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{{Short description|French actress (1941–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Claudine Auger
| image = Il padre di famiglia 15.png
| caption = Auger in ''[[The Head of the Family (1967 film)|The Head of the Family]]'' (1967)
| birth_name = Claudine Oger
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|04|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Paris]], France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|12|18|1941|04|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = Paris, France
| children = 1
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1958–1995
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Pierre Gaspard-Huit]]|1959|1969|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Peter Brent|1984|2008|end=his death}}
}}
}}

'''Claudine Auger''' (born '''Claudine Oger'''; 26 April 1941 – 18 December 2019) was a French actress best known for her role as a [[Bond girl]], [[Domino Vitali|Dominique "Domino" Derval]], in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' (1965). She earned the title of [[Miss France Monde]] 1958 (the French representative to the [[Miss World]] beauty pageant) and went on to finish as the first runner-up in the [[Miss World 1958|1958 Miss World]] contest.

== Career ==
Born in [[Paris]], France, Auger began her career as a [[Model (person)|model]] and earned the title of [[Miss France Monde]] 1958 (the French representative to the [[Miss World]] beauty pageant) and went on to finish as the first runner-up in the [[Miss World 1958|1958 Miss World]] contest.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50864159 |title=Claudine Auger: French actress known for James Bond role dies aged 78 |work=BBC News |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="herald">{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/james-bond-s-first-french-love-interest-played-domino-in-thunderball-20191223-p53mci.html |title=James Bond's first French love interest played Domino in Thunderball |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 December 2019 |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref> [[Jean Cocteau]] cast Auger in an uncredited role as a tall [[ballerina]] in ''[[Testament of Orpheus]]'' (1960). When she was 18, she married the 43-year-old writer-director [[Pierre Gaspard-Huit]], and he cast her in several films, including ''[[Le Masque de fer]]'' (1962) and ''[[Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance]]'' (1963).<ref>{{cite book |first1=Tom |last1=Lisanti |first2=Louis |last2=Paul |title=Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962–1973 |publisher=McFarland and Company |date=2002 |page=46}}</ref>

In 1965 she was cast in the 1965 [[James Bond]] film ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'', directed by [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]]. ''Thunderball'' launched Auger into a successful European movie career, but did little for her otherwise in the United States.<ref name="no boost">{{Cite news | title= Bond Was No Boost For Auger | url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-29-ca-16048-story.html | first= Roderick | last= Mann | date= 29 November 1986 | access-date= 21 July 2012 | work= Los Angeles Times | archive-date= 7 December 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101207061511/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-11-29/entertainment/ca-16048_1_claudine-auger | url-status= live }}</ref> Though she performed in the movie, her French accent was considered too strong and her voice was dubbed by another actress.<ref name="herald"/> She did, however, star in a [[Danny Thomas]] special called ''The Road to Lebanon'' with [[Bing Crosby]], which was shown on [[NBC]] on 20 April 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Pairpoint|first1=Lionel|title=The Chronological Bing Crosby on Television|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/BingTV.htm|website=BING magazine|access-date=22 February 2016|archive-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628030554/http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/BingTV.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Le dolci signore Claudine Auger Marco Guglielmi.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Auger with [[Marco Guglielmi]] in ''[[Anyone Can Play]]'' (1967)]]
In 1966 she co-starred in the [[World War II]] drama ''[[Triple Cross (1966 film)|Triple Cross]]'' with [[Yul Brynner]] and [[Christopher Plummer]], that reunited her with her James Bond director Terence Young.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/triple-cross-1967 |title=Triple Cross |work=RogerEbert.com |date=11 July 1967 |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref> Auger co-starred with another [[Bond girl]], [[Ursula Andress]], in the Italian comedy ''[[Anyone Can Play]]'' (1967). She starred with two future Bond girls, [[Barbara Bouchet]] and [[Barbara Bach]], in ''[[Black Belly of the Tarantula]]'' (1971), a [[giallo]] mystery. She had major roles in films such as ''[[The Killing Game (1967 film)|The Killing Game]]'' in 1967,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/2828/Claudine-Auger/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020060100/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/2828/Claudine-Auger/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2012 |title=Claudine Auger |first=Hal |work=[[The New York Times]] |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2012 |last=Erickson }}</ref> ''[[Flic Story]]'' in 1972,<ref name="herald"/> and filmed scenes for ''[[The Eiger Sanction (film)|The Eiger Sanction]]'' (1975), only to have her entire performance cut from the movie.<ref name="no boost" />

On television, she made an appearance in 1972 on the [[CBS]] series ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''. In the 1980s Auger starred ''[[The Man Who Married a French Wife]]'' which was broadcast on the [[BBC]] and shown as part of the "Great Performances" series that was broadcast on [[PBS]] in the United States. She also appeared in the 1994 British television series ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes]]''.<ref name="herald"/>

== Personal life and death ==
In 1959, she married French film director and screenwriter Pierre Gaspard-Huit. They later divorced in 1969.<ref name="herald"/> She married British businessman Peter Brent<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/kiss-death-article-1.694430 |title=Kiss of Death |first=Michael |last=Riedel |work=New York Daily News |date=12 November 1995 |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319124428/http://www.nydailynews.com/kiss-death-article-1.694430 |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1984. He died in 2008. They had one child.<ref name="herald"/>

