Claudine Auger
Claudine Auger (born April 26, 1941 as Claudine Oger in Paris ; † December 18, 2019 there ) was a French actress . She was Miss World France in 1958 .
Life
She was born in Paris in 1941, where she grew up and attended St. Joan of Arc College and later the Drama Conservatory. At the age of 17 she won the Miss World France title in 1958 and was runner-up in the Miss World competition. Jean Cocteau cast her in 1959 for her first supporting role. In The Testament of Orpheus , she played a ballerina. Five years later she played her best-known role, that of the Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball . The role was originally created as the Italian Dominetta Palazzi and should be played by Luciana Paluzzi , who then took over the role of the "bad Bond girl".
Thunderball brought Auger a successful film career in Europe, but not in the USA . Her work includes 80 film and television productions. She last appeared as an actress in 1997.
At the age of 18, she married 41-year-old Pierre Gaspard-Huit , from whom she later divorced. Her second marriage was to Peter Brent. Brent died in August 2008.
Claudine Auger died in Paris in December 2019 at the age of 78.
Films (selection)
- 1960: The Testament of Orpheus (Le testament d'Orphée)
- 1960: Dangerous pavement (Terrain vague)
- 1962: The iron mask (Le masque de fer)
- 1963: Kali Yug: The Goddess of Vengeance (Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta)
- 1963: Kali Yug, Part 2: Riots in India (Il mistero del tempio indiano)
- 1964: The Lady
- 1965: Yoyo the Millionaire (Yoyo)
- 1965: James Bond 007 - Thunderball
- 1966: L'arcidiavolo
- 1966: The great coup of Casablanca (L'Homme de Marrakech)
- 1966: Our boss is a lady (Operazione San Gennaro)
- 1966: Spy between two fronts (Triple Cross)
- 1967: Father of the family (Il padre di famiglia)
- 1968: Escalation
- 1968: The Bastard (I bastardi)
- 1969 Love birds (Love Birds)
- 1971: In Satan's bloodlust (Reazione a catena)
- 1971: Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide
- 1974: Flic-Story - duel in six rounds (Flic story)
- 1978: Murder in Barcelona (Un papillon sur l'épaule)
- 1983: The golden shoes
- 1985: The Denouncer (Il pentito)
- 1992: Salt on Our Skin (Salt on Our Skin)
Web links
- Claudine Auger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Claudine Auger in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
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^ Mourning the actress - "Bond girl" Claudine Auger is dead. In: Tagesschau (ARD) . December 20, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 . Décès de Claudine Auger, la première James Bond girl “frenchie”. In: lefigaro.fr . December 19, 2019, accessed December 19, 2019 (French).
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↑ Michael Riedel: Kiss of Death. In: New York Daily News . November 12, 1995, archived from the original on March 19, 2014 ; accessed on December 20, 2019 . Roderick Mann: Bond Was No Boost For Auger. In: Los Angeles Times . November 29, 1986, accessed December 20, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auger, Claudine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ogre, Claudine (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th December 2019 |
| Place of death | Paris |