Gillian De Terville
(active 1983), ActressSitter in 1 portrait
Aged 21, De Terville was the first black Page 3 model for The Sun newspaper in the early 1980's. She left modelling in 1982 to become an actress, appearing as a Bond girl in Octopussy (1983) starring Roger Moore. Whilst in London filming Brazil (1985), American actor Robert De Niro saw a photograph of her in the newspaper. He managed to track down the (now) 23 year old, calling her at her parent's home in Sydenham where she lived. Introducing himself as "Bob", it took several minutes for him to convince her it was not a hoax before inviting her to dinner. At the time he was seeing Toukie Smith but De Terville and De Niro continued meeting, becoming friends and later developing a romantic relationship.
Roger Moore as James Bond with the Bond Girls in 'Octopussy'
by Frank Connor
colour print, 1982
NPG x76208
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Ann Claydon
20 March 2021, 18:52
I went to Friern Secondary school for girls and Gillian and I were friends and in the same class. She was known at school as Gillian Detterville . Would love to reconnect with her . My school name was Ann Walker