Gloria Hendry Biography
Gloria Hendry also known inaccurately as Gloria Henry, is an American actress and former Playboy model. Hendry is well known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973’s James Bond film Live and Let Die, which was Roger Moore’s first Bond film and Helen Bradley in the blaxploitation film Black Caesar and the sequel, Hell Up in Harlem.
Gloria Hendry Age
Gloria Hendry was born on March 3, 1949Winter Haven, Florida, U.S.
Gloria Hendry Net Worth
Hendry has a net worth of $1.6 million as of 2019.
Gloria Hendry Movies
Hendry started her acting career in the 1968 Sidney Poitier film For Love of Ivy, followed by a small role in the 1970 film The Landlord. She portrayed the Bond girl Rosie Carver in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die. In that film, Hendry became the first African American woman to become romantically involved with 007; Trina Parks, who played a nemesis to Bond rather than a love interest in Diamonds Are Forever (the previous Bond film) is considered to be the first African-American Bond girl.
When Live and Let Die was first released in South Africa, Hendry’s love scenes with Roger Moore were cut out because it was prohibited by the Apartheid government. Hendry later starred in several 1970s blaxploitation films, including Across 110th Street in 1972, Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off in 1973 and both the 1973 films Black Caesar and its sequel Hell Up in Harlem.
Hendry also plated the martial arts expert, Sydney, in Black Belt Jones in 1974 and appeared in Savage Sisters in 1974 and Bare Knuckles in 1977. Hendry’s later films included the horror film Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings in 1994 and the action comedy Freaky Deaky in 2012.
Gloria Hendry Memoir
Hendry is of Seminole, Creek Indian, Chinese, 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.