Former 'Bond girl' slain in Ireland

upi ^ | 12/16/08 | upi

[Flavius]

HOWTH, Ireland, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Celine Cawley, who earned the title of "Bond girl" for her small role in "A View to a Kill," was bludgeoned to death at her home in Howth, Ireland, police say.

Cawley appeared in the 1985 James Bond movie, which starred Roger Moore as secret agent 007.

The Daily Mail said the 46-year-old actress, advertising executive and filmmaker was the victim of a mid-morning attack Monday on the patio of her posh home. She died at the hospital where she was taken -- battered and comatose with serious head injuries -- less than an hour after she was discovered.

[Flavius]

if you love your female friends/companions

give em a chance

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

The picture looks like Tanya Roberts.

[skeeter]

It is. I guess this “bond girl” had a much smaller part in the movie. Maybe more of a “Zorin girl”.

[malkee]

As a sidenote — Just read a piece in one of the tabloids where Roger Moore unsuccessfully tried to get the director of “A View to a Kill” to reduce the amount of violence in the film. Moore says today’s Bond films are much too violent — that Bond is supposed to be a charmer, not a killer.

[sam_paine]

That pic would flow nice with “Since 1968, 911 Emergency promised... but 1911 ACP has provided...

[keat]

Only the theme song was decent.

[cmsgop]

Tanya’s gonna give me TIX to a Hot New Show on the Strip.............:*)

[johniegrad]

She would have been 22 when the film was shot. Pretty girl. Too bad.

[skeeter]

I happened on one of the sets for this movie while they were shooting. Before then I had no idea how tedious film making can be.

[DemforBush]

Apparently, police have identified the murder weapon as a brick.

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Here's a pic of Cawley, btw. Not sure when it was taken.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Moore says today’s Bond films are much too violent — that Bond is supposed to be a charmer, not a killer.L

Which is why the Moore films are so lame. James Bond is a professional killer for the British government, and the charm is just a veneer.

[Frantzie]

I think that is Tanya Roberts. This is a weird crime because Ireland is fairly safe. They are catching up to England and Scotland in letting Muslims flood in.

[Tax-chick]

Cawley had a small unnamed role as a party girl in the 1985 Roger Moore Bond movie A View To a Kill

I haven't found a picture yet.

[OCC]

Hardly a Bond girl (but still sad). From IMDB:

Celine Cawley ... The Girls (uncredited)

[jimmyray]

Only the theme song was decent.

I had a girfriend at the time who was big into Duran Duran, and she thought them getting the Bond theme responsibilites was the ultimate. Kinda their last hurrah, if you ask me. Hard to top "7 & the Ragged Tiger", much like F. Mac trying to follow up on Rumours. (remember Tusk?)

[DemforBush]

I was never much a fan of the Moore as Bond films, either. Connery and Craig are my faves (in that order).

[Clemenza]

The best thing about "Tusk" was the title track, with the UCLA band.

BTW: View to a Kill had my fave Bond theme song, and Astoria's own Christopher Walken as Zorin.

[Frantzie]

I actually like Daniel Craig as bond. A real thug. I liked Craig less when he said Obama could be Bond - not with them freaking ears. Moore was the worst bond. George Lazenby was probably even better.

[arrogantsob]

Moore was awful no doubt. What the hell did he think “A license to kill” meant? It wasn’t a license to charm.

[Tax-chick]

Cawley's husband, Eamonn Lillis, was out walking the dogs on the morning of December 16, 2008, when the attack occurred. Signs of a struggle are visible on the body and police hope that the murderer's DNA may be discovered underneath her fingernails. Lillis told police that when he returned from walking his dogs, he met a masked man leaving the house. Lillis tackled the man, but he escaped, running down the back garden and into the street, still wearing a balaclava (ski mask).

The same source mentions a rash of burglaries in the neighborhood.

[KarlInOhio]

I happened on one of the sets for this movie while they were shooting. Before then I had no idea how tedious film making can be.

