BOND GIRLS ARE FOREVER......R.I.P. CLAUDINE AUGER......

Claudine Auger (1941-2019)   

                     We borrowed our post's title from that coffee-table book of a few years back.......and maybe that title resonates even more today.......

                       All sorts of higher profile actresses vied for the coveted role of Domino in hotly anticipated Bond movie "Thunderball"......Raquel Welch, Brigitte Bardot, even Flavor-Of-The-Month Julie Christie........

                       But in what was then the standard practice for producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, they plucked a completely unknown European ultra-babe for the role......

                        Claudine Auger did everything expected of a 60's Bond girl.......she looked stunning, a perfect fantasy match for the world's most beloved fantasy hero.......

                         Age never intruded in the world of James Bond the way it cruelly does in real life......so in the eyes of moviegoers everywhere, Bond girls truly are forever.

                        RIP 'Domino'......and Claudine Auger.......one of the first Bond girls to actually save
007's life when the villain gets the drop on him.......