Favorite minor female characters.

LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
in The James Bond Films
Who are your favorite "minor" female characters from the Bond series? By "minor" I am specifically referring to those characters that appear briefly without any major or lasting part in the movie-- they can range from the comparatively un-minor (but amazing) Naomi to that briefly seen but alluring woman who greets Bond and Amnasova from behind the desk when they check into their hotel room. I think my personal favorite has to be Draco's lady-friend Olympe and, of course, Naomi. Another one that springs to mind is Miss Taro from Dr. No-- I never realized until recently how beautiful she is (err, was).
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  • Tilly Masterson 007Tilly Masterson 007 UKPosts: 1,472MI6 Agent
    The woman who Bond talks to at the Avis car rental point is rather....nice!
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    That blonde babe whom Bond met when he checked into the Ocean Club (without a reservation; it's a 'spur of the moment thing') in CR comes to mind...
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  • Dan SameDan Same Victoria, AustraliaPosts: 6,054MI6 Agent
    edited September 2007
    I love the woman in the PTS to GF. :D If only Bond had more time with her, before he was attacked. :# :))
    "He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    I know, that this should be made by another forum member, but I my first vote go to Jenny Flex.
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  • JamesbondjrJamesbondjr Posts: 462MI6 Agent
    Miss Caruso from LALD. Lovely!
    1- On Her Majesty's Secret Service 2- Casino Royale 3- Licence To Kill 4- Goldeneye 5- From Russia With Love
  • AlexAlex The Eastern SeaboardPosts: 2,694MI6 Agent
    Martine Beswicke, my friends, should've been offered larger roles in both turns, (FRWL and TB), I could watch her do laundry. ;)
  • actonsteveactonsteve Posts: 299MI6 Agent
    Midge!
  • A7ceA7ce Birmingham, EnglandPosts: 656MI6 Agent
    I can't recall any female characters that were minors.
    Or miners.
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    A7ce wrote:
    I can't recall any female characters that were minors.

    Bibi?
  • A7ceA7ce Birmingham, EnglandPosts: 656MI6 Agent
    She was at least 18 I think, the fact that she was next to Rog made her look even younger
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    A7ce wrote:
    She was at least 18 I think, the fact that she was next to Rog made her look even younger

    :))
  • bigzilchobigzilcho Toronto, ONPosts: 245MI6 Agent
    So far, all great selections.

    However, I noticed all were standard Bond-girls.

    How about a tip of the hat to Machine-Gun Granny in GF? IMO, pound-for-pound, the greatest bit character in the series.In less than 20 seconds (maybe less) she establishes herself as one of those gloriously bizarre minor villians in the series that seem to have gone the way of the dinosaur.

    (Three Blind Men in DN, Vargas in TB, the Smiler from the LALD-PTS, for example, are perfectly handled, whereas Mr.Kil in DAD, is a lame character.)

    We need more memorable bit villians!

    So here's to Machine-Gun Granny...the Ernst Stavro Blofeld of Bond minor villians.


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  • JennyFlexFanJennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    I know, that this should be made by another forum member, but I my first vote go to Jenny Flex.

    Hey! She's MINE! ;)

    Well, her Pan Ho and Naomi make up my favorites. I've always liked Olympe as well though... still my main vote is for Jenny!
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    JennyFlexFan wrote:
    Well, her Pan Ho and Naomi make up my favorites. I've always liked Olympe as well though... still my main vote is for Jenny!

    Who is Pan Ho? Also, and while I disliked the movie, Miranda Frost almost made DAD worth watching again...
  • actonsteveactonsteve Posts: 299MI6 Agent
    Pan Ho was one of Zorins gang played by the extraordinarily named Papillon Soo Soo (I hope she gave her parents hell for that name)

    She didnt do much but hung around with the legendary Jenny Flex (I can see murders happening when this one is kicked off the game) dressed in a riding outfit and occasionally pointing a gun at someone. Her demise was unconvincing as she was washed away down a tunnel and even manages a crap role as she is whooshed away.

    Not the greatest actress ie her reading the line "Meester Siinjin Smyythhee..." in a terrible French accent owned by a French person.

    Pola Ivanova is a much better character..
  • youknowmynameyouknowmyname Gainesville, FL, USAPosts: 703MI6 Agent
    My favorites...hmmmm, tough to decide. I love all the girls at Piz Gloria in OHMSS. I also am fond of Plenty O' Toole for her name and her assets. Of course, the Cigar Girl in TND is good on the eyes.

