Plenty O'Toole
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Plenty O'Toole is a fictional character from the film version
of Ian Fleming
's James Bond
novel Diamonds Are Forever
(Plenty is a creation for the film and is not in the novel). She was portrayed by Lana Wood
, younger sister of Natalie Wood
.
The shapely, dark haired, dark eyed Plenty O'Toole enhances her beauty with a low cut purple satin dress that emphasizes her cleavage
. When the audience first sees her, she is at a craps
table in Las Vegas
and the man she is with is broke. He asks her back to his place, but she tells him off and walks away. Her attention is called back to the table by James Bond, played by Sean Connery
. She is impressed by his gambling skills and latches herself onto his arm. Bond uncharacteristically tries to send her away, but she proves quite difficult to ditch.
In a scene deleted from the theatrical film but now available on DVD, Plenty and Bond share a dinner together and she invites herself to his hotel room.
Plenty accompanies Bond to his apartment and kisses him out of the blue. Bond responds by undressing her — unzipping her purple satin dress, stripping her down to her necklace, her purple high heels and panties. Now almost completely naked, and anticipating a night of passion, Plenty excuses herself to her bedroom, only to discover several thugs there. The nearly naked Plenty, sans necklace, is forced out of the apartment by the "pervert convention" and is thrown out the window, landing in the pool and surviving the fall.
In a deleted scene, she went back to Bond's room, wearing a white towel, hoping to retrieve her clothes, and discovers Bond with Tiffany Case
. She then angrily looks through Tiffany's purse and discovers where Tiffany is staying.
In a later scene, Bond finds Plenty in Tiffany's pool, having been drowned by Blofeld's henchmen Mister Wint and Mister Kidd, who believed she was Tiffany Case. The drowning itself is not seen in the movie.
Diamonds Are Forever (film)
Diamonds Are Forever is the seventh spy film in the Eon Productions James Bond series, and the sixth and final Eon Productions film to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four James Bond films...
of Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
's James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
novel Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever (novel)
Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth of Ian Fleming's James Bond series of novels. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the UK on 26 March 1956 and the first print run of 12,500 copies sold out quickly...
(Plenty is a creation for the film and is not in the novel). She was portrayed by Lana Wood
Lana Wood
Lana Wood is an American actress and producer. She was born to Russian émigré parents, Nikolai and Maria Zakharenko, and is the younger sister of the late actress Natalie Wood. Her first major role was at age 9 in the John Wayne western The Searchers. She was a regular on the soap opera Peyton Place...
, younger sister of Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood, born Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko was an American film and television actress. After first working in films as a child, Wood became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old.Wood began acting in movies at the...
.
The shapely, dark haired, dark eyed Plenty O'Toole enhances her beauty with a low cut purple satin dress that emphasizes her cleavage
Cleavage (breasts)
Cleavage, anatomically known as the intramammary cleft, is the space between a woman's breasts lying over the sternum. Cleavage is exposed by a garment with a low neckline, such as ball gowns, evening gowns, swimwear, casual tops and other garments....
. When the audience first sees her, she is at a craps
Craps
Craps is a dice game in which players place wagers on the outcome of the roll, or a series of rolls, of a pair of dice. Players may wager money against each other or a bank...
table in Las Vegas
Las Vegas Strip
The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester...
and the man she is with is broke. He asks her back to his place, but she tells him off and walks away. Her attention is called back to the table by James Bond, played by Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...
. She is impressed by his gambling skills and latches herself onto his arm. Bond uncharacteristically tries to send her away, but she proves quite difficult to ditch.
In a scene deleted from the theatrical film but now available on DVD, Plenty and Bond share a dinner together and she invites herself to his hotel room.
Plenty accompanies Bond to his apartment and kisses him out of the blue. Bond responds by undressing her — unzipping her purple satin dress, stripping her down to her necklace, her purple high heels and panties. Now almost completely naked, and anticipating a night of passion, Plenty excuses herself to her bedroom, only to discover several thugs there. The nearly naked Plenty, sans necklace, is forced out of the apartment by the "pervert convention" and is thrown out the window, landing in the pool and surviving the fall.
In a deleted scene, she went back to Bond's room, wearing a white towel, hoping to retrieve her clothes, and discovers Bond with Tiffany Case
Tiffany Case
Tiffany Case is a fictional character in the James Bond novel and film Diamonds Are Forever. For the 1971 film she was portrayed by Jill St. John...
. She then angrily looks through Tiffany's purse and discovers where Tiffany is staying.
In a later scene, Bond finds Plenty in Tiffany's pool, having been drowned by Blofeld's henchmen Mister Wint and Mister Kidd, who believed she was Tiffany Case. The drowning itself is not seen in the movie.