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<h2>Early Life and Education</h2>
<p><a href="/biography/cassandra-harris">Sandra Colleen Waites</a>, professionally known as Cassandra Harris, was born on December 15, 1948, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to Roma and Walter Waites. Raised in Sydney, Cassandra developed a passion for acting during her early childhood. In her teen years, her family briefly relocated to the United States, further broadening her exposure to the performing arts.</p>

<p>At the age of 12, Harris began her formal acting training. She enrolled at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) under the name <a href="/biography/cassandra-harris">Sandra Gleeson</a>, dedicating herself to becoming a professional actress. She participated in various acting courses and auditions, working diligently to build her craft and gain stage experience.</p>

<h2>Stage and Screen Career</h2>
<p>Cassandra Harris made her stage debut in 1964 in the Australian production of the play <em>Boeing-Boeing</em>, remaining part of the cast until 1965. Her performance in this popular farce helped her gain recognition in the Sydney theatre community and led to further opportunities in television and film.</p>

<p>Her early television appearances included secondary roles in series such as <em>Space: 1999</em>, <em>Shadows</em>, and <em>Enemy at the Door</em>. Harris transitioned to film in 1978 with a role in <em>The Greek Tycoon</em>, where she played a character named Cassandra. In 1980, she appeared in the crime caper <em>Rough Cut</em> as Mrs. Lloyd Palmer.</p>

<p>Harris is perhaps best known for her role as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condessa_Lisl_von_Schlaf">Countess Lisl von Schlaf</a> in the 1981 James Bond film <em>For Your Eyes Only</em>. The character was the ill-fated mistress of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milos_Columbo">Milos Colombo</a>. During filming, her then-husband Pierce Brosnan met <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_R._Broccoli">producer</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_R._Broccoli">Albert R. Broccoli</a>, a connection that played a significant role in Brosnan’s later casting as James Bond.</p>

<p>Her final on-screen appearances were in several episodes of the television series <em>Remington Steele</em>, in which she acted alongside Brosnan.</p>

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<h2>Personal Life and Family</h2>
<p>At age 16, Cassandra Harris married William Firth. The couple eventually divorced in 1970. In November of the same year, she married Irish film producer Dermot Harris, following a brief courtship. The couple had two children: Charlotte, born in 1971, and Christopher, born in 1972. Harris and Dermot divorced in 1978.</p>

<p>Harris met actor Pierce Brosnan around the time of her separation from Dermot Harris. They began living together in Wimbledon before marrying on December 27, 1980. The couple had one <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Броснан,_Шон">son</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Броснан,_Шон">Sean Brosnan</a>. When Dermot Harris passed away in 1986, Brosnan legally adopted Charlotte and Christopher. Christopher later pursued a career as a film director, writer, and producer, following in his parents' professional footsteps.</p>

<h2>Illness and Death</h2>
<p>At the age of 39, Harris was diagnosed with ovarian cancer—a disease that had also claimed the life of her mother, Roma, in the early 1960s. She battled the illness for several years and passed away on December 28, 1991, in Los Angeles, California, at age 43.</p>

<p>Tragically, her daughter Charlotte also died of ovarian cancer on June 28, 2013, at the age of 41. This hereditary health condition had a lasting impact on the family.</p>

<p>Information about Cassandra Harris's net worth remains unknown.</p>

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