Bond girl cast in "Tomorrow Never Dies". A few years after playing a Bond girl, she became one of the most highly paid actresses on television, starring in "Desperate Housewives". Jane Seymour was an unknown when she was cast in "Live and Let Die" (the opening credits read "Introducing Jane Seymour"), later won an Emmy Award for playing Maria Callas in a TV movie and then became a household name playing the title role in her TV series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman". Kim Basinger had perhaps the most successful post-Bond career. After her break-out role in "Never Say Never Again", Basinger went
William S. Bond (Medal of Honor) William S. Bond (Medal of Honor) Boatswain's Mate William S. Bond (1839 to March 17, 1892) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Bond received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action aboard the near Cherbourg-Octeville, France on June 19, 1864. He was honored with the award on 31 December 1864. Bond was born in 1839 in Boston, Massachusetts and enlisted into United States Navy aboard the Union warship on 16 January 1862. On 19 June, 1864 Bond was aboard the "Kearsarge", under command of captain John Ancrum