Luciana Paluzzi

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Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)

Luciana Paluzzi's an Italian-American actress, best known for playing SPECTRE assassin ,Fiona Volpe, in the fourth James Bond film, Thunderball.

In the film, Thunderball she had auditioned for the part of the lead Bond girl, Dominetta "Domino" Petacchi, but producers cast Claudine Auger, changing the Domino character from an Italian to a Frenchwoman and renaming her Dominique Derval.

Paluzzi's first film was an uncredited walk-on part in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954).

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Luciana Paluzzi and Stephen Strimpell in Mr. Terrific (1966)

David Hedison and Luciana Paluzzi in Five Fingers (1959)

Cesar Romero, Paul Burke, and Luciana Paluzzi in Five Fingers (1959)

Luciana Paluzzi in La Mala Ordina (1972)

Sean Connery and Luciana Paluzzi in Thunderball (1965)

Robert Vaughn and Luciana Paluzzi in To Trap a Spy (1964)

Sean Connery, Michael Brennan, Philip Locke, and Luciana Paluzzi in Thunderball (1965)

Known for:

Thunderball

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Fiona

1965

The Green Slime

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Dr. Lisa Benson

1968

To Trap a Spy

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Angela

1964

The Tiger of Eschnapur

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Bharani - Seetha's servant

1959

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Il commissario Verrazzano
- Rosy
- 1978
The Greek Tycoon
- Paola Scotti
- 1978
Hawaii Five-O
- Liana Labella
- TV Series
- 1978
Gli amici di Nick Hezard
- Anna
- 1976
The Sensuous Nurse
- Jole Scarpa
- 1975
...a tutte le auto della polizia...
- Ispettrice Giovanna Nunziante
- 1975
L'uomo della strada fa giustizia
- Vera Vannucchi
- 1975
La sbandata
- Rosa
- Raffaele's wife
- 1974
The Klansman
- Trixie
- 1974
War Goddess
- Phaedra
- 1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
- Contessa DeRojas
- TV Movie
- 1973
The Great Kidnapping
- Renata Boletti
- 1973
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
- Anna
- TV Series
- 1973
Tenafly
- Francesca
- TV Series
- 1973
Medusa
- Sarah (as Lucianna Paluzzi)
- 1973

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Trivia
She was originally considered for the lead Bond girl Domino Derval in Thunderball (1965), which was eventually played by former "Miss France" Claudine Auger. Instead, she played the evil secondary role of Fiona Volpe, the fetching, bouffant-haired nemesis who accidentally takes it in the back while dancing with 007, and is probably better remembered for it. Sean Connery's Bond has the memorable line directed to a couple sitting near the dance floor: "Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead."

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