Gloria Hendry

Born: 03/03/1949 (73 yo)
Birth place: Winter Haven, Florida (USA)

Citizenship : USA
Ethnicity : Seminole, Chinese, Creek Indian, Irish and African descent

Occupation : Actress
Active Years: 1967 to present

Summary

Gloria Hendry is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably; portraying Rosie Carver in the 1973's James Bond film Live and Let Die and Helen Bradley in the blaxploitation film Black Caesar and the sequel, Hell Up in Harlem.

Biography

Hendry began her acting career in the 1968 Sidney Poitier film For Love of Ivy. In 1973 she portrayed the Bond girl, Rosie Carver in the James Bond film Live and Let Die. In that film, she became the first African American woman to become romantically involved with 007. She is not, however, the first African-American Bond girl; that title went to Trina Parks. When the film was first released in South Africa, her love scenes with Roger Moore were cut out because it was prohibited by the Apartheid government. She later starred in several 1970s blaxploitation films, including the 1973 film Black Caesar and its sequel, the 1973 film Hell Up in Harlem. She also portrayed the martial arts expert, Sydney, in Black Belt Jones.

Personal

She is of Seminole, Chinese, Creek Indian, Irish and African descent. Hendry completed a memoir, entitled "Gloria". In it she discusses Bond, the films of the 1970s, working as a Bunny at the famous Playboy Club in the 1960s, modeling, singing and her experiences as an African American woman during the 1960s.