From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Claudine Auger born Claudine Oger 26 April 1941 18 December 2019 was a French actress best known for her role as Bond girl Dominique Domino Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball 1965 She earned the title of Miss France Monde the French representative of Miss World and was also the first runnerup in the 1958 Miss World contest Auger was born in Paris France She made her film debut when still in school When she was 18 she married the 43yearold writerdirector Pierre GaspardHuit the couple later divorced He cast her in several films including Le Masque de fer 1962 and Kali Yug Goddess of Vengeance 1963 When she was on holiday in Nassau writerproducer Kevin McClory saw Auger and recommended that she audition for his film Thunderball 1965 The role of Domino was originally to be an Italian woman Dominetta Petacchi Auger impressed the producers so much that they rewrote the part to that of a French woman to better suit her Although she took lessons to perfect her English her voice was eventually dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl Thunderball launched Auger into a successful European movie career but did little for her otherwise in the United States Auger died on 18 December 2019 in Paris