Claudine Auger
Born: 1941-04-26 in Paris, France
Died: 2019-12-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1997
- The Red and the Black as Madame de Fervaques
- The Red and the Black as Madame de Fervaques
1995
- Los hombres siempre mienten as Isabelle
- A Still Storm as Artémise d'Aubec
1994
- L'ombra della sera as Eva's mother
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as Isadora Klein
1992
- Salt on Our Skin as George's Mother
1991
- La bocca as Countess Veronica Rospigliosi
1989
- A Double Victory as Milena Sormani
1988
- The Sparrow's Fluttering as Dino's Widow
- Love of a Woman as Madre di Gabriella
1986
- Exploits of a Young Don Juan as La mère
1985
- The Repenter as Moglie di Ragusa
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Isadora Klein
- The Devil's Lieutenant as Lily Wencel
- Secret Places as Sophie Meister
1983
- Die goldenen Schuhe as Katja Milenkaja
1982
- The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan as La princesse de Cadignan
- The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories as Ginette
1981
- Black Jack as Jill Stradford
- The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories as Ginette Beauchurch
1980
- Fantastica as Johanne McPherson
- Lend Me Your Wife as Diana
1979
- The Associate as Agnès Pardot, épouse de Julien
- Lobster for Breakfast as Carla Rebaudengo Spinosi
- Lovers and Liars as Elisa Massacesi
1978
- The Bermuda Triangle as Sybil
- Butterfly on the Shoulder as La femme à l’imperméable
1977
- Pane, burro e marmellata as Betty
1976
- Big Pot as Maggie Vanderberg
- The Sorrow of Paris as Marie Laurent
- Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra as Sol
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Flic Story as Catherine
- Mad Race to Cote d'Azur as Sophie Gérard, journalist at Nice Matin
1974
- Playhouse as Ginette
- Borsalino and Co. as Passenger on the Liner (uncredited)
- Bloody Sun as Consuelo
1972
- Summertime Killer as Michèle - Alfredi's Secretary
- Orders are Orders as The Friend
1971
- Great Performances as Ginette Beauchurch
- A Bay of Blood as Renata Donati
- Equinox
- The Black Belly of the Tarantula as Laura
- A Little Sun in Cold Water as Nathalie Silvener
1969
- Love Birds as Marina
1968
- The Bastard as Barbara
- Escalation as Carla Maria Mannini
- Listen, Let's Make Love as Ida Bernasconi
- Adriatic Sea of Fire as Mirjana
1967
- Anyone Can Play as Esmerelda
- The Head of the Family as Adriana
- The Killing Game as Jacqueline Meyrand
1966
- Triple Cross as Paulette
- The Devil in Love as Maddalena De Medici
- The Treasure of San Gennaro as Concettina
- The Man from Marrakech
1965
- Thunderball as Dominique 'Domino' Derval
- Yoyo as Isolina
- The Incredible World of James Bond as Self (archive footage)
1964
- Games of Desire as Elektra Tzanou
1963
- In the French Style as Clio Andropolous
- The Mystery of the Indian Temple as Amrita
- Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance as Amrita
1962
- L'Envie as New maid (uncredited)
- The Iron Mask as Isabelle de Saint-Mars
- The Seven Deadly Sins as La Nouvelle Servante (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
- Monsieur IL as Marie-Blanche Balmeyer
1961
- Panurge's Sheep as Monique
1960
- Testament of Orpheus as Minerve
- Wasteland as Prisunic
1958
- Christine as Dancer (uncredited)
1954
- Reflets de Cannes as Self