10 Facts About Tania Mallet

Tania Mallet was an English actress and model, best known for playing Tilly Masterson in the James Bond film Goldfinger.

Tania Mallet's maternal grandfather, Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov, was a member of an exiled Russian aristocracy and a colonel in the Russian Imperial Army, and owned a large family estate near Gagarin, Smolensk Oblast ; he was serving as a diplomat in London, in the service of Nicholas II of Russia, as the Russian Revolution was unfolding and decided to stay in the UK.

Tania Mallet's mother was Countess Lydia Andreevna Kamenskaya, a Russian aristocrat and a descendant of Count Mikhail Fedotovich Kamensky, a prominent Russian general in the Napoleonic Wars.

Tania Mallet's parents divorced and her mother later married conman George Dawson, who served three years in prison for committing fraud.

Tania Mallet worked as a model before becoming an actress, appearing four times on the cover of the British edition of Vogue between 1961 and 1964.

Tania Mallet played a model in Michael Winner's short film Girls Girls Girls, released in 1961.

Tania Mallet reportedly auditioned for the part of Tatiana Romanova in From Russia with Love ; although half-Russian, she was unsuccessful due to her English accent.

Tania Mallet cited two reasons for returning to modelling and turning down all further film offers.

Tania Mallet did not like the restrictions imposed on her personal freedom when she was under contract during the filming of Goldfinger, including being unable to travel abroad or ride horses.

Tania Mallet married Simon Radcliffe in 1976, and became stepmother to his children.