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Trina Parks is a Actor American born on 26 december 1947 at Brooklyn (USA)
Trina Parks (born December 26, 1946) is an American actress, vocalist, choreographer, principal dancer and dance instructor, best known for portraying Thumper in the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever.
Les producteurs du film de James Bond recherchaient une danseuse qui connaissait aussi le karaté, et elle a été retenue lors du casting pour le rôle de "perle noire". C'est la première James Bond girl d'origine afro-américaine. Elle a participé à la création d'une scène dans le film Les diamants sont éternels, ce qui lui a ouvert par la suite d'autres opportunités en particulier à la télévision et à Broadway.
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Trina Parks (born December 26, 1946) is an American actress, vocalist, choreographer, principal dancer and dance instructor, best known for portraying Thumper in the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever.
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Née à Brooklyn, Trina Parks étudie la dance moderne au New York High of Performing Arts. Son père jouait du saxophone dans l'orchestre de Duke Ellington et de Cab Calloway. Elle a eu sa propre revue de danse à Los Angeles dans les années 1970.Les producteurs du film de James Bond recherchaient une danseuse qui connaissait aussi le karaté, et elle a été retenue lors du casting pour le rôle de "perle noire". C'est la première James Bond girl d'origine afro-américaine. Elle a participé à la création d'une scène dans le film Les diamants sont éternels, ce qui lui a ouvert par la suite d'autres opportunités en particulier à la télévision et à Broadway.
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Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)
, 46minutesOrigin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Maryam d'Abo, Halle Berry, Ursula Andress, Honor Blackman, Luciana Paluzzi, Jill St John
Roles Thumper, 'Diamonds Are Forever' (archive footage)
Rating64%
À travers des extraits des films James Bond, et avec la participation de plusieurs anciennes "Bond Girls", le documentaire retrace l'évolution de l'héroïne typique des longs métrages 007, de la demoiselle en détresse à la participante courageuse.
The Blues Brothers (1980)
, 2h7Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Le blues, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films
Actors John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Lawrence, Murphy Dunne
Roles une danseuse en robe et chapeau rose à l'église
Rating78%
"Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi) is released from prison after serving three years for armed robbery. Jake is irritated at being picked up by his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) in the Bluesmobile, a battered former Mount Prospect police car, instead of the Cadillac the brothers used to own. The brothers visit their childhood home, a Roman Catholic orphanage, and learn that it will be closed unless $5,000 in property taxes is collected. The brothers visit an evangelical church service where Jake has an epiphany: they can legitimately raise the funds by re-forming their rhythm and blues band. Elwood calls the quest "a mission from God.
The Muthers (1976)
Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, Jayne Kennedy, Ken Metcalfe
Roles Marcie
Rating49%
Une bande de femmes pirates va sauver secrètement la soeur de leur leader dans un camp de prisonniers sur une plantation de café.
Darktown Strutters (1975)
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Action
Actors Trina Parks, Shirley Washington, Roger E. Mosley, Zara Cully, Dick Miller, Milt Kogan
Roles Syreena
Rating48%
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
, 2hDirected by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Space adventure films, Spy films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Satellite
Actors Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bernard Lee
Roles Thumper (uncredited)
Rating64%
James Bond—agent 007—pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld and eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being created through surgery. Bond kills a test subject, and later the "real" Blofeld, by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud.