{{Short description|French actress (1941–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Claudine Auger | image = Claudine Auger 1966.jpg | caption = Claudine Auger (1966) | birth_name = Claudine Oger | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|04|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|German-occupied France]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|12|18|1941|04|26|df=yes}} | death_place = Paris, France | children = 1 | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1958–1995 | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{marriage|[[Pierre Gaspard-Huit]]|1959|1969|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Peter Brent|1984|2008|end=his death}} }} }}
'''Claudine Auger''' (born '''Claudine Oger'''; 26 April 1941 – 18 December 2019) was a French actress best known for her role as a [[Bond girl]], [[Domino Vitali|Dominique "Domino" Derval]], in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' (1965). She earned the title of [[Miss France Monde]] 1958 (the French representative to the [[Miss World]] beauty pageant) and went on to finish as the first runner-up in the [[Miss World 1958|1958 Miss World]] contest.
== Career == Born in [[Paris]], France, Auger began her career as a [[Model (person)|model]] and earned the title of [[Miss France Monde]] 1958 (the French representative to the [[Miss World]] beauty pageant) and went on to finish as the first runner-up in the [[Miss World 1958|1958 Miss World]] contest.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50864159 |title=Claudine Auger: French actress known for James Bond role dies aged 78 |work=BBC News |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="herald">{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/james-bond-s-first-french-love-interest-played-domino-in-thunderball-20191223-p53mci.html |title=James Bond's first French love interest played Domino in Thunderball |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 December 2019 |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref> [[Jean Cocteau]] cast Auger in an uncredited role as a tall [[ballerina]] in ''[[Testament of Orpheus]]'' (1960). When she was 18, she married the 43-year-old writer-director [[Pierre Gaspard-Huit]], and he cast her in several films, including ''[[Le Masque de fer]]'' (1962) and ''[[Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance]]'' (1963).<ref>{{cite book |first1=Tom |last1=Lisanti |first2=Louis |last2=Paul |title=Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962–1973 |publisher=McFarland and Company |date=2002 |page=46}}</ref>
In 1965 she was cast in the 1965 [[James Bond]] film ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'', directed by [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]]. ''Thunderball'' launched Auger into a successful European movie career, but did little for her otherwise in the United States.<ref name="no boost">{{Cite news | title= Bond Was No Boost For Auger | url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-29-ca-16048-story.html | first= Roderick | last= Mann | date= 29 November 1986 | access-date= 21 July 2012 | work= Los Angeles Times | archive-date= 7 December 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101207061511/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-11-29/entertainment/ca-16048_1_claudine-auger | url-status= live }}</ref> Though she performed in the movie, her French accent was considered too strong and her voice was dubbed by another actress.<ref name="herald"/> She did, however, star in a [[Danny Thomas]] special called ''The Road to Lebanon'' with [[Bing Crosby]], which was shown on [[NBC]] on 20 April 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Pairpoint|first1=Lionel|title=The Chronological Bing Crosby on Television|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/BingTV.htm|website=BING magazine|access-date=22 February 2016|archive-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628030554/http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/BingTV.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Le dolci signore Claudine Auger Marco Guglielmi.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Auger with [[Marco Guglielmi]] in ''[[Anyone Can Play]]'' (1967)]] In 1966 she co-starred in the [[World War II]] drama ''[[Triple Cross (1966 film)|Triple Cross]]'' with [[Yul Brynner]] and [[Christopher Plummer]], that reunited her with her James Bond director Terence Young.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/triple-cross-1967 |title=Triple Cross |work=RogerEbert.com |date=11 July 1967 |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref> Auger co-starred with another [[Bond girl]], [[Ursula Andress]], in the Italian comedy ''[[Anyone Can Play]]'' (1967). She starred with two future Bond girls, [[Barbara Bouchet]] and [[Barbara Bach]], in ''[[Black Belly of the Tarantula]]'' (1971), a [[giallo]] mystery. She had major roles in films such as ''[[The Killing Game (1967 film)|The Killing Game]]'' in 1967,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/2828/Claudine-Auger/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020060100/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/2828/Claudine-Auger/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2012 |title=Claudine Auger |first=Hal |work=[[The New York Times]] |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2012 |last=Erickson }}</ref> ''[[Flic Story]]'' in 1972,<ref name="herald"/> and filmed scenes for ''[[The Eiger Sanction (film)|The Eiger Sanction]]'' (1975), only to have her entire performance cut from the movie.<ref name="no boost" />
On television, she made an appearance in 1972 on the [[CBS]] series ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''. In the 1980s Auger starred ''[[The Man Who Married a French Wife]]'' which was broadcast on the [[BBC]] and shown as part of the "Great Performances" series that was broadcast on [[PBS]] in the United States. She also appeared in the 1994 British television series ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes]]''.<ref name="herald"/>
