Profile of Tania Mallet on Famous Like Me

Tania Mallet, born on May 19, 1941 in Blackpool England, is a British model who is best known for her appearance as Tilly Masterson in the James Bond movie Goldfinger.

Mallet attended the Lucy Clayton's School Of Modelling, and started working as a model at just 16 years old, becoming one of the most recognizable and famous models of the 60s.

According to Mallet, she got the part of Tilly Masterson when someone sent a photo of her in a bikini to Bond producer Cubby Broccoli. In any case, it seems Mallet grabbed Broccoli's attention before Goldfinger: she was tested for the lead Bond girl role Tatiana Romanova for From Russia With Love. Mallet didn't get it because of her provincial British accent (strange considering that Daniela Bianchi, who eventually played Tatiana, had her voice redubbed).

However, with her still in mind, Cubby Broccoli, in the following year casted Mallet in the next Bond film, Goldfinger (1964), playing the revenge seeking Tilly Masterson. However, despite the film's phenomenal success, Goldfinger would be Mallet's only major big screen appearance. Mallet cited two reasons for her return to modelling and turning down all further film offers: she did not like the restrictions imposed on her personal freedom when she was under contract to play Tilly. Second, she said the money was "dreadful". She was initially offered only £50 a week, and managed to up her fee to only £150 a week after tough negotiations, and according to Mallet, she makes more than that in one day as a model.

Mallet currently resides in England with her second husband.

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