Authors: Tom Lisanti, Louis Paul, Eileen O'Neill
ISBN-13: 9780786411948, ISBN-10: 0786411945
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Date Published: April 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Sean Connery began the sixties spy movie boom playing James Bond in Dr. No and From Russia with Love. Their success inspired every studio in Hollywood and Europe to release everything from serious knockoffs to spoofs on the genre featuring debonair men, futuristic gadgets, exotic locales, and some of the world's most beautiful actresses whose roles ranged from the innocent caught up in a nefarious plot to the femme fatale.
Profiled herein are 107 dazzling women, well-known and unknown, who had film and television appearances in the spy genre. They include superstars Doris Day in Caprice, Raquel Welch in Fathom, and Ann-Margret in Murderer's Row; international sex symbols Ursula Andress in Dr. No and Casino Royale, Elke Sommer in Deadlier Than the Male, and Senta Berger in The Spy with My Face; and forgotten lovelies Greta Chi in Fathom, Alizia Gur in From Russia with Love, and Maggie Thrett in Out of Sight. Each profile includes a filmography that lists the actresses' more notable films. Some include the actresses' candid comments and anecdotes about their films and television shows, the people they worked with, and their feelings about acting in the spy genre are offered throughout. A list of websites that provide further information on women in spy films and television is also included.
From Ursula Andress of film fame to Francine York, featured in TV show, the authors profile 107 sexy actresses who starred in spy movies popular in the 1960s- 70s. Includes an introduction on spies in fact and fiction, and websites. Lisanti is the author of (McFarland, 2001). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Acknowledgments | ix | |
Foreword | 1 | |
Preface | 5 | |
Introduction | 7 | |
Profiles | 31 | |
Beverly Adams | 33 | |
Ursula Andress | 36 | |
Pier Angeli | 39 | |
Ann-Margret | 41 | |
Laura Antonelli | 44 | |
Claudine Auger | 46 | |
Tina Aumont | 49 | |
Barbara Bain | 50 | |
Alexandra Bastedo | 53 | |
Senta Berger | 56 | |
Martine Beswicke | 60 | |
Daniela Bianchi | 63 | |
Jacqueline Bisset | 66 | |
Honor Blackman | 69 | |
Erika Blanc | 73 | |
Dominique Boschero | 77 | |
Barbara Bouchet | 79 | |
Thordis Brandt | 84 | |
Anna Capri | 86 | |
Judy Carne | 89 | |
Helene Chanel | 91 | |
Greta Chi | 93 | |
Tsai Chin | 95 | |
Joan Collins | 98 | |
Yvonne Craig | 101 | |
Doris Day | 104 | |
Lynda Day George | 106 | |
Danielle De Metz | 109 | |
Mimi Dillard | 111 | |
Karin Dor | 113 | |
Andrea Dromm | 117 | |
Shirley Eaton | 118 | |
Rossella Falk | 121 | |
Sharon Farrell | 122 | |
Barbara Feldon | 125 | |
Anne Francis | 128 | |
Eunice Gayson | 131 | |
Gila Golan | 133 | |
Shelby Grant | 135 | |
Alizia Gur | 137 | |
Jean Hale | 140 | |
Mie Hama | 143 | |
Susan Hart | 145 | |
Gloria Hendry | 147 | |
Sharyn Hillyer | 150 | |
Jill Ireland | 153 | |
Karen Jensen | 155 | |
Kathy Kersh | 157 | |
Sylva Koscina | 160 | |
Nancy Kovack | 163 | |
Nancy Kwan | 166 | |
Jocelyn Lane | 169 | |
Sue Ane Langdon | 171 | |
Daliah Lavi | 174 | |
Margaret Lee | 177 | |
Suzanna Leigh | 181 | |
Helga Line | 184 | |
Sue Lloyd | 186 | |
Beba Loncar | 189 | |
Tina Louise | 191 | |
Joanna Lumley | 193 | |
BarBara Luna | 195 | |
Deanna Lund | 197 | |
Carol Lynley | 200 | |
Arlene Martel | 203 | |
Marlyn Mason | 205 | |
Lois Maxwell | 208 | |
Diane McBain | 210 | |
Marisa Mell | 213 | |
Donna Michelle | 216 | |
Mary Ann Mobley | 218 | |
Terry Moore | 221 | |
Rosalba Neri | 223 | |
Rosemary Nicols | 227 | |
France Nuyen | 228 | |
Eileen O'Neill | 232 | |
Luciana Paluzzi | 236 | |
Trina Parks | 240 | |
Joanna Pettet | 242 | |
Nyree Dawn Porter | 245 | |
Stefanie Powers | 247 | |
Dorothy Provine | 250 | |
Eva Renzi | 252 | |
Janine Reynaud | 253 | |
Diana Rigg | 256 | |
Salli Sachse | 260 | |
Jill St. John | 261 | |
Tura Satana | 264 | |
Jane Seymour | 267 | |
Nancy Sinatra | 270 | |
Sylvia Solar | 272 | |
Elke Sommer | 274 | |
Stella Stevens | 278 | |
Yoko Tani | 282 | |
Sharon Tate | 285 | |
Linda Thorson | 287 | |
Maggie Thrett | 289 | |
Marilu Tolo | 291 | |
Irene Tsu | 293 | |
Sigrid Valdis | 296 | |
Monica Vitti | 298 | |
Ira von Furstenberg | 300 | |
Lesley Ann Warren | 301 | |
Raquel Welch | 304 | |
Lana Wood | 308 | |
Celeste Yarnall | 311 | |
Francine York | 314 | |
Websites | 319 | |
Bibliography | 321 | |
Index | 325 |