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Bond Villain Karin Dor Passes Away at 79 

The German actor stole the show in the 1967 James Bond movie ‘You Only Live Twice’.

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Actor Karin Dor, who played antagonist Helga Brandt in the 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice has died at the age of 79.

The actor passed away in a nursing home in Munich on November 6, her son told the Bild newspaper.

Dor also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's missile crisis thriller Topaz.

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She featured opposite Christopher Lee in The Invisible Dr Mabuse (1962) in the film, directed by her then-husband Harald Reinl. The real-life couple collaborated on more than a dozen movies in their career.

In her later years, Dor had veered towards German theatre and did minimal films. She also featured in American TV shows such as It Takes a Thief, Ironside and The F B I.

Dor's last performance was the 2015 German film Die abhandene Welt (The Misplaced World).

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