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Christian was the first Bond girl to appear on screen, playing Valerie Mathis (opposite Barry Nelson as James Bond) in the 1954 TV adaptation of Casino Royale, beating Ursula Andress to the screen by eight years. In 2001, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.
Photos of the real first Bond Girl, the gorgeous Linda Christian, who appeared in a TV adaptation of Ian Fleming's 'Casino Royale' in 1954.
In 1954, she starred as Vesper Lynd in a television adaptation of the James Bond novel Casino Royale—making her the very first official Bond Girl, period. Yet just as she got this professional success, her domestic life was taking a nosedive.
Jul 25, 2011 · Last Friday, it was announced that Agent 007's first ever Bond Girl, Linda Christian, passed away in Palm Springs on Friday at the age of 87 after a long fight with colon cancer.
Jul 25, 2011 · Actress Linda Christian, a 1940s Hollywood starlet who went on to become the first Bond girl, has died aged 87. She died last Friday in Palm Desert, California, after suffering from colon...
Jul 23, 2011 · Linda Christian, the Hollywood starlet of the 1940s who married heartthrob Tyrone Power and went on to become the first Bond girl, has died. Her daughter, Romina Power, says Christian...
Jul 25, 2011 · Linda Christian, the curvy Mexican movie star who is best remembered as the original Bond girl in a 1954 small-screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, died in Palm Desert, Calif....
