Madeline Smith

Madeline Smith (born 2 August 1949 in Hartfield, Wealden, East Sussex, England) is an English actress. After working as a model in the late 1960s, she went on to appear in many television series, stage productions and films in the 1970s and 1980s.

I know her best for her role as Miss Caruso in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973). However, she also had larger roles in the Hammer horror films The Vampire Lovers (1970), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), Tam-Lin (1970), Theatre of Blood (1973) and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) and comedy films including Up Pompeii (1971), Up the Front (1972) and Carry On Matron (1972) amongst others. She also appeared in the films The Killing of Sister George (1968), Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970), The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) and the musical film Take Me High (1973) with Cliff Richard.

I had a photo signed at a private signing organised by Bondstars.com in February 2022. I later met Madeline at Film & Comic Con Glasgow on 24th August 2024.

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Vera Fossett

Vera Fossett is an actress who appeared in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983).

Vera signed the photo below when she appeared at Covcon in Coventry on 7 May 2022. I used the convention's pre-order service to purchase her autograph.

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Melita Clarke

Melita Clarke (born 1949 in Hammersmith, London, England) is an actress, whose films include Queen Kong (1976) and The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980), and Empire State (1987). She was a "Diamond Girl" in the opening credits of the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and had a small (uncredited) part as a witch in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).

Carole signed the photo below when she appeared at Covcon in Coventry on 7 May 2022. I used the convention's pre-order service to purchase her autograph.

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Carole Ashby

Carole Ashby (born 24 March 1955 in Cannock, Staffordshire, England) is former model and actress. She is best known for playing the small recurring part of Louise, a member of the communist resistance, in the British comedy series 'Allo 'Allo! (1988-92). Carole also appeared in the James Bond films Octopussy (1983) and A View to a Kill (1985).

Carole signed the photo below when she appeared at Covcon in Coventry on 7 May 2022. I used the convention's pre-order service to purchase her autograph.

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Vanya Seager

Vanya Seager (born 1955 in Hong Kong) is a former model and actress who appeared in Xtro (1982) and two Duran Duran music videos: Lonely in Your Nightmare (Original Version, 1982) and Duran Duran: Lonely in Your Nightmare (Revisited Version, 1983). She also had an uncredited part as 'Pool Girl' in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981).

Vanya signed the photo below when she appeared at Covcon in Coventry on 7 May 2022. I used the convention's pre-order service to purchase her autograph.

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Béatrice Libert

Béatrice Libert (born 1956 in Mons, Belgium) is an actress who appeared as Mademoiselle Deradier in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979).

Béatrice signed the photo below when she appeared at Covcon in Coventry on 7 May 2022. I used the convention's pre-order service to purchase her autograph.

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Alison Worth

Alison Worth is a former model and actress who appeared in two James Bond films: as one of the very pretty poolside girls in the For Your Eyes Only (1981) and as one of the famous Octopussy Circus girls in Octopussy (1983).

Alison signed the photo below when she appeared at Covcon in Coventry on 7 May 2022. I used the convention's pre-order service to purchase her autograph.

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Maryam d'Abo

Maryam d'Abo (born 27 December 1960 in London, England) is a British actress, best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights. She also had a starring role in the science fiction horror film Xtro (1982).

I pre-ordered a personalised photo from the Showmasters send-in service when Maryam appeared at London Film & Comic Con in June 2012. When she appeared at Covcon in Coventry in May 2022 I pre-ordered another signed photo, not personalised this time, from the Covcon send-in service.

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John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03). Other films include the Cannon productions Sahara (1983), Sword of the Valiant (1984), King Solomon's Mines (1985), Firewalker (1985) as well as the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights.

I met Mr Rhys-Davies at Comic Con Scotland North East in Aberdeen on 13 March 2022.

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Trina Parks

Trina Parks (born Trina Frazier; 26 December 1946 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress, vocalist, choreographer, principal dancer and dance instructor. She is best known for her rather iconic role of Thumper in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

Trina signed the photo below when she appeared at Covcon in Coventry on 7 May 2022. I used the convention's pre-order service to purchase her autograph.

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Martine Beswick

Martine Beswick (born 26 September 1941 in Port Antonio, Jamaica) is an English-Jamaican actress and model. I know her best for her roles in two James Bond films: From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965).

I purchased Martine's autograph from iNK 2 GRAiLS in January 2022.

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As Paula Caplan in Thunderball

John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python co-stars Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983).

Cleese and first wife Connie Booth co-wrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975-79) and he starred in it as Basil Fawlty. Cleese co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda (1989) and Fierce Creatures (1997), both of which he also wrote. For A Fish Called Wanda he was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has also starred in Time Bandits (1981) and Rat Race (2001) and has appeared in many other films, including Silverado (1985), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), two James Bond films (as R and Q), two Harry Potter films (as Nearly Headless Nick) and the last three Shrek films.

The photo below (already signed through the mail by Prunella Scales in August 2015) was signed by Mr Cleese after Monopoly Events's An Evening with John Cleese in Manchester on 19th July 2021.

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George Lazenby

George Robert Lazenby (born 5 September 1939 in Gouldburn, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor, martial artist and former model. He is best known for playing James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). He is the series' only Bond actor to appear in just one film.

I ordered Mr Lazenby's autograph from his website in March 2021.

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Diane Thierry-Mieg

Diane Thierry-Mieg is a French former model and actress. She was cast as one of Drax's Girls in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. Although she did not appear in the final cut of the film she was featured on the poster.

I met Ms. Thierry-Mieg at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Nicaise Jean-Louis

Nicaise Jean-Louis is a French former model and actress best known as one of Drax's Girls in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker.

I met Ms. Jean-Louis at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Christopher Neame

Christopher Neame (born 12 September 1947 in London, England) is an English actor now living in the United States. I know him for his roles in Steel Dawn (1987), D.O.A. (1988), Licence to Kill (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), Hellbound (1994) and Species III (2004).

I met Christopher at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Denise Perrier

Denise Margaret Perrier (born 13 February 1935 in Ambérieu-en-Bugey, France) is a French actress, former model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1953. She is still the only French woman to have won the Miss World title. I know her for her role as Marie in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

I met Ms. Perrier at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Yennis Cheung

Yennis Cheung is an actress and writer, known for Skyfall (2012), Ransom (2017) and Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy (2018).

I met Yennis at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Robert Davi

Robert John Davi (born 26 June 1951 in Astoria, Queens, New York, USA) is an American actor, singer, writer, and director. Over the course of his acting career, Davi has performed in more than 130 films. I know him best for his roles in 80s and 90s favourites such as The Goonies (1985), Raw Deal (1986), Action Jackson (1988), Die Hard (1988), Licence to Kill (1989), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), Predator 2 (1990), Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (1993) and Showgirls (1995).

I met Robert at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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Glyn Baker

Glyn David Baker (born June 1957 in the UK) is a retired British actor. He portrayed Imperial Lieutenant Endicott aboard the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi (1983) and agent 002 in my favourite Bond film, The Living Daylights (1987). He also appeared in The Wild Geese (1978) and Who Dares Wins (1982).

I met Glyn at Autographica 20 in Heathrow in April 2014.

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