Lois Chiles
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Houston, Texas, USA
A former top model who went on to utilize her smoldering sensuality as Bond girl Holly Goodhead in 1979's Moonraker, actress Lois Chiles crafted a successful onscreen career with roles in such acclaimed indies as Diary of a Hit Man (1991) and Curdled (1996). A native of Alice, TX, who graduated from the University of Texas in 1969, Chiles was discovered by a Glamour magazine photographer while attending Finch College and soon found herself whisked into the world of high fashion. After conquering catwalks and haute couture, the model made her cinematic debut in the racially charged drama Together for Days (1972). She subsequently landed high-profile roles in The Way We Were (1973), The Great Gatsby (1974), and Coma (1978), but it was her role of the suggestively named NASA scientist (and, of course, James Bond love interest) in Moonraker that truly got the attention of audiences. Although Chiles had originally been offered a role in the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, she had turned it down while taking some time off from the silver screen. Following a chance meeting with The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker director Lewis Gilbert on a plane, Chiles was convinced to return to the screen for another opportunity. That was only the beginning of her lucrative film career, and following a healthy run on the popular television drama Dallas, Chiles returned to film work with supporting roles in Creepshow 2 and Broadcast News (both 1987). Although she never attained leading-lady status, Chiles remained a successful fixture of independent film throughout the 1990s, even appearing in such A-list releases as Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and Speed 2: Cruise Control (both 1997). Chiles remained active onscreen in the early 2000s, and was frequently seen in numerous made-for-TV movies, including Warning: Parental Advisory and Sudden Fear (both 2002).
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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18% | Kettle of Fish |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Special Thanks to Roy London |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Bond Girls Are Forever |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Warning: Parental Advisory |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Inside 'Moonraker' |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Black Cat Run |
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— | 1998 |
4% | Speed 2 - Cruise Control |
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— | 1997 |
50% | Bliss |
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— | 1997 |
17% | Curdled |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Wish Upon a Star |
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— | 1996 |
17% | The Babysitter |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Lush Life |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | In the Eye of the Snake |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Obsessed |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Diary of a Hitman |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Twister |
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— | 1989 |
98% | Say Anything... |
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— | 1989 |
98% | Broadcast News |
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— | 1987 |
29% | Creepshow 2 |
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— | 1987 |
77% | Sweet Liberty |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Raw Courage |
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— | 1984 |
60% | Moonraker |
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— | 1979 |
76% | Death on the Nile |
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— | 1978 |
81% | Coma |
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— | 1978 |
39% | The Great Gatsby |
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— | 1974 |
64% | The Way We Were |
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— | 1973 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-2015
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No Score Yet |
In the Heat of the Night
1988-1995
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No Score Yet |
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1996
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No Score Yet |
Dallas
1978-1991
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Quotes from Lois Chiles' Characters
Holly Goodhead: | Hang on, James! |
James Bond: | (hanging from cable car) The thought had occured to me. |
James Bond: | [hanging from cable car] The thought had occured to me. |
Annie Lansing: | (talking to herself again) - "What happened, Mrs. Lansing?"...Oh, I ran over some guy and over and over and over and over...and... |
Annie Lansing: | (talking to herself again) What happened, Mrs. Lansing?Oh, I ran over some guy and over and over and over and over and... |
Annie Lansing: | (after thinking she saw the guy she killed on the road) - You're seeing things, bitch...You can't live with it. |
Annie Lansing: | (after thinking she saw the guy she killed on the road) You're seeing things, bitch. You can't live with it. |
Annie's Lover: | I do my job well; I expect to be paid well. Now, come on. I counted six orgasms. And you probably had others...silently, so I wouldn't get a swelled head. |
Annie's Lover: | I do my job well. I expect to be paid well. Now, come on. I counted six orgasms. And you probably had others, silently, so I wouldn't get a swelled head. |
Annie Lansing: | You charge by the orgasm? |
Annie's Lover: | Good idea. Maybe I should. Then I'd have something to work for. |