Daniela Bianchi

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Daniela Bianchi

Born January 31, 1942 (1942-01-31) (age 66)
Rome, Italy
Years active 1958 - 1968

Daniela Bianchi (born January 31, 1942) is an Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 James Bond movie From Russia with Love.

Born in Rome, she was the 1st runner-up in the 1960 Miss Universe contest, where she was also voted Miss Photogenic by the press. Her film career began in 1958. In From Russia with Love her voice was dubbed by Barbara Jefford.

She made a number of movies after From Russia with Love, the last being Scacco Internazionale in 1968. One of her later films was Operation Kid Brother (also known as OK Connery and Operation Double 007), which was a James Bond spoof filmed in English (though Bianchi was again dubbed) and starring Sean Connery's brother, Neil Connery.

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Daniela Bianchi is the youngest actress to play a Bond girl.[citation needed]

Her legs were not featured in the scene in the Russian consulate when Bond looks through the periscope; they belonged to another actress.[citation needed]

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