’60s & ’70s Bond Girls Then & Now: Jane Seymour, Jill St. John, Britt Ekland & More
Every Bond film has a Bond girl, and in the earlier films, there were often a bevy of them. Sometimes it’s a femme fatale trying to lure Bond into a trap; others are passing liaisons that, more often than not, become collateral damage along the way, such as gold-painted Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) in Goldfinger or Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi) in You Only Live Twice, who swallows poison meant for Bond. And yet, there’s always one to kiss for the final credits.
Their names are a smorgasbord of delights: Honey Ryder, Pussy Galore, Kissy Suzuki, Mary Goodnight, Holly Goodhead, Dr. Christmas Jones. All the silver screen goddesses of the day were cast: Ursula Andress, Jacqueline Bisset, Jill St. John, Tanya Roberts, Kim Basinger, Barbara Carrera, Halle Berry. In all, 75 ladies have been part of the franchise as of 2026.
We have lost some of the classic Bond girls over the years, but what do the remaining Bond beauties look like today? Here is a roundup of nine Bond girls from the 1960s and 1970s.
Shirley Eaton (89)
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Shirley Eaton played the villain Goldfinger’s assistant, Jill Masterson, in the 1964 film Goldfinger, in which Sean Connery as Bond ultimately seduced her, and she consequently died from being painted gold. Today, Eaton lives a quiet life after giving up acting in the late 1960s to raise her two boys with her late husband, Colin Rowe. She penned an autobiography in 1999 titled Golden Girl and is also a painter and sculptor.
Jill St. John (86)
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Jill St. John played diamond smuggler Tiffany Case alongside Sean Connery’s James Bond in the box office hit Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Case was the first American Bond girl in the famous 007 franchise. A year later, St. John had mostly left show business behind, and she enjoyed other endeavors such as cooking and becoming a self-professed “mountain gal,” which she wrote in her 1997 cookbook. She has been married four times, most notably to actor Robert Wagner since 1990. The famous couple currently resides in Aspen, Colorado.
Ursula Andress (90)
Dr. No was the first Bond film ever released, with Ursula Andress as the beautiful Honey Ryder, who first appears onscreen in a white bikini. As becomes commonplace, she is captured and must be saved by Bond, culminating in a passionate kiss to end the film. After a wild love life offscreen throughout her career, Andress mostly stays out of the public eye today, though she made news recently with the recovery of stolen property after her wealth manager stole millions from her. She spends her time between Italy and her native Switzerland.
Barbara Carrera (80)
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Barbara Carrera is flat-out awesome in her Golden Globe-nominated role as the stylish SPECTRE assassin Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again, the unofficial remake of Thunderball. Bond (Sean Connery) has been able to reform some Bond girls, but not our Fatima, who remains defiant right up to her explosive end. Though she isn’t generally found onscreen today, Carrera still occasionally appears at conventions and Bond fan events. She lives in Los Angeles, is not currently married, and has no children. She is an avid painter.
Barbara Bach (78)
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Barbara Bach played Russian spy Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and was the best 007 girl of the Roger Moore era. What Maj. Amasova (a.k.a. Agent XXX) lacks a vivacious personality; she more than makes up for it in her Bond-like abilities.
Bach has been married to Beatle Ringo Starr since 1981. They met on the set of the film Caveman. The couple struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, but found sobriety together in 1984. She has since retired.
Jane Seymour (75)
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Making her mark as a Bond girl in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die at the age of 22, Jane Seymour starred opposite Roger Moore in his debut as 007. She played Solitaire, a mysterious tarot card reader with psychic abilities, who becomes entangled with Bond while working for the villainous Dr. Kananga. Seymour remains active and currently stars in the Acorn TV series Harry Wild. In her personal life, she recently got engaged to singer/ER doctor John Zambetti.
Britt Ekland (83)
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The Swedish star became a memorable Bond girl as Mary Goodnight in the 1974 James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun, starring alongside Roger Moore. Goodnight was a British secret agent who helped 007 track down the deadly assassin Francisco Scaramanga.
The gorgeous Scandinavian blonde grabbed actor Peter Sellers‘ attention immediately. They had a fast and furious courtship, getting married just weeks after meeting, and were famously married for four years. After their divorce, her high-profile love life continued, as she was tied to Rod Stewart, record producer Lou Adler, singer Phil Lewis from L.A. Guns, and married to Stray Cats rocker Slim Jim Phantom.
Today, Britt Ekland splits her time between L.A. and Sweden and does an occasional fan con. You can follow her on her Instagram page for updates.
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