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FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN "BOND GIRL"
Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949) is an American actress, Jazz Singer, Author, Producer, and former model. Hendry is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973's James Bond film Live and Let Die; and Helen Bradley in the film Black Caesar, and the sequel, Hell Up in Harlem.
Hendry was Born in Jacksonville or Winter Haven, Florida (sources differ). Hendry's family, which consisted of her mother and sister relocated to Newark, New Jersey to live with her grandparents during her early childhood. Hendry studied at Essex College of Business for Law. Her Gloria's first job was as an assistant to the legal secretary in the New York office of the NAACP.
In 1968, Hendry received her first acting role in Sidney Poitier's film For Love of Ivy, followed by a small role in the 1970 film The Landlord. In 1973, Hendry portrayed the Bond Girl Rosie Carver in the James Bond film Live and Let Die. In that film, she became the first African American woman to become romantically involved with 007; Trina Parks, who played a nemesis to Bond rather than a love interest in Diamonds Are Forever (the previous Bond film) is considered to be the first Black Bond girl.
In her interview in the Showtime series "We Need to Talk About Cosby," she mentions being the first black Bond girl in 1973's "Live and Let Die" and how there were no black stunt women. In the clip they show in the series, when Bond pulls "her" into the room and flips her on the bed, it is actually a black man in a wig and white dress.
FILMS
1968 For Love of Ivy Cocktail Waitress
1970 The Landlord Gloria
1972 Across 110th Street Laurelene
1973 Black Caesar Helen Bradley
Live and Let Die Rosie Carver
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off Marcia
Hell Up in Harlem Helen Bradley-Washington
1974 Black Belt Jones Sydney Byrd
Savage Sisters Lynn Jackson
1977 Bare Knuckles Barbara Darrow
1993 Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings Delilah Pettibone
1994 Lookin' Italian Leon's Mother
2008 Man in the Mirror Street Ho**er
2009 Absolute Evil Blind Woman
2012 Freaky Deaky Sgt. Maureen Downey
2019 A Brother's Honor Hannah
2021 Snow Black Aunt Sydney

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