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Nikki Van Der Zyl
Monica "Nikki" van der Zyl (27 April 1935 – 6 March 2021) was a German actress based in the United Kingdom, known for her dubbing work on the ''James Bond'' film franchise. Early life Nikki van der Zyl was born on 27 April 1935 in Berlin, the daughter of Anneliese and Rabbi Dr. Werner van der Zyl. Career As a voice-over artist, she provided the voice of the character of Honey Ryder ( Ursula Andress) as well as several other minor female characters, in '' Dr. No''. Van der Zyl also provided dialogue coaching to Gert Fröbe, whose English was limited, for the movie '' Goldfinger'' and continued to work as a voice-over artist for the series until '' Moonraker.'' She worked as an artist, poet and public speaker. In January 2013, van der Zyl published her book, ''For Your Ears Only'', which was translated into German for a 2015 release in Germany. In November 2013, an exhibition called "Night Flight to Berlin" opened in the Museum Pankow in Berlin and ran until April 2014. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's States of Germany, sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the Brandenburg, State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Metropolitan regions in Germany, Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree (river), Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zena Marshall
Zena Moyra Marshall (1 January 1926 – 10 July 2009) was a British actress of film and television, who was born in Kenya. Early years Marshall was of English, Irish and (on her mother's side) French descent. Though born in Kenya, after her father's death and her mother's remarriage, Zena Marshall was brought up in Leicestershire, England. Career Marshall attended St Mary's, Ascot and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She worked with Ensa (the Entertainments National Service Association) during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi .... Marshall first acted on stage. Her film career began with a small role in '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945), with Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh. Her exotic looks resulted in her being cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Cléry
Corinne Cléry (born 23 March 1950), also known as Corinne Piccolo, is a French actress. She is known for the films ''Moonraker'' (1979), '' The Story of O'' (1975), '' Hitch-Hike'' (1977) and '' Yor, the Hunter from the Future'' (1983). Early life and career Cléry was born on 23 March 1950 near Paris and raised in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She began her acting career in the late 1960s under the name Corinne Piccoli. Her first important film was Joël Le Moigne's ''Les Poneyttes'' with Johnny Hallyday and DJ Hubert Wayaffe, whom she married at the end of the filming, aged 17. Cléry first came to prominence in the movie '' Story of O'' (1975) (''Histoire d'O''). She also modelled for the cover of French magazine '' Lui'' in which she is holding a huge copy of the novel upon which the film is based. Cléry is also known for playing Bond girl Corinne Dufour, antagonist Hugo Drax's assistant, in the 1979 James Bond film '' Moonraker''. She also starred with Bond girl Barbara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With The Golden Gun (film)
''The Man with the Golden Gun'' is a 1974 spy film and the ninth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming's posthumously published 1965 novel of the same name, the film has Bond sent after the Solex Agitator, a breakthrough technological solution to contemporary energy shortages, while facing the assassin Francisco Scaramanga, the "Man with the Golden Gun". The action culminates in a duel between them that settles the fate of the Solex. ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' was the fourth and final film in the series directed by Guy Hamilton. The script was written by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz. The film was set in the face of the 1973 energy crisis, a dominant theme in the script; Britain had still not yet fully overcome the crisis when the film was released in December 1974. The film also reflects the then-popular martial arts film craze, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Seymour (actress)
Jane Seymour (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951) is an English actress. After making her screen debut as an uncredited extra in the 1969 musical comedy ''Oh! What a Lovely War'', Seymour transitioned to leading roles in film and television, including a leading role in the television series '' The Onedin Line'' (1972–1973) and the role of psychic Bond girl Solitaire in the James Bond film '' Live and Let Die'' (1973). Critical acclaim followed with a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for ''Captains and the Kings'' (1976). In 1982, Seymour won her first Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for the miniseries '' East of Eden'' (1981). She received additional Golden Globe nominations in the same category for the television film '' The Woman He Loved'' (1988), in which she portrayed Wallis Simpson, and the miniseries '' War and Remembrance'' (1988-1989), for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live And Let Die (film)
Live and Let Die may refer to: * ''Live and Let Die'' (novel), a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming ** ''Live and Let Die'' (film), a 1973 film starring Roger Moore *** ''Live and Let Die'' (video game), a video game *** ''Live and Let Die'' (soundtrack) *** "Live and Let Die" (song), a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from the film ** ''Live and Let Die'' (adventure), a 1984 module for the ''James Bond 007'' role-playing game * ''Live and Let Die'' (album), an album by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo See also * Live or Let Die (other) * Live and Let Live (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Perrier
Denise Perrier (born February 13, 1935 in Ambérieu-en-Bugey)Denise Perrier : la Miss Monde 1953 de retour sur ses terres natales ''Bugeycotiere.fr'', 20 September 2019 is a French actress, former model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1953. She now goes by "Denise Perrier Lanfranchi." She is still the only French woman to have won the Miss World title. Biography Denis Perrier grew up in the French town |
Diamonds Are Forever (film)
''Diamonds Are Forever'' is a 1971 spy film, the seventh in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, having declined to reprise the role in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969). The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name and is the second of four ''James Bond'' films directed by Guy Hamilton. The story has Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring and soon uncovering a plot by his old enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld to use the diamonds to build a space-based laser weapon. Bond has to battle his enemy for one last time to stop the smuggling and stall Blofeld's plan of destroying Washington, D.C. and extorting the world with nuclear supremacy. After George Lazenby left the series, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli tested other actors, but studio United Artists wanted Connery b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mie Hama
is a former Japanese actress, television presenter, radio presenter, and author best known for playing Fumiko Sakurai in the 1962 Godzilla (franchise), ''Godzilla'' film, ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'', Kissy Suzuki in the 1967 James Bond, ''James Bond'' film, ''You Only Live Twice (film), You Only Live Twice'', and Madame Piranha in the 1967 King Kong (franchise), ''King Kong'' film, ''King Kong Escapes''. Career Hama was working as a bus conductor when she was spotted by producer Tomoyuki Tanaka. She went on to become one of the most in-demand actresses in Japan. Notable appearances included the 1965 spy comedy ''Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi'', which was the source for the Woody Allen film ''What's Up, Tiger Lily?'' and Toho Studio's monster and fantasy movies such as ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' (1962), ''The Lost World of Sinbad'' (1963) and ''King Kong Escapes'' (1967). By the time she starred in ''You Only Live Twice (film), You Only Live Twice'', she had made more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Only Live Twice (film)
''You Only Live Twice'' is a 1967 spy film and the fifth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is the first Bond film to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, who later directed the 1977 film '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' and the 1979 film '' Moonraker'', both starring Roger Moore. The screenplay of ''You Only Live Twice'' was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name. It is the first James Bond film to discard most of Fleming's plot, using only a few characters and locations from the book as the background for an entirely new story. In the film, Bond is dispatched to Japan after American and Soviet crewed spacecraft disappear mysteriously in orbit, each nation blaming the other amidst the Cold War. Bond travels secretly to a remote Japanese island to find the perpetrators, and comes face-to-face with Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE. The film reveals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudine Auger
Claudine Auger (born Claudine Oger; 26 April 1941 – 18 December 2019) was a French actress best known for her role as a Bond girl, Dominique "Domino" Derval, in the James Bond film '' Thunderball'' (1965). She earned the title of Miss France Monde (the French representative to the Miss World beauty pageant) 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 Auger 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). In 1966 she co-starred in the World War II drama '' Triple Cross'' with Yul Brynne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderball (film)
''Thunderball'' is a 1965 spy film and the fourth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the 1961 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham devised from a story conceived by Kevin McClory, Whittingham, and Fleming. It was the third and final Bond film to be directed by Terence Young, with its screenplay by Richard Maibaum and John Hopkins. The film follows Bond's mission to find two NATO atomic bombs stolen by SPECTRE, which holds the world for ransom of £100 million in diamonds under its threat to destroy an unspecified metropolis in either the United Kingdom or the United States (later revealed to be Miami). The search leads Bond to the Bahamas, where he encounters Emilio Largo, the card-playing, eyepatch-wearing SPECTRE Number Two. Backed by CIA agent Felix Leiter and Largo's mistress, Domino D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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