MASTERSON, TILLY

Contributed by: The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia by Steven Jay Rubin

Golden girl Jill Masterson’s revenge-seeking sister (masquerading as Tilly Soames), portrayed by lovely Tania Mallet in Goldfinger. Determined to kill Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), who had Oddjob (Harold Sakata) murder Jill in Miami Beach, Tilly follows him to Switzerland, where on two occasions she tries to shoot him with a high-powered hunting rifle she keeps in a case inscribed with her initials: “T.M.” Bond (Sean Connery) intercepts her and shreds the tires on her 1964 Mustang convertible. She introduces herself to him as Tilly Soames and says that the case contains her ice skates. After the truth comes out, they join forces against Goldfinger in a spectacular car chase.

Unfortunately, Tilly runs afoul of Oddjob’s razor-sharp bowler hat and is killed.

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