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.
Claudine Auger | |
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Auger as Domino in Thunderball (1965) | |
| Born | Claudine Oger 26 April 1941 Paris, France |
| Died | 18 December 2019 (aged 78) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958–1995 |
| Spouse(s) | Pierre Gaspard-Huit (m. 1959; div. 1969) Peter Brent (m. 1984; his death 2008) |
| Children | 1 |
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.[citation needed]
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).[1] In 1966 she co-starred in the World War II drama Triple Cross with Yul Brynner and Christopher Plummer.
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.[citation needed] Auger would claim that she related to her character Domino, as she and Domino were both involved with older men.[citation needed] 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.[2] She did, however, star in a Danny Thomas special called The Road to Lebanon with Bing Crosby, which was shown on NBC on 20 April 1966.[3]
Auger co-starred with another Bond girl, Ursula Andress, in the Italian comedy Anyone Can Play (1968). She starred with two future Bond girls, Barbara Bouchet and Barbara Bach, in Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971), a giallo mystery. She had some roles in European films such as Triple Cross (1966, reuniting her with her James Bond director Terence Young), and The Killing Game (1967).[4]
Auger appeared in the British television series The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, in "The Three Gables" (1994), as Isadora Klein, in one of the last episodes of the series.
Personal life and death
In 1959, she married writer-director Pierre Gaspard-Huit. They later divorced.
She married British businessman Peter Brent[5] in the 1980s.[2] The couple had one child, Jessica Claudine Brent (b. 1991). Peter Brent died in August 2008.
Auger died in Paris on 18 December 2019 following a lengthy illness.[6][7][8][9]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Christine | Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Uncredited | |
| 1960 | Testament of Orpheus | Minerva | Jean Cocteau | |
| Terrain vague | the salesgirl | Marcel Carné | ||
| 1961 | Les Moutons de Panurge | Monique | Jean Girault | Uncredited |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | the new waitress | Édouard Molinaro | (segment "Envie, L'"), Uncredited |
| Le Masque de fer | Isabelle de Saint-Marc | Henri Decoin | ||
| 1963 | In the French Style | Clio Andropolous | Robert Parrish | |
| Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance | Amrita | Mario Camerini | ||
| Il mistero del tempio indiano | Mario Camerini | |||
| 1964 | Games of Desire | Elektra Tzanou | Hans Albin, Peter Berneis | |
| 1965 | Yo Yo | Isolina | Pierre Étaix | |
| The Reckless | Giuliano Montaldo | Uncredited | ||
| Thunderball | Dominique Derval ("Domino") | Terence Young | ||
| 1966 | That Man George | Lila | Jacques Deray | |
| Treasure of San Gennaro | Concettina | Dino Risi | ||
| Triple Cross | Paulette | Terence Young | ||
| The Devil in Love | Maddalena de' Medici | Ettore Scola | ||
| 1967 | Jeu de massacre | Jacqueline Meyrand | Alain Jessua | |
| The Head of the Family | Adriana | Nanni Loy | ||
| 1968 | Anyone Can Play | Esmeralda | Luigi Zampa | |
| Escalation | Carla Maria Manini | Roberto Faenza | ||
| Adriatic Sea of Fire[10] | Mirjana | Alexandre Astruc and Stjepan Cikes | ||
| Listen, Let's Make Love | Ida Bernasconi | Vittorio Caprioli | ||
| The Cats | Barbara | Duccio Tessari | ||
| 1969 | Love Birds | Marina | Mario Caiano | |
| Come ti chiami, amore mio? | Umberto Silva | |||
| 1971 | Equinozio | Maurizio Ponzi | ||
| Black Belly of the Tarantula | Laura | |||
| Twitch of the Death Nerve | Renata Donati | Mario Bava | ||
| Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide | Nathalie Silvener | Jacques Deray | ||
| 1972 | Gli ordini sono ordini | Giorgia's friend | Franco Giraldi | |
| Ricatto alla mala | Michèle | Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | ||
| 1974 | Borsalino & Co. | Une passagère sur le paquebot | Jacques Deray | Uncredited |
| La dynamite est bonne à boire | Consuelo | Aldo Sambrell | ||
| 1975 | L'Intrépide | Sophie | Jean Girault | |
| Flic Story | Catherine | Jacques Deray | ||
| 1976 | Il colpaccio | Bruno Paolinelli | ||
| Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra | Sol | Tito Fernández | ||
| 1977 | Pane, burro e marmellata | Betty | Giorgio Capitani | |
| 1978 | The Bermuda Triangle | Sybill | René Cardona Jr. | |
| Butterfly on the Shoulder | The coat's Woman | Jacques Deray | ||
| 1979 | Lovers and Liars | Elisa Massacesi | Mario Monicelli | |
| Lobster for Breakfast | Carla Spinosi | Giorgio Capitani | ||
| The Associate | Agnès Pardot | René Gainville | ||
| 1980 | Fantastica | Johanna MacPherson | Gilles Carle | |
| Prestami tua moglie | Diana | Giuliano Carnimeo | ||
| 1981 | Black Jack (a.k.a. Asalto al casino) | Jill Stradford | Max H. Boulois | |
| 1984 | Secret Places | Sophie Meister | Zelda Barron | |
| 1985 | The Repenter | Rosa Ragusa | Pasquale Squitieri | |
| 1986 | Exploits of a Young Don Juan | the mother | Gianfranco Mingozzi | |
| 1988 | Un amore di donna | Gabriella's mother | Nelo Risi | |
| Il frullo del passero | Dino's widow | Gianfranco Mingozzi | ||
| 1991 | La bocca | Countess Veronica Rospigliosi | Mara Bronzoni and Luca Verdone | |
| 1992 | Salt on Our Skin | Mrs. McEwan | Andrew Birkin | |
| 1995 | Los hombres siempre mienten | Isabelle | Antonio del Real |
References
- ^ Tom Lisanti and Louis Paul, Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers (2002), p. 46
- ^ a b 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 (2012). . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20.
- ^ Riedel, Michael (November 12, 1995). "Kiss of Death". New York Daily News.
- ^ "Claudine Auger: French actress known for James Bond role dies aged 78". BBC News. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Thunderball actress Claudine Auger has died aged 78". RTE. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Milkelbank, Peter (19 December 2019). "Claudine Auger, First French Actress to Star as a Bond Girl, Dies at 78". People. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Claudine Auger, Bond Girl in 'Thunderball,' Dies at 78 | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Flammes sur l'Adriatique". Retrieved 2012-11-09.
External links
- Claudine Auger at IMDb
- Claudine Auger at AllMovie
- at the TCM Movie Database
- Claudine Auger at aenigma
- Claudine Auger(Aveleyman)
- findagrave