{"id":12723,"date":"2011-10-07T09:24:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=12723"},"modified":"2011-10-07T09:37:07","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:37:07","slug":"sean-connerys-first-wife-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/10\/sean-connerys-first-wife-dies","title":{"rendered":"Sean Connery&#8217;s First Wife Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12727\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12727\" title=\"connery-cilento\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/connery-cilento.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/connery-cilento.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/connery-cilento-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/connery-cilento-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 14, 1965 - actor Sean Connery, holding son Jason under his arm, with wife Diane Cilento after her arrival in Nassau, Bahamas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oscar-nominated Australian actress Diane Cilento &#8211; who was once married to James Bond actor Sean Connery &#8211; has died in northern Australia at the age of 78.<\/p>\n<p>Cilento was a veteran of dozens of films, television shows and stage productions, said Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh.<\/p>\n<p>The Queensland-born actress rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s, starring alongside screen legends such as Charlton Heston and Paul Newman. In 1956, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her portrayal of Helen of Troy in the play &#8220;Tiger at the Gates.&#8221; She received an Academy Award nomination in 1963 for best supporting actress for her work in the movie &#8220;Tom Jones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her celebrity grew after she married her second husband in 1962, Sean Connery &#8211; who now lives in the Bahamas with his current wife Micheline.<\/p>\n<p>Cilento and Connery had a son before divorcing 11 years later. She went on to wed her third husband, playwright Anthony Shaffer, in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>She and Shaffer eventually settled in tropical northern Queensland, where she built a popular outdoor theater in the rain forest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While she was originally known as a glamorous international film star, her work in later years in the far north showed her commitment to the arts,&#8221; Bligh said in a statement. &#8220;I know that Ms. Cilento will be sorely missed by many in the industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diane Cilento &#8211; an Oscar-nominated Australian actress who was once married to James Bond actor Sean Connery &#8211; has died in northern Australia at the age of 78.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[46,30],"class_list":["post-12723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-celebrities","tag-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}