Auger died in [[Paris]] on 18 December 2019 following a lengthy illness.<ref name="bbc"/><ref name="RTE">{{Cite web |title=Thunderball actress Claudine Auger has died aged 78 |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1220/1102286-thunderball-actress-claudine-auger-has-died-aged-78/ |work=RTE |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221172452/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1220/1102286-thunderball-actress-claudine-auger-has-died-aged-78/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="People">{{Cite web |last1=Milkelbank |first1=Peter |title=Claudine Auger, First French Actress to Star as a Bond Girl, Dies at 78 |url=https://people.com/movies/bond-girl-claudine-auger-dies/ |work=People |date=19 December 2019 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=17 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117010250/https://people.com/movies/bond-girl-claudine-auger-dies/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/claudine-auger-dead-bond-girl-thunderball-was-78-1264424|title=Claudine Auger, Bond Girl in 'Thunderball,' Dies at 78 |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 December 2019|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103002402/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/claudine-auger-dead-bond-girl-thunderball-was-78-1264424|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Christine (1958 film)|Christine]]''
|
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan=2|1960
| ''[[Testament of Orpheus]]''
| [[Minerva]]
|
|-
| ''Terrain vague''
| the salesgirl
|
|-
| 1961
| ''Les Moutons de Panurge''
| Monique
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan=2|1962
| ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (1962 film)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]''
| the new waitress
| (segment "Envie, L'"), Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Le Masque de fer]]''
| Isabelle de Saint-Marc
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1963
| ''[[In the French Style]]''
| Clio Andropolous
|
|-
| ''[[Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance]]''
| rowspan=2|Amrita
|
|-
| ''{{ill|The Mystery of the Indian Temple|fr|Le Mystère du temple hindou}}''
| Mario Camerini
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Games of Desire]]''
| Elektra Tzanou
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1965
| ''[[Yo Yo]]''
| Isolina
|
|-
| ''[[The Reckless]]''
|
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''
| Dominique Derval ("Domino")
|
|-
| rowspan=4|1966
| ''[[That Man George]]''
| Lila
|
|-
| ''[[Treasure of San Gennaro]]''
| Concettina
|
|-
| ''[[Triple Cross (1966 film)|Triple Cross]]''
| Paulette
|
|-
| ''[[The Devil in Love (film)|The Devil in Love]]''
| [[Maddalena de' Medici (1473–1528)|Maddalena de' Medici]]
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1967
| ''[[The Killing Game (1967 film)|The Killing Game]]''
| Jacqueline Meyrand
|
|-
| ''[[The Head of the Family (1967 film)|The Head of the Family]]''
| Adriana
|
|-
| ''[[Anyone Can Play]]''
| Esmeralda
|
|-
| rowspan=4|1968
| ''[[Escalation (1968 Italian film)|Escalation]]''
| Carla Maria Manini
|
|-
| ''[[Adriatic Sea of Fire]]''
| Mirjana
|
|-
| ''[[Listen, Let's Make Love]]''
| Ida Bernasconi
|
|-
| ''[[The Cats (1968 film)|The Cats]]''
| Barbara
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1969
| ''Love Birds''
| Marina
|
|-
| ''Come ti chiami, amore mio?''
|
|
|-
| rowspan=4|1971
| ''Equinozio''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Black Belly of the Tarantula]]''
| Laura
|
|-
| ''[[A Bay of Blood]]''
| Renata Donati
|
|-
| ''[[Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide]]''
| Nathalie Silvener
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1972
| ''[[Gli ordini sono ordini]]''
| Giorgia's friend
|
|-
| ''[[The Summertime Killer]]''
| Michèle
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1974
| ''[[Borsalino & Co.]]''
| Une passagère sur le paquebot
| Uncredited
|-
| ''La dynamite est bonne à boire''
| Consuelo
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1975
| ''L'Intrépide''
| Sophie
|
|-
| ''[[Flic Story]]''
| Catherine
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1976
| ''[[Big Pot (film)|Big Pot]]''
|
|
|-
| ''Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra''
| Sol
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Pane, burro e marmellata]]''
| Betty
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1978
| ''[[The Bermuda Triangle (film)|The Bermuda Triangle]]''
| Sybill
|
|-
| ''[[Butterfly on the Shoulder]]''
| The coat's Woman
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1979
| ''[[Lovers and Liars]]''
| Elisa Massacesi
|
|-
| ''[[Lobster for Breakfast]]''
| Carla Spinosi
|
|-
| ''[[The Associate (1979 film)|The Associate]]''
| Agnès Pardot
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1980
| ''[[Fantastica (1980 film)|Fantastica]]''
| Johanna MacPherson
|
|-
| ''Prestami tua moglie''
| Diana
|
|-
| 1981
| ''Black Jack'' (a.k.a. ''Asalto al casino'')
| Jill Stradford
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Secret Places]]''
| Sophie Meister
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Repenter]]''
| Rosa Ragusa
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Exploits of a Young Don Juan]]''
| the mother
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1988
| ''Un amore di donna''
| Gabriella's mother
|
|-
| ''[[The Sparrow's Fluttering]]''
| Dino's widow
|
|-
| 1991
| ''La bocca''
| Countess Veronica Rospigliosi
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Salt on Our Skin]]''
| Mrs. McEwan
|-
| 1994
| ''L'ombra della sera''
| La mère d'Eva
| Television Film
|-
| 1995
| ''Los hombres siempre mienten''
| Isabelle
|
|-
| 1995
|''Un orage immobile''
| Artémise d'Aubec
| Television Film
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Red and the Black#Film adaptations|Le rouge et le noir]]''
| Madame de Fervaques
|
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{TCMDb name}}
* [https://www.aenigma-images.com/2020/10/claudine-auger/ Claudine Auger] at [https://www.aenigma-images.com/ aenigma]
* [http://aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=694 Claudine Auger] (Aveleyman)
{{Miss World 1958 delegates}}
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[[Category:Actresses from Paris]]
[[Category:French female models]]
[[Category:Miss World 1958 delegates]]
[[Category:French film actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century French actresses]]
[[Category:French beauty pageant winners]]
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