1. Caroline Jane Munro is an English actress, model and singer known for her many appearances in horror, science fiction and action films of the 1970s and 1980s.
21 Facts About Caroline Munro
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Caroline Munro acted in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and The Spy Who Loved Me.
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Caroline Munro's career began in 1966 when her mother and a photographer friend entered some headshots of her in The Evening Newss "Face of the Year" contest:.
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Caroline Munro moved to London to pursue modelling work and became a cover girl for fashion and television advertisements while there.
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Caroline Munro asked his casting director, James Liggat, to find and screen test her.
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Caroline Munro has the distinction of being the only actor ever signed to a long-term contract by Hammer Films.
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Caroline Munro turned down the lead female roles in Hammer's Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, the unmade Vampirella, Force 10 from Navarone and The World Is Full of Married Men as they all required nudity.
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Caroline Munro is an Advisor to the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation, having previously served on the Board of Trustees.
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Caroline Munro appeared as Tammy, a nursing employee of a sinister health farm, in "The Angels of Death", an episode of the TV series The New Avengers that featured rising stars Pamela Stephenson and Lindsay Duncan.
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In 1977, Caroline Munro turned down the opportunity to play villainess Ursa in Superman in favour of Bond girl Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me.
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Caroline Munro continued to work in numerous British and European horror and science fiction films throughout the 1970s and 1980s, such as Starcrash with David Hasselhoff, Christopher Plummer and Marjoe Gortner.
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Caroline Munro's career continued to thrive well in the 1980s, and she appeared in many slasher and Eurotrash productions.
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Caroline Munro had a cameo role in the film Don't Open Till Christmas, Slaughter High, Paul Naschy's Howl of the Devil, and Jess Franco's Faceless, followed in rapid succession.
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Caroline Munro reteamed with Starcrash director Luigi Cozzi for Demons 6: De Profundis.
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Caroline Munro was a popular pin-up girl during this time, although she refused to pose nude.
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In 2018, Caroline Munro re-teamed with her Dracula AD 1972 co-star Christopher Neame to appear in the horror film House of the Gorgon.
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In September 2021, Caroline Munro started presenting Talking Pictures TV's new, exclusive series The Cellar Club.
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Caroline Munro describes appearing opposite Christopher Lee 'in full Count attire' as a 'lightbulb moment' cementing her relationship as an actor with the genre.
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In 2023, Caroline Munro appeared in Leigh Tarrant's britflik horror 'The Presence of Snowgood'.
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An early effort of Caroline Munro's was a single release by Columbia, "Tar and Cement", backed with "The Sporting Life".
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In 1984, Caroline Munro collaborated with Gary Numan for the single "Pump Me Up", which was released on Numan's Numa record label.