The Australian actress and Academy Award nominee back in 1963 is Diane Silento. Films with her participation are not familiar to many, she became very famous for her marriage to James Bond - Sean Connery. In order to spend more time with her family, Diane almost ended her acting career.
Childhood
In 1933, on October 5, in the Australian city of Brisbane, Diane Silento was born.
The parents of the girl are well-known practitioners. Rafael and Phyllis Silento believed that the daughter would follow in their footsteps, but fate decreed otherwise.
Since childhood, Diane dreamed of an acting career. Even in the school theater club, her talent for acting was revealed. It was then that she firmly decided that she would act in films or play on stage.
Actress from the Australian continent
In the early 50s, the Australian moved to England. Soon begins to perform on the stage of the Mercury Theater, where the first glory comes to her. In 1956, Diane was nominated for a Tony Award for his work in the painting Tiger at the Gates.
Diane Silento is an actress with a bright and attractive appearance, mainly received episodic roles in the movie. Only in 1963 she received a serious offer - to star in the comedy "Tom Jones". She played Molly Sigrim - the girlfriend of the protagonist.
For this work, Silento was awarded an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress. Unfortunately, she never received the award, although the film itself became an Oscar-winning.
Then Diane's career began to decline - the actress decided to sacrifice work for her son and husband.
In 1965, she participated in the filming of Agony and Ecstasy with Charlton Heston. Two years later he meets on the set with movie star Paul Newman in the film "The Brave Shooter".
In subsequent years, her most famous works were The Wicker Man and The Guy Who Has It All.
Marriage
The writer Andrea Volp became the first husband of Diane Silento. The wedding took place in February 1955. A girl was born in the family - Giovanna Margaret. But in 1962, the marriage broke up.
With her second husband - the famous Sean Connery - the actress met in 1957. They jointly participated in the film adaptation of the play "Anna Christie". Diane was 24 years old, officially she was still Volpa's wife. A desperate woman drove a motorcycle and smoked cigars.
Diane worked on the set of one of the parts of "Bond" - a 1967 painting "You Only Live Twice." Silento was an understudy and did the voice acting of Mie Hama.
In November 1962, in 1962, the couple secretly went to Gibraltar, where the wedding took place. This decision was dictated by the reluctance to "harm the image of Bond", which was adored by millions of women.
The star husband immediately bought an old house in the vicinity of London and was engaged in its reconstruction.
A year later, Diane gave birth to a son - Jason Johnson Connery - and practically ceased to engage in creativity. For several years, the couple was idyllic - the wife raised her son, the husband became more and more popular, spending almost all the time on the set.
In her autobiography, Silento very vividly describes his life together: "Being Mrs. Bond was much harder than I thought." Connery was shocked by many of the news that he had beaten Diane.
The reason for the beatings was Sean's reluctance that his wife was engaged in building a career for the actress. Silento herself could not make such sacrifices, and in 1973 they divorced.
After this unpleasant event, Diane became depressed, and then went into religious philosophy. Her friend and mentor was John Bennet. They spent a lot of time together, engaged in the spiritual development of the actress.
In 1985, her third marriage took place, Anthony Schaffer became the chosen one. He wrote the script for the movie The Wicker Man (1973), where Dianne played Miss Rose. She lived with Tony until his death in 2001.
A family
Nothing is known about the fate of Silento's daughter, Giovanna. The only son of Sean Connery - James, of course, became an actor. On his account several major roles in the films "Robin from Sherwood", "Macbeth", "Requiem".
Having reached certain heights as an actor, James began producing and directing. He owns his own production company.
Son has a warm relationship with Sean Connery, although very often conflicts arise between them over the alleged use of James's stellar surname. However, they often play golf together.
From 1996 to 2002 James's wife was actress Mia Sarah. They have a son - Dashil Quinn, Diane's beloved grandson. He also works in the world of cinema.
Last years
In the 80s, Diane returned to her homeland. She settled near Cairns in the town of Mossman.
Unable to fully realize herself as an actress, Silento opened her own open-air theater.
In 2006, Diane's autobiography, My Nine Lives, was released. At that time, she already knew that she had cancer.
After several years of fighting a serious illness, Diane passed away in 2011. She managed to meet her 78th birthday and died the next day.
Many connoisseurs of creativity of the actress remembered exactly that Diane Silento, whose photo appeared on the covers of the 60-70s.