Deadlier Than the Male: Femme Fatales of 1960s and 1970s Cinema: Femme Fatales in 1960s and 1970s Cinema

THEY'LL LOVE YOU TO DEATH! James Bond's bad girls. Wicked queens of ancient myth. Bisexual vampire women. Teenage temptresses. Deadly dinosaur dames in fanciful fur bikinis. Golden princesses of porn. And many, many more. They were the wicked women of the 1960s and 1970s. While there have always been femme fatales in films, no one had ever believed anything like this pop-culture revolution could be possible, as overnight the 'new freedom of the screen' came into being. Censorship was out. Nudity was in. The golden age of the wicked woman lasted for two full decades. During that time, B-movies and exploitation flicks, as well as Hollywood A-movies and international cinema, played host to a remarkable array of deliciously deadly females who had two things in common: They were all drop dead gorgeous and they promised devoted fans "the desired death." Rich with rare photos, filled with previously unknown details from the private lives of the very real women who incarnated these fantasy femmes, here is the ultimate encyclopedia of their on- and off-screen adventures. DOUGLAS BRODE is a novelist, graphic novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and multi-award-winning journalist. He created and taught the Film Classics program at Syracuse University until his retirement in 2013. Introduction. "Kiss me! Kill me!" : bad girls and the male imagination The lethal ladies. Jenny Agutter Anouk Aimee Chelso Alonso Ursula Andress Ann-Margret Laura Antonelli Claudine Auger Ewa Aulin Caroll Baker Brigitte Bardot Alexandra Bastedo Brigid Bazlen Jeanne Bell Martine Beswick Daniela Bianchi Jane Birkin Honor Blackman Barbara Bouchet Elisabeth Brooks Cherri Caffaro Audrey Campbell Gianna Maria Canale Ahna Capri Marie-Pierre Castel Marilyn Chambers Patti Chandler Corinne Clery Joan Collins Mary Collinson Yvonne Craig Sybil Danning Susan Denberg Catherine Deneuve Karin Dor Faye Dunaway Anulka Dziubinska Shirley Eaton Julie Ege Anita Ekberg Britt Ekland Marianne Faithfull Edwige Feneche Anitra Ford Scilla Gabel Eunice Gayson Laura Gemser Susan George Gila Golan Pam Grier Aliza Gur None Mie Hama Joy Harmon Susan Hart Alexandra Hay Gloria Hendry Marianna Hill Jill Ireland Claudia Jennings Magda Konopka Nancy Kovack Sylvia Kristel Nancy Kwan Sylvia Koscina Jocelyn Lane Daliah Lavi Linda Lawson Belinda Lee Janet Leigh Valerie Leon Sylvia Lopez Tina Louise Carol Lynley Sue Lyon Tania Mallet Margaret Markov Florence Marly Zena Marshall Eiko Makusada Yvette Mimieux Soledad Miranda Caroline Munro Rosabella Neri Julie Newmar Anita Pallenberg Luciana Paluzzi Paloma Picasso Ingrid Pitt Rossana Podesta Janine Reynaud Diana Rigg Maria Rohm Lina Romay Tura Satana Rosanna Schiaffino Jean Seberg Jane Seymour Delphine Seyrig Cornelia Sharpe Barbara Shelley Elke Sommer Barbara Steele Yutte Stensgaard Annette Stroyberg Sharon Tate Dyanne Thorne Victoria Vetri Tuesday Weld Celeste Yarnall.