
Claudine Auger
Known for acting · Born 26 April 1941 · Died 18 December 2019 · aged 78 · Paris, France
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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.
Known for

Thunderball
1965

A Bay of Blood
1971

Exploits of a Young Don Juan
1986

Flic Story
1975

The Black Belly of the Tarantula
1971

Yoyo
1965

Testament of Orpheus
1960

Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978

Triple Cross
1966

The Head of the Family
1967

The Bermuda Triangle
1978

Lovers and Liars
1979