparking a search for a new actor to play James Bond. Moore was signed"
"cast in ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". A few years after playing a Bond girl, she became one of the most highly paid actresses on television, starring in ""Desperate Housewives"". Jane Seymour was an unknown when she was cast in ""Live and Let Die"" (the opening credits read ""Introducing Jane Seymour""), later won an Emmy Award for playing Maria Callas in a TV movie and then became a household name playing the title role in her TV series ""Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"". Kim Basinger had perhaps the most successful post-Bond career. After her break-out role in ""Never Say Never Again"", Basinger went"
"portrayed the Bond girl Rosie Carver in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"". In that film, she became the first African American woman to become romantically involved with 007; Trina Parks, who played a nemesis to Bond rather than a love interest in ""Diamonds Are Forever"" (the previous Bond film) is considered to be the first African-American Bond girl. When ""Live and Let Die"" was first released in South Africa, her love scenes with Roger Moore were cut out because it was prohibited by the Apartheid government. She later starred in several 1970s blaxploitation films, including ""Across 110th"
"It was also the first James Bond film featuring an African American Bond girl romantically involved with 007, Rosie Carver, who was played by Gloria Hendry. The film was a box office success and received generally positive reviews from critics. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for ""Live and Let Die"", written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by their band Wings. Three MI6 agents are killed under mysterious circumstances within 24 hours in the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New Orleans and the Caribbean nation of San Monique, while monitoring"
"David Hedison as Felix Leiter, who reprised the role in ""Licence to Kill"". Hedison had said ""I was sure that would be my first and last"", before being cast again. Madeline Smith, who played Miss Caruso, sharing Bond's bed in the film's opening, was recommended for the part by Roger Moore after he had appeared with her on TV. Smith said that Moore was extremely polite to work with, but she felt very uncomfortable being clad in only blue bikini panties while Moore's wife was on set overseeing the scene. ""Live and Let Die"" was the only Bond film until"
"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"
"Pfeiffer and Worrall agree, thinking that Burton was ""the least likely incarnation"" of Leiter. In 1973 the Bond franchise introduced a new main lead, Roger Moore, who played Bond for the next twelve years in seven films. To play the part of Leiter in ""Live and Let Die"", an old friend of Moore's was chosen, David Hedison. Pfeiffer and Worrall consider that this friendship comes through, with ""genuine chemistry"" between the two. Hedison played the role with an understated charm, although the script did not give Leiter much to do. Raymond Benson thought him miscast, but acknowledged that ""he's the"
"eyebrow are his deadliest weapons"". Danny Peary noted that Jane Seymour portrays ""one of the Bond series's most beautiful heroines"" but had little praise for Moore, who he described as making ""an unimpressive debut as James Bond in Tom Mankiewicz's unimaginative adaptation of Ian Fleming's second novel...The movie stumbles along most of the way. It's hard to remember Moore is playing Bond at times – in fact, if he and Seymour were black, the picture could pass as one of the black exploitation films of the day. There are few interesting action sequences – a motorboat chase is trite enough"
"him. Most of their schemes fail, but in the end they succeed, by planting a bomb in a washroom. However, this is only accomplished at the cost that they themselves die too. They think that they are in heaven, and plan to litter it too, but instead they find themselves in hell, and the man they tried to kill is actually the devil. The cast features three James Bond actresses: Anouska Hempel and Julie Ege, who appeared in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and Madeline Smith, who would later appear in ""Live and Let Die"". All three had minor roles"
"the actress and adventurer Rachel Grant de Longueuil, best known for her role as Bond girl Peaceful in the James Bond film ""Die Another Day"". Ernestine Bowes-Lyon Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon, known as ""Tenie"" to her friends, was born at Glamis Castle in Scotland in 1891 and died in 1981 in Navarrenx, south of France. Tenie was one of five children. Her father Ernest Bowes-Lyon (son of Claude Bowes-Lyon) died ten days after her birth, 2 days after Christmas, in a riding accident in 1891. He was a diplomat; a Consul in Belgrade. Tenie's mother was a Drummond, of the family"
"Live and Let Die (song) ""Live and Let Die"" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"", written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was the most successful Bond theme to that point, charting at No. 2 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Commissioned specifically for the movie, it reunited the former Beatle with the band's producer, George Martin, who produced the song and arranged the orchestra. It has been covered by several bands, with the Guns N' Roses version being"
