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Carey Lowell (Pam Bouvier)
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Datastream
Actress: Carey Lowell
Character: Pam Bouvier
Movie: Licence To Kill
Date of Birth: 11th February 1961
Place of Birth: New York, NY, USA
Trivia: Named both her sons after her grandfathers.
Pleased To Meet You
Bouvier runs into 007 briefly
at Felix Leiter's
wedding when she is concluding some DEA business. Pam
is brisk and business like and does not give Bond much
attention.
Later,
when
Bond
attends
a meeting
with
Bouvier in place of Leiter, the pair reluctantly work as
a team to escape the vicious Dario and
his goons in a bar-room brawl.
Caught In The Act
After a speeding water bound escape and an argument about
who will drive the getaway vehicle, Bond discovers that
the fuel line to the boat has been damaged and somewhere
off the Florida Keys, Bond and Bouvier patiently wait
for a lift.
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"Out of gas... I haven't heard that one in a long time."
Profile
A smart and street-savvy ex-CIA pilot, Pam Bouvier is
the only living contact Felix has on his mark: Franz
Sanchez. She knows the espionage game well and now contracts
her special skills to the highest bidder. Bond pays her off to
transport him into Isthmus City, an out-of-the-way South American
city where Sanchez is taking refuge. Often a tad rough and ready,
Pam is keen to assist 007 whilst he is on his personal revenge
mission. Pam, who is really working for the CIA with the hopes
of jailing Sanchez forever and nailing his associates with a Stinger
missile deal, is a worthy and resourceful ally for James
Bond - even if she has to battle against 007's determination to
maintain her cover.
Memorable
Quotes
Pam Bouvier: "It's Ms. Kennedy. And why can't
you be my executive secretary?"
James Bond: "We're south of the border. It's a man's world."
Dario: "Ha! Ha! Ha! You're dead."
Pam: "You took the words right out of my mouth." Pam: "Why don't you wait until you're asked?"
Bond: "So why don't you ask me?"
"Sweet dreams, Mr. Bond." |
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Biography
Born in Huntington, New York to James Lowell the prestigious geologist,
Carey spent much of her youth touring the world with her father's
work.
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Carey's family, mother,
father and her three sisters lived in Texas, Virginia,
Colorado, Libya, Holland and France - all before Carey
graduated high school. Her charming looks saw her scouted
by one of New York's top model agencies.
Straight out of
school Lowell was working for the Ford agency and found
herself modeling for fashion brands that included Ralph
Lauren and Calvin Klein. She appeared on the cover of
a range of highly regarded fashion magazines before trying
her hand at acting.
In 1984 she married John Stember, a small
time director, but the relationship did not
last more than four years before the couple parted in
divorce. Lowell's first on-screen role was in 1986's "Dangerously
Close", a low-grade action/thriller. She went on to
perform in "Club Paradise" - a Robin Williams
starrer - and take the lead in thriller, "Down Twisted",
in which Lowell played Maxine. She landing the lead Bond
Girl role in Timothy Dalton's "Licence To Kill" in
the same year she married her second husband,
Griffin Dunne. The pair had a
daughter,
Hannah, a year later.
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The 1989 picture saw the talented actress rise
to international fame and on the back of her feisty and credible
Bond girl role. She found work in a good selection of pictures
during the 1990s, notably John Cleese comedy"Fierce
Creatures" -
the follow-up to the very successful "A Fish Called Wanda".
In 1995 Lowell and second husband Dunne separated.
In the late '90s and into the new millennium,
Lowell was a regular on US drama, "Law & Order" where
she played Jamie Ross. In 2002, Lowell married big-screen star
Richard Gere, after dating for a number of years prior. The pair
have one son, Homer, and remain happily married to date.
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