Cassandra Harris Explained

Birth Name:Sandra Colleen Waites
Birth Date:1948 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1954–1985
Spouse:
    Children:3

    Sandra Colleen Waites (15 December 1948 – 28 December 1991), known professionally as Cassandra Harris, was an Australian actress.

    Early life

    Born in Sydney, Harris was a student at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. She enrolled in 1961, aged 12, under the name Sandra Gleeson. She went on to perform in the Sydney stage production of Boeing Boeing (1964–1965).

    Harris appeared in The Greek Tycoon (1978), Rough Cut (1980), and the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981)[1] as the Countess Lisl von Schlaf, the ill-fated mistress of Milos Columbo (played by Israeli actor Topol). While filming this movie, her third husband, Pierce Brosnan, met producer Albert R. Broccoli. Her dream was for Brosnan to become Bond and encouraged him to pursue the role. He was supposed to take over from Roger Moore after impressing Broccoli in his role in the TV series Remington Steele. he agreed to take the role but producers from the TV show refused to release him from his contract, he eventually was cast in the role in the early 90's, He played James Bond in four films. She guest-starred in several episodes of the television series Remington Steele with Brosnan; they married on 27 December 1980.[2]

    Personal life and death

    Harris had three children: Charlotte Harris (1971–2013) and Christopher Harris (b. 1972) by Dermot Harris, brother of actor Richard Harris, and son Sean Brosnan (b. 1983), by Pierce Brosnan, who adopted Charlotte and Christopher after their father died in 1986.

    In 1987, Harris was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the same disease that had claimed her own mother's life. She had the illness for four years until her death on 28 December 1991, at the age of 43.[3] Her daughter Charlotte also died from ovarian cancer on 28 June 2013, aged 41.[4]

    Filmography

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    1978The Greek Tycoon Cassandra
    1980Rough Cut Mrs. Lloyd Palmer
    1981For Your Eyes Only

    Television

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    1977 Controller Sares Episode "Devil's Planet"
    1979Enemy at the DoorTrudy Engel
    1982Remington SteeleFelicia Season 1 Ep 5 "Thou Shalt Not Steele"
    1984Remington SteeleAnna Simpson Season 2 Ep 20 "Woman of Steele"
    1985Remington SteeleFelicia Season 4 Ep 2 "Steele Searching: Part 2"

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    Notes and References

    1. News: 2020-11-17 . Nashawaty . Chris . 'GoldenEye' Is Proof That Pierce Brosnan Was a Great James Bond Who Never Got a Great James Bond Film . 2022-12-05 . Esquire . en-us.
    2. Web site: Cassandra Harris (Countess Lisl) . 1 October 2010 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20041206182425/http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/girls/harris.php3 . 6 December 2004 .
    3. News: Cassandra Harris, Actress, 39 . 31 December 1991 . The New York Times.
    4. News: Pierce Brosnan's Daughter Dies of Ovarian Cancer . Elizabeth . Leonard . 1 July 2013 . People.