Madeline Smith

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Madeline Smith (born August 2, 1949 in Hartfield, East Sussex , United Kingdom ) is a British film, stage and television actress who starred in some notable box office hits in the early 1970s with medium-sized roles. At a young age, she had also worked as a photo model .

Live and act

The daughter of an English restorer and children's book author and a Swiss translator grew up in Kew Gardens in south-west London. Madeline Smith, who lives in the film town of Ealing, attended a convent school until July 1967, before leaving there and earning her first money at Biba, a Barbara Hulanicki fashion store . After just six weeks, the pretty teenager was discovered by a talent scout and signed to the Lucie Clayton Modeling Agency for a year and a half. When Madeline read an advertisement that actors were still being wanted for a film, she contacted them and immediately got a role. In the months to come, she switched back and forth between filmmaking and working as a model.

After a small appearance in the Hammer Films production How does Dracula's blood taste? (1969) a few months later she was given the significantly larger role of the innocent and somewhat chubby Emma Morton, who threatens to fall into the clutches of a very old vampire ( Ingrid Pitt ) in the Vampire Crypt . Madeline Smith made her way with this horror film, which also contained a topless scene, and went bare in one of her next productions, the “ancient” comedy Up Pompeii , where she appropriately played a girl named Erotica. Then the artist got a small supporting role in the all-star horror film classic Theater des Grauens and finally called herself back to memory with the Italian Bond girl Miss Caruso: Here, 007 succeeds in the opening sequence of Live and Let Die , using a magnetic Watch pulling the zipper of her dress down.

In addition to her work for film, television and the stage also played a role in Madeline Smith's career. She played alongside Alec Guinness in the play Habeas Corpus and many years later also appeared in the Agatha Christie long-running hit Die Mausefalle . After a few more films, including the late hammer work Frankenstein's Hell Monster by old master Terence Fisher , and numerous guest appearances in television series, Madeline Smith decided to reduce acting largely in favor of studying English at Goldsmith College in London. After a long absence, she returned in front of the camera in 2011 for a television production. Madeline Smith was married to the British actor David Buck (1936–1989) until his death in January 1989 . She has a daughter with him, who was born in 1984.

Filmography

  • 1967: The Mini-Affair
  • 1968: The Killing of Sister George ( The Killing of Sister George )
  • 1969: Flesh and Love ( Some Like It Sexy )
  • 1969: Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
  • 1970: How does Dracula's blood taste? ( Taste the Blood of Dracula )
  • 1970: Vampire Lovers ( The Vampire Lovers )
  • 1970: Tam-Lin
  • 1971: The Two Ronnies (TV series)
  • 1971: Doctor at Large (TV series)
  • 1971: Up Pompeii
  • 1971: Jason King (TV series, a double episode of the TV series)
  • 1971: The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins ( The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins )
  • 1971: The Two ( The Persuaders , an episode of the TV series)
  • 1972: Clochemerle (TV multi-part)
  • 1972: The Totally Mad Head Nurse ( Carry On Matron )
  • 1972: A matter of command 'Nackter Po' ( Up the Front )
  • 1972: The miracle of Mr. B. ( The Amazing Mr Blunden )
  • 1972: The Love Ban
  • 1973: Theater of Blood ( Theater of Blood )
  • 1973: James Bond : Live and Let Die ( Live and Let Die )
  • 1973: Take Me High
  • 1973: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell ( Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell )
  • 1974: Percy - The Potency Man ( Percy's Progress )
  • 1974: Galileo
  • 1975: Vagabund in 1000 Needs ( The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones )
  • 1976: Shadows of Doubt (short film)
  • 1976: Fern, the Red Deer
  • 1978, 1983: The Doctor and the Dear Cattle ( All Creatures Great and Small , TV series, two episodes)
  • 1980: Why didn't you ask Evans? ( Why didn't they Ask Evans? )
  • 1981: The Bagthorpe Saga (TV series)
  • 1984: The Passionate Pilgrim (short film)
  • 1982–1986: Eureka (TV series)
  • 2011: Doctors (TV series, one episode)

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personal data
SURNAME Smith, Madeline
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British model and actress in film, stage and television
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Hartfield, East Sussex , United Kingdom