Claudine Auger
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Claudine Auger (born Claudine Oger; 26 April 1941 – 18 December 2019) was a French actress best known for her role as Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball (1965). She earned the title of Miss France Monde (the French representative of Miss World) and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest.
Auger was born in Paris, France. She made her film debut when still in school.
When she was 18, she married the 43-year-old writer-director Pierre Gaspard-Huit (the couple later divorced). He cast her in several films, including Le Masque de fer (1962) and Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance (1963).
When she was on holiday in Nassau, writer-producer Kevin McClory saw Auger 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 her. Although she took lessons to perfect her English, her voice was eventually dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. Thunderball launched Auger into a successful European movie career, but did little for her otherwise in the United States.
Auger died on 18 December 2019 in Paris.
Claudine Auger (born Claudine Oger; 26 April 1941 – 18 December 2019) was a French actress best known for her role as Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball (1965). She earned the title of Miss France Monde (the French representative of Miss World) and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest.
Auger was born in Paris, France. She made her film debut when still in school.
When she was 18, she married the 43-year-old writer-director Pierre Gaspard-Huit (the couple later divorced). He cast her in several films, including Le Masque de fer (1962) and Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance (1963).
When she was on holiday in Nassau, writer-producer Kevin McClory saw Auger 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 her. Although she took lessons to perfect her English, her voice was eventually dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. Thunderball launched Auger into a successful European movie career, but did little for her otherwise in the United States.
Auger died on 18 December 2019 in Paris.
Known for
The Red and the Black
A Still Storm
Salt on Our Skin
La bocca
Love of a Woman
The Sparrow's Fluttering
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
The Repenter
Secret Places
Sherlock Holmes
Black Jack
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Lend Me Your Wife
Fantastica
The Associate
Lobster for Breakfast
Lovers and Liars
Butterfly on the Shoulder
The Bermuda Triangle
Pane, burro e marmellata
Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra
Big Pot
The Sorrow of Paris
Flic Story
Mad Race to Cote d'Azur
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Borsalino and Co.
Bloody Sun
Summertime Killer
Orders are Orders
A Little Sun in Cold Water
A Bay of Blood
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
Equinox
Great Performances
Love Birds
The Bastard
Adriatic Sea of Fire
Listen, Let's Make Love
Escalation
The Head of the Family
Anyone Can Play
The Killing Game
The Devil in Love
Triple Cross
The Treasure of San Gennaro
The Man from Marrakech
Thunderball
The Incredible World of James Bond
Yoyo
Games of Desire
The Mystery of the Indian Temple
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
In the French Style
The Iron Mask
The Seven Deadly Sins
Panurge's Sheep
Wasteland
Testament of Orpheus
Christine