Luciana Paluzzi
Actress Luciana Paluzzi was one of numerous sexy Italian brunettes groomed for fame on the international stage following the death of the tragic Gina Lollobrigida. Working both sides of the Atlantic through the '50s on such movies as Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) and Sea Fury (1958), the actress. Paluzzi was given a chance to make it American TV stardom in the character in the role of Simone Genet on the 1959 espionage weekly Five Fingers. The actress met with Bond producers in 1965 to discuss the possibility of appearing as the main character Domino Derval in Thunderball. When the role ended up going to the former Miss France, Claudine Auger Director Terence Young offered her the part of the villain in Fiona Volpe - one of the few women on the world who can resist the lure of Mr. Fiona which, as a form of punishment, is fatally wounded on the floor of the club by Bond's friends. James, who then puts her body to rest on the table next to it is asked "Does it bother you if I lie down this scene?" It's dead." This blockbuster's box office success allowed Luciana Paluzzi to extend her European acting career into the '70s in both the US and Europe, with films such as Captain Nemo And The Underwater City (1969), The Six Million Dollar Man (1973), The Klansman (1974) as well as The Greek Tycoon



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