Daniela Bianchi (born January 31,1942) is an Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 James Bond movie From Russia with Love.
Born in Rome, she was the 1st runner-up in the 1960 Miss Universe contest, where she was also voted Miss Photogenic by the press. Her film career began in 1958. In From Russia with Love her voice was dubbed by Barbara Jefford.
She made a number of movies after From Russia with Love, the last being Scacco Internazionale in 1968. One of her later films was Operation Kid Brother (also known as OK Connery and Operation Double 007), which was a James Bond spoof filmed in English (though Bianchi was again dubbed) and starring Sean Connery's brother, Neil Connery.
Former Miss Rome and runner up for Miss World 1960, Bianchi made approximately 15 film appearances, the best known was playing Soviet clerk "Tatiana Romanova" in the sexy 007 adventure From Russia with Love (1963), in which her voice was dubbed by actress Barbara Jefford. Bianchi spoofed her spy role in the woeful OK Connery (1967), before effectively retiring from acting in 1968, and some years later she married a wealthy shipping magnate.
