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I also realise that Nikki took a somewhat combative stance on her website (now apparently offline) in portraying her contributions that may not have endeared her with the producers. But I find it understandable that she was aiming to find some more recognition than she received.
Good point. Perhaps that may go some way to explaining why Eon is averse to publicising her contributions to the series even to this day? Or maybe it's about something else entirely. I'm really not sure.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336509/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
I feel that he deserves a mention.
Very true and sad to hear she didn't get the recognition she deserved. RIP.
Shirley may have been from Yorkshire, I'm not sure, but during her time as a film actress her accent was suitably clipped and perfectly ok for the part she played. There is one line just as Bond leaves her to fetch the champagne where she isn't dubbed and her own voice comes through. An oversight no doubt, but it barely registers and wasn't widely known until Shirley herself pointed it out.
There most certainly was a falling out. She did or said something which upset a member of the wider Eon family ( I think it may have been an actress who was close to the Broccolis) . It escalated and she has been air brushed from Bond history.
Yes, it does. A great actor in both his roles as Bond ally and villain. That reminds me that my Biology teacher saved me the clipping reporting his death from the Daily Mail and it's now stuck into one of my Bond scrapbooks. That was how I found out about it. He knew I was a Bond fan and I'd earlier gave him a clipping about a William Shatner church (he was a big Star Trek fan) so he was returning the favour. Still, it was nice of him to keep it for me in the days before the Internet was so widely used as a news source. I was 15 at the time.
I think that sites like this are a nice way of recognizing the work and memory of these unsung contributors to the series. I had no idea just how much work she had done on the Bond films over the years. I thought it was just the first few. It says a lot about her talent being versatile enough to dub actresses of various nationalities effectively.
And I liked the memory in her bio story about how Connery spoke up for her. It shows the kind of man he could be and was said to be very friendly with the crew of the films.
It also brought back a memory of an old Bondage (American fan club publication, to be clear) magazine feature on a voice artist who dubbed Connery, Moore and Lazenby in Italian. It was more interesting than one would've thought. These types of stories can be as interesting as any big-name players on the films.
A large part of the early success of the Bond series, dubbing many of the leading ladies.
Sadly her efforts go in-noticed by all but the diehard fans.
RIP
RIP Nikki Van Der Zyl. That is a fantastic photo with Gert Frobe.
The control room under the engines of Drax's Moonraker, and Blofeld's
"Man cave" with the Piranha pool from YOLT.
Source of his death https://www.007.com/william-p-cartlidge-1942-2021/
I first saw Kotto in both LALD and Alien in the summer of 83, but didn t realize it was the same guy.
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/yaphet-kotto-dead-dies-alien-bond-villain-1234931654/
I really loved him in Homicide : Life on the Streets. A great actor. He'll be missed.
One of the best Bond villains.
Loved him in 'Midnight Run' too, he was vey funny in that!