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name: "Martine Beswick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martine-beswick"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 September 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T11:05:32.633472+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Martine Beswick

Actor. Born 26 September 1941 in Port Antonio, Jamaica.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 September 1941, Port Antonio, Jamaica
- **Active:** 1963–1965
- **Also known as:** Martine Beswicke
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martine_Beswick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434602, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000936/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9925

## Biography

Martine Beswick is a Jamaican-born British actress and model. Born Mary Rose Penso Beswick on 26 September 1941 in Port Antonio, Jamaica, she moved to London with her family in 1954. She is also credited as Martine Beswicke.

Beswick appeared in two James Bond films, playing Zora in *From Russia with Love* (1963) and Paula Caplan in *Thunderball* (1965). Other film roles include Nupondi in *One Million Years B.C.* (1966) and Adelita in *A Bullet for the General* (1967). She was married to actor John Richardson from 1967 to 1973. In 2019 she was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, jamesbond.fandom.com, bondscenes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Thunderball* (1965), Fi1m 66, as Paula Caplan — [page](https://film.one/film/thunderball.md)
- *From Russia with Love* (1963), Fi1m 84, as Zora — [page](https://film.one/film/from-russia-with-love.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Saturnalia* (2022), as The Voice
- *Cowgirls vs. Pterodactyls* (2021), as Narrator
- *House of the Gorgon* (2019), as Euryale
- *Vampire Cult Queens from Hell* (1996), as Martine
- *Magic Island* (1995), as Lady Face
- *Night of the Scarecrow* (1995), as Barbara
- *Santa's Christmas Crash* (1995), Acting
- *Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror* (1994), Thanks
- *Wide Sargasso Sea* (1993), as Aunt Cora
- *Critters 4* (1992), as Angela (voice)
- *Life on the Edge* (1992), as Linda James
- *Evil Spirits* (1991), as Vanya
- *Trancers II* (1991), as Nurse Trotter
- *Miami Blues* (1990), as Noira
- *From a Whisper to a Scream* (1987), as Katherine White
- *Cyclone* (1987), as Waters
- *Sledge Hammer!* (1986), series, as Lana
- *Cover Up* (1984), series, Acting
- *Santa Barbara* (1984), series, Acting
- *Balboa* (1983), as Narrator
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Pamela Lynch
- *Melvin and Howard* (1980), as Realty Agent
- *The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood* (1980), as Xaviera Hollander
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Ruby Braff
- *The Tenth Month* (1979), as Joan Poole
- *My Husband Is Missing* (1978), as Francesca Bellini
- *Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell* (1978), as Red-Haired Lady
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Hanna Weiss
- *City of Angels* (1976), series, Acting
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Veronique
- *Strange New World* (1975), as Tana
- *Crime Club* (1975), as Sonia Schroeder
- *Please Stand by for Murder* (1975), as Linda
- *Baretta* (1975), series, Acting
- *Seizure* (1974), as The Queen
- *The Kiss* (1974), as Nara Kotosky
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Julia Flood, Shali Giba
- *The Last Italian Tango* (1973), as la ragazza
- *Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde* (1971), as Sister Hyde
- *Longstreet* (1971), as Nikki Bell
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Susan Davis (segment "The Last Laurel")
- *Hollywood Blue* (1970), Acting
- *The Solarnauts* (1967), series, as Kandia
- *John the Bastard* (1967), as Dona Antonia
- *The Penthouse* (1967), as Harry
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Acting
- *Slave Girls* (1967), as Kari
- *A Bullet for the General* (1967), as Adelita
- *The Solarnauts* (1967), as Kandia
- *One Million Years B.C.* (1966), as Nupondi
- *Thunderball* (1965), as Paula Caplan — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/thunderball.md)
- *HMS Paradise* (1964), series, as Fifth Wren
- *Saturday Night Out* (1964), as Barmaid
- *From Russia with Love* (1963), as Zora — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/from-russia-with-love.md)
- *Danger Man* (1960), series, as Girl

## Gallery

- ![Martine Beswick](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-3f17bdc6166c.jpg) Martine Beswick — Original:  Franco Bellomo / Derivative work:  Danyele, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Il_bacio_%281974%29_-_Martine_Beswick_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Baseline Drive-In theater advertisement for the adventure fantasy film One Million Years B.C. (1966). From the 28 July 1967 San Bernardino Sun.](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-196fdf4b14c3.jpg) Baseline Drive-In theater advertisement for the adventure fantasy film One Million Years B.C. (1966). From the 28 July 1967 San Bernardino Sun. — Warner-Pathé Distributors, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Baseline_Drive-in_Ad_-_28_July_1967%2C_Highland%2C_CA.jpg/1280px-Baseline_Drive-in_Ad_-_28_July_1967%2C_Highland%2C_CA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Del Mar theater advertisement for the double-feature horror films, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde and The Return of Count Yorga. 10 May 1972.](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-7373be89e7a8.jpg) Del Mar theater advertisement for the double-feature horror films, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde and The Return of Count Yorga. 10 May 1972. — American International Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Del_Mar_Theatre_Ad_-_10_May_1972%2C_Santa_Cruz%2C_CA.jpg/1280px-Del_Mar_Theatre_Ad_-_10_May_1972%2C_Santa_Cruz%2C_CA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jamaican-English actress Martine Beswick on the set of the film Il bacio directed by Mario Lanfranchi (1974).](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-603e2a792db2.jpg) Jamaican-English actress Martine Beswick on the set of the film Il bacio directed by Mario Lanfranchi (1974). — Franco Bellomo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Il_bacio_%281974%29_-_Martine_Beswick.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Martine Beswick](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-0337cf788180.jpg) Martine Beswick — Image via TMDB
- ![Martine Beswick](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-4dd03aac1604.jpg) Martine Beswick — Image via TMDB
- ![Martine Beswick](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-f535b2ce2b95.jpg) Martine Beswick — Image via TMDB
- ![Scena dal film Ultimo tango a Zagarol (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-e7e08e5caff2.png) Scena dal film Ultimo tango a Zagarol (1973) — Nando Cicero (director) / Luciano Trasatti (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ultimo_tango_a_Zagarol_01.png/1280px-Ultimo_tango_a_Zagarol_01.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scena dal film Ultimo tango a Zagarol (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-b687a4f82915.png) Scena dal film Ultimo tango a Zagarol (1973) — Nando Cicero (director) / Luciano Trasatti (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Ultimo_tango_a_Zagarol_02.png/1280px-Ultimo_tango_a_Zagarol_02.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Martine Beswick](https://film.one/media/person/1025458/gallery-0b41ff11fb42.jpg) Martine Beswick — Image via TMDB

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