THE HELLG ATE LANCE FEATURES JANUARY II, 2007 1

you could choose anyone at He ligate to play the next James Bond who would it be and who wou d be the next Bond Girl?

Kayla Charlo, Senior Ross Pardy, Senior Miranda Lane, Junior Court Jensen, Fros)l

I'll go Ursula Andress Anamarie Shober was paid $10,000 to play Features Editor the origional Bond girl in 1962's Dr. No. Although its easy to think ofthe numerous Bond girls as arm *According to Entertain­ candy for the infamous James, they have most certainly made ment Weekly.com the ten their mark in modern day cinema. Here are some little known worst Bond girls are as facts about the vixons ... follows: Maud Adams, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Lois *The actress playing the Bond girl has only been older than the Chiles, Carey Lowell, actor playing Bond twice. Both starred in The Avengers, a BBC Britt Ekland, Karin Dorr, series. Honor Blackman was three years older than Sean Con­ Maryam d' Abo, Corinne nery's 34 years in Goldfinger while Diana Rigg was a year older Clery, Tanya Roberts and than George Lazenby in On Her Majesty s Secret Service at 31. Denise Richards.

* The first American Bond girl was Jill StJohn in 1971. Since * A documentary titled then, there have been more American actress cast in the role than Bond Girls Are Forever any other nationality. Other nationalities represented include was made in 2002 for TV. English, French, Swedish, Swiss, Italian, Japanese, Polish and It was directed by John Malaysian. Watkin.

* Countess Teresa DeYecenzo (later 1m own as Tracy Bond) * There is an urban Halle Berry emerges from the sea as was the only Bond girl to marry James Bond in the film On Her legand that the Bond Ursula Andress, the origional Bond girl, "Jinx Johnson" in the film Die Another Majesty s Secret Service. The character was played by Diana Rigg. Girl from For Your Eyes does a similar pose in Dr. No. Day. Only, Caroline Cossy, was * Halle Berry was the fi rst and only African American Bond girl. a· transsexual. This was said to have been discov- * Bond Girl Racheal Grant (Die Another Day) is a blood-link to the ered after filming had wrapped. Cossy was said to have been born Queen of England. Her paternal grandfather Baron de Longueuil "Barny" Cossy before undergoing operations and hormone treat- was cousin to the Queen. ments to become a woman. •

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