Linda Christian, the first Bond girl, dies at 87

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9OLJNNO1&show_article=1 ^ | July 23, 2011 | AP

[PROCON]

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Linda Christian, the Hollywood starlet of the 1940s who married heartthrob Tyrone Power and went on to become the first Bond girl, has died. Her daughter, Romina Power, says Christian died Friday in Palm Desert after battling colon cancer. She was 87.

[PROCON]

She was definately a knock-out in her day.

[KarlInOhio]

The article said she was from the 1954 TV version of Casio Royale. I was wondering how she could have been a Bond girl before Ursula Andress.

[cardinal4]

I wondered the same thing. The 1962 vision of Ursula getting out of the surf is still one of the greatest movie pans of all time. They tried, with little success, to duplicate it with Halle Berry. She is hot, but couldn’t touch Ursula. And I wasnt born til ‘67!

[PROCON]

I thought Ursula was the first Bond girl too, but this from wikipedia shows I'm wrong.

BTW, Ursula was a beauty too..

[Thebaddog]

That would be Ursula Undress to you teenagers out there.

[DemforBush]

Awful way to go, though 87 is a good run by most anyone’s standards. RIP.

[FatherofFive]

That would be Ursula Undress to you teenagers out there.

I still have the MAD magazine where they named her "Ursula Undress"

LOL

[DemforBush]

BTW, Ursula was always my favorite Bond girl when I was a kid.

I was even more of a fan when, as a slightly older kid, I saw her in “The Sensuous Nurse” on late-night Showtime. My parents grounded me for two weeks when they found out, but it was worth it, believe me! :-)

[PROCON]

Ooooh, you be bad girl..:=)...

[supremedoctrine]

Ursula “Undress” was paired up with James Dean on a “date”
as an 18 year old starlet in 1955. Picture was reprinted often in the years that followed Dean’s death. Dean looks both uneasy and ultra-cool in the photo as if to say “How did I get to be so lucky? I’m from Marion Indiana.”

[Las Vegas Ron]

I hate it when they do that!

[Rocky]

Your reply didn’t turn out well. LOL.

[mountaineer1997]

1954 TV version of Casio Royale was a true dud.(available via Netflix)

Don’t waste your time.

[RummyChick]

Don’t know why they deleted it. Various pictures from a site of Bond , Villain, and girl.

[Admin Moderator]

The source substituted three pics of a pile of poo with “No Hotlinking, ****head” - sorry!

[RummyChick]

oh..okay..well the photos are from here if anyone wants to see them
http://www.allouttabubblegum.com/main/?p=1111

[EveningStar]

Earlier thread with some good links: 1940s actress Linda Christian dies

[Robwin]

Ursula Andress. Another of John Derek’s hotties. Lad did alright for himself.

[PROCON]

Thanks, didn’t see your earlier thread..:=)