Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1941-04-26
Day of Death
2019-12-18
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Claudine Auger
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 (65)
The Red and the Black
1997
A Still Storm
1995
Los hombres siempre mienten
1995L'ombra della sera
1994
Salt on Our Skin
1992
Silent Love
1991A Double Victory
1989
Love of a Woman
1988
The Sparrow's Fluttering
1988
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
1986
The Repenter
1985
Secret Places
1984The Devil's Lieutenant
1984
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
