Born 1945 as Maud Solveig Christina Wikström, Swedish actress and model Maud Adams was discovered in 1963 in a shop by a photographer who asked to take her picture, which he then submitted to the
Miss Sweden contest arranged by the magazine
Allers; from there her modeling career took off.
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| Maud Adams in the late 1960s |
Adams is known for her roles as two different Bond girls, first in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and then as the title character in Octopussy (1983), as well as making many other appearances in both films and television including The Christian Licorice Store (1971), Rollerball (1975), Killer Force (1976), Merciless Man (1976), Hell Hunters (1986) and The Kill Reflex (1989).
Adams also was the president of a cosmetics company called Scandinavian Biocosmetics. She married photographer Roy Adams in 1966 and then divorced him in 1975. She married her current husband, private mediator and retired judge, Charles Rubin, in 1999.
Adams has no children from either marriage.
Take a look at these stunning photos to see portraits of a young Maud Adams as a model in the late 1960s.
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| Maud Adams by John Chan for Beauty Editorial in Vogue US, September 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in a wide-wale cotton corduroy suit by David Kidd for Barberini, Harper's Bazaar, August 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in Charnos lingerie ad, Vogue, 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in coat of black silk cotton velvet with skirt, collar and cuffs of Empress Chinchilla by Emeric Partos for Bergdorf Goodman, photo by Charles/Michael Fitzpatrick, Harper's Bazaar, December 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in lightning flash turnout of mini-tunic and shorts by Strega, sandals by Mademoiselle, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue, July 1, 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in long, lavender evening shirt ruffled in a flourish of fluting and tied with n enormous sash of chartreuse satin by Andrew Woods, photo by Neal Barr, Harper's Bazaar, December 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in mini-trench of cotton/canvas by Mary Quant, hat by Halston, over the knee boots by Golo, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, August 1, 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in pale gray crêpe knickers cuffed thigh-high, hugged by rose crêpe belt beneath deep-slashed ruffled shirt by Mr. Mort, photo by Neal Barr, Harper's Bazaar, December 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in three-piece ensemble by Teal Traina, Vogue, December 1, 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in three-piece wide-wale corduroy ensemble by Günther for Ginala, National Cotton Council ad, Vogue, August 1, 1967 |
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| Maud Adams is wearing a bone-beige wool and angora dress by Polly Peck, photo by Ronald Traeger, Vogue UK, January 1967 |
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| Maud Adams wearing thigh-high boots by Delman, side-buckled gray wool tunic over yellow ribbed sweater by Bonnie Cashin, photo by Alexis Waldeck, Vogue, August 15, 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in a SAGA mink coat by Ben Kahn, Vogue, October 1, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in beautiful nightgown by Van Raalte, Vogue, October 1, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in bright navy Du Pont nylon thigh-boots studded with Navajo silver by Herbert Levine, leather laced doublet by Sant' Angelo, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue, August 15, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in cashmere skirt and shirt by Hadley, Harper's Bazaar, September 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in Hadley Cashmere, Vogue, September 1, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in hand-printed design in double-knit textured Fortrel polyester hostess pajamas by Mr. Dino, Vogue, September 15, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in jet-black velvet long dress with scimitars of pearls and rhinestoned curved around the bosom by Travilla, jewelry by Jules van Rouge, photo by Chris von Wangenheim, Harper's Bazaar, October 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in lilac heather wool tweed suit with double-breasted, belted jacket with scarf-collar by Chester Weinberg, Vogue, September 1, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in pink-and-green, diamond checked, double-faced wool coat and dress by Sophie of Saks Fifth Avenue, Vogue, February 15, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in shirtdress with self-sash, poetic sleeves and glitzy buttons by Miss Couture in Fortrel crêpe, Vogue, January 15, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in short, breezy black crêpe shirtdress luxuriously pavéed in diamanté by Lisa Meril, photo by Chris von Wangenheim, Harper's Bazaar, October 1968 |
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| Maud Adams is wearing black-and-white boots with side-kick of an Indian arrowhead design of Du Pont nylon by Herbert Levine, bare-midriff shirt of velveteen from Sibley-Coffee, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue, August 15, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams, "Legs on a New Footing", designed by Delman, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue US, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams, "Legs on a New Footing", designed by Evelyn Schless, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue US, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams, "Legs on a New Footing", designed by Herbert Levine, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue US, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams, Ban Roll-On Deodorant ad, Vogue, June 1, 1968 |
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| Maud Adams in a hooded sheared Alaska seal fur coat, photo by Gianni Penati for Vogue, 1969 |
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| Maud Adams in Anglo wool jumper suit by Manor-Bourne for I.Magnin & Co., Vogue, January 15, 1969 |
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| Maud Adams, EMBA mink advertisement, jewelry by Harry Winston, photo by Virginia Thoren, 1969 |
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| Maud Adams, photo by Ormond Gigli for Time, Greece, 1969 |
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| Maud Adams, photo by Ormond Gigli for Time, Greece, 1969 |
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