Eva Rueber-Staier (born 20 February 1951) is an Austrian actress, television host, model and beauty queen who won
Miss World 1969.
Biography
Rueber-Staier was born on 20 February 1951 in
Bruck an der Mur
Bruck an der Mur () is a city of some 15,970 people located in the district Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Mur and Mürz. Its manufacturing includes metal products and paper. ...
,
Styria
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. She won the title of
Miss Austria and participated in the
Miss Universe 1969 contest, in which she was a top 15 semi-finalist. She also went on to win the
Miss World 1969 pageant. During her tenure, she starred in the
Bob Hope
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USO
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tour in
South Vietnam
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.
Her acting career contains a recurring
James Bond
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credit: she played General Gogol's assistant Rublevitch in the films ''
The Spy Who Loved Me'', ''
For Your Eyes Only'', and ''
Octopussy
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''. She also has a minor role in ‘’
Carry On Dick’’, one of the later in the Carry On film series.
Eva Rueber Staier married British film director Ronald Fouracre at the
Caxton Hall register office on 2 January 1973. They were married until her husband's death on 2 July 1983.
She has lived in an
Elizabethan
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Grade II listed house in
Pinner
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Originally a mediaeval ...
since 1984 and moved there when she was expecting her first and only child, Ronald's son Alexander Fouracre, who lives in
Willesden Green and works as a camera man. She currently lives with her second husband, publisher Brian Cowan.
She also played the
Cadbury Flake
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girl
in the 1980s Austrian Skiing advert directed by
Ridley Scott
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.
Rueber-Staier now produces metalwork sculptures; some were exhibited during Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum's "open studios 2008".
Filmography
References
External links
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1951 births
Living people
Austrian beauty pageant winners
Austrian film actresses
Miss Universe 1969 contestants
Miss World winners
Miss World 1969 delegates
People from Bruck an der Mur
Austrian emigrants to England
Actresses from Styria
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