Molly Peters was a gorgeous and voluptuous British blonde bombshell actress and model who appeared in a handful of films and TV shows during her acting career in the mid 60s. Molly was born in 1942 in Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk, England and started out as a model and she graced the covers of and posed in pictorials for many of the men’s magazine of that period. In her early modelling career she posed for HM and appeared in multiple issues of Kamera and other HM publications and glamour films.
Molly achieved her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with her memorably and sensuous portrayal of Patricia Fearing, the fetching masseuse who gets seduced by James Bond at the Shrubland health club in “Thunderball.” She was discovered by director Terence Young and has the distinction of being the first Bond girl to be seen taking her clothes off on screen. In the wake of her 007 stint Peters acted in two more movies and popped up on episodes of the TV shows “Armchair Theatre” and “Baker’s Half-Dozen.”
Date of Birth: 1942
Modelling Aliases: None
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour (Natural): Brown
Hair Colour (Dyed): None.
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Magazines:
Ann. (Harrison Marks reprints)
Bandit
Beau (US)
Beautiful Britons No.88
Breeze No.2
Champagne. 2 Unnumbered editions. (Harrison Marks reprints)
Fifi
Flirt ‘n Skirt 1
Flirt ‘n Skirt Extra (pt 2)
Folies de Paris et Hollywood (various issues)
Francoise. Harrison Marks reprints
Health & Efficiency – Various inc No.785 and Dec ’65 and Feb ’67 (Cover)
Kamera No.50, 51, 52, 54, 60, 73 & 76
Men Only
Mirage No.9 (Harrison Marks reprints)
Modern Man (US)
Pagan No.7 (Harrison Marks reprints)
Parade – Numerous
Parade Carnival – June 1966
Parade/Escort June (Year Not Known)
QT No.60
Revue Nouvelle Sexie
Sapphire
Sarah
She
Solo No.36
Topless c.1965
Filmography:
Behind the Scenes with Thunderball (1995)
Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1967) With Vicky Kennedy
Geheimnis der gelben Mönche, Das (1966)
Thunderball (1965)
Glamour Films:
Making Hay – Kamera Cine Films (with Frankie Young)
As Nature Intended – Kamera Cine Films (with Frankie Young amd Sophia Dawn)
Molly Peters
Brush with a Body
The Naked World of Harrison Marks
Other Publications:
She Walks in Beauty (1966) – Hardback book of Harrison Marks Studies
Kamera Calendar 1965
Molly Peters not her real name. First modelled at the estate of John Lubbock aka Lord Avebury, in '60, maybe, under name Terri Peters. Changed it when another model arrived using same name. Lubbock ran photographers studio in London (wasn't rich anymore, gave estate to Bromley council but was allowed to keep apartment there) and organised weekend glam photo-shoots prior to Ewhurst, had to
Thank you again, a very informative piece around Molly and didn't know about High Elms, so will have to go research that as never seen it mentioned in photography terms as a location.