    However, my favorite by far is Caroline Munro as Naomi in TSWLM, I still get sad every time her helicopter gets blown up, simply because I don't get to look at her for the rest of the film...ahhh. ;%
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  • JennyFlexFanJennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent
    actonsteve wrote:
    Pan Ho was one of Zorins gang played by the extraordinarily named Papillon Soo Soo (I hope she gave her parents hell for that name)

    She didnt do much but hung around with the legendary Jenny Flex (I can see murders happening when this one is kicked off the game) dressed in a riding outfit and occasionally pointing a gun at someone. Her demise was unconvincing as she was washed away down a tunnel and even manages a crap role as she is whooshed away.

    Not the greatest actress ie her reading the line "Meester Siinjin Smyythhee..." in a terrible French accent owned by a French person.

    Pola Ivanova is a much better character..

    Wait, how did she manage a "crap role" as she was washed away? She yelled and screamed and disappeared. I don't know how you screw that up...

    Not the greatest actress? She was kind of doing a Chinese accent when she said the "St. John Smythe" line. Also, people should know Ms. Soo Soo uttering the famous line "Me so horny, me love you long time!" in Full Metal Jacket.

    Pan Ho was originally going to have a larger role though. She would be managing most of Scarpine's role during the first half of the movie, but they made it shorter... :(

    Still she made a mean molotov cocktail! :D
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited September 2007
    JennyFlexFan wrote:

    Hey! She's MINE! ;)

    :)) I knew, that you would jump on me for doing this. What I am really missing is a JFF attempt to knight her to a full villanesse or a leading lady.

    Or is the minor character status now been officially approved by you? ;)
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Professor Bergstrom from TND.
    "Yes, I think I'll have a Danish with my coffee." :D
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • John DrakeJohn Drake On assignmentPosts: 2,564MI6 Agent
    Virginia Hey as Pushkin's mistress in TLD. Does anybody else remember seeing this film on it's 87 release? I'm sure we got to see a little bit more of her than we normally do of other Bond girls. However the video release and latterly DVD releases seem to be rather coy in that respect. I'm sure she went topless in the original cut. Is my mind playing tricks on me. It was 20 years ago, but I can remember being a 12-year-old and thinking, those are interesting.
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    I think you're right, JD.

    Fave miner character? Stacey Sutton.

    Well, she's the only one who gets to wear a miner's outfit...

    Ta-boom! :D
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    I also think, that she has been seen topless for a second, but I don't find her too much attractive besides the nudity.

    I have been a bit older when TLD has been out, so, I stayed pretty calm ;)
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • A7ceA7ce Birmingham, EnglandPosts: 656MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    I think you're right, JD.

    Fave miner character? Stacey Sutton.

    Well, she's the only one who gets to wear a miner's outfit...

    Ta-boom! :D


    Nice one NP, for got that one
  • JennyFlexFanJennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent
    Well, her minor character status is what is so alluring and mysterious about her... ;)

    Still, it is one of AVTAK's few weaknesses, it's underuse of Ms. Flex. Jenny is a wonderful character and should've been the main villainess, but sadly, it's not so...

    Hopefully if there's an AVTAK video game, Ms. Flex will be featured VERY prominently.

    And NP, that was good. ;) Still Jenny and Pan Ho's clothes are a bit miner-ish, but Stacey has full-blown miner clothes on so their you go.
  • AlexAlex The Eastern SeaboardPosts: 2,694MI6 Agent
    JennyFlexFan wrote:
    one of AVTAK's few weaknesses,
    Haha. You made a funny :)
  • JennyFlexFanJennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent
    Alex wrote:
    JennyFlexFan wrote:
    one of AVTAK's few weaknesses,
    Haha. You made a funny :)

    Yes, whenever I point out the movies few weaknesses, I seem to get a chuckle. ;)
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    JennyFlexFan wrote:
    Yes, whenever I point out the movies few weaknesses, I seem to get a chuckle. ;)

    For me it's not so much that the movie is loaded with weaknesses, but that it has one very big weakness-- Roger Moore was just too old. Had Pierce Brosnan, or maybe Dalton been in that it might have been my favorite Bond of the 80s.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited September 2007
    JennyFlexFan wrote:

    Yes, whenever I point out the movies few weaknesses, I seem to get a chuckle. ;)

    It's not "weakness", you are getting the chuckles for, it is : "few" ;%
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Malko LingeMalko Linge Posts: 14MI6 Agent
    edited September 2007
    Cecilie Thomsen...:x
  • JennyFlexFanJennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    JennyFlexFan wrote:

    Yes, whenever I point out the movies few weaknesses, I seem to get a chuckle. ;)

    It's not "weakness", you are getting the chuckles for, it is : "few" ;%

    I know Bondtoys... I know. ;)
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