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Eva Rueber-Staier | |
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_1969.jpg) Eva Rueber-Staier with Bob Hope during a USO tour on USS Saratoga, 1969 | |
| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) Bruck an der Mur, Austria |
| Other name | Eva Cowan |
| Occupations | Actress Model TV host Beauty queen |
| Years active | 1969–1983 |
Eva Rueber-Staier (born 1949) is an Austrian actress, television host, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1969.
Biography
[edit]Rueber-Staier was born in 1949[1] in Bruck an der Mur, Styria. She won the title of Miss Austria and participated in the Miss Universe 1969 contest, in which she was a top 15 semi-finalist. She also went on to win the Miss World 1969 pageant.[2] During her tenure, she starred in the Bob Hope USO tour in South Vietnam.
She played a skiing Cadbury Flake girl in a 1971 ad directed by Ridley Scott.[3][4]
In 1972, she co-presented the nine weekly episodes of Animal Stars with Tony Soper[5] on BBC1, a series about popular animals like penguins, seals, and dolphins.[6][7]
Her acting career contains a recurring James Bond credit: she played General Gogol's assistant Rublevitch in the films The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, and Octopussy. She also has a minor role in Carry On Dick, one of the later in the Carry On film series.
Eva Rueber-Staier married British film director Ronald Fouracre at the Caxton Hall register office on 2 January 1973. They were married until her husband's death on 2 July 1983.[8]
She has lived in an Elizabethan Grade II listed house in Pinner since 1984 and moved there when she was expecting her first and only child, Ronald's son Alexander Fouracre, who lives in Willesden Green and works as a camera man. She later lived with her second husband, publisher Brian Cowan.
Rueber-Staier has produced metalwork sculptures; some were exhibited during Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum's "open studios 2008".[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1969 | The New Adventures of Snow White | Cinderella | |
| 1974 | Doctor at Sea | Anna-Marie | episode 4: 'The Senior Officer's Perks' |
| 1974 | Carry On Dick | Birds of Paradise Entertainer | credited as Eva Reuber-Staier |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Jane | series 1, episode 2: 'Force of Life' |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose | Princess #4 | credited as Eva Reuber-Staier |
| 1976 | The Chiffy Kids | Ringmaster | episode 6: 'Magpie Lays an Egg', credited as Eva Reuber-Staier |
| 1976 | The New Avengers | Episode: 'The House of Cards'[citation needed] | |
| 1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me | Rublevitch | |
| 1981 | For Your Eyes Only | ||
| 1983 | Octopussy | final film role |
References
[edit]- ↑ Kleine Zeitung, 29 November 1969, p. 11.
- ↑ "1969 | 1960's". Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ↑ https://www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/record/6c48c91b-e143-473e-984c-cca3df0b2e2e
- ↑ Sweney, Mark (3 June 2010). "Cadbury's Flake drops 'Only the flakiest...' strapline after 50 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ↑ https://www.tonysoper.com/biotimeline Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ↑ BBC Handbook 1974 incorporating the Annual Report and Accounts 1972–73. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/BBC/BBC-Annual/BBC-Year-Book-1974.pdf, p. 55 and 163. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ↑ Cosmopolitan, December 1972, p. 86. https://lizeggleston.com/category/interesting-people/eva-reuber-staier/ Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ↑ "Wedding Day Actress 1969 Miss World Eva Editorial Stock Photo – Stock Image | Shutterstock".
External links
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