"is typically a high-profile part that can sometimes give a major boost to the career of unestablished actresses, although a number of Bond girls were well-established beforehand. For instance, Diana Rigg and Honor Blackman were both cast as Bond girls after they had already become stars in the United Kingdom for their roles in the television series, ""The Avengers"". In addition, Halle Berry won an Academy Award in 2002—the award was presented to her while she was filming ""Die Another Day"". Teri Hatcher was already known for her role as Lois Lane in the television series """" before she was"
"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"
"the reign of the young King Edward VI, Edward set himself up as Lord Protector and de facto ruler of the kingdom. Both eventually fell from power, and were executed. Jane Seymour Jane Seymour (c. 150824 October 1537) was Queen of England from 1536 to 1537 as the third wife of King Henry VIII. She succeeded Anne Boleyn as queen consort following the latter's execution in May 1536. She died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of her only child, a son who became King Edward VI. She was the only one of Henry's wives to"
"in the movie if [his group] Wings were able to perform the song in the opening credits...”. But in a review of the soundtrack, Eder cites Arnau's performance as “far more interesting [than] any of the instrumental material...”. Another female singer, Shirley Bassey, was already synonymous with Bond themes: Arnau went on to perform Bassey's hit ""Big Spender"" on the 1975 ""Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show"" (following Bassey's 1971 appearance). ""Live and Let Die"" strengthened a demand on TV; acting and singing on ""The Benny Hill Show"" (Episode 27 - aired 24 March 1976), and in guest spots on ""The"
"and her experiences as an African American woman during the 1960s. Gloria Hendry Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949), also known inaccurately as Gloria Henry, is an American actress and former Playboy model. She is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973's James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"", which was Roger Moore's first Bond film; and Helen Bradley in the blaxploitation film ""Black Caesar"", and the sequel, ""Hell Up in Harlem"". Hendry began her acting career in the 1968 Sidney Poitier film ""For Love of Ivy"", followed by a"
"UK branch of the Hoffman Institute, which presents a psychological programme founded by Bob Hoffman in 1967. They have two sons. In 2013, Serena Gordon married Adam Douglas who is an antiquarian books dealer, with two children Raphael and Brigit Douglas, in Arundel, West Sussex. Serena Gordon Serena Gordon (born 3 September 1963) is an English actress. Her roles include Amanda Prosser in police drama ""The Bill"" and MI6 evaluator Caroline in 1995 James Bond film ""GoldenEye"". Born in London, she is the daughter of property consultant Ian Strathearn Gordon, and magistrate Nicola Mary Gordon. She studied at RADA in"
"Gloria Hendry Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949), also known inaccurately as Gloria Henry, is an American actress and former Playboy model. She is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973's James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"", which was Roger Moore's first Bond film; and Helen Bradley in the blaxploitation film ""Black Caesar"", and the sequel, ""Hell Up in Harlem"". Hendry began her acting career in the 1968 Sidney Poitier film ""For Love of Ivy"", followed by a small role in the 1970 film ""The Landlord"". In 1973 she"
"sees the introduction of a vulnerable side to Bond, identifying the agent's tears towards the end of the story as evidence of this. Similarly, over the course of the book, the American character Leiter develops and also emerges as a more complete and human character and his and Bond's friendship is evident in the story. Despite the relationship, Leiter is again subordinate to Bond. While in ""Casino Royale"" his role was to provide technical support and money to Bond, in ""Live and Let Die"" the character is secondary to Bond, and the only time he takes the initiative, he loses"
"was ultimately cast to play Bond in ""Live and Let Die"". At the time Moore was an established television actor, known for his performances as Simon Templar in ""The Saint"" and Lord Brett Sinclair in ""The Persuaders!"": in both of which he played a ""charming, debonair, international playboy"". When playing Bond, Moore tried not to imitate either Connery or his previous roles, and screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz fitted the screenplay around Moore's persona by giving more comedy scenes and a light-hearted feel to Bond, an approach that led Raymond Benson to describe Moore's Bond as ""a rather smarmy, eyebrow-raising international playboy"
