Description:
Luciana Paluzzi's an Italian actress, best known for playing SPECTRE assassin Fiona Volpe in the fourth James Bond film, "Thunderball".
For the film, she had auditioned for the part of the lead Bond girl, Dominetta "Domino" Petacchi, but producers cast Claudine Auger, changing the Domino character from an Italian to a Frenchwoman and renaming her Dominique Derval.
Paluzzi's first film was an uncredited walk-on part in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954).
Birthday
June 10, 1937
Born In
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Alternative names
Lucianna Paluzzi
, Luciana Paoluzzi
, Luciana Paluzzi Solomon
Height
167 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Michael Jay Solomon 1979 - present (),Brett Halsey January 24, 1960 - March 19, 1962 (divorced)
Trivia
She was originally considered for the lead Bond girl Domino Derval in
Thunderball (1965), which was eventually played by former "Miss France" Claudine Auger.
Instead, she played the evil secondary role of Fiona Volpe, the
fetching, bouffant-haired nemesis who accidentally takes it in the back
while dancing with 007, and is probably better remembered for it.
Sean Connery's Bond has the memorable line directed to a couple sitting near
the dance floor: "Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's
just dead."
Quotes
[on Facebook] I have never had a nasty message....only kindness and loyalty by you all and that is a wonderful feeling after being away from the screen for a thousand years....!!!
Trademarks
Her voice
