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Molly Peters was a gorgeous and voluptuous British blonde bombshell actress and model who alas only appeared in a handful of films and TV shows during her regrettably fleeting acting career in the mid 60s.

Born in Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk, England in either 1939 or 1942, Peters started out as a glamour model and among the men’s magazines she graced the covers of and/or posed in pictorials for were “Playboy,” “Modern Man,” “Calvalcade,” “Beau,” “Ace,” “Parade,” “Best for Men,” “Dapper,” and “Escapade.” By today’s standards, these photographic sessions were tame personified.

Molly would achieve her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with her memorably 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.” Her acting career would be abruptly cut short after a documented falling out with her agent. A fleeting moment of fame, but an enduring one nonetheless because thanks to constant re-screenings of the films for successive generations, Bond girls truly are forever.