Linda Christian, the actress who played James Bond's original lover Vesper Lynd (a part later played by Eva Green in Casino Royale) in the television anthology series Climax! has died after a battle with colon cancer at age 87. She was discovered by Errol Flynn in her native Mexico and married another red-hot silver screen swashbuckler, Tyrone Power, from 1949 to 1956. Let's watch the original Vesper in action alongside Barry Nelson as "Jimmy" Bond and Peter Lorre as his cocky foe Le Chiffre.
You'll be shocked to realize how similar this 1953 TV adaptation of Ian Fleming's first novel is to the Daniel Craig jam of 2006. And you'll be delighted to learn that Linda Christan costarred with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in one of my favorite Bad Movies We Love, The V.I.P.s. Ah, glamor. R.I.P. to a legit V.I.P.
ยท Linda Christian Dies [People]