"of a new practice of using a different song altogether). Some Bond music fans consider Lulu's brassy vocal to be effective in setting the tone for the film's female characters. The film was also the first to drop the distinctive plucked guitar from the Bond theme heard over the gun barrel sequence - in all subsequent John Barry James Bond scores, this theme would be heard on strings and trumpet. Not present on the album but heard in the film is a brief reprise, for recognition purposes, of the song ""Live and Let Die"" when a character (Sheriff JW Pepper)"
"that she was a sex slave, and his cold response to her death. However, some critics defended Sévérine's story arc as appropriate for Bond's character development. The character has also been a topic of racial criticism. Sévérine (Bérénice Marlohe) first encounters James Bond (Daniel Craig) while on an assignment in Shanghai. She leads an art dealer to a large window to position his assassination by the mercenary Patrice (Ola Rapace). After the dealer is killed, Bond confronts Patrice about his employer, but does not receive an answer before the assassin falls to his death. Sévérine and Bond exchange a glance,"
"the role of Silvia, in the original London production of the rock musical ""Two Gentlemen of Verona"", and sang on the cast recording of it. Then followed the performance for which Arnau is best remembered; as the cabaret act in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973). She performed the title track (composed by Paul and Linda McCartney). The producer, Harry Saltzman, requested a talented and versatile soul singer for the opening credits but Arnau's appearance was an amazing surprise. The soundtrack's composer and producer George Martin indicated that “McCartney would only allow the song to be used"
"bond"", and does not hesitate to call on him when his criminal abilities are needed, whether for information or to act as a human tracking device. Though reluctant to help Jack and Dan with their dangerous and unorthodox plans, he often goes above their expectations to save them in times of need. Overall, he sees Dan as a true friend. Samantha Evans (Angela Sarafyan) is an offbeat and socially awkward assistant crime scene investigator. Though assigned to lab work, Samantha has a desire to do field work and jumps at the chance to help Jack and Dan with their cases,"
"number of Bond girls who were featured throughout the film franchise between the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"" (1962) starring Ursula Andress and the then-current 20th film ""Die Another Day"" starring Halle Berry. In 2003, the documentary was released on DVD and offered as a free gift with the purchase of ""Die Another Day"" on DVD by some retailers. In 2006, a new version of the documentary, updated to include interviews with cast from ""Casino Royale"" and edited to include commercial breaks, was produced for the AMC network and was later released as a bonus feature on the March"
"UK (where it reached number nine in the charts) and the US (where it reached number 2, for three weeks). It was nominated for an Academy Award but lost to ""The Way We Were"". Producers hired B. J. Arnau to record and perform the title song, not realising McCartney intended to perform it himself. Arnau's version was featured in the film itself, when the singer performed it in a night club which Bond attends. The Olympia Brass Band has a notable part in ""Live and Let Die"", where they lead a funeral march for a (soon to be) assassination victim."
"film's end, Leiter is shown recovering in the hospital. Following Hedison's first outing in 1973 in ""Live and Let Die"", the Leiter role did not appear again until the 1987 film ""The Living Daylights"", by which time Bond was being played by Timothy Dalton; the role was taken up by John Terry. Smith and Lavington consider that, although the scene between Bond and Leiter sees warmth in the relationship between them, ""it is too fleeting to have any impact"". Pfeiffer and Worrall agree on the briefness of Leiter's role in the film, although they consider that Terry has ""virtually no"
"character, Berry described Jinx as ""fashion-forward modern and the next step in the evolution of women in the Bond movies. She's more modern and not the classic villain."" Jinx was voted the fourth toughest Bond girl on-screen of all time in an ITV poll. Jinx (James Bond) Giacinta ""Jinx"" Johnson is a fictional character in the ""James Bond"" franchise, first appearing in ""Die Another Day"", portrayed by Halle Berry. The character, the first heroic African-American Bond girl, has received critical acclaim, and is regarded among one of the best Bond girls of the series. Jinx is an NSA agent assigned"
"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"
"found. The brackish water in the lower levels is full of marine life including small barnacles and various unidentified small swimming creatures. The filming of the 1973 James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"", used the caves for villain Doctor Kananga's underground base beneath a cemetery on the fictional island of San Monique. It is most memorable for being the location where Bond (played for the first time by Roger Moore) kills Kananga (played by Yaphet Kotto) by forcing him to swallow a bullet of compressed air, causing him to float up to the ceiling like a balloon and explode."