Sean Connery began the sixties spy movie boom playing James Bond in Dr. No and From Russia with Love. Their success inspired every studio in Hollywood to release spoofs on the genre featuring debonair men, futuristic gadgets, exotic locales, and some of Hollywood's most beautiful actresses whose roles ranged from the innocent caught up in a nefarious plot to the femme fatale. Approximately 100 of those dazzling women, well-known and unknown, who had film and television appearances in the spy genre are profiled in this work. They include superstars Doris Day in Caprice, Raquel Welch in Fathom, and Ann-Margret in Murderer's Row; international sex symbols Ursula Andress in Dr. No and Casino Royale, Elke Sommer in Deadtier Than the Male, and Senta Berger in The Spy with My Face; and forgotten lovelies Greta Chi in Fathom, Alizia Gur in From Russia with Love, and Maggie Thrett in Out of Sight. Each profile includes a filmography that lists the actresses' more notable films. The actresses' candid comments and anecdotes about their films and television shows, the people they worked with, and their feelings about acting in the spy genre are offered throughout.
A list of websites that provide further information on women in spy films and television is also included.