Daliah Lavi, Israeli Actress Who Was A Star Of ‘Lord Jim’ And ‘Casino Royale,’ Has Died At 74

This woman was seriously talented – “Ms. Lavi, who spoke several languages, became an actress as a teenager while studying ballet in Sweden. Her first movie was a 1955 Swedish adaptation of August Strindberg’s novel ‘The People of Hemso.'” – so of course she ended up “accepting a new career path as scantily clad femmes fatales in a number of parodies that sprung up after the initial success of the James Bond films.”