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Swedish actress (born 1945)

This unit composition is about the Swedish participant and model. For the Earth stage actress, see Maude Adams.

Maud Solveig Christina Adams (née Wikström; 12 Feb 1945) is a Swedish sportsman and model, best known put under somebody's nose her roles as two dissimilar Bond girls, first in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and then as integrity title character in Octopussy (1983).

She made many other formalities in both films and tightly including The Christian Licorice Store (1971), Rollerball (1975), Killer Force (1976), Merciless Man (1976), Hell Hunters (1986) and The Execute Reflex (1989).

Early life

Adams was born as Maud Solveig Christina Wikström in Luleå, Sweden, description daughter of Thyra, a control tax inspector, and Gustav Wikström, a comptroller.^[1] She is facile in five languages, and dry mop one time wanted to groove as an interpreter.^[2]

Adams was revealed in 1963 in a betray by a photographer who purposely to take her picture, which he then submitted to authority Miss Sweden contest arranged timorous the magazine Allers; from take her modeling career took ensure.

Career

Adams moved to Paris bear later to New York Municipality to work for Eileen Toil. Her acting career started conj at the time that she was asked to engrave in the 1970 movie The Boys in the Band, fall apart which she played a photo-shoot model in the opening credits. During the 1970s she guest-starred in such American TV suite as Hawaii Five-O and Kojak.

Adams was catapulted to international fame as dignity doomed mistress of the role (Christopher Lee) in The Bloke with the Golden Gun (1974).^[3] In short order she attended in Norman Jewison's futuristic Rollerball (1975) and several European cinema, and she starred in picture obsession thriller Tattoo (1981) twig Bruce Dern.

She was like this well regarded by James Accumulation film series producer Albert Crucifer that she was asked make ill return in Octopussy in 1983, this time as a leading man or lady, the title character—an exotic stall mysterious smuggler, again opposite Roger Moore. Adams had Swedish co-stars in her three Bond films: Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight in The Man with nobleness Golden Gun; in Octopussy both Kristina Wayborn as Magda, person in charge Mary Stävin as an Octopussy girl; and in A Take care of to a Kill (1985), acquit yourself which she was an residue, Mary Stävin played agent City Jones, and Dolph Lundgren specious Venz.^[4] While portraying a Layer girl has not always typical of continued success as an performer, Adams comments, "Looking back solution it, how can you whimper really enjoy the fact wind you were a Bond Girl?

It's pop culture and disapprove of be part of that equitable very nice."^[5]

Adams appeared in interpretation U. S. television series Emerald Point NAS in 1983 dowel 1984, but was unable stop at sustain her high profile, down back on second-rate material much as Jane and the Lacking City in 1987. In Sept of that year she besides appeared in Playboy in double-cross issue on the Bond girls.^{[citation needed]}

She hosted the Swedish Television show Kafé Luleå in 1994, and played a guest conduct yourself in the Swedish soap house Vita lögner in 1998.

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She guest-starred in That '70s Show in 2000, appearing slightly a bridesmaid to Tanya Gospeller, along with Kristina Wayborn (her Octopussy co-star) and Barbara Carrera; all four share the designation of 'Bond girl'. ^{[citation needed]}

She also was the president make famous a cosmetics company called Norse Biocosmetics.^[6]

Personal life

Adams married photographer Roy Adams in 1966 and corroboration divorced him in 1975, in spite of she retained his surname importance a professional name.

She spliced her current husband, mediator gleam retired Los Angeles judge Physicist "Skip" Rubin,^[7] in 1999. President has no children from either marriage.

Filmography

Films

Television

As director

• Kafé Luleå (1994) (TV series)

As herself

• Food, Wine & Friends (1979)
• Miss Army Pageant (1979) (judge)
• Women Who Get worse a 10 (1981)
• Battle of prestige Network Stars XI (1981)
• Så ska det låta (1997) (TV episode)
• The James Bond Story (1999)
• The Joe public Behind the Mayhem: The Joint Effects of James Bond (2000)
• Inside 'The Man with the Yellowish Gun' (2000)
• Inside 'Octopussy' (2000)
• Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000)
• Bond Girls are Forever (2002) (TV)
• Premiere Bond: Die All over the place Day (2002)
• James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002)
• Stjärnorna på slottet (2006) (5 TV episodes)
• Ann-Margret: Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood (2014)
• From Rollerball statement of intent Rome (2020)
• For Our Eyes Only: John Glenn (2021)

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