Biography for
Martine Beswick More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

26 September 1941, Port Antonio, Jamaica

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

One of many incredibly gorgeous brunette sexpots running around in 1960s films aiming for sex symbol status, Martine Beswick's film route went the predictable gore and whore route, with a few of her films now having earned minor camp status. Born to British parents in Port Antonio, Jamaica, she did some brief modeling and pageant entering before seeking a career in films. She allegedly once won a "Miss Autoville" contest and won a car only to sell it in order to move to and study acting in London. A minor break for her occurred in the 'James Bond' series. She played a gypsy girl in _From Russia with Love (1963)_ and then later appeared again in Thunderball (1965). After playing in the well-tanned minority ranks for years, Martine finally got noticed after duking it out with Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C. (1966). She become part of the Hammer Studio horror assembly line for a time, which usually had her in various stages of undress. In the 1970s, she went to Hollywood and other than playing Xaviera Hollander in The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980) and a few episodic ("The Fall Guy" (1981), "Buffalo Bill" (1983)), this fetching, second-string goddess has managed to continue working in the outer fringes.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net

Trade Mark

Voluptuous figure

Natural brunette hair

Deep sultry voice

Her husky voice

Trivia

Was Miss Jamaica.

Interviewed in the book "Invasion of the B-Girls" by Jewel Shepard.

Personal Quotes

I always go into my films with absolute and complete commitment, and there was never the same commitment from the other people involved. And so I put my all into it, and it's a little frustrating because what comes out is not what I put in.

We giggled a lot on the set. It was probably the silliest film ever made. - Recalling the filming of Prehistoric Women (1967).