Funeral arrangements were pending Friday for television and film actress Joanna Pettet, who died at a Temecula hospital and was remembered for her starring role in the James Bond spoof “Casino Royale.”
Pettet was 83. The specific cause of her death on July 7 wasn’t publicized.
The London-born actress, whose father perished during service with the Royal Air Force in World War II, was raised in Canada but made her way to New York in early adulthood to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse, culminating in roles on Broadway.
She was cast in a leading part for “Casino Royale” alongside Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress and David Niven, playing the character Mata Bond, in 1967.
Her other big screen credits included “The Night of the Generals” and “Blue.”
and James Booth (1927-2005) promote in the British crime film “Robbery,” on March 15, 1967. (Photo by Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
She migrated to television in the 1970s, landing roles on “Mannix,” “McCloud,” “Police Story” and “Police Woman.”
Her TV stints continued through the 1980s, with appearances on “The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,” “Knight Rider” and “Murder, She Wrote,” among others.
She has one listed credit in the 1990s, for the movie “Terror in Paradise.”
It was unclear how long she’d resided in southwest Riverside County.
According to a publicity release, her only child, Damien Zachary Cord, died in North Hollywood from drug abuse in 1995. He was 27.