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[Lady Templar]

The greatest Bond girls of all time - Nuts readers' poll:

1. Britt Ekland (Mary Goodnight - Man with a Golden Gun, 1974 ) 31%

2. Famke Janssen (Xenia Onatopp - GoldenEye, 1995) 17%

3. Denise Richards (Dr Christmas Jones - The World Is Not Enough, 1999) 15%

4. Jane Seymour (Solitaire - Live and Let Die, 1973) 11%

5. Teri Hatcher (Paris Carver - Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997) 9%

6. Ursula Andress (Honey Ryder - Dr No, 1962) 7%

7. Kim Basinger (Domino Petachi - Never Say Never Again, 1983) 4%

8. Sophie Marceau (Elektra King -The World Is Not Enough, 1999) 3%

9. Honor Blackman (girl thingy Galore - Goldfinger, 1964) 2%

10. Diana Rigg (Tracy Di Vicenzo Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 ) 1%

[doublenoughtspy]

Curious...I was just about to say the people who think Britt is the best Bond girl are...Nuts.

[Skudor]

Interesting... half of those might make it to my top ten, but the interesting thing is that the other half would definitely make it to my bottome ten.

[DLibrasnow]

Very interesting....Britt certainly was very beautiful, but I'm surprised to see that it wasn't Ursula Andress or Diana Rigg.

My personal favorite Barbara Bach doesn't even get a mention.

[Kingdom Come]

Exception of Blackman I wouldn't include any of the above in my top ten list. I would say that Carole Bouquet, Kristina Waybourn, Izabella Scopupco and right on top, Rosamund Pike are my choices.

[callmejames]

I know nothing about this particular poll or its participants, but the fact that Denise Richards comes in third tells me that it's mostly younger readers, probably those who grew up with Brosnan movies.

I've noticed polls of younger respondents tend to skew to more recent (i.e. a balanced poll of American icons might put Jimmy Stewart in first place while a poll of younger respondents -- many of whom have never heard of Jimmy Stewart -- puts Britney Spears in first). I have to guess that since girls from ALL FOUR Brosnan movies made it on this list, vs. only TWO from Connery films, that this was mostly kids, a lot of whom have probably never seen the older Bond films

[Righty007]

Here are the ten greatest Bond films based on the logic of the above list:

1. Casino Royale (1967)
2. Never Say Never Again
3. Die Another Day
4. The Man With The Golden Gun
5. Octopussy
6. For Your Eyes Only
7. Thunderball
8. From Russia With Love
9. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. Goldfinger

[Qwerty]

Curious...I was just about to say the people who think Britt is the best Bond girl are...Nuts.

I'll second that.

[licensetostudy]

The list means whose most sexy, and has nothing to do with acting or personality.

Edited by licensetostudy, 05 July 2005 - 08:26 PM.

[kevrichardson]

Curious...I was just about to say the people who think Britt is the best Bond girl are...Nuts.

In 1974 and at the age of 11 . she was very hot . Now with so many different women casted in Bond Films . She just okay .

[Qwerty]

but I'm surprised to see that it wasn't Ursula Andress or Diana Rigg.

Indeed. I would have expected alot of other names on there.

[bryonalston]

I'm surprised Maud Adams wasn't put on the list, especially since her most famous character's name is Octopussy.

[kevrichardson]

I'm surprised Maud Adams wasn't put on the list, especially since her most famous character's name is Octopussy.

she look good in The Man with the Golden Gun .

[Bon-san]

Good for Britt! She was a hottie for sure, and she takes a lot of flak for playing a bit of a ditz. But that's the part as written. She was the last of the bimbo Bond girls! She should get some cred for that.

I'm cool with all the ladies on the list, save Basinger, who won't ever get much respect from me. Sorry Kim.

[Qwerty]

(girl thingy Galore - Goldfinger, 1964)

[ES Blofeld]

(girl thingy Galore - Goldfinger, 1964)

[callmejames]

In 1974 and at the age of 11 . she was very hot .  Now with so many different women casted in Bond Films .  She just okay .

You mean when you were 11 or when she was?

[Qwerty]

I'm cool with all the ladies on the list, save Basinger, who won't ever get much respect from me.  Sorry Kim.

Why is that?

[DLibrasnow]

Good for Britt!  She was a hottie for sure, and she takes a lot of flak for playing a bit of a ditz.  But that's the part as written.  She was the last of the bimbo Bond girls!  She should get some cred for that. 

Really....what about Stacey Sutton?

I'm cool with all the ladies on the list, save Basinger, who won't ever get much respect from me.  Sorry Kim.

As you know I am a big fan of Never Say Never Again but one thing I really did not like in the movie was Kim Basingers performance. IMO Auger is the better Domino (the only aspect where the 1965 movie actually beats the 1983 one.)

[Qwerty]

and right on top, Rosamund Pike are my choices.

[Bon-san]

[quote name='Qwerty' date='8 July 2005 - 09:02'][quote name='Bon-san' date='5 July 2005 - 21:07']
I'm cool with all the ladies on the list, save Basinger, who won't ever get much respect from me.

[Bon-san]

[quote name='DLibrasnow' date='8 July 2005 - 09:28'][quote name='Bon-san' date='5 July 2005 - 20:07']Good for Britt!

[Mr. Somerset]

Although I love some of those Bond girls, I wonder if the poll takers at Nuts or whatever it is have actually seen any of the James Bond films?

[Buck]

Yeah they left a big gap in their top ten by missing Barbara Bach. She's always been by favorite! Curse you Ringo!!!!


Buck

[tdalton]

Very interesting....Britt certainly was very beautiful, but I'm surprised to see that it wasn't Ursula Andress or Diana Rigg.

My personal favorite Barbara Bach doesn't even get a mention.

I would have thought that Barbara Bach would have at least gotten a mention. She wouldn't have been my #1 choice, but she certainly should have been up there. I was also surprised that Ursula Andress wasn't the #1 Bond girl. She's certainly the best in my opinion.

[Scottlee]

It wasn't a bad list until I saw Teri Hatcher and Kim Basinger on there, neither of whom did anything for me.

Criminal that Claudine Auger and Barbara Bach were left off the list. I'd have have thrown Caroline Munro and that Greek lass from FYEO in as well.

The casual Nuts reader will always chuck in Bond girls who are just famous rather than do some deep thinking about it, hence the predictable of presence of actresses like Andress and Hatcher.

Still, it wasn't all bad. Lynn-Holly Johnson didn't make the cut

Edited by Scottlee, 10 July 2005 - 01:18 PM.

[Qwerty]

Very interesting....Britt certainly was very beautiful, but I'm surprised to see that it wasn't Ursula Andress or Diana Rigg.

My personal favorite Barbara Bach doesn't even get a mention.

I would have thought that Barbara Bach would have at least gotten a mention.

Quite. I would have expected her more towards the top.

[tdalton]

Quite. I would have expected her more towards the top.

Very true. She's certainly more deserving than Britt Ekland.