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Tania Mallet Signed Photo as Tilly Masterson from Goldfinger

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Tania Mallet Signed Photo as Tilly Masterson from Goldfinger
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Color glossy 8" x 10" photo still of Tania Mallet as Tilly Masterson from Goldfinger (Eon Productions, 1964). Signed at the top left in blue. In fine condition.

(b. 1941) Tania Mallet is an English model and actress who is best known for her appearance as Tilly Masterson in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964). Mallet attended the Lucy Clayton's School Of Modelling, and started working as a model at just 16 years of age in 1957, becoming one of the most recognizable and famous models of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. According to Mallet, she was given the part of Tilly Masterson when someone sent a photo of her in a bikini to Bond producer Cubby Broccoli. The character was killed off during the film when Oddjob (Harold Sakata) hurled his steel-rimmed hat at her. Despite the film's phenomenal success, Goldfinger would be Mallet's only major big screen appearance. Mallet cited two reasons for returning to modelling and turning down all further film offers: firstly she did not like the restrictions imposed on her personal freedom when she was under contract during the film, and secondly, she said the money was "dreadful". She was initially offered £50 a week, and managed to increase her fee to £150 a week after tough negotiations, a fee that she was easily earning a day as a model. Mallet currently lives in England with her second husband. She still attends autograph signings at Bond events.