If you shoot a month to get a two hour movie, that's four minutes of useful work a day. Even the UAW shakes their heads at that. Sure, they have a lot of prep work, multiple takes and extra film shot, but it still comes down to 4 minutes a day.

[Clemenza]

I agree, Connery followed by Craig, although I still think "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" would have been the best Bond film had only Sean agreed to do it.

Roger Moore was just too campy.

[LukeL]

That was their last good album. New Moon on Monday is the ultimate anti-communist song.

[PistolPaknMama]

I stayed over a couple of days in Howth many years ago. Very nice area.

[newfreep]

Was Tanya enticing Moore to visit Las Vegas, stir it up and live like a high roller, baby?

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

George Lazenby was probably even better.

A lot of people swear that "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is actually the best of the Bond films, from a strictly story point of view. I liked Casino Royale a lot. The new one suffered from the problem of a lot of movies these days--action scenes that go on way too long. When there was actually story going on, I liked it, too.

[cmsgop]

No question George Lazenby rocked the house.......

[LowOiL]

[Cosmo105]

The best thing about “Tusk” was the title track, with the UCLA band.

Wrong school. It’s USC

[xcamel]

Tomorrow, the UK will ban “bludgeons” to all except mooselimbs.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

I agree. A View to a Kill was a great song & definitely one of the better songs of the Bond series.

[Frantzie]

Yeah it is weird - I agree the action scenes were too long. I was wondering what it was that was just not right.

I thought the bad guy, Danish actor Madds Mikkelsen (?), was good.

The Her majesty's story was good. Lazenby was probably the toughest looking bond as he appeared to be a pretty big guy. He supposedly became very successful in business. He did not have the screen presence that Connery had. Connery had it on screen probably followed by Brosnon. Dalton was not horrible, he was better than Moore. Barbara Broccoli and her step brother who own the rights through Ion productions are no dummies. I think their revamp with Craig as a more thuggish Bond reinvigorated the franchise.

[Clemenza]

WHOOPS! BIG mistake, confusing Bruins for Trojans.

[Clemenza]

Savalas was the best Blofeld, and Diana Rigg remains my favorite Bond girl (Jane Seymour being a close second). Lazenby shoulda done Croc Dundee instead...

[Frantzie]

Planet Earth (their first single) was probably their best.

[PLMerite]

“Moore says today’s Bond films are much too violent — that Bond is supposed to be a charmer, not a killer.”

Maybe Moore should invest in making a “Leisure Suit Larry” movie.

[KevinDavis]

To me Lazenby was the worst Bond period.. James Bond does not cry.

[KevinDavis]

Live and Let Die is the best Bond theme song....

[Travis McGee]

[Frantzie]

LOL! I just remembered who the bad guy was in View to a Kill. LOL! Mr. Zoran aka “I Need More Cowbell.”

[shiva]

The "real" James Bond.

[Gondring]

A lot of people swear that "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is actually the best of the Bond films, from a strictly story point of view.

And closest to Fleming's vision of Bond.

[Bratch]

[Aria]

Yeah....he was the REAL deal - he projected a quality of being dangerous combined with that sly humor and SO sexy!

[Beloved Levinite]

"Live and Let Die is the best Bond theme song...."

Hands down. Light years better. No doubt.

[Joe 6-pack]

"George Lazenby was probably even better."

Lazenby was good...I'd like to have seen where he might have taken the role. Connery will always be the penultimate movie Bond, but for my money, Dalton's portrayal was closest to Fleming's vision of the character.

[Joe 6-pack]

See my #46. I think Dalton was the truest to what Fleming had envisioned; of course, he had the opportunity to grow in the part over a few films, unlike Lazenby.

[LibLieSlayer]

moore should have stopped after The Saint.

LLS

[alarm rider]

“Live and Let Die” was a good theme. I liked “Diamonds Are Forever” better.

[LibLieSlayer]

“that Bond is supposed to be a charmer, not a killer.”

007... License to fornicate freely after foreplay?

LLS