Fiona Lewis

{{Short description|British actress and writer (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Fiona Lewis | image = Dracula (1973) - Fiona Lewis 3.png | alt = Lewis in in ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' | caption = Lewis as Lucy Westenra in ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1946|9|28}} | birth_place = Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|writer}} | years_active = 1965–present | spouse = Art Linson }} '''Fiona Lewis''' (born 28 September 1946) is a British actress and writer from Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.

Lewis is known for such films as ''Casino Royale'',<ref>{{cite web|title=The day Lord Lich field kicked me out of bed!|publisher=PressReader|work=Scottish Daily Mail|date=May 26, 2017|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20170526/282643212499665?srsltid=AfmBOoov-_Wo7Mj1Q3JYm5q6s3TkGRffIWzBF6jw5W51bimPiGSET1jM}}</ref> ''A Day at the Beach'',<ref>{{cite web|publisher=DVD Talk|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36968/day-at-the-beach-1970-a/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622194635/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36968/day-at-the-beach-1970-a/|archivedate=June 22, 2009|title=A Day at the Beach|author=Mavis, Paul|date= April 16, 2009}}</ref> ''Dr. Phibes Rises Again'',<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416200328/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/11/archives/the-screen-dr-phibes-rises-again-and-sails-for-egypt-at-local.html|newspaper=The New York Times|archivedate=April 16, 2019|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/11/archives/the-screen-dr-phibes-rises-again-and-sails-for-egypt-at-local.html|title=The Screen: ‘Dr. Phibes Rises Again’|author=Canby, Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Canby|date=January 11, 1973|page=35}}</ref> ''Wanda Nevada''<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Wanda Nevada|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/53268/Wanda-Nevada/overview|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209163927/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/53268/Wanda-Nevada/overview|department=Movies & TV Dept.|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Iotis Erlewine|date=2007|archive-date=2007-12-09}}</ref> and ''Innerspace''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Maslin |first=Janet |authorlink=Janet Maslin |date=July 1, 1987 |title=FILM: 'INNERSPACE,' A COMIC FANTASY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/01/movies/film-innerspace-a-comic-fantasy.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location= |publisher= |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524202736/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/01/movies/film-innerspace-a-comic-fantasy.html |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |access-date=}}</ref>

==Biography== Lewis is married to Art Linson, an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. In February 1967, she had an appearance in ''Playboy'' as part of the 13-page James Bond parody pictorial "The Girls of ''Casino Royale''".

On television she had a memorable role as the gorgeous (and tough) femme fatale in the episode A Ticket to Nowhere in the classic series ''Department S'' (1969).

Lewis has written two books, the novel ''Between Men'' (1995)<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-29-bk-25478-story.html|title=Gripped by the ‘80s : It’s Hollywood, sex and endless drinking all over again : BETWEEN MEN, By Fiona Lewis (Atlantic Monthly Press: $21; 329 pp.)|author=Roter, Danielle|date=January 29, 1995}}</ref> and the memoir ''Mistakes Were Made (Some In French)'' (2017).<ref>{{cite web |title=Actress & Model Fiona Lewis Unveils MISTAKES WERE MADE (SOME IN FRENCH) Memoir |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/Actress-Model-Fiona-Lewis-Unveils-MISTAKES-WERE-MADE-SOME-IN-FRENCH-Memoir-20170503 |publisher=BroadwayWorld |access-date=8 February 2023 |date=3 May 2017}}</ref> She has written for ''The New Yorker'',<ref>{{cite web|magazine=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/02/23/daring-all|title=Daring All|author=Lewis, Fiona|date=February 15, 1998}}</ref> the ''Los Angeles Times'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Fiona |title='The Cuckoo's Next" From Forman's Perch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-cuckoos-nest-form/190195790/ |website='The Los Angeles Times'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Fiona |title='At Home With a Rock of Ages |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-rock-hudson-ages/192355000/ |website='The Los Angeles Times'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-05-ca-4322-story.html|title=MISGUIDED|date=October 5, 1986}}</ref> and ''The Observer''. Her website, ''Fiona's French Chateau'' features information about her French chateau, stories about London and Paris in the 1960s, Los Angeles in the 1970s, and her time working as an actress.<ref>{{cite web|website=fionasfrenchchateau.com|title=Fiona's French Chateau|url=https://fionasfrenchchateau.com/}}</ref>

==Partial filmography== {{columns-list|colwidth=25em| * ''Dis-moi qui tuer'' (1965) - Pompon * ''Fumo di Londra'' (1966) - Elizabeth * ''The Saint'' (1966) - Diana Gregory * ''Casino Royale'' - Casino Girl (uncredited) * ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'' (1967) - Magda, the Maid * ''Joanna'' (1968) - Miranda De Hyde * ''Otley'' (1968) - Lin * ''Where's Jack?'' (1969) - Edgworth Bess Lyon * ''The Thirteen Chairs'' (1969) - 'Angel Antiques' salesperson (uncredited) * ''Department S'' (1969) - Lisa Crane * ''A Day at the Beach'' (1970) - Melissa * ''Villain'' (1971) - Venetia * ''The Chairman's Wife'' (1971, short) - Elaine Beckwith * ''Dr. Phibes Rises Again'' (1972) - Diana Trowbridge * ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1974, TV movie) - Lucy * ''Blue Blood'' (1974) - Lily * ''Lisztomania'' (1975) - Marie d'Agoult * ''Drum'' (1976) - Augusta Chauvet * ''Tintorera'' (1977) - Patricia * ''Stunts'' (1977) - B.J. Parswell * ''The Fury'' (1978) - Susan Charles * ''Wanda Nevada'' (1979) - Dorothy Deerfield * ''Strange Behavior'' (1981) - Mrs. Gwen Parkinson * ''Strange Invaders'' (1983) - Waitress / Avon Lady * ''Innerspace'' (1987) - Dr. Margaret Canker }}

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==External links== * {{official|https://fionasfrenchchateau.com/}} * {{IMDb name}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190710150909/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba01d9ad1 Fiona Lewis] at the British Film Institute (Archived)

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