Gloria Hendry

Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949)<ref name=TRT/><ref>James Bond FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Everyone's Favorite Superspy, By Tom DeMichael.Retrieved March 15, 2020.</ref> is an American actress and former model.<ref name=NYT>Template:Cite web</ref> Hendry is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973's James Bond film Live and Let Die;<ref name=NYT/> and Helen Bradley in the blaxploitation film Black Caesar,<ref name=NYT/> and the sequel, Hell Up in Harlem.<ref name=NYT/><ref>Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema, By S. Torriano Berry, Venise T. Berry.Retrieved March 15, 2020.</ref>

Biography

Early life and education

Born in Jacksonville or Winter Haven, Florida (sources differ), Hendry was the older of two daughters. Hendry's family, which consisted of her mother and sister relocated to Newark, New Jersey to live with her grandparents during her early childhood. Hendry studied at Essex College of Business for Law.<ref name=TRT>Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television, By Bob McCann.Retrieved March 15, 2020.</ref>

Career

Hendry worked as a Playboy Bunny at the New York Playboy Club from 1965 until 1972.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1968, Hendry received her first acting role in Sidney Poitier's film For Love of Ivy, followed by a small role in the 1970 film The Landlord. In 1973, Hendry portrayed the Bond Girl Rosie Carver in the James Bond film Live and Let Die. In that film, she became the first African American woman to become romantically involved with 007; Trina Parks, who played a nemesis to Bond rather than a love interest in Diamonds Are Forever (the previous Bond film) is considered to be the first Black Bond girl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Hendry later starred in several 1970s blaxploitation films, including Across 110th Street (1972), Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973), and both the 1973 films Black Caesar and its sequel Hell Up in Harlem. She also portrayed the martial arts expert, Sydney, in Black Belt Jones (1974),<ref name="NYT" /> and appeared in Savage Sisters (1974) and Bare Knuckles (1977). Her later films included the horror film Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) and the action comedy Freaky Deaky (2012).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	For Love of Ivy	Cocktail Waitress
1970	The Landlord	Gloria
1972	Across 110th Street	Laurelene
1973	Black Caesar	Helen Bradley
	Live and Let Die	Rosie Carver
	Slaughter's Big Rip-Off	Marcia
	Hell Up in Harlem	Helen Bradley-Washington
1974	Black Belt Jones	Sydney Byrd
	Savage Sisters	Lynn Jackson
1977	Bare Knuckles	Barbara Darrow
1993	Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings	Delilah Pettibone
1994	Lookin' Italian	Leon's Mother
2008	Man in the Mirror	Street Hooker
2009	Absolute Evil	Blind Woman
2012	Freaky Deaky	Sgt. Maureen Downey
2019	A Brother's Honor	Hannah
2021	Snow Black	Aunt Sydney

Sources

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External links

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• The Gloria Hendry Interview (about Live and Let Die)
• Gloria Hendry's Fansite (in French)