== Personal life and death == In 1959, she married French film director and screenwriter Pierre Gaspard-Huit. They later divorced in 1969.<ref name="herald"/> She married British businessman Peter Brent<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/kiss-death-article-1.694430 |title=Kiss of Death |first=Michael |last=Riedel |work=New York Daily News |date=12 November 1995 |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319124428/http://www.nydailynews.com/kiss-death-article-1.694430 |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1984. He died in 2008. They had one child.<ref name="herald"/>
Auger died in [[Paris]] on 18 December 2019 following a lengthy illness.<ref name="bbc"/><ref name="RTE">{{Cite web |title=Thunderball actress Claudine Auger has died aged 78 |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1220/1102286-thunderball-actress-claudine-auger-has-died-aged-78/ |work=RTE |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221172452/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1220/1102286-thunderball-actress-claudine-auger-has-died-aged-78/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="People">{{Cite web |last1=Milkelbank |first1=Peter |title=Claudine Auger, First French Actress to Star as a Bond Girl, Dies at 78 |url=https://people.com/movies/bond-girl-claudine-auger-dies/ |work=People |date=19 December 2019 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=17 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117010250/https://people.com/movies/bond-girl-claudine-auger-dies/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/claudine-auger-dead-bond-girl-thunderball-was-78-1264424|title=Claudine Auger, Bond Girl in 'Thunderball,' Dies at 78 |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 December 2019|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103002402/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/claudine-auger-dead-bond-girl-thunderball-was-78-1264424|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1958 | ''[[Christine (1958 film)|Christine]]'' | | Uncredited |- | rowspan=2|1960 | ''[[Testament of Orpheus]]'' | [[Minerva]] | |- | ''Terrain vague'' | the salesgirl | |- | 1961 | ''Les Moutons de Panurge'' | Monique | Uncredited |- | rowspan=2|1962 | ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (1962 film)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' | the new waitress | (segment "Envie, L'"), Uncredited |- | ''[[Le Masque de fer]]'' | Isabelle de Saint-Marc | |- | rowspan=3|1963 | ''[[In the French Style]]'' | Clio Andropolous | |- | ''[[Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance]]'' | rowspan=2|Amrita | |- | ''[[The Mystery of the Indian Temple]]'' | Mario Camerini |- | 1964 | ''[[Games of Desire]]'' | Elektra Tzanou | |- | rowspan=3|1965 | ''[[Yo Yo]]'' | Isolina | |- | ''[[The Reckless]]'' | | Uncredited |- | ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' | Dominique Derval ("Domino") | |- | rowspan=4|1966 | ''[[That Man George]]'' | Lila | |- | ''[[Treasure of San Gennaro]]'' | Concettina | |- | ''[[Triple Cross (1966 film)|Triple Cross]]'' | Paulette | |- | ''[[The Devil in Love (film)|The Devil in Love]]'' | [[Maddalena de' Medici (1473–1528)|Maddalena de' Medici]] | |- | rowspan=3|1967 | ''[[The Killing Game (1967 film)|The Killing Game]]'' | Jacqueline Meyrand | |- | ''[[The Head of the Family (1967 film)|The Head of the Family]]'' | Adriana | |- | ''[[Anyone Can Play]]'' | Esmeralda | |- | rowspan=4|1968 | ''[[Escalation (1968 Italian film)|Escalation]]'' | Carla Maria Manini | |- | ''[[Adriatic Sea of Fire]]'' | Mirjana | |- | ''[[Listen, Let's Make Love]]'' | Ida Bernasconi | |- | ''[[The Cats (1968 film)|The Cats]]'' | Barbara | |- | rowspan=2|1969 | ''[[Love Birds (1969 film)|Love Birds]]'' | Marina | |- | ''Come ti chiami, amore mio?'' | | |- | rowspan=4|1971 | ''Equinozio'' | | |- | ''[[Black Belly of the Tarantula]]'' | Laura | |- | ''[[A Bay of Blood]]'' | Renata Donati | |- | ''[[Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide]]'' | Nathalie Silvener | |- | rowspan=2|1972 | ''[[Gli ordini sono ordini]]'' | Giorgia's friend | |- | ''[[The Summertime Killer]]'' | Michèle | |- | rowspan=2|1974 | ''[[Borsalino & Co.]]'' | Une passagère sur le paquebot | Uncredited |- | ''La dynamite est bonne à boire'' | Consuelo | |- | rowspan=2|1975 | ''L'Intrépide'' | Sophie | |- | ''[[Flic Story]]'' | Catherine | |- | rowspan=2|1976 | ''[[Big Pot (film)|Big Pot]]'' | | |- | ''Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra'' | Sol | |- | 1977 | ''[[Pane, burro e marmellata]]'' | Betty | |- | rowspan=2|1978 | ''[[The Bermuda Triangle (film)|The Bermuda Triangle]]'' | Sybill | |- | ''[[Butterfly on the Shoulder]]'' | The coat's Woman | |- | rowspan=3|1979 | ''[[Lovers and Liars]]'' | Elisa Massacesi | |- | ''[[Lobster for Breakfast]]'' | Carla Spinosi | |- | ''[[The Associate (1979 film)|The Associate]]'' | Agnès Pardot | |- | rowspan=2|1980 | ''[[Fantastica (1980 film)|Fantastica]]'' | Johanna MacPherson | |- | ''Prestami tua moglie'' | Diana | |- | 1981 | ''Black Jack'' (a.k.a. ''Asalto al casino'') | Jill Stradford | |- | 1984 | ''[[Secret Places]]'' | Sophie Meister | |- | 1985 | ''[[The Repenter]]'' | Rosa Ragusa | |- | 1986 |{{sort|Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan|''[[Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan]]''}} | the mother | |- | rowspan=2|1988 | ''Un amore di donna'' | Gabriella's mother | |- | ''[[The Sparrow's Fluttering]]'' | Dino's widow | |- | 1991 | ''La bocca'' | Countess Veronica Rospigliosi | |- | 1992 | ''[[Salt on Our Skin]]'' | Mrs. McEwan |- | 1994 | ''L'ombra della sera'' | La mère d'Eva | Television Film |- | 1995 | ''Los hombres siempre mienten'' | Isabelle | |- | 1995 |''Un orage immobile'' | Artémise d'Aubec | Television Film |- | 1997 | ''[[The Red and the Black#Film adaptations|Le rouge et le noir]]'' | Madame de Fervaques | |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name}} * {{TCMDb name}} * [https://www.aenigma-images.com/2020/10/claudine-auger/ Claudine Auger] at [https://www.aenigma-images.com/ aenigma] * [http://aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=694 Claudine Auger] (Aveleyman) {{Miss World 1958 delegates}} {{Authority control}}
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