Eva Rueber-Staier (born 20 February 1951) is an
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n actress, TV host, model and beauty queen who won
Miss World 1969.
Biography
Rueber-Staier was born in 1951 in
Bruck an der Mur,
Styria. She won the title of
Miss Austria and participated in the
Miss Universe 1969
Miss Universe 1969, the 18th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1969 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Gloria Diaz of the Philippines was crowned by Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil at the end of the even ...
contest, in which she was a top 15 semi-finalist. She also went on to win the
Miss World 1969 pageant. During her tenure, she starred in the
Bob Hope
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in Bob Hope filmography, more than 70 short and ...
USO
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tour in
South Vietnam.
Her acting career contains a recurring
James Bond
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credit: she played General Gogol's assistant Rublevitch in the films ''
The Spy Who Loved Me'', ''
For Your Eyes Only'', and ''
Octopussy
''Octopussy'' is a 1983 spy film and the thirteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth to star Roger Moore as the MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by John Glen and the screenplay was written by G ...
''.
Eva Rueber Staier married British film director Ronald Fouracre at the
Caxton Hall register office on 2 January 1973. They were married until her husband's death on 2 July 1983.
She has lived in an
Elizabethan Grade II listed house in
Pinner
Pinner is a London suburb in the London borough of Harrow, Greater London, England, northwest of Charing Cross, close to the border with Hillingdon, historically in the county of Middlesex. The population was 31,130 in 2011.
Originally a med ...
since 1984 and moved there when she was expecting her first and only child, Ronald's son Alexander Fouracre, who lives in
Willesden Green
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and works as a camera man. She currently lives with her second husband, publisher Brian Cowan.
She also played the
Cadbury Flake girl
in the 1980s Austrian Skiing advert directed by
Ridley Scott.
She now produces metalwork sculptures; some were exhibited during Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum's "open studios 2008".
Filmography
References
External links
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1951 births
Austrian beauty pageant winners
Austrian film actresses
Living people
Miss Universe 1969 contestants
Miss World winners
Miss World 1969 delegates
People from Bruck an der Mur
United Service Organizations entertainers
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