
Claudine Auger
Department: 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.
Known For

Thunderball
1965

Anyone Can Play
1967

Triple Cross
1966

A Bay of Blood
1971

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
1982

The Associate
1979

Flic Story
1975

The Black Belly of the Tarantula
1971

Testament of Orpheus
1960

Wasteland
1960

Summertime Killer
1972

Exploits of a Young Don Juan
1986

Yoyo
1965

L'ombra della sera
1994

Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978

The Killing Game
1967

The Bastard
1968

Lovers and Liars
1979

Lobster for Breakfast
1979

The Bermuda Triangle
1978

L'Envie
1962

The Seven Deadly Sins
1962

The Sparrow's Fluttering
1988

The Head of the Family
1967

The Devil in Love
1966

Pane, burro e marmellata
1977

The Mystery of the Indian Temple
1963

The Incredible World of James Bond
1965

A Double Victory
1989

The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966

The Red and the Black
1997

Lend Me Your Wife
1980

Love Birds
1969

Listen, Let's Make Love
1968

Adriatic Sea of Fire
1968

Orders are Orders
1972

Equinox
1971

Escalation
1968

Bloody Sun
1974

Panurge's Sheep
1961

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
1963

The Man from Marrakech
1966

Black Jack
1981

Games of Desire
1964

A Little Sun in Cold Water
1971

Mad Race to Cote d'Azur
1975

Love of a Woman
1988

In the French Style
1963

The Iron Mask
1962

Secret Places
1984

Silent Love
1991

The Repenter
1985

The Devil's Lieutenant
1984

Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra
1976

The Sorrow of Paris
1976

Big Pot
1976

A Still Storm
1995

Fantastica
1980

Salt on Our Skin
1992

Borsalino and Co.
1974

Christine
1958

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982

Los hombres siempre mienten
1995

Monsieur IL
1962

Sherlock Holmes
1984

The Red and the Black
1997

Die goldenen Schuhe
1983

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Great Performances
1971

Reflets de Cannes
1954

Playhouse
1974

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994