Linda Christian, the very first woman to ever play a Bond Girl, has died at the age of 87.The Hollywood actress passed away on Friday in Palm Desert, after a fight with colon cancer.
Her daughter Romina Power was the one to announce the news.
Christian became the very first 'Bond Girl', appearing in the 1954 TV adaptation of Ian Fleming's famous novel, Casino Royale.
In the series she played Bond's love interest.
Her character Valerie Mathis, was the merging of the two characters, Vesper Lynd and Rene Mathis, from the famous spy novel.
Barry Nelson was also the very first actor to play Bond in the series, and Peter Lorre took on the role of Le Chiffre.
Christian was born in Mexico in 1923, and later moved to Los Angeles to chase her dreams of becoming an actress.
There she eventually signed a contract with MGM.
She made her film debut alongside Danny Kaye in the 1944 musical comedy 'Up In Arms', and later appeared in the1948 Tarzan film, 'Tarzan and the Mermaids'.
Christian could speak seven different languages, and won several beauty contestants, before becoming an actress.
She was famously nicknamed the 'anatomic bomb' in Hollywood because of her sexy curves.
Christian was perhaps best known for marrying Hollywood A-Lister Tyrone Power in 1949.
They had two daughters, Taryn and Romina, who are now also both actresses.
The couple divorced in 1956, and she was later briefly married to British actor Edmund Purdom between the years of 1962 -1963.
Her daughter Romina Power was the one to announce the news.
Hollywood star: The very first 'Bond Girl', Linda Christian, pictured here in 1945, has died at the age of 87
In the series she played Bond's love interest.
Her character Valerie Mathis, was the merging of the two characters, Vesper Lynd and Rene Mathis, from the famous spy novel.
Barry Nelson was also the very first actor to play Bond in the series, and Peter Lorre took on the role of Le Chiffre.
Bombshell: Christian appeared in the 1954 TV adaptation of Ian Fleming's famous novel, Casino Royale
There she eventually signed a contract with MGM.
She made her film debut alongside Danny Kaye in the 1944 musical comedy 'Up In Arms', and later appeared in the1948 Tarzan film, 'Tarzan and the Mermaids'.
Christian could speak seven different languages, and won several beauty contestants, before becoming an actress.
She was famously nicknamed the 'anatomic bomb' in Hollywood because of her sexy curves.
Famous romance: Christian was perhaps best known for marrying Hollywood A-Lister Tyrone Power in 1949, both seen here in 1948
They had two daughters, Taryn and Romina, who are now also both actresses.
The couple divorced in 1956, and she was later briefly married to British actor Edmund Purdom between the years of 1962 -1963.
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