"From Russia with Love" was directed by Terence Young and starred Sean Connery in his second appearance as James Bond. The plot of the film revolves around SPECTRE's attempt to avenge the death of their agent Dr. No in the previous film of the series that was named after him.
The organisation holds Bond personally responsible for Dr. No's demise and set about arranging a cleverly thought out plan that involves stealing a Lektor cryptography machine from the Soviet consulate in Istanbul and framing Bond for the crime in the process.
2. Donald "Red" Grant
Answer: Robert Shaw
Englishman Grant was a convicted murderer who escaped from Dartmoor Prison and whilst on the run was recruited by SPECTRE and sent to their training facility on SPECTRE Island to be trained as an agent and assassin. He is personally selected by Rosa Klebb for the revenge mission.
Robert Shaw started his acting career in the theatre industry before progressing into films. Some of his most famous roles were as King Henry VIII in the 1966 film "A Man for All Seasons", which earned him nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. In 1973 he played crime boss Doyle Lonnegan in "The Sting" and then two years later in the role that he is probably best known for, the shark hunter Quint in "Jaws".
In 1978 aged 51 Shaw suffered a fatal heart attack whilst driving near his home in County Mayo, Ireland.
3. Rosa Klebb
Answer: Lotte Lenya
Rosa Klebb was a Colonel for the Soviet counter-intelligence service (SMERSH) before she turned her back on her country and joined SPECTRE where she was also known as Number 3. Her defection was kept a secret by the Soviets to avoid embarrassment and knowledge of it was known only to a few high ranking officials. Klebb was responsible for selecting Grant and Romanova for the mission against Bond. The character was also memorable for the shoes she wore as one of them contained a poison tipped blade that caused instant death to anyone who was spiked by it.
Lotte Lenya was an Austrian singer and actress born in Vienna in 1898. In 1935 Lenya and her husband, the German-Jewish composer Kurt Weill, moved to New York to escape the rise of Nazism in Germany. Lenya mainly worked in the theatre after her relocation to the US and in 1956 won a Tony Award for her role as Jenny in "The Threepenny Opera".
Lenya died of cancer in 1981 in New York City.
4. Tatiana Romanova
Answer: Daniela Bianchi
Corporal Tatiana Romanova is a member of the Soviet army intelligence section who is assigned to the Soviet consulate in Istanbul where she works as a cipher clerk. She is contacted by Colonel Klebb who tells her she is on a secret undercover mission that is of national importance. Romanova is unaware of the fact that Klebb is a traitor working for SPECTRE so she agrees to help her.
Daniela Bianchi is an Italian actress and model who in 1960 won the Miss Universo Italia title and later that same year represented her country at the Miss Universe competition where she finished as 1st runner-up.
In 1964 she starred in the American medical drama series "Dr. Kildare" in a three part story called "Rome Will Never Leave You" as the character Francesca Paolini.
In 1970 she retired from acting after her marriage to Alberto Carneli, an Italian shipping tycoon.
5. Kerim Bey
Answer: Pedro Armendariz
Kerim Bey works for the British Secret Service as Head of Station T in Istanbul. He is Tatiana Romanova's first point of contact when she approaches him saying that she wants to defects to England and is willing to steal the Lektor machine for the British in return, she also insists on one other condition in that James Bond must come to Istanbul and personally escort her to safety in England.
Pedro Armendariz was born in Mexico City in 1912. He started his movie career in the 1930s in the Mexican film industry and in the late 1940s started to appear in Hollywood productions. In the 1950s his career expanded into Europe with appearances in British, French and Italian cinema industry films.
Armendariz was suffering from cancer during the filming of "From Russia with Love" and would not live to see its release as he took his own life in Los Angeles in June 1963 four months before the film's release.
In 1989, his son Pedro Armendariz Jr. appeared in the Bond series film "Licence to Kill" as President Hector Lopez.
6. Sylvia Trench
Answer: Eunice Gayson
Sylvia Trench was Bond's girlfriend. This was the character's second and final appearance in the film series, having previously appeared in "Dr No".
Eunice Gayson was an English actress who appeared in a variety of films and television series throughout her career that spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. One of the shows that she would appear in was the British crime series "The Saint" where she would feature in two separate episodes starring alongside future Bond actor Sir Roger Moore who played the lead character Simon Templar.
7. Morzeny
Answer: Walter Gotell
Morzeny runs the training centre on SPECTRE Island where the organisation's assassins are put through their paces. He is seen later in the film leading a flotilla of boats that chase Bond and Tatiana in Yugoslavia.
Walter Gotell was a German-born British actor who would go on to appear in six further Bond films playing the head of the KGB General Gogol starring alongside Sir Roger Moore five times and once with Timothy Dalton.
8. Miss Moneypenny
Answer: Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny works for MI6 as the secretary to its leader M. She is usually seen flirting with Bond upon his arrival but these scenes almost always end when they are interrupted by M over the intercom who tells her to send Bond into his office.
Lois Maxwell played the role of Moneypenny for over 20 years featuring in 14 films and starring alongside three different actors playing Bond.
9. Kronsteen
Answer: Vladek Sheybal
Kronsteen is a Czechoslovakian chess grandmaster as well the director of planning within SPECTRE where he also holds the title of Number 5. He is the architect of the plan to steal the Lektor machine from the Soviet consulate and frame Bond in the process.
Vladek Sheybal was born in Poland in 1923. When he was a teenager he joined the Polish Underground to fight against the German forces during their occupation of his homeland in World War Two. He was subsequently arrested and imprisoned in a Nazi Concentration Camp from which he managed to escape twice only to be recaptured on both occasions. He decided to pursue a career in acting after the war and started off working in theatres before moving into films in the late 1950s. Sheybal was already friends with Sean Connery prior to the making of "From Russia with Love" and it was a recommendation from Connery that led to him being offered the role of Kronsteen.
Sheydal spent the latter part of his life living in the UK and died in London in 1992 from a ruptured aortic aneurysm.
10. Krilencu
Answer: Fred Haggerty
Krilencu is a Bulgarian assassin working for the Soviet Union who tries to assassinate Kerim Bey.
Fred Haggerty was a British actor and stuntman. He also appeared in the 1977 Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" in an uncredited role as a henchman of the villain Karl Stromberg.
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