let's remember the first Bond girl ... LINDA CHRISTIAN who was a 31 year old Mexican actress of Dutch-Mexican lineage when she was discovered by Hollywood icon Errol Flynn. She was signed soon after on a seven year contract by Louis B. Mayer. Second wife of legendarily handsome actor Tyrone Power - they married in Rome in 1949, had daughters Taryn and Romina and divorced in 1956.
Life.com recalls Linda ... the anataomic bomb
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She played Vesper Lynd renamed Vesper Mathis on the 1954 TV adaptation of Casino Royale with Barry Nelson as James Bond.
The best 20 Bond Girls
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Exclusive ... unpublished Bond auditions
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