Female Celebrity Smoking List: "Mission: Impossible" (1966)

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"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
"smokes quite frequently in a lot of the episodes, and quite seductively, I might add."
"She is elegant in the style of women in the '60's and normally smokes either as a part of a seduction, or, at the very least, elegantly. She doesn't generally seem to be a very deep inhaler, but is very comfortable smoking and using cigarettes as part of her 'glamour girl' act in the show. I'm not generally a fan of watching women hold cigarettes, but she does it with such elegance even that is worth watching."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.1, "Pilot", Sep. 17, '66
"has 1 1/2 lightups and some holding"

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.2, "Memory", Sep. 24, '66
"does some distant smoking, lighting and then handing a cigarette to one of the other actors"

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.3, "Operation Rogosh", Oct. 1, '66
"a good inhale with a talk exhale, lots of holding, and one scene in which she wiggles a finger at another actor, who is behind her, to get him to serve her a cigarette and a light"

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Mary Ann Mobley
ep. #1.5, "Old Man Out: Part 2", Oct. 15, '66
"One light-up, shallow exhale away from camera, doesn't seem IRL"
"In an extremely tight close-up, Mary Ann has a cork-tip 100 (1966!) protruding from her lips, unlit, in profile. She receives a light, while resting her hands on the gallant gentleman and then does turn away from the camera to exhale, which does, it must be said, look like a mouth exhale. Since there's no evidence of this TV mainstay ever smoking again on camera, the previous reviewer's conclusion must be acknowledged. But oh did she look beautiful in this scene."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.6, "Odds on Evil", Oct. 22, '66
"Moves her fingers away from her long all-white as she takes a light double drag with no indication of an inhale, then stubs out. In another scene, just moments later, she is shown holding."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.7, "Wheels", Oct. 29, '66
"retrieves her burning cigarette from an ashtray and sits down on the sofa. Later, she asks her companion for a cigarette, but he gets distracted and it never gets lit (seems like just an excuse for a rather cool close-up of Barbara holding an all-white)."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.8, "The Ransom", Nov. 5, '66
"Can be glimpsed holding in the background in the opening scene."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.9, "A Spool There Was", Nov. 12, '66
"In the opening scene, the camera pans up from her lovely legs to reveal her smiling as she draws on a freshly-lit all-white. The director cuts away for a few seconds, but returns for her delayed natural exhale. She drags in two scenes as a diversionary tape plays. Sitting at a outdoor table at a café, she first holds in long-shot and then the director goes for a close up of her holding her cigarette between finger and thumb."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.12, "Fakeout", Dec. 3, '66
"Three scenes. First she is seen holding in a club. Then, in an appartment, she accepts a cigarette and a light with an apparent shallow inhale. Thirdly, there are several close-ups in a restaurant of her holding a cigarette with lipstick traces."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.14, "The Short Tail Spy", Dec. 17, '66
"She has hidden a bug in her pack of cigarettes. A close-up shows them to be all-white filters. She is briefly seen holding a lit cigarette in two scenes and a long unlit one in another. Eventually she lights up, taking a cigarette from a box on the table, drawing just long enough to ignite it, then exhaling almost immediately."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.15, "The Legacy", Jan. 7, '67
"Holds as she introduces guests at a cocktail party. In another scene, filmed from behind, she drags and then lays her cigarette in an ashtray."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.17, "The Frame", Jan. 24, '67
"Can be glimpsed holding in the background in the opening scene, but stubs it out."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Gail Kobe
ep. #1.18, "The Trial", Jan. 28, '67
"A voluminous exhale from a Russian cigarette"

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.20, "The Legend", Feb. 11, '67
"Close-ups holding a freshly-lit all white at the beginning, together with a vague talk-exhale. Later, she is shown completing an inhale before using her half-smoked cigarette to ignite an improvised smoke bomb on her pillow.

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.25, "Shock", Mar. 25, '67
"She is watching a filmstrip and, as the lights are turned on, she can be seen holding with close-ups, though the director cuts away as she drags. She takes a cigarette from her purse in another scene, but does not light it."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.26, "A Cube of Sugar", Apr. 1, '67
"About ten minutes in, there is a 3.5 minute sequence in a night club including a distant drag with just a trace of talk-exhale, the completion of another closer drag with the suggestion of a gentle inhale, and two further brief drags holding her cigarette between finger and thumb."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain, ND
ep. #1.27, "The Traitor", Apr. 15, '67
"There is a close-up holding a heavily lipsticked all-white"

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #1.28, "The Psychic", Apr. 22, '67
"The director cuts as she has just received a light. She holds elegantly, but it looks as though her cigarette has not lit."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #2.1, "The Widow", Sep. 10, '67
"Four scenes. She lights an all-white with a slight inhale, then takes a weak double-pump. Using just one hand, she neatly extracts a cigarette from her purse and accepts a light from her companion; the smoke drifts across her face as she then holds. She holds an unlit long all-white as she goes to make a telephone call. Finally, there is a scene showing her holding elegantly in close-up."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #2.7, "Operation 'Heart'", Oct. 22, '67
"Holds unlit after removing the last cigarette from her softpack of 'Morley' brand and activating a device concealed inside it."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #2.13, "The Astrologer", Dec. 3, '67
"She gently accepts a light for her all-white, but there is little indication of an inhale. Later, she is twice glimpsed holding, before the director cuts in as she completes an inhale, turns her head to one side, and unhurriedly breathes twin jets of smoke elegantly from her nostrils."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain, Katherine Woodville
ep. #2.16, "The Spy", Jan. 7, '68
"Bain receives a light for her all-white, gently inhaling, then exhaling, through her nostrils. There is a trace of smoke on her breath when the director cuts in for a second scene. In a third scene, there is a nasal exhale. Woodville takes an all-white from a cigarette box and lights it with a chunky table lighter; in a second scene, three minutes later, she receives a light. In neither scene does she appear to inhale."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain
ep. #2.22, "The Killing", Feb. 28, '68
"Picks up a cigarette from the dresser and lights it, with minimal inhale, with a chunky table lighter. Later, in a darkened room, she receives a light from the guy she is pretending to seduce, but the director then cuts away."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Bain, ND
ep. #2.25, "Recovery", Mar. 17, '68
"Holds in an early scene"

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Barbara Babcock
ep. #3.6, "The Cardinal", Nov. 17, '68
"played one of the villains and was impersonating a nun, in full habit garb. When she was away from those she was trying to fool, one incredible scene showed her pulling out a long white cigarette and lighter from under her robes, lighting up, and taking two drags. She inhaled and looked IRL. Quite a site to see a nun smoking!"

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Julie Gregg, ND
ep. #4.12, "The Amnesiac", Dec. 28, '69
"Light-up and hold"

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Lesley Ann Warren (holder)
ep. #5.6, "My Friend, My Enemy", Oct. 24, '07
"She looks quite appealing using a cigarette holder as part of her disguise."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Elizabeth Ashley
ep. #6.7, "Encounter", Oct. 30, '71
"Takes a drag 8:00 in with exhale, lights up at 11:45, exhale off camera a couple of other holding scenes."

"Mission: Impossible" (1966) | Sharon Acker
ep. #6.22, "Trapped", Feb. 26 '72
"Receives a light from a match from Peter Graves."

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