She did manage to gain a good deal of notoriety thanks to her career when she was still a part of the entertainment industry, but while she did get to be a Bond girl like several others, Maud was still better known as a model than as a big star at one point.
While Parks is considered the first Black Bond girl, the first Black Bond girl to be involved romantically with the secret agent came two years later with Gloria Hendry in Live and Let Die.
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