Aussie James Bond’s final farewell

Our only ever James Bond George Lazenby has bid farewell to Australia with a $2.5m payday.

Our only ever James Bond George Lazenby has bid farewell to Australia with a $2.5m payday.

The last Sydney property of the retired Santa Monica-based actor George Lazenby has recently been sold at Crows Nest for $2.45m through O’Gorman & Partners.

The 85-year-old, who had the shortest tenure as Ian Fleming’s fictional British secret agent James Bond, purchased the Sophia St townhouse in 1986 for $60,000 with his then wife Christina, who was bought out in 2013.

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George Lazenby as James Bond.

The four-bedroom, one-bathroom Torrens-title townhouse spans three levels with open spaces at the front and rear and a garden running alongside.

There was a single carport.

Lazenby had previously owned on Middle Harbour at Cammeray, having bought in 1979 for $215,000 with Christina. It was bought from actor Lorrae Desmond and her husband Alex Gorshenin, a Macquarie St specialist.

They sold the waterfront in 1985 for $681,000 to Thiess Toyota.

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The longtime Crows Nest property of the retired Hollywood-based actor George Lazenby has recently been sold for $2.45 million. Picture: realestate.com.au

It’s Lazenby’s last Aussie home. Pic realestate.com.au

He now lives in Los Angeles.

Lazenby also later owned in Mosman with his now former wife, US tennis star Pam Shriver.

Playing the spy character in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service when the Bond girl was designer Anouska Hempel, the Goulburn-born car mechanic turned model had already stepped aside from the role before its December 1969 premiere.

He followed Sean Connery and was replaced by Roger Moore.

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