Leila Shenna (Arabic: ليلى شنÙ'ا‎; born Morocco) is a
Moroccan former actress who featured on film mostly in the 1970s.She
is most commonly remembered in English speaking countries for her role
as a Bond girl in the 1979 film Moonraker as an evil air hostess.
However, she also starred in the 1968 film Remparts d'argile
(initially released in Italy, later released in the United States in
1970 under the title Ramparts of Clay) directed by Jean-Louis
Bertucelli, the 1975 Palme D'or winner Chronique des années de braise
directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, as well as the 1982 Algerian film
Vent de sable, also directed by Lakhdar-Hamina. The first two films
were set in Algeria, the third simply in the desert. She also had a
minor role in the 1977 film March or Die.She is the cousin of Malika
Oufkir, the writer of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years In A Desert Jail, an
account of the failed 1972 assassination attempt on the King of
Morocco by her father (and Leila's uncle), General Mohamed Oufkir.
Moroccan former actress who featured on film mostly in the 1970s.She
is most commonly remembered in English speaking countries for her role
as a Bond girl in the 1979 film Moonraker as an evil air hostess.
However, she also starred in the 1968 film Remparts d'argile
(initially released in Italy, later released in the United States in
1970 under the title Ramparts of Clay) directed by Jean-Louis
Bertucelli, the 1975 Palme D'or winner Chronique des années de braise
directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, as well as the 1982 Algerian film
Vent de sable, also directed by Lakhdar-Hamina. The first two films
were set in Algeria, the third simply in the desert. She also had a
minor role in the 1977 film March or Die.She is the cousin of Malika
Oufkir, the writer of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years In A Desert Jail, an
account of the failed 1972 assassination attempt on the King of
Morocco by her father (and Leila's uncle), General Mohamed Oufkir.
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