- Born
- Birth nameLois Cleveland Chiles
- Height1.71 m
- Lois Chiles is a former supermodel-turned-actress who gave elegant performances in a variety of films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Her motion picture debut role was as Robert Redford's sexual endeavor in the old-fashioned Hollywood melodrama, Nos plus belles années (1973). Shortly after, she starred opposite Clifton Davis in the indie blaxploitation film, Together for Days (1972); they portrayed a mixed-race couple enduring societal disapproval and political pandemonium. She also appeared as the irreverent socialite Jordan Baker in Gatsby le magnifique (1974), in which she starred alongside Mia Farrow and, again, Robert Redford.
Chiles delivered a series of pivotal characters particularly as a woman who mysteriously falls into a state of unconsciousness after entering the hospital for an early term abortion in Morts suspectes (1978), and as an impudent heiress and murder victim in the center of Mort sur le Nil (1978).
Chiles' most recognized role is the sophisticated NASA astronaut, scientist, and "Bond girl", Dr. Holly Goodhead opposite Roger Moore's James Bond in Moonraker (1979). It is worth noting that Goodhead was different than any previous "Bond girl", in that she was dignified and not so much sexualized. Sadly, that same year, just as Chiles' career was at its height, she lost her youngest brother to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which resulted in her three-year hiatus from acting. Her career never fully recovered and she struggled to find roles that necessitated her individuality but she persevered and received positive reviews for her continued performances in film and television, particularly in Sweet Liberty (1986), Broadcast News (1987), Creepshow 2 (1987), Hit man, un tueur (1991) and Sang-froid (1996).
In recent years, she's appeared in a few television sitcoms, participated in interviews recalling her experience as a "Bond girl", and taught an acting class at the University of Houston.- IMDb mini biography by: arv.0705@gmail.com
- SpouseRichard Gilder(2005 - May 12, 2020) (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsMarion Clay ChilesBarbara Wayne (Kirkland) Chiles
- RelativesEddie Chiles(Aunt or Uncle)
- Had a long-time involvement with but never married Don Henley of the Eagles. In fact, her first marriage did not occur, until she was in her late 50s, with noted philanthropist and Wall Street broker, Richard Gilder.
- Professor at University of Houston, Houston Texas
- She is very active in raising money for the research and prevention of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, particularly because her brother's life was taken by same.
- Her younger brother, with whom she was extremely close, tragically died of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1978. She made a choice to take a three-year hiatus from acting as a result just as her career had reached its peak. Her film career never fully recovered after she came back. She originally was offered the top Bondian love interest that Barbara Bach portrayed in L'Espion qui m'aimait (1977) by director Lewis Gilbert but turned it down because of her initial self-imposed hiatus. The director, however, convinced her to play Holly Goodhead in Moonraker (1979) before she left the screen.
- Was the original choice for Agent Triple X (Anya Amasova) in L'Espion qui m'aimait (1977), but as a moment of fate, got her chance as the 007 girl in Moonraker (1979) after Lewis Gilbert sat next to her on an airline flight.
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