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My Take
Claudine Auger, who died in 2019, will always be Domino from Thunderball, and being a Bond girl in 1965 fixed her in cinema history forever. But it's worth remembering she came up through pageantry as Miss France Monde 1958 and first runner-up at Miss World, then built a real European film career beyond the 007 spotlight. France honoring her with the Legion of Honour in 1995 signals respect for the whole body of work, not just the iconic role. I find it a little sad that English-speaking audiences boxed her in as a single image, when her French and Italian filmography ran far deeper.
Overview
Claudine Auger (born Claudine Oger; 26 April 1941 – 18 December 2019) was a French actress best known for her role as a Bond girl, Dominique "Domino" Derval, in the James Bond film Thunderball (1965). She earned the title of Miss France Monde 1958 (the French representative to the Miss World beauty pageant) and went on to finish as the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Claudine Auger
- Name (Japanese)
- クローディーヌ・オージェ
- Reading
- くろーでぃーぬ・おーじぇ
- Born
- April 26, 1941 – December 18, 2019
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Snake
- Origin
- 5th arrondissement of Paris, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- model / beauty pageant contestant / film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1995 Knight of the Legion of Honour
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Model — see all → · Beauty pageant contestant — see all → · More people from France →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.