Bond girl Mary Stavin, 69, who got hot and heavy with Roger Moore in A View to a Kill, looks unrecognizable on rare outing in LA

Bond girl Mary Stavin, 69, who got hot and heavy with Roger Moore in A View to a Kill, looks unrecognizable on rare outing in LA

Mary Stavin, who is best known for winning Miss World 1977 and for her steamy submarine love scene with Roger Moore in A View to a Kill, emerged on a rare outing with her husband Nicholas Wilcockson in Los Angeles on Thursday.The 69-year-old Swedish-born actress looked virtually unrecognizable from her sultry image in the 1970s and 1980s.Stavin, who is poised to make an acting comeback in an upcoming TV series, kept it casually chic for her Thursday afternoon sojourn, wearing gray camouflage jeans and a loose-fitting, off-white blouse, and over this she had on an army-green jacket.Finishing her look were a pair of shiny, silvery boots with sensibly low heels.Her hair still retained a glimmer of blonde and was styled to frame her face, which she kept partially shielded by a pair of sunglasses.Her British businessman husband, 66, was dressed down in dark trousers, a colorful button-down shirt and a navy sweater that matched the color of his blue sneakers.Mary Stavin, who is best known for winning Miss World 1977 and for her steamy submarine love scene with Roger Moore in A View to a Kill, emerged on a rare outing with her husband Nicholas Wilcockson in Los Angeles on Thursday The 69-year-old Swedish-born actress looked virtually unrecognizable from her sultry image in the 1970s and 1980sStavin was born in Orebro County, Sweden in 1957.At 20, when she was a physical training student, she scooped up the Miss World title in London in 1977 and, with her blonde, blue-eyed good looks, became something of a global icon.She built her acting and modeling career internationally before settling in California.Stavin had the rare fortune of appearing in two James Bond films starring Roger Moore - first as an ‘Octopussy Girl’ in Octopussy (1983), a non-speaking background role in the circus and palace scenes.In A View to a Kill (1985), Stavin had a larger role as Kimberley Jones, an MI6 agent who helped Bond on a mission to Siberia during the pre-credit sequence. She played a true ally, piloting the British mini-submarine disguised as an iceberg before landing Bond right where she - and he - wanted him.In his 2012 autobiography Bond on Bond, Moore wrote that 'floating away on board a submarine with Mary Stavin must be many men's dream.'She was not the only one who the privilege of appearing in multiple Bond films.Eunice Gayson played Sylvia Trench in both Dr No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963), with Sean Connery in the 007 role. Stavin kept it casually chic for her afternoon outing, wearing gray camouflage jeans and a loose-fitting, off-white blouse, along with an army-green jacket In A View to a Kill (1985), Stavin played Kimberley Jones, an MI6 agent who helped Bond on a mission to Siberia during the pre-credit sequence At 20, the blonde bombshell scooped up the Miss World title in London in 1977 Stavin had the rare fortune of appearing in two James Bond films opposite Roger Moore - first as an ‘Octopussy Girl’ in Octopussy (1983), a non-speaking background role in the circus and palace scenesMaud Adams played Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and later in the title role of Octopussy (1983), both starring Moore.Then Lea Seydoux played Madeleine Swann in two more recent Bond films, Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021) opposite Daniel Craig.Stavin, meanwhile, went on to star in the horror films House (1985) and Open House (1987), and had supporting roles in the films The Opponent (1988), Alien Terminator (1988), and Howling V: The Rebirth (1989).She snagged the female lead in the action flick Strike Commando 2 (1988) and the Italian action-war film Born to Fight (1989) directed by B-movie filmmaker Bruno Mattei and co-starring Brent Huff.Her love life drew considerable media attention, especially during the 1970s and 1980s due to her high-profile romances with British football stars.Stavin was in a relationship with footballer Don Shanks from 1978 to 1982, and then she became involved with footballer George Best from 1982 to 1985.Stavin and Best were featured in an exercise album as part of the popular Shape Up and Dance series released in the UK between 1982 and 1984 during the aerobics craze.During the late 1980s, she was briefly married to actor Steve Jamieson, who appeared in the TV shows The Fall Guy (1986) and Hunter (1987). Following their divorce, she had a five-year relationship with cameraman William Holdsworth. The actress went on to star in several horror films including House (1985) and Open House (1987), and Howling V: The Rebirth (1989) Her love life drew considerable media attention, especially during the 1970s and 1980s due to her high-profile romances with British football stars Stavin wed Wilcockson in 1995 and their daughter, Liliana Rose, was born the following year. Above, Stavin in 1980Stavin wed Wilcockson in 1995 and their daughter, Liliana Rose, was born the following year.They live in a 'beautiful home' in Beverly Hills, where they are known to host parties for their friends, according to one pal's post on Facebook. Stavin has acted sporadically since the 1990s, appearing in the films Desire (1993), The Devil Takes a Holiday (1996), The Story of Bob (2005), and The Christmas Pause (2019). Her last big-screen credit was Barking Mad (2021).She starred in two episodes of Twin Peaks (1990) and one episode of the daytime soap Days of Our Lives (1995).

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