- Gloria Hendry
Gloria Hendry (born
March 3 1949 inWinter Haven, Florida ) is anAfrican-American actress. She is sometimes credited as "Gloria Henry."Career
Gloria was raised in
Newark, New Jersey . She originally trained for a career as alegal secretary , but changed careers after becoming aPlayboy Bunny .She began her acting career in the 1968
Sidney Poitier filmFor Love of Ivy .She is perhaps best known for portraying the
Bond girl ,Rosie Carver in theJames Bond film "Live and Let Die". In that film, she became the firstAfrican American woman romantically involved with 007. She is not, however, the first African-American Bond girl; that title went toTrina Parks . When the film was first released inSouth Africa , her love scenes withRoger Moore were cut out because it was prohibited by theApartheid government.She later starred in several 1970's
Blaxploitation films, including the 1973 film "Black Caesar" and its sequel, the 1974 film "Hell Up in Harlem ". She also portrayed themartial arts expert, Sydney, in "Black Belt Jones ."Today, Gloria is working as a legal secretary at a downtown
Los Angeles law firm.External links
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* [http://commanderbond.net/Public/Stories/2348-1.shtml The Gloria Hendry Interview]
* [http://jamesbond007.net/hmtl/gloria.html Gloria Hendry's Fansite] (in French)Bibliography
*cite book|last=Paul|first=Louis|year=2008|title=Tales From the Cult Film Trenches; Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema|chapter=Gloria Hendry|pages=p.90-97|publisher=Wayne State University Press|location=Detroit|isbn=978-0-7864-2994-3
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