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{{short description|Swedish actress, model, and beauty queen (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name            = Mary Stävin
| image           = Mary_Stavin_2023.jpg
| imagesize       =
| alt             =
| caption         = Stävin in 2023
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1957|8|20|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Örebro County]], Sweden
| othername       =
| occupation      = Actress
| years_active    = 1981–present
| height          = 170 cm
| spouse          = {{marriage|Nicholas Wilcockson|1995}}
| children        = 1
| hair_color      = Blonde
| eye_color       = Blue
| title           = [[Miss World Sweden|Miss World Sweden 1977]]<br />[[Miss World 1977]]
| competitions    = 
}}
'''Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin''' (born 20 August 1957) is a Swedish actress, model and beauty queen. She won [[Miss World 1977]] and appeared in the [[List of James Bond films|James Bond]] films ''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983) and ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985).

==Early life==
Stävin was born in [[Örebro County]], Sweden, in 1957. A blue-eyed blonde, she won Miss World 1977 in London,<ref name=reff/> becoming the third Swedish woman to win the Miss World crown.

Stävin started her acting career in the early 1980s. She appeared in two music videos for [[Adam Ant]], "[[Ant Rap]]" (1981) and "Strip" (1983).

Stävin's first film role was in the James Bond film ''Octopussy'' (1983), where she played a non-speaking role as an Octopussy girl. She then appeared in the next Bond film, ''A View to a Kill'' (1985),<ref name=reff>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-01|title=A View To A Kill's Ski Chase|url=https://www.007.com/a-view-to-a-kills-ski-chase/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=James Bond 007|language=en-US}}</ref> in a larger role as agent Kimberley Jones. Bond actor [[Roger Moore]] later wrote in his autobiography that "floating away on board a submarine with Mary Stavin must be many men's dream."<ref>Moore, Roger (2012). ''Bond on Bond''.</ref>

Stävin dated footballer [[Don Shanks (footballer)|Don Shanks]] from 1978 to 1982. She then dated footballer [[George Best]] from 1982 to 1985, and the couple released the exercise album ''[[Shape Up and Dance]]''.<ref name="record">"Where are they now?" ''Daily Record''. 7 December 2002.</ref><ref>Juroe, Charles (2018). ''Bond, the Beatles and My Year with Marilyn''. p. 199.</ref>

==Film star==
Stävin continued her acting career after the Bond films. She had supporting roles in the horror films ''[[House (1986 film)|House]]'' (1986) and ''[[Open House (1987 film)|Open House]]'' (1987). She then had supporting roles in the films ''[[The Opponent (1988 film)|The Opponent]]'' (1988), ''[[Alien Terminator (1988 film)|Alien Terminator]]'' (1988), and ''[[Howling V: The Rebirth]]'' (1989).

Stävin played the female lead in the action films ''Strike Commando 2'' (1988) and ''[[Born to Fight (1989 film)|Born to Fight]]'' (1989). Both were directed by [[Bruno Mattei]] and starred [[Brent Huff]]. Stävin also played Heba in the television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (1990).

During the late 1980s, Stävin was married to and divorced from actor Steve Jamieson, and she then had a five-year relationship with actor William Holdsworth.<ref name="record"/>

==Later life==
Stävin has acted sporadically since the mid-1990s. She married businessman Nicholas Wilcockson in 1995, and the couple has one daughter who was born in 1996. Stävin lives in [[California]].<ref name="record"/>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Octopussy]]'' || Octopussy Girl ||<ref name=reff/>
|-
| 1985 || ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' || [[Bond girl|Kimberley Jones]] ||<ref name=reff/>
|-
| 1986 || ''[[House (1986 film)|House]]'' || Tanya ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Open House (1987 film)|Open House]]'' || Katie Thatcher ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[The Opponent (1988 film)|The Opponent]]'' || Gilda Duranti ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Caddyshack II]]'' || Girl in Bar || Cameo
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Alien Terminator (1988 film)|Alien Terminator]]'' || Maureen De Havilland ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Strike Commando 2'' || Rosanna Boom ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Howling V: The Rebirth]]'' || Anna ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Born to Fight (1989 film)|Born to Fight]]'' || Maryline Kane ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Desire'' || Adrienne ||
|-
| 1996 || ''The Devil Takes a Holiday'' || Tina ||
|-
| 2005 || ''The Story of Bob'' || Inga Jones ||
|-
| 2019 || ''The Christmas Pause'' || Aunt Viv ||
|-
| 2021 || ''Barking Mad'' || Katya Philipova ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1983 || ''Arthur the King'' || Princess || TV film
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Hotel (American TV series)|Hotel]]'' || Sandy Tanner || Episode: "Distortions"
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Still the Beaver]]'' || Maria || Episode: "Miss Honeywell Comes to Town"
|-
| 1987 || ''[[The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd]]'' || Kirsten Haaken || 2 episodes
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Night Court]]'' || Jacqueline || Episode: "Life with Buddy"
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' || Heba || 2 episodes
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' || Rhonda || Episode: #1.7678 
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mary Stavin|Mary Stävin}}
*{{IMDb name|0823983}}
*[http://www.jamesbond007.se/stars.asp?starid=120 Mary Stavin – From Sweden With Love]

{{Miss World titleholders}}
{{Miss World 1977 delegates}}
{{Miss Sweden winners in the Grand Slam pageants}}
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[[Category:Miss Sweden winners]]
[[Category:Miss World winners]]
[[Category:Miss World 1977 delegates]]
[[Category:People from Örebro]]
[[Category:Swedish emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Swedish film actresses]]
[[Category:Swedish television actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Swedish actresses]]