Nikki Van der Zyl(1935-2021)

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Nikki van der Zyl was a German voice actress known for providing the voice of Honey Ryder in the movie Dr. No (1962). She also re-voiced all the other female voices in that same movie, except those of Miss Moneypenny and Miss Taro. Van der Zyl also worked as a dialogue coach who assisted Gert Fröbe, whose English was limited, for the movie Goldfinger (1964). The last Bond film on which she worked was Moonraker (1979), re-voicing Corinne Cléry, Leila Shenna and various other characters.

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Jesus of Nazareth

8.5

TV Mini Series

Salome(voice)

Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Nigel Patrick, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Patrick Wymark, and Susannah York in Battle of Britain (1969)

Battle of Britain

6.9

Dubbing(voice)

1969

Destiny of a Spy

7.4

TV Movie

Mrs. Kronig

1969

Nature

8.9

TV Series

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Moonraker
6.3
- Corinne Dufour (voice, uncredited)
- 1979
Jesus of Nazareth
8.5
TV Mini Series
- Salome (voice)
- 1977
The Man with the Golden Gun
6.7
- Chew Mee
- various (voice, uncredited)
- 1974
The Cherry Picker
4.0
- Nancy (voice, uncredited)
- 1974
Gawain and the Green Knight
5.3
- Linet (voice, uncredited)
- 1973
Live and Let Die
6.7
- Solitaire (voice, uncredited)
- 1973
Scars of Dracula
6.1
- Sarah Framsen (voice, uncredited)
- 1970
You Can't Win 'Em All
5.7
- Aila (voice, uncredited)
- 1970
Mister Jerico
6.1
TV Movie
- Claudine (voice, uncredited)
- 1970
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6.7
- Various (voice, uncredited)
- 1969
Destiny of a Spy
7.4
TV Movie
- Mrs. Kronig
- 1969
Battle of Britain
6.9
- Dubbing (voice)
- 1969
Hannibal Brooks
6.6
- Vronia (voice, uncredited)
- 1969
Fraulein Doktor
6.4
- Fraülein Doktor (voice, uncredited)
- 1969
Krakatoa: East of Java
5.4
- Toshi (voice, uncredited)
- 1968

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Alternative name
- Nikki van der Zyl
Born
- April 27, 1935
- Berlin, Germany
Died
- March 6, 2021
- London, UK(stroke)
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Performed uncredited voice-overs for various "Bond girls" of early James Bond films. For the film Dr. No (1962), she provided the dubbed voices of several female characters, including Honey Ryder and Sylvia Trench, an assignment which earned her £150. Amongst those she did not dub, were Miss Moneypenny, Miss Taro, and a Chinese girl. Actresses in the Bond films she dubbed include Ursula Andress, Shirley Eaton, Eunice Gayson, and Claudine Auger. She also dubbed Raquel Welch's grunting in One Million Years B.C. (1966).