Daniela Bianchi is an Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova

Tatiana Romanova

Tatiana Romanova is a fictional character in the James Bond novel, film, and video game From Russia with Love. She is played by Daniela Bianchi in the movie. According to William F...

 in the 1963 James Bond

James Bond

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 movie From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love (film)

From Russia with Love is the second in the James Bond spy film series, and the second to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Released in 1963, the film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1957 novel of the...

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Born in Rome

Rome

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, she was the 1st runner-up in the 1960 Miss Universe

Miss Universe

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 contest, where she was also voted Miss Photogenic by the press. Her film career began in 1958. In From Russia with Love her voice was dubbed by Barbara Jefford

Barbara Jefford

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She made a number of French and Italian movies after From Russia with Love, the last being Scacco Internazionale in 1968. One of her later films was Operation Kid Brother (also known as OK Connery and Operation Double 007), which was a James Bond spoof filmed in English (though Bianchi was again dubbed) and starring Sean Connery

Sean Connery

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's brother, Neil Connery

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Neil Connery is a Scottish retired actor and is the brother of the actor Sean Connery. Neil is known for his role in the movie OK Connery, a James Bond satire and the 1969 film The Body Stealers.-External links:...

. In 1970, she retired from acting to marry a Genoa

Genoa

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n shipping magnate, with whom she has a son.

Filmography

• Scacco internazionale (1968) as Helen Harris ... aka The Last Chance (USA)
• OK Connery
  OK Connery
  OK Connery is a 1967 Italian Eurospy spoof of the James Bond series of films. It was retitled Operation Kid Brother in the United States and is also known as Operation Double 007 and Secret Agent 00...
  
  (1967) as Maya Rafis ... aka Operation Kid Brother (USA)
• Dalle Ardenne all'inferno
  Dirty Heroes
  Dirty Heroes, also known as From Hell to Victory and Heroes Five , is a 1967 Italian "macaroni combat" war film directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Frederick Stafford.-Cast:* Frederick Stafford - Joe Mortimer, Sesame...
  
  (1967) as Kristina von Keist ... aka Dirty Heroes (Philippines: English title) (USA)
• Troppo per vivere... poco per morire (1967) as Arabella ... aka Your Turn to Die (International: English title)
• Requiem per un agente segreto (1966) as Evelyn ... aka Requiem for a Secret Agent (USA)
• Missione speciale Lady Chaplin (1966) as Lady Arabella Chaplin ... aka Operation Lady Chaplin
• Zarabanda Bing Bing (1966) as Mercedes ... aka Balearic Caper (USA)
• Ombrellone, L (1966) as Isabella Dominici ... aka Weekend Wives
• Slalom
  Slalom (film)
  Slalom is a 1965 comedy film directed by Luciano Salce and starring Vittorio Gassman.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Lucio Ridolfi* Adolfo Celi - Riccardo* Daniela Bianchi - Nadia* Beba Loncar - Helen* Lobna Abdel Aziz - Fahra Slalom is a 1965 comedy film directed by Luciano Salce and starring Vittorio...
  
  (1965) as Nadia ... aka Snow Job (USA: TV title)
• Dr. Kildare
  Dr. Kildare
  Dr. James Kildare is a fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series of the same name and a comic book based on the TV show, and a short-lived 1970s television series...
  
  as Francesca Paolini (3 episodes, 1964)
• Tigre aime la chair fraiche, Le (1964) as Mehlica Baskine ... aka Code Name: Tiger (USA)
• From Russia with Love
  From Russia with Love (film)
  From Russia with Love is the second in the James Bond spy film series, and the second to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Released in 1963, the film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1957 novel of the...
  
  (1963) as Tatiana Romanova
• Spada del Cid, La (1962) as Elvira ... aka The Sword of El Cid
• Domenica d'estate, Una (1962) as Donatella ... aka Always on Sunday (USA)
• Démons de minuit, Les (1961) ... aka Midnight Follies
• En cas de malheur (1958) (uncredited) ... aka Love Is My Profession (USA)

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