Claudine Auger
| Claudine Auger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Claudine Oger 26 April 1941 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958–1997 |
| Spouse(s) |
Pierre Gaspard-Huit (1959-?) Peter Brent (?–2008) (his death) 1 child |
| Children | Jessica Claudine Brent (b. 1991) |
Claudine Auger (born Claudine Oger on 26 April 1941) is a French actress best known for her role as Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball (1965). She earned the title of Miss France Monde and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest.
Early life
Auger was born in Paris, France. She attended St. Joan of Arc College and later the Conservatoire de Paris, where she performed dramatic roles. She made her film debut when she was still in school.
Career
Jean Cocteau cast her in an uncredited role as a tall ballerina in Testament of Orpheus (1960). When she was 18, she married the 43-year-old writer-director Pierre Gaspard-Huit, and he cast her in several films, including Le Masque de fer (1962) and Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance (1963).[1]
When she was on holiday in Nassau, writer-producer Kevin McClory saw her and recommended that she audition for his film Thunderball (1965). The role of Domino was originally to be an Italian woman, Dominetta Petacchi. Auger impressed the producers so much that they rewrote the part to that of a French woman, to better suit Auger. Although she took lessons to perfect her English, her voice was eventually dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl.[2] Auger would claim that she related to her character Domino, as she and Domino were involved with older men. The most immediate byproduct of Claudine's stardom was a semi-nude Playboy spread.
Thunderball launched Auger into a successful European movie career, but did little for her otherwise in the United States.[3] She did however star in a Danny Thomas Special called ‘The Road to Lebanon’ with Bing Crosby which was shown on NBC on April 20, 1966.[4]
In 1968, she co-starred with another Bond girl Ursula Andress in the Italian comedy Anyone Can Play. In 1971, she starred with two other Bond girls, Barbara Bach and Barbara Bouchet, in Black Belly of the Tarantula, a giallo mystery. She had some roles in European films as Triple Cross (1966) (reuniting her with her James Bond director Terence Young) and The Killing Game (1967).[5]
Personal life
At age 18 she married writer-director Pierre Gaspard-Huit. They would later divorce.
She married British businessman Peter Brent[6] in the 1980s.[3] Brent died in August 2008.
Selected filmography
References
- ↑ Tom Lisanti and Louis Paul, Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers (2002), p. 46
- ↑ "The secret Bond girl: Unknown artist dubbed the voices of 007's best-known beauties - but now she's banned from the movies spy's 50th birthday party!". Daily Mail. London.
- 1 2 Mann, Roderick (29 November 1986). "Bond Was No Boost For Auger". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ↑ Pairpoint, Lionel. "The Chronological Bing Crosby on Television". BING magazine. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Claudine Auger". All Movie Guide. NYTimes.com.
- ↑ Riedel, Michael (November 12, 1995). "Kiss of Death". New York Daily News.
- ↑ "Flammes sur l'Adriatique". Retrieved 2012-11-09.
External links
- Claudine Auger at the Internet Movie Database
- Claudine Auger at AllMovie
- Claudine Auger at the TCM Movie Database
