Caroline Munro: A Video Tribute

Caroline Munro (born 16 January 1949 in Windsor, Berkshire) is a British actress and model best known for her many appearances in science fiction and action films of the 1970s and 1980s.

According to Munro, her career took off in 1966 when her mother and photographer friend entered some headshots of her to Britain's The Evening News "Face of the Year" contest.

"I wanted to do art. Art was my love. I went to Art School in Brighton but I was not very good at it. I just did not know what to do. I had a friend at the college who was studying photography and he needed somebody to photograph and he asked me. Unbeknownst to me, he sent the photographs to a big newspaper in London. The famous fashion photographer, David Bailey, was conducting a photo contest and my picture won."

This led to modelling chores, her first job being for Vogue Magazine at the age of 17. She moved to London to pursue top modelling jobs and became a major cover girl for fashion and TV ads while there. Decorative bit parts came her way in such films as Casino Royale and Where's Jack? (1969). One of her many photo ads got her a screen test and a one-year contract at Paramount where she won the role of Richard Widmark's daughter in the comedy/western A Talent for Loving (1969).

1969 proved to be a good year for Munro, because it was then that she began a lucrative 10 year relationship with Lamb's Navy Rum. Her image was plastered all over the country, and this would eventually lead to her next big break.

Hammer Films CEO Sir James Carreras spotted Munro on a Lamb's Navy Rum poster/billboard. He asked his right hand man, James Liggett, to find and screen test her. She was immediately signed to a one-year contract. Her first film for Hammer proved to be something of a turning point in her career. It was during the making of Dracula AD 1972 that she decided from this film onward she was a full-fledged actress. Up until then she was always considered a model who did some acting on the side.

By the 1990s Munro had decided to focus more on her family, daughters, Georgina and Iona, and husband George. However, since 2003 Caroline has renewed her interest in acting and can be contacted at her official website: http://www.CarolineMunro.org

Some of her credits include:
Dracula AD 1972 (1972), Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1973), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), At the Earth's Core (1976), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Maniac (1980), The Last Horror Film (1982), Faceless (1988), The Black Cat (1989), Flesh for the Beast (2003), Turpin (2009) and the upcoming Eldorado (2012) and Dollars From Hell (2012),

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[MarcusVermilion]

Happy 60th Caroline!!!

[Mr1974gjb]

she is still gorgeous now,lovely

[Bugstomper2]

What's the song?

[Bugstomper2]

What's the song?

[huguesauric]

Je l'ai découvert dans les années 70 et elle restera la femme de mes rèves...

[gialloman22]

From bond to Star crash to sinbad, nobody does it better then Caroline Munro

[LuukedeToove]

No Woman has ever looked better than she did in Captain Kronos

[SpeedyDeath]

@carlossaranillo That's Caroline singing.

[carlossaranillo]

@SpeedyDeath whos artist ??? please

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@carlossaranillo Warrior of Love

[2bin]

Man, they sure don't make them like they used to...Vampirella much?

[SpeedyDeath]

@HeLovesCulture You should get get her complete career documentary Caroline Munro: First Lady of Fantasy. It's available at her official site.