Tania Mallet

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Tania Mallet while filming Goldfinger (1964)

Tania Mallet (born May 19, 1941 in Blackpool , Lancashire , England , † March 30, 2019 in Margate , Kent ) was a British model and film actress .

Life

Tania Mallet's parents were Olga, a British-born Russian, and Henry Mallet, an English car dealer; she had several brothers.

Tania Mallet, who started in the industry at 16, soon became one of the hippest models of the early 1960s. At the zenith of her career, she was making £ 2,000 a week , which is around € 42,200 today. At the age of 23, she was offered her only film role in 1964: In Goldfinger , the third James Bond film, she played a Bond girl with Tilly Masterson . Mallet should have played a part in James Bond 007 - Greetings from Moscow a year earlier ; However, the role went to Daniela Bianchi at this point .

After her experience at Goldfinger , Mallet retired from acting and returned to working as a model. In a 2003 interview, she called filming an exciting experience, but she received a significantly lower salary compared to her modeling work - at Goldfinger she initially earned 50 pounds, later after an intervention by her management at 150 pounds per week. In addition, she did not like the restrictions that the production company placed on her during filming.

Actress Helen Mirren is her maternal cousin. Mallet's second marriage was to her husband Simon Radcliffe in England. she died in March 2019 at the age of 77.

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Tania Mallet  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ thebondbulletin.com
  2. ↑ a b c d Tania Mallet, biography at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ This figure was based on the template: Inflation was determined, has been rounded to a full 100 euros and compares the previous January to 1963.
  4. ^ Tania Mallet interview. In: MI6 :: The Home of James Bond. 2016, accessed April 1, 2019 .
  5. ^ "Goldfinger": Bond girl Tania Mallet is dead. In: Spiegel Online . April 1, 2019, accessed April 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Mallet, Tania
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British model and film actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackpool , Lancashire , England , UK
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 2019
Place of death Margate , Kent