Gloria Hendry (1949-) My Ninja !

   🥷Who Was This Black Ninja?

Gloria Hendry was born on March 3, 1949, in Winter Haven, Florida, and raised in Newark, New Jersey. She later moved to Los Angeles, where she pursued both her education and acting career. Before entering show business, Hendry attended Los Angeles City

College, where she studied law. She worked part-time as a Playboy Bunny at the Los Angeles Playboy Club in the 1960s, which helped support her education and opened doors into modeling and acting.

Career Path

Hendry’s entertainment career started with small acting roles and modeling gigs. Her first film appearance was in "For Love of Ivy" (1968), starring Sidney Poitier. She gained more attention after her role in "The Landlord" (1970), and soon became a familiar face in 1970s action and Blaxploitation films.

Her groundbreaking role as Rosie Carver in "Live and Let Die" (1973) made international headlines, not just for being a Bond girl, but also for being the first Black woman romantically involved with James Bond on screen, which was controversial at the time due to its interracial nature.

Personal Life

Details about Gloria Hendry’s personal life, including marriages or children, have been kept largely private. She has never been publicly known for high-profile relationships or controversies, choosing instead to focus on her career and later, public speaking. She has occasionally appeared at conventions and Bond-related events to speak about her legacy and representation in film.

Later Years

In her later years, Hendry continued to act occasionally and participate in projects celebrating African-American cinema and the history of women in film. She's been featured in documentaries and retrospectives focused on the Blaxploitation era and Bond franchise history.

Though not as widely recognized today, Gloria Hendry remains a trailblazer whose work in the 1970s helped break barriers in Hollywood.     B. Israel🥷